HUWEBES, HUNYO 8, 2023

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Huwebes ng Ika-9 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (I)

Tobit 6, 10-11; 7, 1. 8b-17; 8, 4-9a
Salmo 127, 1-2. 3. 4-5

Mapalad ang sumusunod
na taong may takot sa D’yos.

Marcos 12, 28b-34

Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

UNANG PAGBASA
Tobit 6, 10-11; 7, 1. 8b-17; 8, 4-9a

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni Tobit

Noong mga araw na iyon, pagkatapos nilang pumasok sa Media, sinabi ni Rafael sa kasama, “Kapatid na Tobias!” “Ano iyon?” tugon naman nito. Patuloy na nagsalita si Rafael, “Mamayang gabi, doon tayo matutulog kina Raquel na kamag-anak mo. May anak siyang dalaga na ang ngala’y Sara. Siya’y bugtong na anak at imumungkahi kong siya’y ipakasal sa iyo. Ikaw ang may karapatang mapangasawa niya sapagkat ikaw ang pinakamalapit na kamag-anak. Ikaw rin ang may karapatang magmana ng lahat ng kayamanan ng kanyang ama.”

Matapas mag-usap, lumakad na sina Tobias at Rafael. Pagpasok nila sa Ecbatana, sinabi ni Tobias, “Kaibigan, samahan mo na ako sa kamag-anak kong si Raquel.” Nagtuloy nga ang dalawa at naratnan nila si Raquel, sa may pintuan ng bakuran niya. Una silang bumati at nagbigay-galang. Tinugon naman sila agad ni Raguel at ang wika: “Maligayang pagdating, mga kapatid; tumuloy kayo!” Dinala agad ni Raquel ang dalawa sa bahay.

Matapos ang kanilang pagkikilala’t pagkukumustahan, nagpapatay si Raquel ng barakong tupa mula sa kanyang kawan at naghanda ng isang salu-salo. Bago kumain, samantalang sina Tobias at Rafael ay naliligo, sinabi ni Tobias sa kanyang kasama, “Kapatid na Azarias, hingin mo na kay Raquel ang kamay ni Sara para sa akin.”

Ang usapan nila’y narinig ni Raguel, kaya’t sinabi niya kay Tobias, “Kumain ka at uminom. Magsaya ka ngayong gabi, sapagkat ikaw na ang mapapangasawa ni Sara. Wala akong karapatang ibigay siya sa iba sapagkat ikaw ang pinakamalapit kong kamag-anak. Subalit may ipagtatapat ako sa iyo. Si Sara ay naipakasal ko na sa pitong lalaki na mga kamag-anak din, ngunit bawat isa’y namatay nang sila’y magsisiping. Ang paniwala ko’y hindi mangyayari sa iyo ang gayon; iingatan ka ng Panginoon. Kaya kumain ka, uminom at pumanatag.” Sumagot si Tobias, “Hindi po ako kakain at iinom hangga’t hindi ko nakakamtan si Sara.”

“Mangyayari ang nais mo,” tugon ni Raquel. “Ayon sa Kautusan ni Moises, si Sara ay asawa mo na. Iyan ang kapasiyahan sa langit! Kaya kunin mo siya, at mula ngayon, ikaw ay kanya at siya naman ay iyo magpakailanman! Nawa’y pagpalain kayo ng Panginoon ngayong gabi. Kahabagan nawa kayo at bigyan ng kapayapaan.” Pagkatapos, tinawag ni Raquel si Sara at ibinigay kay Tobias. Sinabi niya, “Tobias, ayon sa Kautusan ni Moises, si Sara ay asawa mo na. Tanggapin mo siya, ingatan, at iharap mo sa iyong ama. Pagkalooban nawa kayo ng Diyos sa kalangitan ng lubos na kasiyahan.” Tinawag ni Raquel ang asawa niya at humingi ng isang balumbon na pagsusulatan ng kasunduan ng kasal. Ang kasulata’y magpapatunay na ibinigay na niya si Sara kay Tobias bilang asawa ayon sa Kautusan ni Moises. Nagdala nga ng balumbon ang matandang babae. Matapos ihanda ang lahat, lumagda ang bawat kinauukulan.

Natapos ang kasal at sila’y nagkainan.

