HUWEBES, MAYO 11, 2023

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Huwebes sa Ika-5 Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay

Mga Gawa 15, 7-21
Salmo 95, 1-2a. 2b-3. 10

Sa lahat ay pinahayag
gawa ng Poong nagligtas.

Juan 15, 9-11

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
Mga Gawa 15, 7-21

Pagbasa mula sa Mga Gawa ng Mga Apostol

Noong mga araw na iyon, pagkatapos ng mahabang pagtatalo, tumindig si Pedro at sinabi sa mga apostol at sa matatanda: Mga kapatid, nalalaman ninyo na noong nakaraang mga araw, hinirang ako ng Diyos upang iparangal sa mga Hentil ang Mabuting Balita, at sila nama’y sumampalataya. At ang Diyos na nakasasaliksik ng puso ang nagpatotoo na, tulad natin, sila’y tinatanggap niya nang pagkalooban sila ng Espiritu Santo. Iisa ang tingin ng Diyos sa kanila’t sa atin; nilinis din niya ang kanilang puso sapagkat nanalig sila kay Hesukristo. Bakit ba marunong pa kayo sa Diyos? Ba’t ninyo ipinapapasan sa mga alagad ang isang dalahing mabigat na hindi natin napasan, ni ng ating mga magulang? Sumampalataya tayo at naligtas sa pamamagitan ng kagandahang-loob ng Panginoong Hesus, gayun din naman sila.”

Tumahimik ang buong kapulungan. Nakinig sila kina Bernabe at Pablo habang isinasalaysay nila ang kababalaghang ginawa ng Diyos sa mga Hentil sa pamamagitan nila. Pagkatapos, si Santiago naman ang nagsalita, “Mga kapatid, pakinggan ninyo ako. Katatapos pa lamang isalaysay ni Simon ang unang pagkatawag ng Diyos sa mga Hentil upang sila rin ay maging bayan niya, ayon sa hula ng mga propeta:

‘Pagkatapos nito ay babalik ako,
at muli kong itatayo ang bumagsak na tahanan ni David.
Muli kong ibabangon mula sa kanyang pagkaguho,
upang ang Panginoo’y hanapin ang ibang tao,
ng lahat ng bansang tinawag ko upang maging akin.
Gayon ang sabi ng Panginoon na nagpahayag ng mga bagay na ito mula pa noong una.’

“Kaya’t ang pasiya ko’y huwag nating ligaligin ang mga Hentil na lumalapit sa Diyos. Sa halip, sulatan natin sila na huwag kakain ng anumang inihandog sa diyus-diyusan; huwag makikiapid; huwag kakain ng hayop na binigti, at ng dugo. Sapagkat mula pa nang unang panahon, ang Kautusan ni Moises ay binabasa sa mga sinagoga tuwing Araw ng Pamamahinga, at ipinangangaral ang kanyang salita sa bawat bayan.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 95, 1-2a. 2b-3. 10

Sa lahat ay pinahayag
gawa ng Poong nagligtas.

o kaya: Aleluya!

Purihin ang Panginoon, awitan ng bagong awit;
Panginoo’y papurihan nitong lahat sa daigdig!

Sa lahat ay pinahayag
gawa ng Poong nagligtas.

Awitan ang Panginoon, ngalan niya ay purihin;
araw-araw ang ginawang pagliligtas ay banggitin.
Kahit saa’y ipahayag na ang Poon ay dakila,
sa madla ay ipapahayag ang dakila niyang gawa.

Sa lahat ay pinahayag
gawa ng Poong nagligtas.

“Panginoo’y siyang hari,” sa daigdig ay sabihin,
“sanlibuta’y matatag na, kahit ito ay ugain;
sa paghatol sa nilikha, lahat ay pantay sa paningin.”

Sa lahat ay pinahayag
gawa ng Poong nagligtas.

ALELUYA
Juan 10, 27

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Ang tinig ko’y pakikinggan
ng kabilang sa ‘king kawan,
ako’y kanilang susundan.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 15, 9-11

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Noong panahong iyon, sinabi ni Hesus sa kanyang mga alagad: “Kung paanong iniibig ako ng Ama, gayun din naman, iniibig ko kayo; manatili kayo sa aking pag-ibig. Kung tinutupad ninyo ang aking mga utos, mananatili kayo sa aking pag-ibig; tulad ko, tinutupad ko ang mga utos ng aking Ama at ako’y nananatili sa kanyang pag-ibig.

“Sinasabi ko sa inyo ang mga bagay na ito upang makahati kayo sa kagalakan ko at malubos ang inyong kagalakan.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikalimang Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay
Huwebes

Sinabi ni Kristo, “Kung mamamalagi kayo sa akin at mamamalagi sa inyo ang mga pananalita ko, hingin ninyo ang anumang loobin n’yo at magkakagayon sa inyo.” Manalangin tayo nang may pagtitiwala dahil sa mga salita niyang nakapagpapasigla ng loob.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Panginoon, sumasampalataya kami sa Iyo.

Ang ating Simbahan nawa’y maging isang tunay na pamayanang namumunga ng pag-ibig at kapayapaan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga hindi sumasampalataya nawa’y makakilala sa Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pag-iibigan ng mga Kristiyano, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga mag-asawa nawa’y maging tapat sa kanilang pag-ibig sa isa’t isa na nagpapatunay sa kanilang pananampalataya bilang Kristiyano, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit nawa’y maging matatag sa kanilang pananampalataya at manatiling kaisa ni Jesus kahit sa kanilang pagdurusa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga lumisan na sa buhay na ito nawa’y magdiwang nang walang katapusan sa tahanan ng Diyos sa Langit, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Diyos na aming Ama, dinggin mo ang aming mga panalangin at puspusin mo ang aming mga puso ng iyong pag-ibig upang makapamuhay kami sa paraang kalugud-lugod sa iyo. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na 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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