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Miyerkules Santo

Isaias 50, 4-9a
Salmo 68, 8-10. 21bkd-22. 31 at 33-34

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

Mateo 26, 14-25

Wednesday of Holy Week (Violet)

UNANG PAGBASA
Isaias 50, 4-9a

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Isaias

Ang Makapangyarihang Panginoon,
ang nagturo sa akin ng sasabihin ko,
para tulungan ang mahihina.
Tuwing umaga’y
nananabik akong malaman
kung ano ang ituturo niya sa akin.
Binigyan niya ako ng pang-unawa,
hindi ako naghimagsik ni tumalikod sa kanya.
Hindi ako tumutol
nang bugbugin nila ako,
hindi ako kumibo
nang ako’y kanilang insultuhin.
Pinabayaan ko silang bunutin
ang buhok ko’t balbas,
gayun din nang lurhan nila ako sa mukha.
Ang mga pagdustang ginawa nila’y
di ko pinapansin,
pagkat ang Makapangyarihang Panginoon,
ang tumutulong sa akin.
Handa akong magtiis
pagkat aking batid
na ang sarili ko’y di mapapahiya.
Ang Diyos ay malapit
at siya ang magpapatunay na wala akong sala.
May mangangahas bang maghabla sa akin?
Magharap kami sa hukuman,
at ilahad ang kanyang bintang.
Ang Panginoon mismo ang magtatanggol sa akin.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 68, 8-10. 21bkd-22. 31 at 33-34

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

“Dahilan sa iyo, ako’y inaglahi,
napahiyang lubos sa pagkaunsiyami.
Sa mga kapatid parang ako’y iba,
kasambahay ko na’y di ako kilala.
Ang pagmamahal ko sa banal mong templo,
matinding-matindi sa kalooban ko;
sa akin bumagsak, paghamak sa iyo.

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

Kaya naman ako’y wala nang magawa;
ang inasahan kong habag ay nawala,
ni walang umaliw sa buhay kong aba.
Sa halip na pagkain, nang ako’y magutom,
ang dulot sa aki’y mabagsik na lason.
Suka at di tubig ang ipinainom.

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

Pupurihin ang Diyos, aking aawitan,
dadakilain ko’t pasasalamatan.
Kung makita ito niyong mga dukha,
sila ay sasamba sa laki ng tuwa.
Dinirinig ng Diyos ang may kailangan,
lingkod na bilanggo’y di nalilimutan.

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

AWIT-PAMBUNGAD SA MABUTING BALITA

Nagpupuri kami sa ‘yo,
Hari naming Hesukristo,
ang pagdamay mo sa tao
ay talagang patotoo
na kami’y minamahal mo.

o kaya:

Nagpupuri kami sa ‘yo,
Hari naming Hesukristo,
masunurin kang Kordero,
sa katubusan ng tao
hain sa krus ang buhay mo.

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 26, 14-25

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Mateo

Si Judas Iscariote, isa sa Labindalawa, ay nakipagkita sa mga punong saserdote. “Ano po ang ibibigay ninyo sa akin kung tulungan ko kayong madakip si Hesus?” tanong niya. Noon din ay binilangan nila siya ng tatlumpung salaping pilak. Mula noon, humanap na si Judas ng pagkakataon upang maipagkanulo si Hesus.

Dumating ang unang araw ng Kapistahan ng Tinapay na Walang Lebadura. Lumapit kay Hesus ang mga alagad at nagtanong, “Saan po ninyo ibig na ipaghanda namin kayo ng Hapunang Pampaskuwa?” Sumagot siya, “Pumunta kayo sa lungsod at hanapin ninyo ang taong ito. Sabihin sa kanyang ganito ang ipinasasabi ng Guro: ‘Malapit na ang aking oras. Ako at ang mga alagad ko’y sa bahay mo kakain ng Hapunang Pampaskuwa.’” Sinunod ng mga alagad ang utos ni Hesus, at inihanda nila ang Hapunang Pampaskuwa.

Nang gabing yaon, dumulog sa hapag si Hesus, kasama ang labindalawang alagad. Samantalang sila’y kumakain, nangusap si Hesus, “Sinasabi ko: isa sa inyo ang magkakanulo sa akin.” Nanlumo ang mga alagad, at isa’t isa’y nagtanong sa kanya, “Ako po ba, Panginoon?” Sumagot siya, “Ang kasabay kong sumawsaw sa mangkok ang siyang magkakanulo sa akin. Papanaw ang Anak ng Tao, ayon sa nasusulat, ngunit sa aba ng magkakanulo sa kanya! Mabuti pang hindi na ipinanganak ang taong iyon.” Si Judas, na magkakanulo sa kanya, ay nagtanong din, “Guro, ako po ba?” Sumagot si Hesus, “Ikaw na ang nagsabi.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Miyerkules Santo

Habang nalalapit tayo sa Biyernes Santo, taglay ang pagtitiwala sa ating mapagmahal na Diyos, alalahanin natin ang mapanligtas na gawain ni Kristo na kanyang Lingkod.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, basbasan Mo kami sa dugo ni Kristo.

Ang mga nagdaranas ng hindi makatarungang pagdurusa nawa’y magtamasa ng pagpapaginhawa ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng kanilang malinis na budhi, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang ating mga sariling pagdurusa nawa’y magpalago ng ating pananampalataya sa Panginoon, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga kasama natin na nagpapaliban ng kanilang pangungumpisal bunga ng pagmamalaki, takot o katamaran, nawa’y maging bukas ang isip sa pangangailangan sa kapatawaran ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit at lahat ng nagdurusa nawa’y makaranas ng nakapagpapagaling na presensya ni Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga namayapa nawa’y makabahagi sa Muling Pagkabuhay ni Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoong Diyos, ibinigay mo sa amin ang halimbawa ng iyong Anak upang ipakita sa amin kung paano mabuhay at mamatay. Nawa ay pagkalooban mo kami ng pananampalatayang kailangan namin upang makasunod sa kanya. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na aming Panginoon. 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.

Veritas Editorial

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