Nang mapag-isa na ang mag-asawa, bumangon si Tobias at sinabi sa asawa, “Bumangon ka, mahal ko, at manalangin tayo. Dumalangin tayo sa Panginoon na tayo’y kahabagan at ingatan.” Bumangon nga si Sara, at nanalangin si Tobias:

“Kapuri-puri ka at dapat pasalamatan,
Diyos na sinasamba ng aming mga magulang,
kapuri-puri nga ang iyong pangalan,
dakila at banal magpakailanman.
Ikaw ay pinupuri ng sangkatauhan,
ipinagbubunyi ng tanang kinapal.
Si Adan ay tao na iyong nilikha,
asawa n’yang Eva ikaw ang gumawa
at ibinigay mong katuwang sa paggawa;
ang sangkatauha’y sa kanila nagmula.
‘Di dapat mag-isa ang tao,’ ‘yong wika,
“Gawin nati’y katuwang na kanyang kamukha.”
Ang pag-aasawang pinasok ko ngayo’y
di udyok ng nasa, Diyos na Panginoon,
tunay na matapat aking nilalayon,
itong aming buhay nawa’y magkaroon
ng awa mo’t lakas sa habang panahon,
nang hanggang pagtanda kami’y magkatulong.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 127, 1-2. 3. 4-5

Mapalad ang sumusunod
na taong may takot sa D’yos.

Mapalad ang bawat tao na sa Diyos ay may takot,
ang maalab na adhika’y sumunod sa kanyang utos.
Hindi siya magkukulang sa anumang kailangan,
ang buhay ay maligaya’t uunlad ang kanyang buhay.

Mapalad ang sumusunod
na taong may takot sa D’yos.

Sa tahanan, ang asawa’y parang ubas na mabunga.
Bagong tanim na olibo sa may dulang ang anak n’ya.

Mapalad ang sumusunod
na taong may takot sa D’yos.

Ang sinuman kung ang Diyos buong pusong susundin,
buhay niya ay uunlad at laging pagpapalain.
Mula sa Sion, pagpapala nawa ng Diyos ay tanggapin,
at makita habang buhay, pag-unlad ng Jerusalem.

Mapalad ang sumusunod
na taong may takot sa D’yos.

ALELUYA
2 Timoteo 1, 10

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Si Kristo ay nagtagumpay
nalupig ang kamatayan
nagningning ang pagkabuhay.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Marcos 12, 28b-34

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Marcos

Noong panahong iyon, isa sa mga eskriba ay lumapit kay Hesus at nagtanong, “Alin pong utos ang pinakamahalaga?” Sumagot si Hesus, “Ito ang pinakamahalagang utos, ‘Pakinggan mo, Israel! Ang Panginoon na ating Diyos – siya lamang ang Panginoon. Ibigin mo ang Panginoon mong Diyos nang buong puso, nang buong kaluluwa, nang buong pag-iisip, at nang buong lakas,’ Ito naman ang pangalawa, ‘Ibigin mo ang iyong kapwa gaya ng iyong sarili’ Wala nang ibang utos na hihigit pa sa mga ito.” “Tama po, Guro!” wika ng eskriba. “Totoo ang sinabi ninyo. Iisa ang Diyos at wala nang iba liban sa kanya. At ang umibig sa kanya nang buong puso, buong pag-iisip, at buong lakas, at ang umibig sa kapwa gaya ng kanyang sarili ay higit na mahalaga kaysa magdala ng lahat ng handog na susunugin, at iba pang mga hain.” Nakita ni Hesus na matalino ang kanyang sagot, kaya’t sinabi niya, “Malapit ka nang mapabilang sa mga pinaghaharian ng Diyos.” At wala nang nangahas magtanong kay Hesus mula noon.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikasiyam na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Huwebes

Sa ating mga panalangin ngayon, maipakita nawa natin ang ating pag-ibig sa Diyos nang buong puso, kaluluwa, isip, at lakas at ang ating pag-ibig sa kapwa tulad ng paggalang at pagpipitagan natin sa ating mga sarili.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Panginoon, punuin mo kami ng iyong pag-ibig.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y hindi tumigil sa pagpapahayag na nasa puso ng Ebanghelyo ang pag-ibig sa Diyos at ang pag-ibig sa kapwa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Sa mga tinanggalan ng karapatan, mga itinataboy, at mga walang nagmamahal nawa’y hindi natin makaligtaang ipadama ang ating habag sa kanila, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y makitungo sa ating kapwa nang may kabutihang-loob at paggalang, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y magkaroon ng higit na malalim na pagkalinga sa mga maysakit at mga matatanda sa pamamagitan ng banayad na paghaplos ng Espiritu Santo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang ating mga mahal na yumao nawa’y dalhin ni Kristo sa kanyang walang hanggang Kaharian, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Makalangit na Ama, maging karapat-dapat nawa kami sa iyong pagtawag. Bigyan mo kami ng biyaya na maisabuhay ang iyong batas ng pag-ibig sa salita at gawa. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristong aming Panginoon. Amen.

STRONG WORDS FROM THE SC TO CONGRESS: “GRAVE ABUSE OF DISCRETION”

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Thirty-nine years. That is how long Congress has failed to enact the law required by the 1987 Constitution to prohibit political dynasties.

