MARTES, SETYEMBRE 6, 2022

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Martes ng Ika-23 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

1 Corinto 6, 1-11
Salmo 149, 1-2. 3-4. 5 at 6a at 9b

Panginoo’y nagagalak
sa hirang n’yang mga anak.

Lucas 6, 12-19

Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

UNANG PAGBASA
1 Corinto 6, 1-11

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

Mga kapatid, kung minsan, ang isa sa inyo’y may reklamo laban sa kanyang kapatid. Magsasakdal ba siya sa mga hukom na pagano, sa halip na ipaubaya sa mga hinirang ng Diyos ang pag-aayos ng usapin nila? Hindi ba ninyo alam na ang mga hinirang ng Diyos ang hahatol sa sanlibutan? At kung kayo ang hahatol sa sanlibutan, hindi ba ninyo kayang hatulan ang ganyan kaliit na bagay? Di ba ninyo alam na tayo ang hahatol sa mga anghel? Gaano pa ang mga bagay na may kinalaman sa buhay na ito! Kung kayo’y may usapin, idudulog pa ba ninyo ito sa mga taong di kinikilala ng simbahan? Mahiya-hiya naman kayo! Wala na ba sa inyong marunong mag-ayos sa sigalutan ng magkakapatid? Ano’t nagsasakdal pa kayo sa hukuman, kapatid laban sa kapatid, at sa harapan pa ng mga taong walang pananampalataya?

Ang pagkakaroon ninyo ng usapin laban sa isa’t isa ay isa nang kabiguan sa inyong pagkakapatiran. Hindi ba mas mabuting tiisin na lamang ninyo ang pang-aapi, at palampasin ang pandaraya sa inyo? Subalit kayo pa ang nang-aapi at nandaraya – at sa inyong mga kapatid pa naman! Hindi ba ninyo alam na ang mga makasalanan ay walang bahagi sa kaharian ng Diyos? Huwag ninyong dayain ang inyong sarili! Ang mga nakikiapid, sumasamba sa diyus-diyusan, nangangalunya, nakikiapid sa kapwa lalaki o kapwa babae, ang mga magnanakaw, masasakim, mapaglasing, mapanlait, o magdaraya – ang ganyang mga tao’y walang bahagi sa kaharian ng Diyos. Ganyan ang ilan sa inyo noon. Subalit kayo’y nilinis na sa inyong mga kasalanan at itinalaga na kayo sa Diyos. Kayo’y pinawalang-sala na sa pangalan ng Panginoong Hesukristo at ng Espiritu ng Diyos.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 149, 1-2. 3-4. 5 at 6a at 9b

Panginoo’y nagagalak
sa hirang n’yang mga anak.

o kaya: Aleluya.

Ang Panginoo’y purihin, awitan ng bagong awit,
paruhin sa pagtitipon ng tapat sa pananalig.
Magalak ka, O Israel, dahilan sa Manlilikha;
dahilan sa iyong hari, ikaw Sion ay matuwa.

Panginoo’y nagagalak
sa hirang n’yang mga anak.

Purihin sa pagsasayaw, purihin ang kanyang ngalan;
alpat’ tambol ay tugtugin at siya ay papurihan.
Panginoo’y nagagalak sa kanyang mga hirang.
Sa nangagpapakumbaba’y tagumpay ang ibibigay.

Panginoo’y nagagalak
sa hirang n’yang mga anak.

Sa tagumpay na natamo, magalak ang mga hirang.
Sa kanilang pagpipista ay magsaya’t mag-awitan.
Sa pagpuri sa Panginoon, ay bayaang magsigawan.
Ang tatanggap ng tagumpay, ay ang kanyang mga hirang.

Panginoo’y nagagalak
sa hirang n’yang mga anak.

ALELUYA
Juan 15, 16

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Hinirang tayo ni Kristo
upang mamungang totoo
bilang mabubuting tao.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 6, 12-19

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Noong panahong iyon, umahon si Hesus sa isang burol at magdamag doong nanalangin. Kinaumagahan, tinawag niya ang kanyang mga alagad, at pumili siya ng Labindalawa sa kanila, na tinawag niyang mga apostol: si Simon na pinangalanan niyang Pedro, at si Andres na kanyang kapatid; sina Santiago, Juan, Felipe, Bartolome, Mateo, Tomas, at Santiago na anak ni Alfeo, si Simon ang Makabayan; si Judas na anak ni Santiago, at si Judas Iscariote, na naging taksil.

Bumaba si Hesus, kasama sila, at tumayo sa isang patag na lugar. Naroon ang marami sa kanyang mga alagad at ang napakaraming tao buhat sa Judea at Jerusalem, at sa mga bayan sa baybaying-dagat ng Tiro at Sidon. Pumaroon sila upang makinig sa kanya at mapagaling sa kanilang mga karamdaman. Pinagaling din niya ang mga pinahihirapan ng masasamang espiritu. At sinikap ng lahat ng tao na mahipo siya sapagkat may taglay siyang kapangyarihang makapagpagaling ng lahat.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-23 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Martes

Tinatawag tayo ng Diyos bilang kanyang hinirang upang sundin ang kanyang kalooban. Manalangin tayo nang may pananalig sa Diyos na nagnanais na ang kanyang bayan ay mamagitan para sa sandaigdigan.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, pakinggan Mo kami kay Kristo.

