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

Isaias 49, 8-15
Salmo 144, 8-9. 13kd-14. 17-18

Pag-ibig ng D’yos ay ganap,
sa tanan s’ya’y nahahabag.

Juan 5, 17-30

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent (Violet)

UNANG PAGBASA
Isaias 49, 8-15

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Isaias

Sabi ng Panginoon sa kanyang bayan:
“Sa araw ng pagliligtas sa iyo
ay lilingapin kita,
at tutugunin ang paghingi mo ng saklolo.
Babantayan kita at iingatan;
sa pamamagitan mo’y
gagawa ako ng tipan sa mga tao,
ibabalik kita sa sariling lupain
na ngayon ay walang kaayusan.
Palalayain ko ang nasa bilangguan
at bibigyan ng liwanag ang nasa kadiliman.
Sila’y matutulad sa mga tupang
nanginginain sa magandang pastulan.
Hindi sila magugutom ni mauuhaw.
Hindi rin daranas
ng matinding init ng sikat ng araw at sa disyerto
sapagkat papatnubayan sila noong isa
na nagmamahal sa kanila.
Sila’y ihahatid niya sa bukal ng tubig.
Gagawa ako ng lansangan sa gitna ng mga bundok
at ako’y maghahanda ng daan,
para siyang daanan ng aking bayan.
Darating ang bayan ko buhat sa malayo,
mula sa hilaga at sa kanluran,
gayun din sa Sevene sa timog.”

Kalangitan umawit ka!
Lupa, ikaw ay magalak,
gayun din ang mga bundok,
pagkat inaaliw ng Panginoon
ang kanyang hinirang,
sa gitna ng hirap ay kinahabagan.
Ang sabi ng mga taga-Jerusalem,
“Pinabayaan na tayo ng Panginoon.
nakalimutan na niya tayo.”
Ang sagot ng Panginoon,
“Malilimot kaya ng ina
ang sarili niyang anak?
Hindi kaya niya mahalin ang sanggol na iniluwal?
Kung mayroon mang inang
lumilimot sa kanyang bunso,
Ako’y hindi lilimot sa inyo
kahit na sandali.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 144, 8-9. 13kd-14. 17-18

Pag-ibig ng D’yos ay ganap,
sa tanan s’ya’y nahahabag.

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.

Pag-ibig ng D’yos ay ganap,
sa tanan s’ya’y nahahabag.

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

Pag-ibig ng D’yos ay ganap,
sa tanan s’ya’y nahahabag.

Matuwid ang Diyos sa lahat ng bagay niyang ginagawa;
kahit anong gawin ay kalakip doon ang habag at awa.
Siya’y nakikinig at handang tumulong sa lahat ng tao
sa sinumang taong pagtawag sa kanya’y tapat at totoo.

Pag-ibig ng D’yos ay ganap,
sa tanan s’ya’y nahahabag.

AWIT-PAMBUNGAD SA MABUTING BALITA
Juan 11, 25a. 26

Pagkabuhay ako’t buhay,
nabubuhay na sinumang
ako’y pinananaligan
ay di mapapanaigan
ng kamatayan kailanman.

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 5, 17-30

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Noong panahong iyon, sinabi ni Hesus sa mga Judio: “Ang aking Ama’y patuloy sa paggawa, at gayun din ako.” Lalong pinagsikapan ng mga Judio na patayin siya, sapagkat nilabag na niya ang batas tungkol sa Araw ng Pamamahinga ay sinasabi pa niyang ang Diyos ang kanyang Ama, at sa gayo’y ipinapantay ang sarili sa Diyos.

Kaya’t sinabi sa kanila ni Hesus, “Dapat ninyong malaman na walang ginagawa ang Anak sa kanyang sarili lamang; ang ginagawa lamang niya’y ang nakikita niyang ginagawa ng Ama. Ang ginagawa ng Ama ay siya ring ginagawa ng Anak. Sapagkat minamahal ng Ama ang Anak, at ipinakikita sa Anak ang lahat ng ginagawa niya. At higit pa sa mga ito ang mga gawang ipakikita sa kanya ng Ama at manggigilalas kayo. Kung paanong binubuhay ng Ama ang mga patay, gayun din naman, bubuhayin ng Anak ang sinumang nais niyang buhayin. Hindi humahatol kaninuman ang Ama. Ibinigay niya sa Anak ang buong kapangyarihang humatol upang parangalan ng lahat ang Anak, tulad ng kanilang pagpaparangal sa Ama. Ang hindi nagpaparangal sa Anak ay hindi nagpaparangal sa Amang nagsugo sa Anak.

“Sinasabi ko sa inyo: ang nakikinig sa aking salita at nananalig sa nagsugo sa akin ay may buhay na walang hanggan. Hindi na siya hahatulan kundi inilipat na sa buhay mula sa kamatayan. Tandaan ninyo: darating ang panahon – ngayon na nga – na maririnig ng mga patay ang tinig ng Anak ng Diyos at ang makinig sa kanya ay mabubuhay. Ang Ama ang may kapangyarihang magbigay-buhay at ang Anak ay binigyan niya ng kapangyarihang magbigay-buhay. Binigyan din siya ng kapangyarihang humatol sapagkat siya ang Anak ng Tao. Huwag ninyo itong pagtakhan, sapagkat darating ang oras na maririnig ng mga patay ang kanyang tinig. Sila’y muling mabubuhay at lalabas sa kinalilibingan nila. Lahat ng gumawa ng mabuti ay pagkakalooban ng buhay na walang hanggan at lahat ng masama ay parurusahan.”

“Wala akong ginagawa sa sarili ko lamang. Humahatol ako ayon sa sinasabi sa akin ng Ama, kaya’t matuwid ang hatol ko; hindi ang sarili kong kalooban ang aking sinusunod kundi ang kalooban ng nagsugo sa akin.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikaapat na Linggo ng Kuwaresma
Miyerkules

Habang inilalapit natin ang ating mga kahilingan sa dambana ng Diyos, hingin natin ang lakas at pananampalataya upang makasunod sa kanyang kalooban.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, Ikaw ang lahat sa amin.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y maging gabay ng kanyang mga kasapi sa daan ng kabutihan at dalhin sila sa pag-ibig ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Atin nawang talikuran ang kasalanan nang buong puso at maging masunurin sa mga batas ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang lahat ng nagdaranas ng pagsubok at pag-uusig dahil sa kanilang pananampalataya nawa’y magtiyaga at magtiwala sa Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Atin nawang masundan ang halibawa ni Jesus at makiayon tayo sa kalooban ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y makatanggap ng ipinangako ng Diyos na buhay na walang hanggan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama naming nasa Langit, tulungan mo kaming iayon ang aming sariling kalooban sa iyong kalooban upang makapamuhay kami sa paraang ninanais mo. Hinihiling 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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