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Genesis 3, 9-15. 20
o kaya Mga Gawa 1, 12-14
Salmo 87, 1-2. 3. at 5, 6-7.
o kaya Judith 13:18bkde. 19

Dinggin ang ulat sa inyong mabuting bagay,
O lungsod ng Diyos.

o kaya

Pinupuri kang lubusan
ng lahat sa ating bayan.

Juan 19, 25-34

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UNANG PAGBASA
Genesis 3, 9-15. 20

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ng Genesis

Pagkakain ni Adan sa bunga ng puno, tinawag siya ng Panginoon at tinanong,
“Saan ka naroon?”
“Natakot po ako nang marinig ko kayong nasa hardin; nagtago po ako sapagkat ako’y hubad,” tugon ng lalaki.
“Sinong may sabi sa iyong hubad ka?” tanong ng Diyos. “Bakit kumain ka ba ng bungang ipinagbabawal ko?”
“Kasi, pinakain po ako ng babaing ibinigay ninyo sa akin,” tugon ng lalaki.
“Bakit mo naman ginawa iyon?” tanong ng Diyos sa babae.
“Mangyari po’y nilinlang ako ng ahas, kaya ako natuksong kumain,” tugon naman niya.
At sinabi ng Panginoon sa ahas:
“Sa iyong ginawa’y may parusang dapat,
na tanging ikaw lang yaong magdaranas;
ikaw ay gagapang, ang hatol kong gawad,
at alikabok ang pagkaing dapat.
Kayo ng babae’y laging mag-aaway, binhi mo’t binhi niya’y laging maglalaban.
Ito ang dudurog ng ulo mong iyan, at ang sakong niya’y ikaw ang tutuklaw.”
Eva ang itinawag ni Adan sa kanyang asawa, sapagkat ito ang ina ng sangkatauhan.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

o kaya:
Mga Gawa 1, 12-14

Pagbasa mula sa Mga Gawa ng Mga Apostol

Pagkaakyat ni Hesus sa langit, ang mga apostol ay nagbalik sa Jerusalem buhat sa Bundok ng mga Olibo, na halos isang kilometro ang layo. Ang mga ito’y sina Pedro, Juan, Santiago, Andres, Felipe, Tomas, Bartolome, Mateo, Santiago na anak ni Alfeo, si Simon, ang Makabayan, at si Judas na anak ni Santiago. Pagdating sa kanilang tinutuluyan sa lungsod, nagtuloy sila sa silid sa itaas. Lagi silang nagsasama-sama sa pananalangin, kasama ang mga babae at si Mariang ina ni Hesus, gayun din ang mga kapatid ni Hesus.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 87, 1-2. 3. at 5, 6-7.

Dinggin ang ulat sa inyong mabuting bagay,
O lungsod ng Diyos.

Sa Bundok ng Sion,
itinayo ng Diyos ang banal na lungsod,
ang lungsod na ito’y higit niyang mahal
sa alinmang bayan ng angkan ni Jacob.

Dinggin ang ulat sa inyong mabuting bagay,
O lungsod ng Diyos.

Kaya’t iyong dinggin ang ulat sa iyong mabubuting bagay,
O lungsod ng Diyos.
At tungkol sa Sion, yaong sasabihin’y,
“Ang lahat ng bansa ay masasakupan,
siya’y palalakasin at patatatagin ng Kataas-taasan.”

Dinggin ang ulat sa inyong mabuting bagay,
O lungsod ng Diyos.

Ang Poon ay gagawa,
ng isang talaan ng lahat ng taong doo’y mamamayan,
ang lahat ng ito ay magsisiawit at pawang sasayaw.

Dinggin ang ulat sa inyong mabuting bagay,
O lungsod ng Diyos.

o kaya:
Judith 13:18bkde. 19

Pinupuri kang lubusan
ng lahat sa ating bayan.

Anak, sumasaiyo ang pagpapala ng Diyos na Kataas-taasan.
Higit kang pinagpala kaysa lahat ng babae sa lupa.
Purihin ang Panginoon, ang Diyos na lumalang sa langit at lupa.

Pinupuri kang lubusan
ng lahat sa ating bayan.

Ang pananalig sa Diyos na nag-udyok sa iyo
ay hindi na mapaparam sa isip ng mga tao
habang ginugunita nila ang kapangyarihan ng Diyos.

Pinupuri kang lubusan
ng lahat sa ating bayan.

