MIYERKULES, HULYO 17, 2024

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

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

Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

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.

THE POPE WHO NEVER CAME HOME

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As I follow Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey through Argentina, I cannot help thinking of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man who left Buenos Aires on February 26, 2013, to participate in the conclave following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

I wonder what was going through his mind as he boarded that flight to Rome. He was already 76 years old, and probably expected to return to Buenos Aires after helping elect the next Pope.
But on March 13, he himself was elected. And that was it. He never managed to return to his beloved homeland during the twelve years of his pontificate.

I have heard many beautiful stories about the kind of archbishop Bergoglio was. He lived simply, took public transportation, visited the poor neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, and made himself available to ordinary people.

My journalist friends Gerry O’Connell and Elisabetta Piqué, who became close family friends of Bergoglio, have shared touching memories of his warmth and friendship. He baptized their children, shared meals with them, and maintained his friendship with them even after becoming Pope.

Gerry recalls that on February 28, 2013, they had dinner together in Rome and watched on television the historic departure of Benedict XVI from the papacy. Little did they know that their friend Jorge would be elected Pope less than two weeks later.

And now, thirteen years later, another Pope is visiting Argentina. But this Pope has a special connection with Francis.

It was Francis who reached out to the relatively little-known Augustinian Robert Francis Prevost after he had completed his term as Prior General of the Augustinians. In 2014, he appointed him to Chiclayo in Peru, where he was ordained bishop. He became Bishop of Chiclayo in 2015, just a month before I myself received my appointment as Bishop of Kalookan.

I often wonder what conversations the two of them might have had, and what Francis saw in this quiet, unassuming missionary bishop that eventually led him to entrust him with the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023.

Gerry O’Connell has described Prevost as one of Francis’s final surprises. Indeed, he was hardly a household name among the cardinals. Although American by birth, he had spent so much of his life in Peru that he identified deeply with the Peruvian people.

And now this same Robert Francis Prevost, as Pope Leo XIV, is walking the streets of Buenos Aires, visiting the places and meeting the people so dear to Pope Francis.

I find something deeply moving about this. It is almost as though Francis is accompanying Leo in spirit, returning at last to the homeland he loved but never managed to revisit as Pope.

Perhaps this is one of the beautiful mysteries of providence. Sometimes the things we are unable to accomplish in our lifetime are entrusted to others who come after us.

And this makes me wonder about Pope Leo himself. Born in Chicago, formed as a missionary in Peru, and now Bishop of Rome, will he someday be given the opportunity to visit his own homeland as Pope?

I can only imagine what a papal visit to the United States of America would be like, especially at a time when that country is struggling with so many divisions.

For now, as I watch Pope Leo being welcomed by the Argentine people, I cannot help thinking of that elderly Jesuit archbishop who boarded a plane in Buenos Aires thirteen years ago, expecting to come home.

He never did. But perhaps, in a way that only God could have arranged, a part of him has finally come home through his successor.

DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE

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Gospel Reading for November 11, 2026 – Luke 17: 11-19

DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE

As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voice, saying, “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” As they were going they were cleansed. And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus said in reply, “Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?”Then he said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.”

————

There was a Samaritan among the lepers, and Samaritans and Jews were enemies. But Jesus did not discriminate against anyone when it came to healing them.

Of the ten lepers, only the Samaritan came back to thank Jesus. The others, who were Jews, perhaps took their healing for granted or simply failed to recognize the need to express their gratitude. After all, the healer was also a Jew. Perhaps the Samaritan’s feeling of unworthiness made him especially grateful to Jesus for healing him despite being an outsider.

We Christians should never take for granted the blessings we receive from God each day. We need to develop a DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE, recognizing that although we do not deserve God’s love, he never fails to shower us with his blessings every day.

When we develop this sense of gratitude, we will also feel compelled to share our blessings with others, especially those in need. In doing so, we fulfill one of the basic teachings of Jesus: to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Lord God, thank you for all the blessings you give us each day. May we learn to share them with others, especially those in need. Amen.

Aral ng kapa ni San Martin ng Tours

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Lawiswis ng Salita ni P. Nicanor F. Lalog II, Ika-11 ng Nobyembre 2026
Ang aming Patron sa Bukawe, Bulacan.
Mula pa sa aming pagkabata
doon sa bayan ng Bukawe sa Bulacan
palaging nilalarawan 
kabutihan ng aming Patron mahal 
San Martin ng Tours sa France 
kung paano niyang hinati 
kanyang kapa upang damitan
ang giniginaw na dukhang matanda
nakasalubong niya sa daan.

Kinagabihan kanyang napanaginipan
Panginoong Jesus sa kanyang paanan
tangan-tangan kapang ibinigay sa 
matandang tinulungan,
katunayan ng kanyang turo
ano mang kabutihan
ang inyong gawin sa maliliit  
ay siya rin ninyong ginagawa 
sa Kristo na sa atin nakipanahan.

Nguni't hindi lamang iyon ang hiwaga
ng kapa ng ating Patrong mahal 
na dating kawal, 
sanay sa mga digmaan:
nang siya ay mabinyagan, 
hinasa niya kanyang isipan  
sa mga aral ng pananampalataya
dinalisay sa pananalangin
upang lubos mapaangkin sa Panginoon natin.

Upang maging mataimtim 
sa kanyang pananalangin, 
nagtutungo si San Martin sa kagubatan
at hinuhubad suot niyang kapa 
tanda ng kababaang-loob sa Panginoon,
sinasampay, sinasabit sa mga halaman
upang sakali man siya ay hanapin
madali siyang tuntunin 
sa kapa niyang nakabitin.

"Chapele" sa wikang Pranses
ang salitang salin ng "kapa" 
na siyang pinagmulan ng "kapilya"
na isang munting pook-dalanginan
tulad ng tinutunguhan ni San Martin
noon upang Diyos ay makapisan;
pagnilayan at tularan kaugalian
nitong si San Martin ng Tours
hinubad kanyang "kapa" sagisag ng
kapangyarihan at katanyagan
upang maramtan ng kabanalan
ni Kristo-Jesus na "hinubad kanyang 
pagiging katulad ng Diyos upang mamuhay 
bilang alipin tulad natin" (Fil.2:7)!

San Martin ng Tours,
ipanalangin mo kami!
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