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Paggunita sa Dakilang Papa San Gregorio, pantas ng Simbahan

1 Corinto 4, 6b-15
Salmo 144, 17-18. 19-20. 21

Sa tumatawag sa Poon,
ang D’yos ay handang tumulong.

Lucas 6, 1-5

Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor (White)

Mga Pagbasa mula sa
Sabado ng Ika-22 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon

UNANG PAGBASA
1 Corinto 4, 6b-15

Pagbasa mula sa unang sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga taga-Corinto

Mga kapatid, kami ni Apolos ang ginamit kong halimbawa upang matutuhan ninyo ang kahulugan ng kasabihang, “Huwag lalampas sa nasusulat.” Huwag ipagmalaki ninuman ang isa at hamakin naman ang iba. Ano ang kahigtan ninyo sa iba? Hindi ba lahat ng nasa inyo’y kaloob ng Diyos? Kung gayun, bakit ninyo ipinagyayabang na waring hindi kaloob sa inyo?

Kayo pala’y nasisiyahan na! Mayayaman na kayo! Kayo pala’y mga hari na – hindi na ninyo kami isinama! Sana nga’y naging hari kayo upang kami nama’y maging hari, kasama ninyo. Sapagkat sa wari ko, kaming mga apostol ay ginawa ng Diyos na maging pinakahamak sa lahat ng tao. Ang katulad namin ay mga taong nahatulan ng kamatayan, isang panoorin ng sanlibutan – ng mga anghel at ng mga tao. Kami’y mga hangal alang-alang kay Kristo; kayo’y marurunong tungkol kay Kristo! Mahihina kami; kayo’y malalakas! Hinahamak kami; kayo’y pinararangalan! Hanggang sa oras na ito, kami’y nagugutom, nauuhaw, halos hubad; pinagmamalupitan kami at walang matahanan. Nagpapagal kami upang may ipagtawid-buhay. Idinadalangin namin ang mga lumalait sa amin; kapag kami’y pinag-uusig; tinitiis namin ito. Malumanay na pananalita ang isinusukli namin sa mga naninirang-puri sa amin. Hanggang ngayon, kami’y parang mga yagit – pinakahamak na uri ng tao sa daigdig.

Ito’y sinusulat ko, hindi upang hiyain kayo, kundi upang parangalan bilang mga anak na minamahal. Sapagkat maging sampunlibo man ang inyong guro tungkol sa pamumuhay Kristiyano, iisa lamang ang inyong ama. Sapagkat kayo’y naging anak ko sa pananampalataya kay Kristo Hesus sa pamamagitan ng Mabuting Balitang ipinangaral ko sa inyo.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 144, 17-18. 19-20. 21

Sa tumatawag sa Poon,
ang D’yos ay handang tumulong.

Matuwid ang Diyos sa lahat ng bagay niyang ginagawa;
kahit anong gawin ay kalakip doon ang habag at awa.
Siya’y nakikinig at handang tumulong sa lahat ng tao
sa sinumang taong pagtawag sa kanya’y tapat at totoo.

Sa tumatawag sa Poon,
ang D’yos ay handang tumulong.

Yaong kailangan niyong mga taong may takot sa kanya,
kanyang tinutugon, at kung nagigipit hinahango sila.
yaong umiibig sa kanya nang lubos ay iniingatan;
ngunit ang masama’y wawasakin niya’t walang mabubuhay.

Sa tumatawag sa Poon,
ang D’yos ay handang tumulong.

Aking pupurihin ang Panginoong Diyos, di ko tutugutan
sa ngalan niyang banal, lahat ay magpuri magpakailanman!

Sa tumatawag sa Poon,
ang D’yos ay handang tumulong.

ALELUYA
Juan 14, 6

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Ikaw, O Kristo, ang Daan,
ang Katotohana’t Buhay
patungo sa Amang mahal.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 6, 1-5

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Isang Araw ng Pamamahinga, naparaan sina Hesus sa triguhan. Ang kanyang mga alagad ay nangitil ng uhay, at kanilang kinain ang mga butil matapos ligisin sa kanilang mga kamay. “Bakit ninyo ginagawa sa Araw ng Pamamahinga ang ipinagbabawal ng Kautusan?” tanong ng ilang Pariseo. Sinagot sila ni Hesus, “Hindi ba ninyo nabasa ang ginawa ni David nang magutom siya at kanyang mga kasama? Pumasok siya sa bahay ng Panginoon, kumuha ng tinapay na handog sa Diyos at kumain nito. Binigyan pa niya ang kanyang mga kasama, bagamat ayon sa Kautusan, ang mga saserdote lamang ang may karapatang kumain niyon.” At sinabi pa niya sa kanila, “Ang Araw ng Pamamahinga ay nasa ilalim ng kapangyarihan ng Anak ng Tao.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-22 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Sabado

Manalangin tayo sa Diyos Ama na umangkin sa atin bilang kanyang mga malayang anak kay Jesu-Kristo, na kanyang bugtong na Anak.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Sagipin nawa kami ng Iyong Salita, O Panginoon.