Today the Supreme Court finally said: enough.

In a unanimous decision, the Court declared that Congress has a mandatory constitutional duty to enact an anti-political dynasty law, and that its prolonged failure to do so constitutes “grave abuse of discretion” and a continuing violation of its constitutional duty. The Court directed Congress to act “with utmost urgency” and enact the law “at the earliest opportunity.”

Those are exceptionally strong words.
Article II, Section 26 of our Constitution declares: “The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service, and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law.”

For almost four decades, the constitutional command remained largely unrealized because Congress itself was entrusted with defining what constitutes a political dynasty. The Court noted that dynasties have meanwhile remained widespread, extending even into the party-list system.

Perhaps this ruling raises a question larger than political dynasties themselves: What happens when those entrusted with making the law have a personal interest in not making it?

This is precisely why constitutional institutions exist—to place limits on power, including the power of those who make our laws.

Thirty-nine years is long enough.
Congress, the Supreme Court has spoken. Now enact the law.

THE NEW ARMS RACE: AI RACE

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President Donald Trump has reportedly dismissed the growing warnings about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence as a “hoax.” His reason is revealing: America must stay ahead because, as he puts it, “whoever wins AI wins.”

Perhaps that statement itself should set alarm bells ringing.

We have heard this logic before. During the Cold War, one superpower could not stop developing more powerful weapons because the other might get ahead. Each side’s fear became the justification for the other’s escalation. And humanity found itself trapped in an arms race capable of destroying the very civilization it claimed to defend.

The Church did not remain silent.

In 1963, shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought humanity frighteningly close to nuclear catastrophe, Pope St. John XXIII issued Pacem in Terris. He called explicitly for “a cessation to the arms race,” for the reduction of armaments, the banning of nuclear weapons, and agreements accompanied by effective systems of mutual control.

Paul VI carried that appeal to the United Nations. John Paul II repeatedly called for an end to the nuclear arms race. Benedict XVI and Francis continued the Church’s advocacy for disarmament, with Francis eventually declaring even the possession of nuclear weapons morally unacceptable.

Today we may be facing a new arms race—the AI race.

It is already inseparable from modern warfare. Artificial intelligence is being integrated into surveillance, targeting, autonomous weapons, cyberwarfare and military decision-making. But an even more fundamental race is taking place among nations and corporations: the race toward increasingly powerful AI—and ultimately toward a possible superintelligence.

The logic sounds disturbingly familiar.

America cannot slow down because China might get ahead.

China cannot slow down because America might get ahead.

One AI company cannot slow down because its competitors might get ahead.

And so nobody can afford to be prudent.

This is why I find it significant that some of the very people building the world’s most powerful AI systems are themselves beginning to call for restraint, regulation, independent monitoring and international cooperation. They are warning us that capabilities are advancing faster than our capacity to understand and control them.

The issue is not whether AI is good or evil. AI has enormous potential for good. The deeper question is whether we are racing toward a point at which human intelligence may no longer be able to hold the reins.

Pope Leo XIV has already given the Church a powerful expression for this in Magnifica Humanitas: we must “disarm AI.”

Perhaps the time has come to translate that principle into a more urgent global appeal—calling together governments, AI developers, scientists, ethicists and religious leaders to consider internationally agreed red lines on the development of superintelligence: reciprocal commitments, independent monitoring, verification and effective safeguards before capabilities are developed that humanity may no longer be able to control.

The Church helped humanity find its moral voice during the nuclear arms race. Perhaps she is being called to exercise that prophetic role again.

Because the real question is not: Who will win the AI race? The question is: What if humanity loses it?

LOVE and COMPASSION

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Gospel Reading for September 17, 2026 – Luke 7: 36-50

LOVE and COMPASSION

A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said.

“Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.” He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears
and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven. The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

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The Pharisees seemed to have a lot of time keeping track of what people were doing and putting labels on them. They were particularly fond of labeling people as “sinners.”

The word Pharisee comes from the Hebrew word prushim, which means “separated ones.” They thought of themselves as HOLY simply because they observed practices that kept them from ritual impurity. This explains why Jesus was often angry with them, especially because of their hypocrisy. Their judgmental attitude discouraged the so-called “sinners” from having a change of heart. More often than not, people do not change because of the labels placed on them. It is LOVE and COMPASSION that can change hearts. That is the way of Jesus.

The woman in the Gospel showed genuine repentance, and it touched Jesus’ heart and led Him to forgive her.

As for us, it is only when we recognize and admit that we too are sinners, and sincerely repent of our sins, that we receive God’s forgiveness.

Lord Jesus, may we always be humble enough to admit that we too sin against God and are also in need of Your forgiveness. Amen

Veritas Editorial

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