LINGGO, SETYEMBRE 4, 2022

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Ika-23 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (K)

Karunungan 9, 13-18b
Salmo 89, 3-4. 5-6. 12-13. 14 at 17

Poon, amin kang tahanan noon,
ngayon at kailanman.

Filemon 9b-10. 12-17
Lucas 14, 25-33

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Green)

UNANG PAGBASA
Karunungan 9, 13-18b

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ng Karunungan

“Sinong tao ang makatatarok ng kaisipan ng Diyos?
Sino ang makaaalam sa kalooban ng Panginoon?
Kapos ang kaisipan ng tao at marupok ang aming mga panukala.
Sapagkat ang aming kaluluwa ay binabatak na pababa
ng aming katawang may kamatayan.
Ang aming katawang lupa ay pabigat sa isipang punung-puno ng mga panukala.
Nahihirapan kami para mahulaan man lamang ang nilalaman ng daigdig;
nahihirapan din kami upang malaman kung ano ang mga bagay sa paligid namin.
Sino, kung gayon, ang makauunawa sa mga bagay na makalangit?
Walang makaaalam ng inyong kalooban malibang bigyan mo siya ng iyong Karunungan,
at lukuban ng inyong diwang banal mula sa kaitasaan.
Sa ganitong paraan lamang maiwawasto mo
ang mga tao sa matuwid na landas.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 89, 3-4. 5-6. 12-13. 14 at 17

Poon, amin kang tahanan
noon, ngayon at kailanman.

Yaong taong nilikha mo’y bumabalik sa alabok
sa lupa ay nagbabalik kapag iyong iniutos.
Ang sanlibong mga taon ay para bang isang araw,
sa mata mo, Panginoon, isang kisapmata lamang;
isang saglit sa magdamag na ito ay dumaraan.

Poon, amin kang tahanan
noon, ngayon at kailanman.

Mga tao’y pumapanaw na para mong winawalis,
parang damo sa umagang tumubo sa panaginip.
Parang damong tumutubo, na may taglay na bulaklak,
kung gumabi’y nalalanta’t bulaklak ay nalalagas.

Poon, amin kang tahanan
noon, ngayon at kailanman.

Yamang itong buhay nami’y maikli lang na panahon,
itanim sa isip namin upang kami ay dumunong
hanggang kailan magtitiis na magdusa, Panginoon,
kaming iyong mga lingkod na naghihirap sa ngayon?

Poon, amin kang tahanan
noon, ngayon at kailanman.

Kung umaga’y ipadama yaong wagas mong pag-ibig,
at sa buong buhay may galak ang awit namin.
Panginoon naming Diyos, kami sana’y pagpalain,
magtagumpay sana kami sa anumang aming gawin!

Poon, amin kang tahanan
noon, ngayon at kailanman.

IKALAWANG PAGBASA
Filemon 9b-10. 12-17

Pagbasa mula sa sulat ni Apostol San Pablo kay Filemon

Pinakamamahal ko, akong si Pablo, sugo ni Kristo Hesus at ngayo’y nakabilanggo dahil sa kanya, ang nakikiusap sa iyo tungkol kay Onesimo, na naakit ko sa pananampalataya samantalang ako’y naririto sa bilangguan.

Pinababalik ko siya sa iyo, at para ko nang ipinadala sa iyo ang aking puso. Ibig ko sanang panatilihin siya sa aking piling, upang, sa halip mo, siya ang maglingkod sa akin habang ako’y nabibilanggo dahil sa Mabuting Balita. Ngunit ayokong gawin iyon nang wala kang pahintulot upang hindi maging sapilitan kundi kusa ang pagtulong mo sa akin.

Marahil, nawalay sa iyo nang kaunting panahon si Onesimo upang sa pagbabalik niya’y makasama mo siya habang panahon – hindi na bilang alipin kungi isang minamahal na kapatid. Mahal siya sa akin, ngunit lalo na sa iyo – hindi lamang bilang isang alipin kundi isang kapatid pa sa Panginoon!

