Miyerkules, Mayo 27, 2026

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Miyerkules ng Ika-8 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

o kaya Paggunita kay San Agustin ng Kanterberi, obispo

1 Pedro 1, 18-25
Salmo 147, 12-13. 14-15. 19-20

Purihin mo, Jerusalem,
ang Panginoong butihin.

Marcos 10, 32-45

Wednesday of the Eight Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

or Optional Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
1 Pedro 1, 18-25

Pagbasa mula sa unang sulat ni Apostol San Pedro

Mga pinakamamahal, alam ninyo kung ano ang itinubos sa inyo sa walang kabuluhang pamumuhay na inyong minana sa inyong mga magulang. Ang itinubos sa inyo’y di mga bagay na nasisira o nauubos, paris ng ginto o pilak, kundi ang buhay ni Kristong inihain sa krus. Siya ang Korderong walang batik at kapintasan. Itinalaga na siya ng Diyos sa gawaing ito bago pa nilikha ang daigdig, at alang-alang sa inyo, ipinahayag siya bago sumapit ang katapusan ng mga panahon. Dahil sa kanya, nanalig kayo sa Diyos na sa kanya’y muling bumuhay at nagparangal, anupat ang inyong pananampalataya at pag-asa ay nasa Diyos.

Ngayong malinis na kayo dahil sa inyong pagsunod sa katotohanan, anupat naghahari na sa inyo ang tapat na pag-iibigan bilang magkakapatid, nawa’y maging maalab at taos sa puso ang inyong pagmamahalan. Sapagkat muli kayong isinilang, hindi sa pamamagitan ng tao kundi sa bisa ng buhay at walang kamatayang salita ng Diyos. Ayon sa Kasulatan,

“Ang lahat ng tao ay gaya ng damo,
Gaya ng bulaklak nito ang lahat niyang kariktan.
Ang damo ay natutuyo, at nalalanta ang bulaklak,
Ngunit ang salita ng Panginoon ay mamamalagi kailanman.”
At ito ang Mabuting Balitang ipinangaral sa inyo.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 147, 12-13. 14-15. 19-20

Purihin mo, Jerusalem,
ang Panginoong butihin.

Purihin mo, Jerusalem, purihin ang Panginoon,
purihin mo ang iyong Diyos, kayong mga taga-Sion.
Yaong mga pintuan mo ay siya ang nag-iingat,
ang lahat ng iyong lingkod ay siya ang nagbabasbas.

Purihin mo, Jerusalem,
ang Panginoong butihin.

Ginagawang matahimik yaong mga hangganan mo,
bibigyan kang kasiyahan sa kaloob niyang trigo.
Kung siya ay nag-uutos, agad itong natutupad,
dumarating sa daigdig, na hindi na nagluluwat.

Purihin mo, Jerusalem,
ang Panginoong butihin.

Kay Jacob n’ya ibinibigay ang balita at pabilin,
ang tuntuni’t mga aral, ibinigay sa Israel.
Ang ganitong karapatan ay wala ang ibang bansa,
pagkat hindi nila batid ang utos na itinakda.
Purihin ang Panginoon!

Purihin mo, Jerusalem,
ang Panginoong butihin.

ALELUYA
Marcos 10, 45

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Anak ng Tao’y dumating
upang sarili’y ihain
Lingkod, manunubos natin.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Marcos 10, 32-45

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Marcos

Noong panahong iyon, nasa daan ang mga alagad patungong Jerusalem. Nauuna sa kanila si Hesus; nangangamba ang mga alagad at natatakot naman ang mga taong sumusunod sa kanya. Ibinukod ni Hesus ang Labindalawa at sinabi ang mangyayari sa kanya. Wika niya, “Ngayo’y paahon tayo sa Jerusalem. Ang Anak ng Tao’y ipagkakanulo sa mga punong saserdote at sa mga eskriba. Kanilang hahatulan siya ng kamatayan, at ibibigay sa mga Hentil. Siya’y tutuyain nila, luluran, hahagupitin, at papatayin. Ngunit muli siyang mabubuhay pagkaraan ng tatlong araw.”

Lumapit kay Hesus sina Santiago at Juan na mga anak ni Zebedro, at ang sabi, “Guro, may hihilingin po sana kami sa inyo.” “Ano yon?” tanong ni Hesus. Sumagot sila, “Sana’y makaupo kami katabi ninyo sa inyong kaharian – isa sa kanan at isa sa kaliwa.” “Hindi ninyo nalalaman ang inyong hinihingi,” sabi ni Hesus sa kanila. “Mababata ba ninyo ang hirap na babatahin ko? Pabibinyag ba kayo sa sa binyag na daranasin ko?” “Opo,” tugon nila. Sinabi ni Hesus, “Ang hirap na babatahin ko’y babatahin nga ninyo, at kayo’y bibinyagan sa binyag na daranasin ko. Ngunit wala sa akin ang pagpapasiya kung sino ang mauupo sa aking kanan at sa aking kaliwa. Ang mga luklukang sinasabi ninyo’y para sa mga pinaghandaan.”

Nang marinig ito ng sampung alagad, nagalit sila sa magkapatid. Kaya’t pinalapit sila ni Hesus at sinabi, “Alam ninyo na ang mga itinuturing na pinuno ng mga Hentil ay siyang pinapanginoon, at ang mga dinadakila ay siyang nasusunod. Ngunit hindi ganyan ang dapat umiral sa inyo. Sa halip, ang sinuman sa inyo ang ibig maging dakila ay dapat maging lingkod. At sinumang ibig maging pinuno ay dapat maging alipin ng lahat. Sapagkat ang Anak ng Tao ay naparito, hindi upang paglingkuran kundi upang maglingkod at ibigay ang kanyang buhay sa ikatutubos ng marami.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikawalong Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Miyerkules

Ipinahayag ni Kristong ating Panginoon ang kanyang mapagligtas na Kamatayan at Muling Pagkabuhay. Sa pamamagitan niya, ang mapagpakasakit na Lingkod, ilahad natin sa Amang mahabagin ang ating mga panalangin.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Gawin mo kaming mga tunay na lingkod, O Panginoon

Ang mga pinuno ng Simbahan nawa’y maging tunay na mga lingkod na kumikilos na mayroong malasakit na tulad nang ipinakita ni Kristo sa kanyang mga tagasunod, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga pinuno ng mga gobyerno, nawa’y gamitin nila ang kanilang katungkulan para sa kabutihan ng kanilang pinamamahalaan at iwasan ang away at kawalang-tiwala, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ating lahat nawang mapagtanto na ang tagumpay sa mata ng Diyos ay hindi nasusukat sa mga panuntunan ng mundo kundi sa paggalang na ibinibigay natin sa ating kapwa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit nawa’y kanilang maunawaan na nagiging isang dakilang biyaya ang paghihirap nila kapag iniugnay sa paghihirap ni Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga tapat na yumao nawa’y makatagpo ng walang hanggang kapayapaan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Makalangit na Ama, tulungan mo kaming maglingkod sa bawat isa katulad ng iyong Anak na ibinigay ang kanyang buhay para sa amin. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristong 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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