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Sabado sa Ika-5 Linggo ng Apatnapung Araw na Paghahanda

Ezekiel 37, 21-28
Jeremias 31, 10. 11-12ab. 13

Pumapatnubay na Diyos
ay Pastol na kumukupkop.

Juan 11, 45-56

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent (Violet)

UNANG PAGBASA
Ezekiel 37, 21-28

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Ezekiel

Ito ang ipinasasabi ng Panginoon: “Titipunin ko ang mga Israelita mula sa mga dakong kinatapunan nila upang ibalik sila sa sarili nilang bayan. Sila’y pag-iisahin ko na lamang. Isa lamang ang magiging hari nila; hindi na sila mahahati, sila’y gagawin kong isa na lamang kaharian. Hindi na sila sasamba sa diyus-diyosan ni gagawa ng kasuklam-suklam na mga bagay o anumang paglabag. Hindi na sila tatalikod sa akin. Lilinisin ko sila. Sila ang magiging bayan ko at ako ang magiging Diyos nila. Isang tulad ng lingkod kong si David ang magiging hari nila. Susundin na nilang mabuti ang aking mga utos at tuntunin. Sila’y doon na maninirahan sa lupaing tinirhan ng kanilang mga ninuno, sa lupaing ibinigay ko kay Jacob. Sila, at ang kanilang mga anak at magiging anak ng mga anak ay doon mananatili habang panahon. Isang haring tulad ni David na aking lingkod ang magiging pinuno nila magpakailanman. Gagawa ako ng isang tipan sa kanila. Ito ay tipan ng kapayapaan at mamamalagi magpakailanman. Pagpapalain ko sila at pararamihin. Itatayo ko sa kalagitnaan nila ang aking Templo. Ako’y mananatiling kasama nila magpakailanman. Ako ang magiging Diyos nila, sila ay magiging bayan ko. At kung mananatili sa kalagitnaan nila ang aking Templo, malalaman ng lahat ng bansa na akong Panginoon ang humirang sa Israel upang maging akin.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Jeremias 31, 10. 11-12ab. 13

Pumapatnubay na Diyos
ay Pastol na kumukupkop.

Mga bansa, pakinggan ninyo ang sabi ng Poon,
at ipahayag ninyo sa malalayong lupain:
“Pinapangalat ko ang mga anak ni Israel,
ngunit sila’y muli kong titipunin at aalagaan,
gaya ng pagbabantay ng isang pastol sa kanyang mga tupa.”

Pumapatnubay na Diyos
ay Pastol na kumukupkop.

Sapagkat tinubos ng Poon si Jacob,
at pinalaya sa kapangyarihan
ng kaaway na lubhang makapangyarihan at malakas.
Aakyat silang nagsisigawan sa tuwa
patungo sa Bundok ng Sion,
tigib ng kaligayahan dahil sa mga pagpapala ng Poon.

Pumapatnubay na Diyos
ay Pastol na kumukupkop.

Kung magkagayon, sasayaw sa katuwaan ang mga dalaga,
makikigalak pati mga binata’t matatanda;
ang kanilang dalamhati ay magiging tuwa,
papalitan ko ng kagalakan
ang kanilang kalungkutan.

Pumapatnubay na Diyos
ay Pastol na kumukupkop.

AWIT-PAMBUNGAD SA MABUTING BALITA
Ezekiel 18, 31

Sinabi ng Poong mahal:
“Kasamaan ay layuan,
kasalana’y pagsisihan;
kayo ay magbagong-buhay,
magbalik-loob na tunay.”

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 11, 45-56

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Noong panahong iyon, marami sa mga Judiong dumalaw kay Maria ang nakakita sa ginawa ni Hesus, at nanalig sa kaniya. Ngunit ang ilan sa kanila’y pumunta sa mga Pariseo at ibinalita ang ginawa ni Hesus. Kaya’t tinipon ng mga punong saserdote at ng mga Pariseo ang mga kagawad ng Sanedrin.

“Ano ang gagawin natin?” wika nila. “Gumagawa ng maraming kababalaghan ang taong ito. Kung siya’y pababayaan natin, mananampalataya sa kanya ang lahat. Paririto ang mga Romano at wawasakin ang Templo at ang ating bansa.” Ngunit isa sa kanila, si Caifas, ang pinakapunong saserdote noon ay nagsabi ng ganito: “Ano ba kayo? Hindi ba ninyo naiisip na mas mabuti para sa atin na isang tao lamang ang mamatay alang-alang sa bayan, sa halip na mapahamak ang buong bansa?” Sinabi niya ito hindi sa ganang kanyang sarili lamang. Bilang pinakapunong saserdote ng panahong iyon, hinulaan niyang mamamatay si Hesus dahil sa bansa – at hindi dahil sa bansang iyon lamang, kundi upang tipunin ang nagkawatak-watak na mga anak ng Diyos. Mula noon, binalangkas na nila kung paano ipapapatay si Hesus, kaya’t hindi na siya hayagang naglakad sa Judea. Sa halip, siya’y nagpunta sa Efraim, isang bayang malapit sa ilang. At doon siya nanirahang kasama ng kanyang mga alagad.

Nalalapit na ang Pista ng Paskuwa. Maraming taga-lalawigang pumunta sa Jerusalem bago mag-Paskuwa upang isagawa ang paglilinis ayon sa Kautusan. Hindi nila nakita si Hesus sa templo, kaya’t nagtanungan sila, “Ano sa akala ninyo? Paririto kaya sa pista o hindi?” Ipinag-utos ng mga punong saserdote at ng mga Pariseo na ituro ng sinumang nakaaalam kung nasaan si Hesus upang siya’y maipadakip nila.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikalimang Linggo ng Kuwaresma
Sabado

Manalangin tayo sa Diyos na ating Ama upang tulad ni Kristo maging matatag tayo sa pagharap sa buhay at sa mga pagsubok maging sa kamatayan, alang-alang sa buhay at paglago para sa ating mga sarili at para sa iba.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, gawin Mo kaming kalugud-lugod na handog sa iyo.

Ang mga hindi Kristiyano nawa’y makakilala kay Jesus na namatay para sa lahat, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga Kristiyanong napahiwalay nawa’y mag-ukol ng higit na pagtatalaga ng sarili sa ekumenismo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maykapangyarihan nawa’y mag-alay ng sarili sa pagtataguyod ng katotohanan at katarungan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang lahat ng Katoliko nawa’y makadama na sila ay may natatanging kaugnayan sa isa’t isa dahil sa iisang pananampalataya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga inang nawalan ng anak nawa’y hindi maigupo ng bigat ng kanilang dinaramdam, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama naming Diyos, sa iyong pagkakatipon sa mga mananampalataya, sila ay pinagbuklod mo sa iisang Katawan ni Kristo. Isugo mo ang iyong Banal na Espirtu upang higit na pagbigkisin ang iyong bayan. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na aming Panginoon. Amen.

STRONG WORDS FROM THE SC TO CONGRESS: “GRAVE ABUSE OF DISCRETION”

H.E. Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David, D.D. Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:59 am

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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

H.E. Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David, D.D. Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:57 am

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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

Rev. Fr. Jerico Habunal Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:51 am

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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.”

————

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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