LUNES, ENERO 29, 2024

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Lunes ng Ika-4 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

2 Samuel 15, 13-14. 30; 16, 5-13a
Salmo 3, 2-3. 4-5. 6-7

Halika, Panginoon ko,
iligtas mo sana ako.

Marcos 5, 1-20

Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

UNANG PAGBASA
2 Samuel 15, 13-14. 30; 16, 5-13a

Pagbasa mula sa ikalawang aklat ni Samuel

Noong mga araw na iyon, dumating kay David ang balitang si Absalom na ang kinikilalang hari ng Israel. Sinabi niya sa mga kasama, “Mabuti pa’y umalis tayo sa Jerusalem. Kung hindi, nanganganib tayo kay Absalom. Magmadali tayo’t baka abutin niya! Kapahamakan ang sasapitin natin, pagkat wala siyang igagalang isa man sa lungsod!”

Si David ay umiiyak na umahon sa Bundok ng mga Olibo. Wala siyang sandalyas at nakatalukbong, tanda ng kalungkutan. Lahat ng kasama niya’y nakatalukbong at umiiyak ding umahon.

Nang papalapit na sa Bahurim si Haring David, isang kamag-anak ni Saul ang lumabas sa lansangan na nagtutungayaw. Ito’y si Simei na anak ni Gera. Binabato niya si David at ang mga kasama nito, maging alipin o kawal. Ganito ang kanyang isinisigaw: ‘Lumayas ka! Lumayas ka! Ikaw na tampalasa’t uhaw sa dugo! Naghiganti na sa iyo ang Panginoon dahil sa pagpatay sa sambahayan ni Saul at pag-agaw sa kanyang trono. Ibinigay na kay Absalom ang kanyang kaharian. Ikaw na mamamatay-tao! Sa wakas, siningil ka rin sa iyong pagkakautang!”

Sinabi ni Abisai, “Mahal na hari, diya’t pinahihintulutan ninyong lapastanganin ng hampaslupang ito ang inyong kamahalan? Ipahintulot po ninyong tagpasin ko ang kanyang ulo.”

Ngunit sinabi ng hari, “Huwag kang makialam sa bagay na ito Abisai; ako ang magpapasiya nito. Kung iniutos ng Panginoon na sumpain si David, ano’ng karapatan nating sumuway?” Sinabi ni David kay Abisai at sa lahat niyang lingkod, “Kung ang anak ko mismo ay nagtatangka sa aking buhay, hindi dapat pagtakhan ngayon kung mag-isip ng ganyan ang Benjaminitang ito. Bayaan ninyo siyang magtungayaw at sumpain ako. Ano’ng malay natin baka ito’y utos ng Panginoon sa kanya! Baka naman kahabagan ako ng Panginoon sa kalagayang ito, at pagpalain ako sa halip na sumpain.” Patuloy sa paglakad sina David at ang kanyang mga tauhan.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 3, 2-3. 4-5. 6-7

Halika, Panginoon ko,
iligtas mo sana ako.

O Panginoon ko, kay raming kaaway,
sa abang lingkod mo ay kumakalaban;
ang palagi nilang pinag-uusapan,
ako raw, O Diyos, di mo tutulungan!

Halika, Panginoon ko,
iligtas mo sana ako.

Ngunit ang totoo, sa lahat ng oras,
iniingatan mo at inililigtas;
sa aki’y tagumpay ang iginagawad,
mahina kong loob ay pinalalakas.
Kaya ikaw, Poon, nang aking tawagan,
sinagot mo ako sa bundok na banal.

Halika, Panginoon ko,
iligtas mo sana ako.

Ako ay humimlay, agad nakatulog,
ligtas na nagising ang iyong kinupkop;
libo mang kaaway, wala akong takot,
humanay man sila, sa aking palibot.
Halika, O Diyos, iligtas mo ako,
lahat kong kaaway ay pasukuin mo.

Halika, Panginoon ko,
iligtas mo sana ako.

