SABADO, PEBRERO 17, 2024

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Sabado kasunod ng Miyerkules ng Abo

Isaias 58, 9b-14
Salmo 85, 1-2. 3-4. 5-6

Ituro mo ang ‘yong loob
nang matapat kong masunod.

Lucas 5, 27-32

Saturday after Ash Wednesday (Violet)

UNANG PAGBASA
Isaias 58, 9b-14

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Isaias

Sinasabi ng Panginoon:
“Kung titigilan ninyo
ang pang-aalipin at pagsuway sa akin,
at ang masamang salita’y iiwasan,
kung ang nagugutom
ay pakakainin ninyo at tutulungan,
ang kadilimang bumabalot sa inyo
ay magiging tila liwanag sa katanghalian.
At akong Panginoon
ang siyang sa inyo’y laging papatnubay,
lahat ng mabuting kailangan ninyo’y
aking ibibigay, at palalakasin ang inyong katawan.
Kayo’y matutulad sa pananim na sagana sa dilig,
matutulad sa batis
na di nawawalan ng agos ng tubig.
Muling itatayo ng mga lingkod ko ang kutang nadurog,
muling itatayo sa dating pundasyon,
makikilala kayo bilang tagapagtayo ng sirang muog,
mga tagapagtayo ng wasak na mga bahay.”
Sinabi pa ng Panginoon, “Inyong igagalang ang takdang Araw ng Pamamahinga,
huwag kayong gagawa ng inyong gawain sa araw na banal,
sa araw na ito’y mamamahinga kayo’t huwag maglalakbay
ni gagawa o maghuhunta nang walang kabuluhan.
At kung magkagayon,
ay madarama ninyo ang kagalakan sa paglilingkod sa akin.
Bibigyan ko kayo ng karangalan
sa harap ng buong daigdig
at lalasapin ninyo ang kaligayahan
sa paninirahan sa lupaing
ibinigay ko sa nuno ninyong si Jacob.
Mangyayari ito pagkat akong
Panginoon ang nagsabi nito.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 85, 1-2. 3-4. 5-6

Ituro mo ang ‘yong loob
nang matapat kong masunod.

Sa aking dalangin, ako’y iyong dinggin,
tugunin mo, Poon, ang aking pagdaing;
ako’y mahina na’t wala nang tumingin
yamang ako’y tapat, ingatan ang buhay,
lingkod mo’y iligtas sa kapahamakan
pagkat may tiwala sa ‘yo kailanman.

Ituro mo ang ‘yong loob
nang matapat kong masunod.

Ikaw ang aking Diyos, ako’y kahabagan,
sa buong maghapo’y siyang tinatawagan.
Poon, ang lingkod mo’y dulutan ng galak,
sapagkat sa iyo ako tumatawag.

Ituro mo ang ‘yong loob
nang matapat kong masunod.

Mapagpatawad ka at napakabuti;
sa dumadalangin at sa nagsisisi,
ang iyong pag-ibig ay mananatili.
pakinggan mo, Poon, ang aking dalangin,
tulungan mo ako, ako’y iyong dinggin.

Ituro mo ang ‘yong loob
nang matapat kong masunod.

AWIT PAMBUNGAD SA MABUTING BALITA
Ezekiel 33, 11

Sinabi ng Poong mahal:
“Di ko nais na mamatay
ang mga makasalanang
nagbabagong-kalooban
upang sila ay mabuhay.”

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 5, 27-32

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Noong panahong iyon, nakita ni Hesus ang isang publikano na nagngangalang Levi, nakaupo sa paningilan ng buwis. Sinabi sa kanya ni Hesus, “Sumunod ka sa akin,” Tumindig si Levi, iniwan ang lahat, at sumunod kay Hesus.

Si Hesus ay hinandugan ni Levi ng isang malaking piging sa kanyang bahay. Nakasalo niya roon ang mga publikano at ang iba pang mga tao. Nagbulung-bulungan ang mga Pariseo at ang kanilang mga kasamang eskriba. Sinabi nila sa mga alagad ni Hesus, “Bakit kayo kumakain at umiinom na kasalo ng mga publikano at ng mga makasalanan?” Sinagot siya ni Hesus, “Hindi nangangailangan ng manggagamot ang walang sakit kundi ang may sakit. Naparito ako, hindi upang tawagin ang mga matuwid kundi ang mga makasalanan upang magsisi.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Sabado Pagkaraan ng Miyerkules ng Abo

Dumating si Kristo upang iligtas ang mga makasalanan. Buong kababaang-loob sa pagtugon sa kanyang tawag, ilapit natin sa Ama ang ating mga panalangin.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Banal na Tagapagpagaling, gawin Mo kaming buo.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y maituring bilang isang tahanan ng nagpapagaling para sa mga mahihina at makasalanan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Sa tulong ng Mahal na Birheng Maria nawa’y mamayani ang kapayapaan sa bawat bansa sa buong mundo sa pamamagitan ng habag na ipinakikita nila sa isa’t isa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Sa ating bansa nawa’y maghari ang pagkakaisa, bunga ng paggalang ng mga mamamayan sa isa’t isa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Sa lugar ng ating hanapbuhay at maging sa ating mga pamilya nawa’y hindi tayo manguna sa pamimintas sa ating mga kasama, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga namayapa na ay makaranas nawa ng mapanligtas na kapangyarihan ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama, sa panahong ito ng Kuwaresma, bagamat hangad naming maging matuwid, nawa ay iadya mo kami sa pagiging labis na mapagmatuwid. Sa pagnanais naming makamit mula sa Tagapagligtas ang kanyang walang-hanggang awa, maibahagi nawa namin ang kanyang pagpapala sa pamamagitan ng aming pagpapatawad sa aming kapwa, lalo’t higit sa amin ay nagkasala. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na aming Panginoon. Amen.

