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Paggunita kay San Alfonso Maria ng Ligouri, obispo at pantas ng Simbahan

Jeremias 26, 11-16. 24
Salmo 69, 15-16. 30-31. 33-34

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

Mateo 14, 1-12

Memorial of St. Alphonsus de Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (White)

Mga Pagbasa mula sa
Sabado ng Ika-17 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

UNANG PAGBASA
Jeremias 26, 11-16. 24

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Jeremias

Noong mga araw na iyon, sinabi ng mga saserdote at mga propeta sa mga pinuno at sa buong bayan, “Dapat patayin ang taong ito pagkat nagpahayag siya laban sa lungsod gaya ng narinig ninyo.”

Sinabi naman ni Jeremias sa mga pinuno at mga taong naroon, “Sinugo ako ng Panginoon upang magpahayag laban sa Templong ito at laban sa lungsod, gaya ng narinig na ninyo. Kaya nga, magbago kayo ng inyong pamumuhay at mga gawain, at sundin ninyo ang utos ng Panginoon na inyong Diyos. Sa gayun, mahahabag ang Panginoon at hindi niya itutuloy ang parusang inilalaan sa inyo. Ako ay nasa ilalim ng kapangyarihan ninyo; maaari ninyong gawin ang anumang iniisip ninyong matuwid at makatarungan. Ngunit ito ang inyong tandaan: pag ako’y pinatay ninyo, pumatay kayo ng taong walang kasalanan; ito’y magiging sumpa sa inyo at sa lungsod na ito, pati sa lahat ng naninirahan dito, pagkat alam ninyong sinugo ako ng Panginoon upang sabihin sa inyo ang mga bagay na ito.”

Nang makapagsalita si Jeremias, sinabi ng mga pinuno at lahat ng tao sa mga saserdote at mga propeta, “Hindi dapat hatulan ng kamatayan ang taong ito sapagkat ipinahayag niya sa atin ang ipinasasabi ng Panginoon.”

Subalit si Jeremias ay binabantayan ni Ahicam, anak ni Safan, kaya’t hindi siya napatay ng mga tao.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 69, 15-16. 30-31. 33-34

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

Iligtas mo ako, ako ay sagipin,
sa putik na ito’t tubig na malalim;
sa mga kaaway, ako’y iligtas din.
H’wag mong tulutang ako ay maanod,
dalhin sa malalim at baka malunod;
hahantong sa libing ako pagkatapos.

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

Naghihirap ako’t mahapdi ang sugat,
O Diyos, itayo mo, ako ay iligtas.
Pupurihin ang Diyos, aking aawitan,
dadakilain ko’t pasasalamatan.

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

Kung makita ito niyong mga dukha,
sila ay sasamba sa laki ng tuwa.
Dinirinig ng Diyos ang may kailangan,
lingkod na bilanggo’y di nalilimutan.

Poon, ako’y iyong dinggin
sa panahong ‘yong ibigin.

ALELUYA
Mateo 5, 10

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Mapalad ang inuusig
sa gawang puspos ng bait,
pagkat may kakamting langit.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 14, 1-12

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayan kay San Mateo

Noong panahong iyon, nang makarating kay Herodes na tetrarka ang balita tungkol kay Hesus, sinabi niya sa kanyang mga lingkod, “Siya’y si Juan Bautista na muling nabuhay, kaya siya nakagagawa ng mga himala!”

Si Herodes ang nagpahuli, nagpagapos at nagpabilanggo kay Juan. Ang dahilan ay si Herodias na asawa ng kapatid niyang si Felipe. Laging sinasabi ni Juan kay Herodes, “Hindi matuwid na magsama kayo ng asawa ng inyong kapatid.” Ibig ni Herodes na ipapatay si Juan ngunit natatakot siya sa mga Judio, sapagkat kinikilala nilang propeta si Juan Bautista.

Nang dumating ang kaarawan ni Herodes, sumayaw sa harapan ng mga panauhin ang anak ni Herodias. Labis na nasiyahan si Herodes, kaya’t isinumpa niyang ibibigay sa dalaga ang anumang hingin nito. Sa udyok ng kanyang ina ay sinabi ng dalaga, “Ibigay po ninyo sa akin ngayon din, sa isang pinggan, ang ulo ni Juan Bautista.” Nalungkot ang hari, ngunit dahil sa kanyang pangakong narinig ng mga panauhin, iniutos niyang ibigay iyon sa dalaga. Kaya’t pinapugutan niya si Juan sa bilangguan. Inilagay ang ulo sa isang pinggan at ibinigay sa dalaga; dinala naman ito ng dalaga sa kanyang ina. Dumating ang mga alagad ni Juan, kinuha ang kanyang bangkay at inilibing. Pagkatapos, ibinalita nila ito kay Hesus.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-17 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Sabado

Natitipon tayo kay Kristo na nagwagi laban sa lahat ng kasamaan. Lakas-loob tayong lumapit sa Ama kasabay ng ating mga pananalangin.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Makapangyarihang Ama,
gawin Mo kaming mapagwagi sa iyong pamamaraan.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y mapanibago at magbigay saksi sa mga tamang pinahahalagahan sa buhay upang makatulong na maitindig ang mundong nasadlak sa pagkakasala, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga nagdirigmang mga bansa nawa’y matutong mamuhay sa pagkakasundo at pagtutulungan para sa pagpapanumbalik ng kapayapaan sa daigdig, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Atin nawang itaguyod nang buong puso ang katotohanan at labanan ang pagtago at pailalim na impluwensya ng kasamaan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit nawa’y tumanggap ng kasiyahan ng pag-ibig ng Diyos mula sa mga taong kumakalinga sa kanila, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga tapat na yumao nawa’y makarating sa pangakong walang hanggang tahanan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Makapangyarihang Diyos at Ama, habang itinataas namin sa iyo ang aming mga panalangin, nagpapasalamat kami sa iyong Anak na siyang lumupig sa kasalanan at kamatayan; siya na nabubuhay at naghahari kasama mo at ng Espiritu Santo. 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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