Kaya’t kung inaari mo akong tunay na kasama, tanggapin mo siya tulad ng pagtanggap mo sa akin.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

ALELUYA
Salmo 118, 135

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Poon, iyong pasikatin
kagandahan ng loobin
ng kabutihan mo sa ‘min.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 14, 25-33

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Noong panahong iyon, sumama kay Hesus ang napakaraming tao; humarap siya sa kanila at kanyang sinabi, “Hindi maaaring maging alagad ko ang sinumang umiibig sa kanyang ama at ina, asawa at mga anak, mga kapatid, at maging sa sarili niyang buhay nang higit sa akin. Ang sinumang hindi magpasan ng sariling krus at sumunod sa akin ay hindi maaaring maging alagad ko. Kung ang isa sa inyo’y nagbabalak magtayo ng tore, hindi ba uupo muna siya at tatayahin ang magugugol para malaman kung may sapat siyang salaping maipagpapatapos niyon? Baka mailagay ang mga pundasyon ngunit hindi naman maipatapos siya’y kukutyain ng lahat ng makakakita nito. Sasabihin nila: ‘Nagsimulang magtayo ang taong ito pero hindi naipatapos.’ O sinong hari na makikipagdigma sa kapwa hari ang hindi muna uupo at pag-aaralang mabuti kung ang sampunlibo niyang kawal ay maisasagupa sa kalaban na may dalawampunlibong tauhan? At kung hindi niya kaya, malayo pa ang kalaban ay magsusugo na siya ng mga kinatawan upang makipagkasundo. Gayun din naman, hindi maaaring maging alagad ko ang sinuman, kung hindi niya tatalikdan ang lahat sa kanyang buhay.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-23 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (K)

Ipinaaalaala sa atin ngayon ng Panginoong Hesus na kung nais nating maging alagad niya, dapat natin siyang mahalin nang higit kaninuman at anuman, at handang magpasan ng ating krus nang buong tapang at tiyaga. Ipanalangin natin ang lahat ng nahihirapan sa ganitong mga kundisyon, kasama na ang ating mga sarili. Maging tugon natin ay:

Panginoon, tulungan mo kaming sumunod sa iyo!

Nawa ang Simbahan ay maging maningning na halimbawa ng katapatan sa mga tuntunin ng Ebanghelyo, at kailanma’y di ito ipagpalit sa materiyal na pakinabang. Manalangin tayo!

Nawa dinggin ng ating kabataan ang panawagan sa kanila ni Hesus na buong pusong sumunod sa kanya at maglingkod sa mga kababayang napagkakaitan, walang tirahan, inaapi, at maysakit. Manalangin tayo!

Nawa maging tapat sa kanilang mga pangako hanggang kamatayan ang lahat ng mga nagtalaga sa Diyos ng kanilang sarili sa pagpapari o buhay-relihiyoso. Manalangin tayo!

Nawa ngayong ipinagdiriwang natin ang Pambansang Buwan ng mga Guro, ang ating mga guro ay laging maging mga inspirasyon sa kanilang salita, saloobin, at gawa. Manalangin tayo!

Nawa ang ating pamayanan ay maging maningning na halimbawa ng katapatan sa mga turo ni Hesus sa isang lipunang batbat ng katiwalian at materiyalismo. Manalangin tayo!

Tahimik nating ipanalangin ang ating mga sariling kahilingan. (Tumigil sandali.) Manalangin tayo!

Panginoon, ikaw ang aming tanging yaman, pag-asa, at buhay. Ipagkaloob mo sa amin ang biyayang maging tapat sa iyo sa bawat saglit ng aming buhay upang makatuloy kami sa Kaharian kung saan ka nabubuhay at naghahari magpasawalang hanggan.

Amen!

The ROADMAP

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Gospel Reading for October 05, 2026 – Luke 10: 25-37

The ROADMAP

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’

Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” He answered,“The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

————

Jesus was indeed a GREAT STORYTELLER. Most of the time, when people asked him about something, he would respond with a story. When he wanted to teach something, he spoke in parables.
He is the Son of God. He said, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). This means that this is the style of the Father.

It would be so easy to just give the answer or teach a lesson directly, but this is our God—who gave us an intellect and a soul so that we ourselves may find the answers we seek in life, especially in the spiritual realm. This is the Word of God. It is not meant to be taught like a lesson in class. It is meant to be listened to with all ears and kept in our hearts with deep sincerity.