Ang mga Kristiyano nawa’y kilalanin ang mga utos ng Diyos bilang pinto sa kalayaan mula sa kasalanan at kasamaan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Yaong mga may tungkulin sa pagpapatupad ng batas at sa gobyerno nawa’y unahin ang kabutihan ng mga tao kaysa sa mga pinagkakaabalahan ukol sa batas, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Sa pagsamba sa Diyos na hindi natin nakikita, nawa’y hindi natin malimutan ang nangangailangan nating mga kapatid na ating nakikita, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Yaong mga nagdurusa sa iba’t ibang pisikal at espiritwal na karamdaman nawa’y hilumin ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga pumanaw nawa’y mamahinga sa piling ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoong Diyos, ang bawat batas mo nawa’y maging paanyaya sa amin upang mahalin at paglingkuran ang aming mga kapatid, unawain sila, igalang, at gabayan upang maging gabay rin namin sila. Hinihiling namin ito sa ngalan ni Kristong aming Panginoon. Amen.

WHEN POWER REJECTS ACCOUNTABILITY

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I listened patiently to President Donald Trump’s speech before the UN General Assembly yesterday. One part that particularly disturbed me was his attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He called it an anti-American tribunal, declared that the United States would never allow its service members to be investigated by it, and urged all ICC member states to withdraw from the institution.

I could not help thinking of the ongoing ICC proceedings involving former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

Whatever our political sympathies, the fundamental question is this: Should any head of state, president, or military commander be beyond accountability for the exercise of power, especially when that power involves decisions over human life and death?

The ICC is not an organ of the United Nations, but an independent international court established under the Rome Statute to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Its mandate is to help ensure that even those who wield the highest political and military authority can be held accountable for serious international crimes.

The ICC proceedings against former President Duterte, whose trial is scheduled to begin on November 30, bring this question very close to home. He is entitled to the presumption of innocence and to a fair trial. The same principle of accountability, however, raises questions about the actions of leaders everywhere, including those of the most powerful nations.

There is something deeply ironic about a president addressing the United Nations while urging its member states to abandon an international institution established to address some of the gravest crimes against humanity. It is especially striking when one recalls the central role the United States played in the founding of the United Nations itself.

Trump’s remarks raise a fundamental question about the future of international justice: Can a system of accountability function when powerful states reject the authority of institutions that may scrutinize their own actions?

The question is not whether the ICC is beyond criticism. Like every institution entrusted with the administration of justice, it must itself be accountable, impartial, and faithful to due process.

The deeper question is whether the international community can sustain a system of justice in which the same standards apply to the powerful and the powerless alike.

A SPEECH THAT LEFT ME DEEPLY DISTURBED

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Yesterday, I watched President Donald Trump deliver his speech before the United Nations General Assembly. It was rather long, but I listened patiently to the end. In fact, I even took the trouble of transcribing the whole speech so that I could study it more carefully.

With a little help from AI, I did a simple word count. I wanted to know how often he used the first-person pronouns “I” and “we,” the latter referring at times to himself and his administration, and at other times to the American nation. I counted 64 instances of “I” and 101 of “we,” not including other forms such as “my,” “me,” “our,” and “us.”

As I listened, I also had the UN Charter in mind. After all, he was addressing an organization founded precisely to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the sovereign equality of nations, to promote human rights, and to settle international disputes by peaceful means.

With some AI assistance, I tried to examine how the main points of his speech squared with these fundamental principles. I was particularly struck by his repeated assertions of American military supremacy, his threats of annihilation against Iran, and his insistence on America’s right to use its military might to secure its national interests.

But beyond the actual words, it was the tone of the speech that disturbed me most. The repeated self-congratulation, the language of domination, the threats of overwhelming military force, and the apparent confidence that the world’s problems could be settled through the exercise of superior power left me with a deeply unsettling feeling.

I found myself wondering: What happens to the international order when the leader of the world’s most powerful country speaks of peace primarily in the language of power?

The UN was founded on the conviction that might does not make right, that even the most powerful nations must be accountable to international law, and that peace cannot be secured simply by threatening to annihilate one’s enemies.

I finished listening to the speech with a sense of foreboding. Not merely because of what President Trump said, but because of the enormous power at his disposal.

When so much destructive power is concentrated in the hands of one leader, the whole world has reason to be concerned about how that power is exercised.

May God help us preserve the fragile peace of our world.

SO CHARISMATIC

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Gospel Reading for September 24, 2026 – Luke 9: 7-9

SO CHARISMATIC

Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.” But Herod said, “John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him.

————

“And he kept trying to see him.”

Was Herod trying to see Jesus because he thought John the Baptist, whom he had beheaded, had been raised in Jesus? Was his conscience bothering him?

Or maybe Jesus was SO CHARISMATIC that, after hearing so much about him, Herod kept wanting to see him. Perhaps, if Herod had become a follower of Jesus, he would have repented for what he did to John and even separated from Herodias, the woman he was living with.

Jesus, being the Son of God, is truly someone extraordinary. As we read the stories about him and reflect on his teachings, we cannot help but be deeply grateful to God for allowing us to know him through his Son—to know who he truly is and who he will always be.

Lord Jesus, may we always have that deep desire to know you well and love you well, so that we may also love others well. Amen.

Veritas Editorial

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