HUWEBES, MARSO 7, 2024

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Huwebes sa Ika-3 Linggo
ng Apatnapung Araw na Paghahanda

Jeremias 7, 23-28
Salmo 94, 1-2. 6-7. 8-9

Panginoo’y inyong dinggin,
huwag n’yo s’yang salungatin.

Lucas 11, 14-23

Thursday of the Third Week of Lent (Violet)

UNANG PAGBASA
Jeremias 7, 23-28

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Jeremias

Sinasabi ng Panginoon: “Inutusan ko ang mga tao na sumunod sa akin upang sila’y maging aking bayan at ako naman ang Diyos nila. Sinabi kong mamuhay sila ayon sa ipinag-uutos ko, at sila’y mapapanuto. Ngunit hindi sila tumalima; ayaw nilang makinig sa akin. Sa halip, ginawa nila ang balang maibigan at lubusang nagpakasama, sa halip na magpakabuti. Mula nang lumabas sa Egipto ang inyong mga ninuno hanggang sa araw na ito, patuloy akong nagsugo ng aking mga alipin, ang mga propeta. Subalit hindi ninyo sila pinakinggan ni pinahalagahan. Nagmatigas kayo at masahol pa ang ginawa ninyo kaysa ginawa ng inyong mga ninuno.

“Jeremias, sasabihin mo ang lahat ng ito sa kanila subalit hindi sila makikinig sa iyo. Tatawagin mo sila ngunit hindi ka nila papansinin. Kaya ganito ang sabihin mo sa kanila: ‘Narito ang bansang ayaw makinig sa tinig ng Panginoon na kanilang Diyos, at ayaw ituwid ang kanilang landas. Naglaho na sa kanila ang katotohanan at di man lamang nababanggit.’”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 94, 1-2. 6-7. 8-9

Panginoo’y inyong dinggin,
huwag n’yo s’yang salungatin.

Tayo ay lumapit
sa ‘ting Panginoon, siya ay awitan,
ating papurihan
ang batong kublihan nati’t kalakasan.
Tayo ay lumapit,
sa kanyang harapan na may pasalamat,
siya ay purihin,
ng mga awiting may tuwa at galak.

Panginoo’y inyong dinggin,
huwag n’yo s’yang salungatin.

Tayo ay lumapit,
sa kanya’y sumamba at magbigay-galang,
lumuhod sa harap nitong Panginoong sa ati’y lumalang.
Siya ang ating Diyos,
tayo ay kalinga niyang mga hirang,
mga tupa tayong inaalagaan.

Panginoo’y inyong dinggin,
huwag n’yo s’yang salungatin.

Ang kanyang salita ay ating pakinggan:
“Iyang inyong puso’y
huwag patigasin, tulad ng ginawa
ng inyong magulang
nang nasa Meriba, sa ilang ng Masa.
Ako ay tinukso’t
doon ay sinubok ng inyong magulang,
bagamat nakita
ang aking ginawang sila’ng nakinabang.”

Panginoo’y inyong dinggin,
huwag n’yo s’yang salungatin.

AWIT-PAMBUNGAD SA MABUTING BALITA
Joel 2, 12-13

Magsisi tayong mataos,
halinang magbalik-loob
sa mapagpatawad na D’yos;
sa kanya tayo’y dumulog
at manunumbalik na lubos.

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 11, 14-23

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Noong panahong iyon, pinalayas ni Hesus ang isang demonyong sanhi ng pagkapipi ng isang lalaki, at ito’y nakapagsalita na mula noon. Nanggilalas ang mga tao, ngunit may ilan sa kanila ang nagsabi, “Si Beelzebul na prinsipe ng mga demonyo ang nagbigay sa kanya ng kapangyarihang magpalayas ng mga demonyo.” May iba namang nais siyang subukin, kaya’t nagsabi, “Magpakita ka ng kababalaghang magpapakilala na ang Diyos ang sumasaiyo.” Ngunit batid ni Hesus ang kanilang iniisip, kaya’t sinabi sa kanila, “Babagsak ang bawat kahariang nahahati sa magkakalabang pangkat at mawawasak ang mga bahay roon. Kung maghimagsik si Satanas laban sa kanyang sarili, paano mananatili ang kanyang kaharian? Sinasabi ninyong nagpapalayas ako ng mga demonyo sapagkat binigyan ako ni Beelzebul ng kapangyarihang ito. Kung ako’y nagpapalayas ng mga demonyo sa pamamagitan ni Beelzebul, sino naman ang nagbigay ng kapangyarihan sa inyong mga tagasunod na makagawa ng gayun? Sila na rin ang nagpapatunay na maling-mali kayo. Ngayon, kung ako’y nagpapalayas ng mga demonyo sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng Diyos, nangangahulugang dumating na sa inyo ang paghahari ng Diyos.

“Kapag ang isang taong malakas at nasasandatahan ay nagbabantay sa kanyang bahay, malayo sa panganib ang kanyang ari-arian. Ngunit kung salakayin siya at talunin ng isang taong higit na malakas, sasamsamin nito ang mga sandatang kanyang inaasahan at ipamamahagi ang ari-ariang inagaw.