Ang Simbahan, sa pamamagitan ng Santo Papa at ng mga obispo, nawa’y umakay sa atin sa kaganapan ng buhay Kristiyano, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga mambabatas nawa’y gabayan ang ating bayan para sa kasiguruhan ng kinabukasan at kaunlaran ng ating bayan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y magsumikap at maging tapat sa ating bokasyon na itinakda ng Diyos para gampanan natin, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga matatanda, maysakit, at nalulumbay nawa’y matagpuan ang presensya ng Diyos sa kanilang mga pagsubok at paghihirap, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y mamahinga sa kapayapaan ng Kaharian ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Makapangyarihang Diyos, narito kaming nananalangin upang gawin ang kalooban mo. Tanggapin mo nawa kami sa pamamagitan ng iyong bugtong na Anak, siya na nabubuhay at naghahari magpakailanman. Amen.

WHEN POWER REJECTS ACCOUNTABILITY

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I listened patiently to President Donald Trump’s speech before the UN General Assembly yesterday. One part that particularly disturbed me was his attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He called it an anti-American tribunal, declared that the United States would never allow its service members to be investigated by it, and urged all ICC member states to withdraw from the institution.

I could not help thinking of the ongoing ICC proceedings involving former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

Whatever our political sympathies, the fundamental question is this: Should any head of state, president, or military commander be beyond accountability for the exercise of power, especially when that power involves decisions over human life and death?

The ICC is not an organ of the United Nations, but an independent international court established under the Rome Statute to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Its mandate is to help ensure that even those who wield the highest political and military authority can be held accountable for serious international crimes.

The ICC proceedings against former President Duterte, whose trial is scheduled to begin on November 30, bring this question very close to home. He is entitled to the presumption of innocence and to a fair trial. The same principle of accountability, however, raises questions about the actions of leaders everywhere, including those of the most powerful nations.

There is something deeply ironic about a president addressing the United Nations while urging its member states to abandon an international institution established to address some of the gravest crimes against humanity. It is especially striking when one recalls the central role the United States played in the founding of the United Nations itself.

Trump’s remarks raise a fundamental question about the future of international justice: Can a system of accountability function when powerful states reject the authority of institutions that may scrutinize their own actions?

The question is not whether the ICC is beyond criticism. Like every institution entrusted with the administration of justice, it must itself be accountable, impartial, and faithful to due process.

The deeper question is whether the international community can sustain a system of justice in which the same standards apply to the powerful and the powerless alike.

A SPEECH THAT LEFT ME DEEPLY DISTURBED

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Yesterday, I watched President Donald Trump deliver his speech before the United Nations General Assembly. It was rather long, but I listened patiently to the end. In fact, I even took the trouble of transcribing the whole speech so that I could study it more carefully.

With a little help from AI, I did a simple word count. I wanted to know how often he used the first-person pronouns “I” and “we,” the latter referring at times to himself and his administration, and at other times to the American nation. I counted 64 instances of “I” and 101 of “we,” not including other forms such as “my,” “me,” “our,” and “us.”

As I listened, I also had the UN Charter in mind. After all, he was addressing an organization founded precisely to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the sovereign equality of nations, to promote human rights, and to settle international disputes by peaceful means.

With some AI assistance, I tried to examine how the main points of his speech squared with these fundamental principles. I was particularly struck by his repeated assertions of American military supremacy, his threats of annihilation against Iran, and his insistence on America’s right to use its military might to secure its national interests.

But beyond the actual words, it was the tone of the speech that disturbed me most. The repeated self-congratulation, the language of domination, the threats of overwhelming military force, and the apparent confidence that the world’s problems could be settled through the exercise of superior power left me with a deeply unsettling feeling.

I found myself wondering: What happens to the international order when the leader of the world’s most powerful country speaks of peace primarily in the language of power?

The UN was founded on the conviction that might does not make right, that even the most powerful nations must be accountable to international law, and that peace cannot be secured simply by threatening to annihilate one’s enemies.

I finished listening to the speech with a sense of foreboding. Not merely because of what President Trump said, but because of the enormous power at his disposal.

When so much destructive power is concentrated in the hands of one leader, the whole world has reason to be concerned about how that power is exercised.

May God help us preserve the fragile peace of our world.

SO CHARISMATIC

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Gospel Reading for September 24, 2026 – Luke 9: 7-9

SO CHARISMATIC

Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.” But Herod said, “John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him.

————

“And he kept trying to see him.”

Was Herod trying to see Jesus because he thought John the Baptist, whom he had beheaded, had been raised in Jesus? Was his conscience bothering him?

Or maybe Jesus was SO CHARISMATIC that, after hearing so much about him, Herod kept wanting to see him. Perhaps, if Herod had become a follower of Jesus, he would have repented for what he did to John and even separated from Herodias, the woman he was living with.

Jesus, being the Son of God, is truly someone extraordinary. As we read the stories about him and reflect on his teachings, we cannot help but be deeply grateful to God for allowing us to know him through his Son—to know who he truly is and who he will always be.

Lord Jesus, may we always have that deep desire to know you well and love you well, so that we may also love others well. Amen.

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