The ROADMAP

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Gospel Reading for October 05, 2026 – Luke 10: 25-37

The ROADMAP

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’

Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” He answered,“The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

————

Jesus was indeed a GREAT STORYTELLER. Most of the time, when people asked him about something, he would respond with a story. When he wanted to teach something, he spoke in parables.
He is the Son of God. He said, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). This means that this is the style of the Father.

It would be so easy to just give the answer or teach a lesson directly, but this is our God—who gave us an intellect and a soul so that we ourselves may find the answers we seek in life, especially in the spiritual realm. This is the Word of God. It is not meant to be taught like a lesson in class. It is meant to be listened to with all ears and kept in our hearts with deep sincerity.

The Word of God is SO PRECIOUS because it is the way of life of all who believe in God. It is SO PRECIOUS because we do not have to go through life wasting time on trial and error. It is SO PRECIOUS because it is The ROADMAP going to heaven.

Lord Jesus, thank you for leading us to the Father!

Bearing Fruit

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27th Sunday A

Is 5:1-7
The reading is a poetic song using metaphor to depict covenant infidelity, with the vineyard symbolizing Israel and Yahweh. The prophet narrates the careful construction of the vineyard, expecting a good harvest, but results in bitter disappointment. Judah is called to judge itself, with the vineyard’s dismantling representing Israel’s loss of protection and proper cultivation. The parable ends with judgment and violence, highlighting God’s desire for fidelity and justice, especially for the poor, but finding only selfishness and treachery, leading to destruction and exile.

 

Phil 4:6-9
In the final part of this letter, Paul urges the community to set aside worries and turn to prayer (v6). God’s peace, which surpasses understanding (v7), results from harmonious relations with God and others, found when one commits to Christ (Col 3:15). He also recommends Stoic virtues (v8) that celebrate human values connected to the God of peace. Life’s goodness includes natural beauty, human achievements, and spiritual uplift.

 

Mt 21:33-43
The gospel describes the parable of the vineyard from Isaiah 5, representing Israel as the vineyard and Yahweh as its owner. The parable evolved in early church history but reflects Jesus’ ministry of rejection and replacement. The chief priests and the Pharisees are the tenants whose responsibility is to produce the fruit the owner’s servants are sent to collect. The two sets of servants are the prophets: they are rejected, abused, even killed, (vv34-36 cf Jer 20:2; 26:21-23; and were often referred to by Jesus, 5:12; 22:6; 23:30-37). The son, the final emissary, is Jesus himself, with an allusion to his death outside of Jerusalem (vv38-39; Jn 19:17; Heb 13:12f).

The Jewish leaders pass sentence on themselves. Psalm 118 was used in the early church as a prophecy of Jesus’ rejection and victory.

The term “karpos” ( καρπὸς ) is constantly used in the Bible. But aside from its literal meaning of fruit, grain, or harvest; or in the sense of “offspring” (Lk 1.42) or “descendant” (Acts 2.30), the kind of fruit expected by the owner of the vineyard refers metaphorially to the duty Israel owes to God (cf. Isa 5:4), to a godly lifestyle which is consistent with a rightly-ordered covenant relationship with God. The Matthean ideal of ” bearing fruit” connotes the sense of “moral characteristics”: repentance (3:8,10); good deeds (7:16-20; 12:33); and fruitfulness (13:8; 21:19). In this regard the religious leaders of his time failed to teach such, nurture spiritual growth and fruitfulness among the people, and inspire covenant fidelity, for they themselves live an unrepentant and duplicity of life. Thus responsibility over the vineyard will be transferred to the faithful ones as promised in Isa 55:3-5. (vv43, 45).

Isaiah’s song and Matthew’s parable of the vineyard conclude in much the same way—on a note of disillusionment. Whether the present-day ‘tenants of the vineyard of the Lord’ produce fruit or not, we nevertheless remain God’s vineyard, which He continually cultivates. Fidelity to God’s will produces an abundant harvest. Are we producing fruits of “whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, gracious…excellence, worthy of praise” (cf. Phil. 4:6-9)? May it be so. Amen.

CHANCE TO REALIGN

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Gospel Reading for October 04, 2026 – Matthew 21: 33-43

CHANCE TO REALIGN

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.” Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes?

Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.”

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“He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.”

It was so easy for the chief priests and elders to answer what had to be done to the wicked tenants because they did not think of themselves as the tenants.

However, what Jesus said next made them realize that they were the tenants in Jesus’ parable. They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the people who looked up to him as a prophet.
This proves that the Word of God is indeed as Hebrews 4:12 states: “The Word of God is living, active, and sharper than any double-edged sword, able to penetrate deep within us and judge our thoughts and motives.”

It is not meant to make us feel bad about ourselves, but to give us the CHANCE TO REALIGN with the person made in God’s image and likeness. It is the only way Christians can live a truly joyful, peaceful, and fruitful life in this world, in the midst of challenges and difficulties.

Speak, Lord, we are listening!

Veritas Editorial

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