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Paggunita sa Dakilang Papa San Gregorio, pantas ng Simbahan

1 Corinto 2, 10b-16
Salmo 144, 8-9. 10-11. 12-13ab. 13kd-14

Mat’wid ang Poong dakila
sa lahat ng kanyang gawa.

Lucas 4, 31-37

Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor (White)

Mga Pagbasa mula sa
Martes ng Ika-22 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

UNANG PAGBASA
1 Corinto 2, 10b-16

Pagbasa mula sa unang sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga taga-Corinto

Mga kapatid, nasasaliksik ng Espiritu ang lahat ng bagay, maging ang pinakamalalim na panukala ng Diyos. Walang nakaaalam sa iniisip ng isang tao maliban sa kanyang sariling espiritu. Gayun din naman, walang nakaaalam sa mga iniisip ng Diyos maliban sa Espiritu ng Diyos. Hindi ang espiritu ng sanlibutan kundi ang espiritu ng Diyos ang tinanggap natin upang ating maunawaan ang mga kaloob niya sa atin.

Sa mga nagtataglay ng Espiritu, ang ipinaliliwanag nami’y mga katotohanang espirituwal; mga pananalitang turo ng Espiritu at hindi ayon sa karunungan ng tao ang ginagamit namin. Sapagkat ang taong di nagtataglay ng Espiritu ay ayaw tumanggap ng mga kaloob mula sa Espiritu ng Diyos. Para sa kanila, kahangalan ang mga iyon at di nila mauunawaan, sapagkat ang mga bagay na espirituwal ay mauunawaan lamang sa paraang espirituwal. Nauunawaan ng taong nagtataglay ng Espiritu ang kahalagahan ng bawat bagay, ngunit walang nakauunawa sa kanya. Ganito ang nasasaad sa Kasulatan,

“Sino ang nakaaalam ng pag-iisip ng Panginoon?
Sino ang makapagpapayo sa kanya?”
Ngunit ang pag-iisip ni Kristo’y taglay natin.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 144, 8-9. 10-11. 12-13ab. 13kd-14

Mat’wid ang Poong dakila
sa lahat ng kanyang gawa.

Ang Panginoong D’yos ay puspos ng pag-ibig at lipos ng habag,
banayad magalit, ang pag-ibig niya’y hindi kumukupas.
Siya ay mabuti at kahit kanino’y hindi nagtatangi;
sa kanyang nilikha, ang pagtingin niya ay mamamalagi.

Mat’wid ang Poong dakila
sa lahat ng kanyang gawa.

Magpupuring lahat sa iyo, O Panginoon, ang iyong nilalang;
lahat mong nilikha ay pupurihin ka’t pasasalamatan.
Babanggitin nilang tunay na dakila ang ‘yong kaharian,
at ibabalitang tunay kang dakila’t makapangyarihan.

Mat’wid ang Poong dakila
sa lahat ng kanyang gawa.

Dakila mong gawa’y upang matalastas ng lahat ng tao,
mababatid nila ang kadakilaan ng paghahari mo.
Ang paghahari mo’y sadyang walang hanggan, hindi magbabago.

Mat’wid ang Poong dakila
sa lahat ng kanyang gawa.

Di ka bibiguin sa mga pangako pagkat ang Diyos ay tapat,
ang kanyang ginawa kahit ano ito ay mabuting lahat,
Siya’y tumutulong sa lahat ng tao na may suliranin;
yaong inaapi’y inaalis niya sa pagkagupiling.

Mat’wid ang Poong dakila
sa lahat ng kanyang gawa.

ALELUYA
Lucas 7, 16

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

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 4, 31-37

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Noong panahong iyon, nagpunta si Hesus sa Capernaum, Galilea. Nagturo siya sa mga tao nang Araw ng Pamamahinga at nagtaka sila sa kanyang pagtuturo, sapagkat may kapangyarihan kung siya’y magsalita. Naroon sa sinagoga ang isang lalaking inaalihan ng demonyo o isang masamang espiritu. Sumigaw siya nang malakas: “Ano ang pakialam mo sa amin, Hesus na taga-Nazaret? Naparito ka ba upang puksain kami? Alam ko kung sino ka ikaw ang Banal ng Diyos.” Subalit pinagwikaan siya ni Hesus, “Tumahimik ka! Lumayas ka sa taong iyan!” At sa harapan ng lahat, ang tao’y inilugmok ng demonyo at iniwan nang hindi man lamang sinaktan. Nanggilalas silang lahat at nasabi sa isa’t isa, “Anong uri ng pangungusap ito? Makapangyarihan at mabisa! Pinalalayas niya ang masasamang espiritu, at sumusunod naman sila!” At kumalat ang balita tungkol kay Hesus sa buong lupaing iyon.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-22 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Martes

Sa pamamagitan ng Ebanghelyo nagsasalita si Kristo sa atin ng mga wikang may walang hanggang kapangyarihan at mga gawang mapaghimalang nakapagpapagaling. Sa pamamagitan niya, manalangin tayo nang may pananalig.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Iisang banal ng Diyos, basbasan Mo kami.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y patuloy na ituro ang katotohanan ni Kristo at tuligsain ang mga kasamaan sa ating panahon, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga pinuno ng mundo nawa’y itaguyod ang kabutihan sa kani-kanilang gobyerno at maging masidhi sila sa pagpuksa ng kasamaan sa kanilang mga lipunan na kanilang sinumpaang paglingkuran, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y hindi manghinawa sa ating pananalangin upang hindi manaig ang mga masasamang espiritu sa ating buhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit at mga nagdurusa nawa’y mapalaya sa kanilang mga paghihirap, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga tapat na yumao nawa’y masiyahan sa pagsikat ng liwanag ng buhay na walang hanggan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama naming nasa Langit, nagbubunyi kami sa nag-uumapaw mong pag-ibig sa amin. Itatag mo nawa ang iyong kapangyarihan sa amin at maging lagi ka naming kasama sa landas ng buhay. Hinihiling namin ito sa ngalan 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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