The Word of God is SO PRECIOUS because it is the way of life of all who believe in God. It is SO PRECIOUS because we do not have to go through life wasting time on trial and error. It is SO PRECIOUS because it is The ROADMAP going to heaven.

Lord Jesus, thank you for leading us to the Father!

Bearing Fruit

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27th Sunday A

Is 5:1-7
The reading is a poetic song using metaphor to depict covenant infidelity, with the vineyard symbolizing Israel and Yahweh. The prophet narrates the careful construction of the vineyard, expecting a good harvest, but results in bitter disappointment. Judah is called to judge itself, with the vineyard’s dismantling representing Israel’s loss of protection and proper cultivation. The parable ends with judgment and violence, highlighting God’s desire for fidelity and justice, especially for the poor, but finding only selfishness and treachery, leading to destruction and exile.

 

Phil 4:6-9
In the final part of this letter, Paul urges the community to set aside worries and turn to prayer (v6). God’s peace, which surpasses understanding (v7), results from harmonious relations with God and others, found when one commits to Christ (Col 3:15). He also recommends Stoic virtues (v8) that celebrate human values connected to the God of peace. Life’s goodness includes natural beauty, human achievements, and spiritual uplift.

 

Mt 21:33-43
The gospel describes the parable of the vineyard from Isaiah 5, representing Israel as the vineyard and Yahweh as its owner. The parable evolved in early church history but reflects Jesus’ ministry of rejection and replacement. The chief priests and the Pharisees are the tenants whose responsibility is to produce the fruit the owner’s servants are sent to collect. The two sets of servants are the prophets: they are rejected, abused, even killed, (vv34-36 cf Jer 20:2; 26:21-23; and were often referred to by Jesus, 5:12; 22:6; 23:30-37). The son, the final emissary, is Jesus himself, with an allusion to his death outside of Jerusalem (vv38-39; Jn 19:17; Heb 13:12f).

The Jewish leaders pass sentence on themselves. Psalm 118 was used in the early church as a prophecy of Jesus’ rejection and victory.

The term “karpos” ( καρπὸς ) is constantly used in the Bible. But aside from its literal meaning of fruit, grain, or harvest; or in the sense of “offspring” (Lk 1.42) or “descendant” (Acts 2.30), the kind of fruit expected by the owner of the vineyard refers metaphorially to the duty Israel owes to God (cf. Isa 5:4), to a godly lifestyle which is consistent with a rightly-ordered covenant relationship with God. The Matthean ideal of ” bearing fruit” connotes the sense of “moral characteristics”: repentance (3:8,10); good deeds (7:16-20; 12:33); and fruitfulness (13:8; 21:19). In this regard the religious leaders of his time failed to teach such, nurture spiritual growth and fruitfulness among the people, and inspire covenant fidelity, for they themselves live an unrepentant and duplicity of life. Thus responsibility over the vineyard will be transferred to the faithful ones as promised in Isa 55:3-5. (vv43, 45).

Isaiah’s song and Matthew’s parable of the vineyard conclude in much the same way—on a note of disillusionment. Whether the present-day ‘tenants of the vineyard of the Lord’ produce fruit or not, we nevertheless remain God’s vineyard, which He continually cultivates. Fidelity to God’s will produces an abundant harvest. Are we producing fruits of “whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, gracious…excellence, worthy of praise” (cf. Phil. 4:6-9)? May it be so. Amen.

CHANCE TO REALIGN

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Gospel Reading for October 04, 2026 – Matthew 21: 33-43

CHANCE TO REALIGN

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.” Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes?

Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.”

————

“He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.”

It was so easy for the chief priests and elders to answer what had to be done to the wicked tenants because they did not think of themselves as the tenants.

However, what Jesus said next made them realize that they were the tenants in Jesus’ parable. They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the people who looked up to him as a prophet.
This proves that the Word of God is indeed as Hebrews 4:12 states: “The Word of God is living, active, and sharper than any double-edged sword, able to penetrate deep within us and judge our thoughts and motives.”

It is not meant to make us feel bad about ourselves, but to give us the CHANCE TO REALIGN with the person made in God’s image and likeness. It is the only way Christians can live a truly joyful, peaceful, and fruitful life in this world, in the midst of challenges and difficulties.

Speak, Lord, we are listening!

Veritas Editorial

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