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Martes sa Ika-4 na Linggo ng Apatnapung Araw na Paghahanda

Ezekiel 47, 1-9. 12
Salmo 45, 2-3. 5-6. 8-9

D’yos na makapangyariha’y
kapiling nating kanlungan.

Juan 5, 1-16

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent (Violet)

UNANG PAGBASA
Ezekiel 47, 1-9. 12

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Ezekiel

Bumalik kami sa pintuan ng templo. Sa ilalim nito’y may agos ng tubig papunta sa silangan. Ang templo’y paharap sa silangan. Ito’y nagmumula sa gawing timog na bahagi ng templo, sa gawing timog ng altar. Lumabas kami sa pintuan sa gawing hilaga at iniligid niya ako papalabas sa pintuan sa gawing silangan. Doon ay may mahinang agos ng tubig mula sa gawing timog ng hagdanan.

Nagtuloy kami sa gawing silangan; may hawak siyang panukat. Sumukat siya ng limandaang metro. Pagkatapos, lumusong kami sa tubig na hanggang bukung-bukong. Sumukat uli siya ng limandaang metro at nang lumusong kami sa tubig, ito’y hanggang baywang. Sumukat uli siya ng limandaang metro ngunit yaon ay isa nang ilog at hindi na ako makalusong. Malalim ang tubig at kailangang languyin upang matawid. Sinabi niya sa akin, “Tao, tandaan mo ang lugar na ito.”

Naglakad kami sa pampang ng nasabing ilog. Nang ako’y pabalik na, nakita ko ang makapal na puno sa magkabilang pampang ng ilog. Sinabi niya sa akin, “Ang tubig na ito ay papunta sa dakong silangan, hanggang Dagat na Patay. Pag-abot nito sa Dagat na Patay, malilinis ang tubig nito. Lahat ng lugar na maagusan nito ay magkakaroon ng lahat ng uri ng hayop at isda. Pagdating ng agos na ito sa Dagat na Patay, magiging tabang ang tubig ng dagat. Lahat ng lugar na abutin nito ay magkakaroon ng buhay. Sa magkabilang pampang ng ilog ay tutubo ang sari-saring punongkahoy na makakain ang bunga. Hindi malalanta ang mga dahon nito ni mawawalan ng bunga pagkat ang didilig dito ay ang tubig na umaagos mula sa templo; ito ay patuloy na mamumunga sa buong taon. Ang bunga nito ay pagkain, at gamot naman ang mga dahon.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 45, 2-3. 5-6. 8-9

D’yos na makapangyariha’y
kapiling nating kanlungan.

Ang Diyos ang lakas natin at kanlungan,
at handang saklolo kung may kaguluhan;
di dapat matakot, mundo’y mayanig man,
kahit na sa dagat ang bundok mabuwal.

D’yos na makapangyariha’y
kapiling nating kanlungan.

May ilog ng galak sa bayan ng Diyos,
sa banal na templo’y ligaya ang dulot.
Ang tahanang-lungsod ay di masisira;
ito ang tahanan ng Diyos na Dakila,
mula sa umaga ay kanyang alaga.

D’yos na makapangyariha’y
kapiling nating kanlungan.

Nasa atin ang Diyos Makapangyarihan,
ang Diyos ni Jacob na ating kanlungan.
Anuman ang kanyang ginawa sa lupa,
sapat nang pagmasdan at ika’y hahanga!

D’yos na makapangyariha’y
kapiling nating kanlungan.

AWIT-PAMBUNGAD SA MABUTING BALITA
Salmo 50, 12a. 14a

D’yos ko, sa aki’y igawad
loobing tunay na tapat;
puso ko’y gawin mong wagas
nang manauli ang galak
bunga ng ‘yong pagliligtas.

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 5, 1-16

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Nang dumating ang pagdiriwang ng pista ng mga Judio, pumunta si Hesus sa Jerusalem. Sa lungsod na ito, malapit sa Pintuan ng mga Tupa, ay may malaking deposito ng tubig na may limang portiko. Kung tawagin ito sa wikang Hebreo ay Betesda. Natitipon dito ang maraming maysakit —— mga bulag, mga pilay, at mga paralitiko. Hinihintay nilang gumalaw ang tubig, sapagkat may panahong bumababa ang isang anghel ng Panginoon at kinakalawkaw ang tubig. Ang maunang lumusong pagkatapos makalawkaw ang tubig ay gumagaling, anuman ang kanyang karamdaman. Doo’y may isang lalaking tatlumpu’t walong taon nang may sakit, at siya’y nakita ni Hesus. Alam nitong matagal nang may sakit ang lalaki. Tinanong siya ni Hesus, “Ibig mo bang gumaling?” Sumagot ang maysakit, “Ginoo, wala pong maglusong sa akin kapag nakalawkaw na ang tubig; patungo pa lamang ako roon ay may nauuna na sa akin.” Sinabi sa kanya ni Hesus, “Tumindig ka, dalhin mo ang iyong higaan, at lumakad ka.” At pagdaka’y gumaling ang lalaki, dinala ang kanyang higaan, at lumakad.

Noo’y Araw ng Pamamahinga. Kaya’t sinabi ng mga Judio sa lalaking pinagaling, “Araw ng Pamamahinga ngayon! Labag sa Kautusan na dalhin mo ang iyong higaan.” Ngunit sumagot siya, “Ang nagpagaling sa akin ang nagsabing dalhin ko ang aking higaan at lumakad ako.” At siya’y tinanong nila, “Sino ang nagsabi sa iyo na dalhin mo ang iyong higaan at lumakad ka?” Ngunit hindi nakilala ng lalaki kung sino ang nagpagaling sa kanya, sapagkat nawala na si Hesus sa karamihan ng tao.

Pagkatapos, nakita ni Hesus sa loob ng templo ang lalaki at sinabihan, “Magaling ka na ngayon! Huwag ka nang magkakasala at baka may mangyari sa iyo na lalo pang masama.” Umalis ang lalaki at sinabi sa mga Judio na si Hesus ang nagpagaling sa kanya. Dahil dito, si Hesus ay sinimulang usigin ng mga Judio sapagkat nagpagaling siya sa Araw ng Pamamahinga.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikaapat na Linggo ng Kuwaresma
Martes

Habang higit nating nakikilala ang Diyos, lalo nating nauunawaan na lubos tayong umaasa sa kanya. Alam natin na marami tayong mga kahinaan at wala tayong magagawa kung hindi niya tayo tutulungan kaya’t manalangin tayo sa kanya.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Banal na Tagapagpagaling, tulungan Mo kami.

Ang mga pinuno ng Simbahan nawa’y lubos na mag-alay ng kanilang buhay sa paglilingkod kay Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y magkaroon ng pusong bukas sa pag-aalay ng sarili at lumago sa pagsunod kay Kristo na may pusong maamo at mapagkumbaba, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y magkaroon ng tunay na diwa ng kababaang-loob sa ating pakikitungo sa mga dukha at mga api at makita natin ang presensya ni Kristo sa kanila, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit nawa’y makatagpo ng pagmamahal at pagtataguyod sa mga nangangalaga sa kanila, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga nauna na sa atin sa paglisan sa buhay na ito nawa’y makaisa ng Diyos sa kanyang Kaharian, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoong Diyos, Ama ng mga dukha, bagamat batid namin ang aming mga kahinaan at pagmamalaki, dinggin mo ang mga kahilingan ng iyong bayang nangangailangan ng iyong tulong. Idinadalangin 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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