Martes, Nobyembre 5, 2024

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Martes ng Ika-31 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

Filipos 2, 5-11
Salmo 21, 26b-27. 28-30a. 31-32

Pupurihin kita, Poon,
ngayong kami’y natitipon.

Lucas 14, 15-24

Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

UNANG PAGBASA
Filipos 2, 5-11

Pagbasa mula sa sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga taga-Filipos

Mga kapatid, magpakababa kayo tulad ni Kristo-Hesus:

Na bagamat siya’y Diyos ay hindi nagpilit na manatiling kapantay ng Diyos. Bagkus hinubad niya ang lahat ng katangian ng pagka-Diyos, nagkatawang-tao at namuhay na isang alipin.
Nang maging tao, siya’y nagpakababa at naging masunurin hanggang kamatayan. Oo, hanggang kamatayan sa krus.

Kaya naman, siya’y itinampok ng Diyos at binigyan ng pangalang higit sa lahat ng pangalan.
Anupa’t ang lahat ng nilalang na nasa langit, nasa lupa, nasa ilalim ng lupa ay maninikluhod at sasamba sa kanya.

At ipapahayag ng lahat na si Hesukristo ang Panginoon, sa ikararangal ng Diyos Ama.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 21, 26b-27. 28-30a. 31-32

Pupurihin kita, Poon,
ngayong kami’y natitipon.

Sa harap ng masunuring mga lingkod mong hinirang,
ang handog na panata ko ay doon ko iaalay.
Magsasawa sa pagkain yaong mga nagdarahop,
aawit ng pagpupuri ang sa Diyos ay dudulog;
buhay nila ay uunlad, sasagana silang lubos.

Pupurihin kita,
Poon, ngayong kami’y natitipon.

Sa dakilang Panginoon, ang lahat ay magbabalik,
ang lahat ng mga lahi ay sasambang may pag-ibig.
Ang Diyos ay Panginoon, hari siya ng nilikha,
maghahari sa daigdig, sa lahat ng mga bansa.
Mangangayupapang lahat ang palalo’t mayayabang.

Pupurihin kita,
Poon, ngayong kami’y natitipon.

Maging lahing susunod pa ay sasamba’t maglilingkod,
ay mayroong mangangaral sa kanila tungkol sa Diyos.
Sa lahat ng sisilang pa’y ganito ang ihahayag,
“sa hinirang niyang bansa ay Panginoon ang nagligtas.”

Pupurihin kita, Poon,
ngayong kami’y natitipon.

ALELUYA
Mateo 11, 28

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Kayong mabigat ang pasan
ay kay Hesus maglapitan
upang kayo’y masiyahan.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 14, 15-24

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Noong mga panahong iyon, sinabi kay Hesus ng isa sa mga kasalo niya sa hapag, “Mapalad ang makakasalo sa hapag sa kaharian ng Diyos!” Sumagot si Hesus, “May isang lalaking naghanda ng isang malaking piging, at marami siyang inanyayahan. Nang dumating ang oras ng piging, inutusan niya ang kanyang mga alipin at ipinasabi sa mga inanyayahan, ‘Halina kayo, handa na ang lahat!’ Ngunit nagdahilan silang lahat. Ang sabi ng una, ‘Nakabili ako ng bukid, at kailangan kong puntahan. Kayo na sana ang bahalang magpaumanhin sa akin.’ At sinabi ng isa, ‘Nakabili ako ng limang pares na baka, at kailangan kong isingkaw para masubok. Kayo na sana ang bahalang magpaumanhin sa akin.’ Sinabi naman ng isa pa, ‘Bagong kasal ako kaya hindi ako makakadalo.’ Bumalik ang alipin at ibinalita ito sa kanyang panginoon. Nagalit ito at sinabi sa alipin, ‘Lumabas kang madali sa mga lansangan at makikipot na daan ng lungsod, at isama mo rito ang mga pulubi, mga pingkaw, mga bulag, at mga pilay.’ Pagbabalik ng alipin ay sinabi niya, ‘Panginoon, nagawa na po ang iniutos ninyo, ngunit maluwag pa.’ Kaya’t sinabi ng panginoon sa alipin, ‘Lumabas ka sa mga lansangan at sa mga landas, at pilitin mong pumarito ang mga tao, upang mapuno ang aking bahay. Sinasabi ko sa inyo: isa man sa mga unang inanyayahan ay hindi makatitikim ng aking handa!’”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-31 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Martes

May pananampalataya nating itaas sa Ama ang ating mga kahilingan, siya na nagnanais na tanggapin nating lahat ang kanyang paanyaya sa Hapag ng buhay na walang hanggan.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Diyos ng lahat ng kabutihan, pakinggan Mo kami.

Ang Simbahan sa lupa nawa’y umunlad at mag-anyaya pa sa piging ng Kaharian ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga mayayaman gayundin ang mga dukha nawa’y huwag gumawa ng mga dahilan sa kanilang pag-iwas sa tawag ng paghahari ni Kristo sa kanilang buhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y matagpuang karapat-dapat na makiisa sa Hapag ng Kordero ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Sa pamamagitan ng ating kabutihang-loob tayo nawa’y makapagbigay saya at pag-asa sa mga maysakit at may kapansanan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga namayapa nawa’y mabuhay sa tahanan ng Diyos at magbunyi sa Hapag ng buhay na walang hanggan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama naming Diyos, tinawag mo kami upang makiisa sa iyong kasaganahan. Maging bahagi nawa kami ng mga mabiyayang pagkakataon na dumaraan sa aming buhay at tumugon kami nang may bukas na puso. 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.”

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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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