ALELUYA

Aleluya, Aleluya!
Birheng Mariang mapalad,
dapat magpuri ang lahat
sa iyo at sa ‘yong Anak.
Aleluya, Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 19, 25-34

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Noong panahong iyon: Nakatayo sa tabi ng krus ni Hesus ang kanyang ina at ang kapatid na babae nitong si Maria, na asawa ni Cleopas. Naroon din si Maria Magdalena. Nang makita ni Hesus ang kanyang ina, at ang minamahal niyang alagad sa tabi nito, kanyang sinabi, “Ginang, narito ang iyong anak!” At sinabi sa alagad, “Narito ang iyong ina!” Mula noon, siya’y pinatira ng alagad na ito sa kanyang bahay.

Alam ni Hesus na naganap na ang lahat ng bagay; at bilang katuparan ng Kasulatan ay sinabi niya, “Nauuhaw ako!” May isang mangkok doon na puno ng maasim na alak. Itinubog nila rito ang isang espongha, ikinabit sa sanga ng isopo at idiniit sa kanyang bibig. Nang masipsip ni Hesus ang alak ay kanyang sinabi, “Naganap na!” Iniyukayok niya ang kanyang ulo at nalagot ang kanyang hininga.

Noo’y Araw ng Paghahanda, at ayaw ng mga Judio na manatili sa krus ang mga bangkay sa Araw ng Pamamahinga sapagkat dakila raw ang araw ng Pamamahingang ito. Kaya’t hiniling nila kay Pilato na ipabali nito ang mga binti ng mga ipinako sa krus, at alisin doon ang mga bangkay. Naparoon nga ang mga kawal at binali ang mga binti ng dalawang ipinakong kasabay ni Hesus. Ngunit pagdating nila kay Hesus at makitang patay na siya, hindi na nila binali ang kanyang binti. Subalit inulos ng sibat ng isa sa mga kawal ang tagiliran ni Hesus, at biglang dumaloy ang dugo at tubig.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Paggunita sa Mahal na Birheng Maria, Ina ng Sambayanan

Manalangin tayo na matularan natin ang halimbawa ni Maria, nang may mababang-loob, puno ng pananampalataya, at laging handang tumupad sa kalooban ng Panginoon. Sa ating bawat panalangin, ang ating itutugon:

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.

Bilang Bayan ng Diyos, tayo nawa’y sumulong sa ating paglalakbay sa pananampalataya sa ilalim ng paggabay at pagtuturo ng ating kaparian. Manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.

Ang mga pinuno ng ating pamahalaan nawa’y gumawa ng lahat ng paraan upang maitaguyod ang kapayapaan at pangalagaan ang kapakanan ng kanilang mga nasasakupan Manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.

Ang mga pamilya at pamayanan nawa’y magpahayag ng pasasalamat para sa mga biyayang tinatanggap ng bawat isa at ng lahat. Manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.

Tulad ni Maria, tayo, nawa’y magsikap tayong mag-abot ng tulong sa ating kapwang labis na nangangailangan nito. Manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.

Ang ating mga yumaong mahal sa buhay nawa’y makaranas ng kaligayahan sa piling ng Panginoon sa kanyang Kaharian. Manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.

Diyos na aming Ama, ipinadarama mo ang iyong pananatili sa aming piling sa kabutihang-loob ng aming mga kapatid. Patuloy nawa naming ipahayag ang iyong pag-ibig sa pamamagitan ng buhay na nauukol sa paglilingkod. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristong aming Panginoon. Amen.

WHEN WAR SPREADS, WHO IS SAFE?

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I am deeply concerned about the continuing escalation of the war in the Middle East. What began with American and Israeli attacks on Iran last February has developed into a wider regional conflict, with Iran retaliating against American military installations in several Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. Iran maintains that it has nothing against its Gulf Arab neighbors and that its targets are mainly American military facilities located within their territories. But the consequences of these attacks are being felt far beyond the military bases. Civilian lives, airports, energy facilities and international shipping are being placed at risk.

Saudi Arabia has also been drawn into the conflict, with renewed missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement. Just this weekend, attacks were reported near Riyadh’s international airport. The danger is that countries which have sought to avoid direct involvement in the war are nevertheless being drawn into its expanding circle of violence.

