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Nehemias 2, 1-8
Salmo 136, 1-2. 3. 4-5. 6

Kung ika’y aking limutin,
wala na ‘kong aawitin.

Lucas 9, 57-62

Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi (White)

Mga Pagbasa mula sa
Miyerkules ng Ika-26 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (I)

UNANG PAGBASA
Nehemias 2, 1-8

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni Nehemias

Noong panahong iyon, ako ang namamahala sa mga inumin ng hari. Isang araw, buwan ng Nisan, ikadalawampung taon ng paghahari ni Artajerjes, dinulutan ko siya ng kanyang inuming alak. Napansin niyang ako’y malungkot. Noon lamang niya ako nakitang gayun. Tinanog niya ako, “Bakit ka nalulungkot? Tingin ko sa iyo’y wala kang sakit, bakit ka ganyan?
Sinidlang ako ng takot. Gayunma’y sinabi ko sa hari, “Nawa’y ingatan kayo ng Diyos, habang panahon! Nalulungkot po ako sapagkat ang lungsod na pinaglibingan ng aking mga ninuno ay wasak at sunog ang mga pintuan.”

“O, ano ngayon ang ibig mo?” tanong ng hari.

Tumawag ako sa Diyos, at pagkatapos sinabi ko sa hari, “Kung pahihintulutan po ninyo ako, Kamahalan, nais kong umuwi sa Juda upang itayong muli ang binaggit kong lungsod.”

Sinabi sa akin ng hari na noo’y katabi ng reyna, “Gaanong katagal ka roon? Kailan ka babalik?” Nagtaning ako ng panahon at malugod naman akong pinahintulutan. Nakiusap akong bigyan din ng mga liham para sa mga gobernador sa ibayo ng ilog upang paraanin ako patungong Juda. Sa aking pakiusap ay gumawa na rin siya ng sulat para kay Asaf, ang tagapamahala ng kagubatan upang bigyan ako ng kahoy na gagamitin sa pintuan ng muog ng templo, ng pader ng lungsod at ng tahanang aking titirhan. Ang lahat ng ito ay ginawa ng hari dahil sa kabutihan ng Diyos sa akin.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 136, 1-2. 3. 4-5. 6

Kung ika’y aking limutin,
wala na ‘kong aawitin.

Sa pampang ng mga ilog nitong bansang Babilonia,
kami roo’y nakaupong tumatangis, sa tuwinang
ang iniwan naming Sion ay aming maalaala.
Sa sanga ng mga kahoy, sa tabi ng ilog nila
isinabit namin doon, yaong dala naming lira.

Kung ika’y aking limutin,
wala na ‘kong aawitin.

Sa amin ay iniutos ng sa amin ay lumupig,
na aliwin namin sila, ng matamis naming tinig,
tungkol sa Sion, yaong paksa, ninyong nais nilang awit.

Kung ika’y aking limutin,
wala na ‘kong aawitin.

Pa’no namin aawitin, ang awit ng Panginoon,
samantalang bihag kaming nangingibang bayan noon?
Ayaw ko nang ang lira ko’y hawakan pa at tugtugin,
kung ang bunga sa pagtugtog, limutin ang Jerusalem.

Kung ika’y aking limutin,
wala na ‘kong aawitin.

Di na ako aawit pa, kung ang lundong sasapitin
sa isip ko’t alaala, ika’y ganap na limutin,
kung ang kaligayahan mo ay hindi ko hahangarin.

Kung ika’y aking limutin,
wala na ‘kong aawitin.

ALELUYA
Filipos 3, 8-9

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Tana’y aking tatalikdan
upang si Kristo’y makamtan
bilang tanging pakinabang.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 9, 57-62

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Noong panahong iyon, samantalang naglalakad sina Hesus at ang kanyang mga alagad, may taong nagsabi kay Hesus, “Susunod po ako sa inyo kahit saan.” Sumagot si Hesus, “May lungga ang asong-gubat at may pugad ang ibon, ngunit ang Anak ng Tao’y wala man lamang matulugan o mapagpahingahan.” Sinabi ni Hesus sa isa, “Sumunod ka sa akin.” Ngunit sumagot ang tao, “Panginoon, hayaan po muna ninyo akong umuwi upang ipalibing ang akin ama.” Sinabi ni Hesus sa kanya, “Ipaubaya mo na sa mga patay ang paglilibing ng kanilang mga patay. Ngunit ikaw, humayo ka at ipahayag mo ang tungkol sa paghahari ng Diyos.” Sinabi naman ng isa, “Susunod po ako sa inyo, Panginoon, ngunit magpapaalam muna ako sa aking mga kasambahay.” Sinabi sa kanya ni Hesus, “Ang sinumang nag-aararo at palaging lumilingon ay hindi karapat-dapat sa paghahari ng Diyos.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-26 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Miyerkules

Iniluluhog natin sa Diyos Ama ang ating mga pangangailangan dahil tinawag tayo ng kanyang Anak na si Jesus upang sundan siya. Manalangin tayo nang may pananalig para sa biyaya na tanggapin ang pagtawag na ito.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, gawin Mo kaming ganap kay Kristo.

Ang mga pinuno ng Simbahan at lahat ng nagpapahayag ng Salita ng Diyos nawa’y masigasig na magpatuloy sa kanilang pagsunod kay Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang ating komunidad nawa’y mapanibago sa araw-araw sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya sa Salita ng Diyos na tumatawag sa atin sa mas maganda at mabuting buhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Yaong mga nawalan na ng pag-asa dahil sa mga kasalanan nawa’y mapagtanto na kasama nating naglalakbay ang ating Panginoon at tinutulungan tayo sa pagpasan ng ating krus, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Yaong mga pinahina ng karamdaman o pagkakasakit nawa’y mabigyang lakas-loob ng kasiyahang mula sa Diyos sa pamamagitan ng kalinga at pag-aaruga ng kanilang mga kapamilya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao na sumunod kay Jesus sa buhay na ito nawa’y makapasok sa walang hanggang presensya ng Diyos sa kalangitan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama naming nasa langit, sa aming pagnanais na sumunod sa yapak ng iyong Anak, gawin mo kaming iisa sa isip at puso sa pamamagitan ni Kristong 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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