ALELUYA
Lucas 7, 16

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Narito at dumating na
isang dakilang propeta
sugo ng Diyos sa bayan n’ya.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Marcos 5, 1-20

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Marcos

Noong panahong iyon, dumating sina Hesus at ang mga alagad sa ibayo ng lawa, sa lupain ng mga Geraseno. Pagkababa ni Hesus sa bangka, siya’y sinalubong ng isang lalaking galing sa libingan. Ang lalaking ito’y inaalihan ng masamang espiritu at sa libingan naninirahan. Hindi siya maigapos nang matagal, kahit tanikala ang gamitin. Malimit siyang ipangaw at gapusin ng tanikala, ngunit pinaglalagut-lagot niya ito at pinagbabali-bali ang pangaw. Talagang walang makasupil sa kanya. Araw-gabi’y nagsisisigaw siya sa libingan at sa kaburulan, at sinusugatan ng bato ang kanyang sarili.

Malayo pa’y natanawan na niya si Hesus. Siya’y patakbong lumapit at nagpatirapa sa harapan niya, at sumigaw nang malakas, “Hesus, Anak ng Kataas-taasang Diyos, ano ang pakialam mo sa akin? Huwag mo akong pahirapan, alang-alang sa Diyos!” Sinabi niya ito, sapagkat iniutos sa kanya ni Hesus, “Masamang espiritu, lumabas ka sa taong ito!” Tinanong siya ni Hesus, “Ano ang pangalan mo?” “Pulutong, sapagkat marami kami,” tugon niya. At mahigpit nilang ipinakiusap kay Hesus na huwag silang palayasin sa lupaing iyon.

Doon naman sa libis ng bundok ay may malaking kawan ng mga baboy na nanginginain. Nagmakaawa kay Hesus ang masasamang espiritu na ang wika, “Papasukin mo na lang kami sa mga baboy.” At sila’y pinahintulutan niya. Lumabas sa tao ang masasamang espiritu at pumasok nga sa mga baboy. Ang kawan, na may dalawanlibo, ay sumibad ng takbo tungo sa pampang ng lawa, nahulog sa tubig at nalunod.

Nagtatakbo ang mga tagapag-alaga ng kawan at ipinamalita ito sa bayan at sa mga nayon; kaya’t pumaroon ang mga tao upang tingnan kung ano nga ang nangyari. Paglapit nila kay Hesus ay nakita nila ang lalaking inalihan ng mga demonyo. Nakaupo ito, may damit at matino na ang isip. At sila’y natakot. Isinalaysay sa kanila ng mga nakakita ang nangyari sa inalihan ng mga demonyo at ang sinapit ng mga baboy. Kaya’t ipinamanhik nila kay Hesus na umalis sa kanilang lupain.

Nang sumasakay na si Hesus sa bangka, nakiusap ang inalihan ng mga demonyo na isama siya, ngunit hindi pumayag si Hesus. Sa halip ay sinabi niya, “Umuwi ka at sabihin mo sa iyong mga kasambahay ang lahat ng ginawa sa iyo ng Panginoon, at kung paanong nahabag siya sa iyo.” Umalis ang taong iyon at ipinamalita sa Decapolis ang ginawa sa kanya ni Hesus. At nanggilalas ang lahat ng nakarinig niyon.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikaapat na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Lunes

Natitipon kay Kristo na lumulupig sa kasamaan, ilapit natin sa Ama nang may pananalig ang ating mga panalangin.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Kataas-taasang Diyos, ipag-adya Mo kami.

Ang Santo Papa, ang mga obispo, mga pari, at mga diyakono nawa’y matulungan tayong manatiling matatag sa ating pananampalataya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga Kristiyanong mananampalataya nawa’y magkaroon ng tapang na makapagsalita nang may katatagan sa ngalan ni Jesu-Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga naging manhid na sa pagkakasala nawa’y hipuin ng Espiritu ng Diyos upang magsisi at magbago sila ng pamumuhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga naghihinanakit dahil sa hirap at pagdurusa nawa’y maalalayan natin nang walang pag-aalinlangan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang ating mga mahal na yumao nawa’y makauwi nang matiwasay sa kalipunan ng mga banal kay Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Makalangit na Ama, nagbubunyi kami sa iyong nag-uumapaw na pag-ibig para sa amin, paghariin mo ang iyong kapangyarihan sa amin at maging kasa-kasama ka namin sa landasin ng buhay. 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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