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Paggunita kay San Buenaventura, obispo at pantas ng Simbahan

Isaias 10, 5-7. 13-16
Salmo 93, 5-6. 7-8. 9-10. 14-15

Ang Poo’y di tatalikod
sa kanyang hirang na lingkod.

Mateo 11, 25-27

Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (White)

Mga Pagbasa mula sa
Miyerkules ng Ika-15 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

UNANG PAGBASA
Isaias 10, 5-7. 13-16

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Isaias

Ito ang sinasabi ng Panginoon:
Ikaw Asiria ang gagamitin kong pamalo
at malupit na kasangkapan ng aking galit.
Susuguin ko siya laban sa isang bayang tampalasan, sa bayang kinapopootan ko,
upang ito’y wasakin at samsaman ng lahat ng yaman
at yurakang parang putik sa lansangan.
Ngunit wala ito sa kanyang isipan,
hindi ito ang kanyang hangad.
Ang layunin niya’y manira at magpasuko ng maraming bansa.
Sapagkat ganito ang sabi niya:
“Nagawa ko iyan pagkat ako’y malakas, marunong at matalino.
Inalis ko ang hangganan ng mga bansa,
at sinamsam ko ang kanilang mga kayamanan,
at ibinagsak sa lupa ang mga nakaluklok sa trono.
Kinamkam ko ang kayamanan ng mga bansa na parang kumukuha ng pugad ng ibon.
Dinampot ko ang buong daigdig
na parang dumadampot ng itlog na iniwan ng inahin,
walang pakpak na pumagaspas, ni huning narinig.”

Makapagmamalaki ba ang palakol sa may-ari nito?
Makapagmamataas ba ang lagari sa gumagamit niyon?
Ang baston pa ba ang magwawasiwas sa may hawak nito?
Kaya nga ang magigiting niyang mandirigma
ay pagkakasakitin ng Panginoon.
At sa ilalim ng kanilang maringal na kasuotan
mag-aapoy sa init ang kanilang katawan,
parang sigang malagablab.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 93, 5-6. 7-8. 9-10. 14-15

Ang Poo’y di tatalikod
sa kanyang hirang na lingkod.

Yaong mga hinirang mo ay kanilang nililipol,
inaapi nila yaong tinubos mo, Panginoon.
Ang mga ulila, balo’t mamamayan ng ibang bansa,
pinapatay nila ito at kanilang pinupuksa.

Ang Poo’y di tatalikod
sa kanyang hirang na lingkod.

Madalas na sinasabi, “Hindi kami pansin ng Diyos,
hindi kami nakikita ni pansin ng Diyos ni Jacob.”
Unawain ninyo, bayan, kayong pahat ang isipan:
hanggang kailan pa durunong kayong mga taong mangmang?

Ang Poo’y di tatalikod
sa kanyang hirang na lingkod.

Itong Diyos na lumikha nitong ating mata’t tainga,
akala ba ninyo’y bingi at ni hindi makakita?
Sa lahat ng mga bansa di ba siya ang hahatol?
Di ba siya’ng guro nila pagkat siya ang marunong?

Ang Poo’y di tatalikod
sa kanyang hirang na lingkod.

Ang lingkod ng Panginoo’y hindi niya iiwanan,
yaong mga hirang niya’y hindi niya tatalikdan;
mababalik sa matuwid ang ganap na katarungan,
diwang ito ang susundin ng tapat ang pamumuhay.

Ang Poo’y di tatalikod
sa kanyang hirang na lingkod.

ALELUYA
Mateo 11, 25

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Papuri sa Diyos Ama
pagkat ipinapahayag n’ya
Hari s’ya ng mga aba.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 11, 25-27

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Mateo

Noong panahong iyon, sinabi ni Hesus, “Pinasasalamatan kita, Ama, Panginoon ng langit at lupa, sapagkat inilihim mo ang mga bagay na ito sa marurunong at matatalino at inihayag sa mga may kaloobang tulad ng sa bata. Oo, Ama, sapagkat gayun ang ikinalulugod mo.

Ibinigay sa akin ng aking Ama ang lahat ng bagay. Walang nakakikilala sa Anak kundi ang Ama, at walang nakakikilala sa Ama kundi ang Anak at yaong marapating pagpahayagan ng Anak.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-15 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Miyerkules

Ibinunyag ng Ama ang misteryo ng Kaharian sa mga maliliit. Manalangin tayo sa Diyos na nagpapahayag ng kanyang pag-ibig sa mga maliliit at mabababang loob. Dalhin natin sa ating Amang nasa Langit ang lahat ng ating pangangailangan na may buong pananalig sa kanyang mapagmahal na kalinga.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Amang nasa langit, basbasan Mo ang Iyong mga anak.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y bigyan ng higit na pansin ang mga dukha, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga pinuno ng gobyerno nawa’y pakinggan ang mga hinaing at pangangailangan ng pinakamahirap na mamamayan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga bata nawa’y makilala ang Diyos sa pamamagitan ng ating pagtuturo at halimbawa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit nawa’y makatagpo ng kalinga at kagalingan mula sa mga taong nag-aaruga sa kanila, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang lahat ng mga namatay nawa’y magkaroon ng kasiyahan sa walang hanggang kaligayahan sa Kaharian ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoong Diyos, gawin mo kaming matalino sa iyong karunungan at tulungan mo kaming makasunod sa iyo sa kababaang-loob na ipinakita sa amin ng iyong Anak. 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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