Sabado, Hunyo 6, 2026

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Sabado ng Ika-9 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

o kaya Paggunita kay San Norberto, obispo
o kaya Paggunita na Mahal na Birheng Maria tuwing Sabado

2 Timoteo 4, 1-8
Salmo 70, 8-9. 14-15ab. 16-17. 22

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ang dulot mong kaligtasan.

Marcos 12, 38-44

Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

or Optional Memorial of St. Norbert, Bishop (White)
or Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
2 Timoteo 4, 1-8

Pagbasa mula sa ikalawang sulat ni Apostol San Pablo kay Timoteo

Pinakamamahal, inuutusan kita sa ngalan ng Diyos at ni Kristo Hesus na hahatol sa mga buhay at mga patay: alang-alang sa kanyang pagparito at paghahari, ipangaral mo ang salita ng Diyos, napapanahon man o hindi; hikayatin mo, pagsabihan, at patatagin ang loob ng mga tao sa pamamagitan ng matiyagang pagtuturo. Sapagkat darating ang panahong hindi na nila pakikinggan ang wastong aral; sa halip, susundin nila ang kanilang hilig. Mangangalap sila ng mga gurong walang ituturo kundi ang mga bagay lamang na gusto nilang marinig. Ibabaling nila sa mga alamat ang kanilang pansin at hindi na nila pakikinggan ang katotohanan. Kaya, maging mapagpigil ka sa lahat ng oras. Pagtiisan mo ang mga kahirapang dumarating sa iyo. Gampanan mo ang tungkulin ng isang mangangaral ng Mabuting Balita. Tupdin mo ang iyong mga tungkulin, bilang tagapaglingkod ng Diyos.

Ako’y iaalay na; dumating na ang oras ng pagpanaw ko sa buhay na ito. Puspusan akong lumaban sa paligsahan. Natapos ko na ang dapat kong takbuhin. Nanatili akong tapat sa pananampalataya. Kakamtan ko na ang korona ng pagtatagumpay. At sa Araw na yaon, ang Panginoon na siyang makatarungang hukom, ang magpuputong sa akin ng korona, hindi lamang sa akin, kundi sa lahat ng nananabik sa muli niyang pagparito.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 70, 8-9. 14-15ab. 16-17. 22

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Tunay akong nagpupuri, nagpupuri buong araw,
akin ngayong ihahayag ang taglay mong karangalan.
Ngayong ako’y matanda na h’wag mo akong babayaan,
katawan ko’y mahina na kaya ako’y h’wag iiwan.

Patuloy kong isasaysay
ang dulot mong kaligtasan.

Ako naman, samantala ay patuloy na aasa,
patuloy na magpupuri, pupurihin ka tuwina.
Pagkat ikaw ay dakila, patuloy kong isasaysay,
maghapon kong ihahayag ang dulot mong kaligtasan.

Patuloy kong isasaysay
ang dulot mong kaligtasan.

Pagkat ikaw, Panginoon, ay malakas at dakila,
ang taglay mong katangia’y ihahayag ko sa madla.
Sapul pa sa pagkabata ako’y iyong tinuruan,
hanggang ngayo’y sinasambit ang gawa mong hinangaan.

Patuloy kong isasaysay
ang dulot mong kaligtasan.

Tutugtugin ko ang alpa’t pupurihin kitang tunay,
pupurihin kita, O Diyos, dahil sa ‘yong katapatan.
Mga imno ng papuri sa alpa ko’y tutugtugin,
iuukol ko ang tugtog sa ‘yo, Banal ng Israel.

Patuloy kong isasaysay
ang dulot mong kaligtasan.

ALELUYA
Mateo 5, 3

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Mapalad ang mga dukha
na tanging D’yos na lumikha
ang pag-asa at adhika.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Marcos 12, 38-44

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Marcos

Noong panahong iyon, sinabi ni Hesus sa kanyang pagtuturo, “Mag-ingat kayo sa mga eskriba na mahilig maglalakad nang may mahahabang kasuutan at natutuwang pagpugayan sa mga liwasan. Ang ibig nila’y ang mga tanging luklukan sa mga sinagoga, at ang mga upuang pandangal sa mga piging. Inuubos nila ang kabuhayan ng mga babaing balo, at ang sinasangkala’y ang pagdarasal nang mahaba! Lalo pang bibigat ang parusa sa kanila!”

Umupo si Hesus sa tapat ng hulugan ng mga kaloob doon sa templo, at pinagmasdan ang mga taong naghuhulog ng salapi. Maraming mayayamang naghulog ng malalaking halaga. Lumapit naman ang isang babaing balo at naghulog ng dalawang kusing na katumbas ng isang pera. Tinawag ni Hesus ang kanyang mga alagad at kanyang sinabi, “Sinasabi ko sa inyo: ang dukhang balong iyon ay naghulog nang higit sa kanilang lahat. Sapagkat ang iba’y nagkaloob ng bahagi lamang ng hindi na nila kailangan, ngunit ibinigay ng balong ito na dukhang-dukha ang buo niyang ikabubuhay.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikasiyam na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Sabado

Mayroon tayong iisang Ama sa lahat, at iisang Guro, ang kanyang bugtong na Anak. Dumulog tayo sa ating Ama para sa lahat ng kanyang mga anak sa mundo.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama ng mga dukha, pakinggan mo ang aming panalangin.

Ang mga tumatanggap ng sakramento ng orden para sa banal na paglilingkod nawa’y maging tapat at totoo sa kanilang pagtatalaga ng sarili sa Diyos at sa Simbahan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga naglilingkod sa bayan nawa’y maibigay ang mabuti at magaling na serbisyo sa tao at hindi unahin at paglingkuran ang kanilang sariling kapakanan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang kababaang-loob ni Kristo nawa’y pumigil at magpasuko sa kapalaluan at pagkukunwari ng mga taong may matayog na pagtingin sa sarili, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y tumanggap ng banal na pagbubunyag bilang mensahe ng Diyos sa bisa ng kanyang kapangyarihan at hindi ayon sa kaisipan lamang ng tao, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y makatagpo ng kapayapaan sa Muling Nabuhay na Tagapagligtas, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Diyos at Ama ng lahat ng sangkatauhan, itinataas namin sa iyo ang mga panalangin ng mga sumasampalataya sa iyo, gayundin ang mga hindi pa nakaririnig ng iyong banal na ngalan. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristong aming Panginoon. 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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