“Ang hindi panig sa akin ay laban sa akin, at nagkakalat ang hindi tumutulong sa aking mag-ipon.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikatlong Linggo ng Kuwaresma
Huwebes

Habang tayo ay natitipon kay Kristo na nangingibabaw sa lahat ng kasamaan, buong pagtitiwala tayong lumapit sa Ama taglay ang ating mga kahilingan.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, gawin Mo kaming kaisa ng iyong anak.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y magpanibago at magpatotoo nang tapat sa mga dapat pahalagahan sa buhay at tumulong sa muling pagbubuo ng isang wasak na mundo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga Kristiyanong mananampalataya nawa’y magkaroon ng tapang na mangaral sa ngalan ni Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Atin nawang buong pusong itaguyod ang pagtatanggol sa katotohanan at salungatin ang malikhaing pang-aakit ng kasamaan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit at may kapansanan nawa’y paginhawahin ng pag-ibig ng Diyos na kanilang nararanasan sa pangangalaga ng mga taong kumakalinga sa kanila, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga namayapa nawa’y tanggapin sa kaganapan ng Kaharian ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama naming makapangyarihan, sa paghahandog namin ng mga panalangin, pinasasalamatan ka namin dahil sa iyong Anak na tumubos sa kasalanan at kamatayan, na nabubuhay at naghahari magpasawalang hanggan. Amen.

WHEN POWER REJECTS ACCOUNTABILITY

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I listened patiently to President Donald Trump’s speech before the UN General Assembly yesterday. One part that particularly disturbed me was his attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He called it an anti-American tribunal, declared that the United States would never allow its service members to be investigated by it, and urged all ICC member states to withdraw from the institution.

I could not help thinking of the ongoing ICC proceedings involving former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

Whatever our political sympathies, the fundamental question is this: Should any head of state, president, or military commander be beyond accountability for the exercise of power, especially when that power involves decisions over human life and death?

The ICC is not an organ of the United Nations, but an independent international court established under the Rome Statute to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Its mandate is to help ensure that even those who wield the highest political and military authority can be held accountable for serious international crimes.

The ICC proceedings against former President Duterte, whose trial is scheduled to begin on November 30, bring this question very close to home. He is entitled to the presumption of innocence and to a fair trial. The same principle of accountability, however, raises questions about the actions of leaders everywhere, including those of the most powerful nations.

There is something deeply ironic about a president addressing the United Nations while urging its member states to abandon an international institution established to address some of the gravest crimes against humanity. It is especially striking when one recalls the central role the United States played in the founding of the United Nations itself.

Trump’s remarks raise a fundamental question about the future of international justice: Can a system of accountability function when powerful states reject the authority of institutions that may scrutinize their own actions?

The question is not whether the ICC is beyond criticism. Like every institution entrusted with the administration of justice, it must itself be accountable, impartial, and faithful to due process.

The deeper question is whether the international community can sustain a system of justice in which the same standards apply to the powerful and the powerless alike.

A SPEECH THAT LEFT ME DEEPLY DISTURBED

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Yesterday, I watched President Donald Trump deliver his speech before the United Nations General Assembly. It was rather long, but I listened patiently to the end. In fact, I even took the trouble of transcribing the whole speech so that I could study it more carefully.

With a little help from AI, I did a simple word count. I wanted to know how often he used the first-person pronouns “I” and “we,” the latter referring at times to himself and his administration, and at other times to the American nation. I counted 64 instances of “I” and 101 of “we,” not including other forms such as “my,” “me,” “our,” and “us.”

As I listened, I also had the UN Charter in mind. After all, he was addressing an organization founded precisely to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the sovereign equality of nations, to promote human rights, and to settle international disputes by peaceful means.

With some AI assistance, I tried to examine how the main points of his speech squared with these fundamental principles. I was particularly struck by his repeated assertions of American military supremacy, his threats of annihilation against Iran, and his insistence on America’s right to use its military might to secure its national interests.

But beyond the actual words, it was the tone of the speech that disturbed me most. The repeated self-congratulation, the language of domination, the threats of overwhelming military force, and the apparent confidence that the world’s problems could be settled through the exercise of superior power left me with a deeply unsettling feeling.

I found myself wondering: What happens to the international order when the leader of the world’s most powerful country speaks of peace primarily in the language of power?

The UN was founded on the conviction that might does not make right, that even the most powerful nations must be accountable to international law, and that peace cannot be secured simply by threatening to annihilate one’s enemies.

I finished listening to the speech with a sense of foreboding. Not merely because of what President Trump said, but because of the enormous power at his disposal.

When so much destructive power is concentrated in the hands of one leader, the whole world has reason to be concerned about how that power is exercised.

May God help us preserve the fragile peace of our world.

SO CHARISMATIC

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Gospel Reading for September 24, 2026 – Luke 9: 7-9

SO CHARISMATIC

Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.” But Herod said, “John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him.

————

“And he kept trying to see him.”

Was Herod trying to see Jesus because he thought John the Baptist, whom he had beheaded, had been raised in Jesus? Was his conscience bothering him?

Or maybe Jesus was SO CHARISMATIC that, after hearing so much about him, Herod kept wanting to see him. Perhaps, if Herod had become a follower of Jesus, he would have repented for what he did to John and even separated from Herodias, the woman he was living with.

Jesus, being the Son of God, is truly someone extraordinary. As we read the stories about him and reflect on his teachings, we cannot help but be deeply grateful to God for allowing us to know him through his Son—to know who he truly is and who he will always be.

Lord Jesus, may we always have that deep desire to know you well and love you well, so that we may also love others well. Amen.

Veritas Editorial

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