My apprehension is not only for the citizens of these Gulf countries, but also for the millions of Filipinos who live and work there. According to Philippine government estimates reported in March 2026, there are approximately 2.35 million Filipinos in the six Gulf states: 975,000 in the UAE, 813,000 in Saudi Arabia, 250,000 in Qatar, 211,000 in Kuwait, 56,000 in Bahrain and 49,000 in Oman. These are our fellow Filipinos who have left their families behind to earn a living abroad. Their safety and welfare must remain a priority for our government.

I am equally troubled by Israel’s continuing involvement in the war against Iran, even as its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon continue. In Gaza, Palestinians are still dying despite the ceasefire, while families displaced by the war are forced to live among the ruins of their destroyed homes. In Lebanon, renewed Israeli strikes and exchanges of fire with Hezbollah threaten to unravel the fragile ceasefire. How much more suffering must ordinary people endure before the parties involved seriously commit themselves to peace?

This situation has become a personal concern for me as well. I am scheduled to travel to Rome for meetings in early October, taking an Emirates flight that will transit through the UAE. During my previous trip to Rome, I deliberately avoided the Gulf region and took a China Airlines flight through Beijing instead. I now find myself wondering whether I should have made the same choice for this forthcoming journey.

There is another dimension to this war that troubles me deeply: the growing use of artificial intelligence in modern warfare. Reports indicate that AI-assisted systems have already been used in military targeting operations against Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon. These technologies can accelerate the identification and selection of targets, compressing decisions that once took hours into mere minutes or seconds.

At the same time, leading AI developers themselves have been warning about the growing difficulty of understanding and controlling the behavior of increasingly powerful AI systems. This raises a disturbing question: Could AI-assisted military decision-making have contributed to the speed and scale of this recent escalation? We do not yet have sufficient evidence to answer that question. But it is a question that urgently deserves investigation, especially as the race toward artificial superintelligence continues.

Are we allowing the development of technologies that can accelerate the machinery of war faster than human wisdom, moral discernment and diplomacy can restrain it?

I pray that the leaders of the nations involved will find the courage to step back from this dangerous escalation and return to the negotiating table. Peace cannot be achieved simply by developing more sophisticated weapons or by threatening one another with greater destruction.

The lives of millions of innocent people, including our own Filipino brothers and sisters working in the Middle East, are at stake. We cannot afford to leave their future to the logic of war, much less to machines that may one day operate beyond our capacity to understand and control them.

ALL THE TIME

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Gospel Reading for September 22, 2026 – Luke 8: 19-21

ALL THE TIME

The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”

————

There are those who interpret this Gospel to mean that, for Jesus, Mary and his relatives were not important to him. But why would someone who preached about love ALL THE TIME fail to give importance to the woman who bore him in her womb, nursed him, raised him according to Jewish tradition, and, most of all, whose “yes” was so important for the Father’s plan of salvation to come to fruition?

It was precisely for this reason that Jesus pointed out the quality that made Mary truly blessed: she heard the Word of God and acted on it. Even while dying on the Cross, Jesus entrusted Mary to John, symbolically giving her to all of us as our Mother.

Although it is not mentioned in the Bible, Jesus would naturally have gone outside to see Mary and his relatives. After he began his public ministry at the age of thirty, he no longer lived with Mary. Let us not forget that Jesus was born into a family, and being Jesus, his family surely mattered very much to him.

Lord Jesus, help us always to listen to your Word and to act upon it. Amen.

Everybody hurts

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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday, Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 22 September 2026
Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13     ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*>     Luke 8:19-21
I pray for all
those suffering today,
Lord Jesus;
for those hoping to see
you, to talk to you even for a while
like your mother and brothers
in the gospel;
why did you not go out to see
them right away?
I felt sad.
And disappointed.

The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside annd they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of G0d and act on it” (Luke 8:19-21).

Luke never bothered
to tell us what they wanted
from you, Lord;
but your reply got me praying
more deeply and these
I realized:
you love us so much
Jesus,
your words always in us,
in our hearts
but many times we do not listen;
Mary and your brothers know
that so well
and they never protested;
in fact,
they affirmed your words
by remaining silent,
trusting you as always;
most of all,
your reply teaches us
your disciples
to widen,
to enlarge
the bounds of our family:
if we choose to listen
and act on the Word of God,
we must at the same time
become a member of the
family of Jesus.
Teach us to be like
that king in the first reading
willing to bow
his will and desires to
God despite his power
and authority;
give me a listening heart,
a will so pliant to your ways
so that I may welcome those
trying to get close to you
Jesus because they hurt;
many times our pains
are so pronounced because
we have no room
for those seeking you,
Jesus.
Amen.
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