Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 6, 2012


Fifth Sunday of Easter

Reading 1 Acts 9:26-31

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples,
but they were all afraid of him,
not believing that he was a disciple.
Then Barnabas took charge of him and brought him to the apostles,and he reported to them how he had seen the Lord,
and that he had spoken to him,
and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
He moved about freely with them in Jerusalem
and spoke out boldly in the name of the Lord.
He also spoke and debated with the Hellenists,
but they tried to kill him.
And when the brothers learned of this,
they took him down to Caesarea
and sent him on his way to Tarsus.

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace.
It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord,
and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit it grew in numbers.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32

R. (26a) I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I will fulfill my vows before those who fear the LORD.
The lowly shall eat their fill;
they who seek the LORD shall praise him:
"May your hearts live forever!"
R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.
or:
R. Alleluia.
All the ends of the earth
shall remember and turn to the LORD;
all the families of the nations
shall bow down before him.
R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.
or:
R. Alleluia.
To him alone shall bow down
all who sleep in the earth;
before him shall bend
all who go down into the dust.
R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.
or:
R. Alleluia.
And to him my soul shall live;
my descendants shall serve him.
Let the coming generation be told of the LORD
that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born
the justice he has shown.
R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Reading 2 1 Jn 3:18-24

Children, let us love not in word or speech
but in deed and truth.

Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth
and reassure our hearts before him
in whatever our hearts condemn,
for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us,
we have confidence in God
and receive from him whatever we ask,
because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And his commandment is this:
we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and love one another just as he commanded us.
Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,
and the way we know that he remains in us
is from the Spirit he gave us.

Gospel Jn 15:1-8

Jesus said to his disciples:
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you.
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
unless it remains on the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,
because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me
will be thrown out like a branch and wither;
people will gather them and throw them into a fire
and they will be burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
By this is my Father glorified,
that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."

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Kuman na domingo, 5th sunday of easter, gusto nako na ipa-ambit dijo an ako repleksiyon, kinutlo nako sa homiliya ni Fr. Medel, isa sa mga guest priests sa amo parokya sa St. Peter Parish and Shrine sa Commonwealth, Quezon City.

An pinaka-tema nan mga pagbasa kuman mahitungod sa tree and the branch, kinabuhi nan tawo na tagkonekta ni Father kan Jesus.

Laong pa nija,  an kinabuhi kuno nato konektado permi kan Jesus  ugsa kinahanglan ato gajud amumahon pagdajaw ini para permanente kita jaon kan Lord.

Kon magbagjo kuno, laong nija, manga-banggi sanan manga-utod an mga sanga despuwes manga-huyog sa lupa.

Sunugon dajon an mga ini kon nokaging na kay waya na ma'y puyos - an iban himoon na sugnod sa pag-luto para hipus'lan pa.

Kinahanglan jao'y ato enthusiasm na maka-connect kan Lord kay segurado kuno na masalimuot an ato kinabuhi kon halajo kita Dija.

Ugsa kinahanglan gajud nato an guidance ni Lord parehas nan ato nadawat na paggiya nan ato mga ginikanan.

Sa parte 'sab kuno ni Jesus, gusto 'sab kuno Nija na mahasuod kita Dija sanan para dato 'sab, kinahanglan na tubagon 'sab nato an Ija pagtawag dato.

Dili lamang kuno kita magkahuyop kay an grasya nan Holy Spirit na Ija ipadaya amo'y mopasabot sa ato mga kasing-kasing sanan sa ato mga huna-huna.

Laong pa ni Father na sa isa ka survey na ija nabasa, an pinaka-devoted kuno na mga Christian sa tibook kalibutan an mga Filipino kay 87 posiyento kuno sa mga Kristiyano na taga-Pilipinas, waya gajud nagduha-duha nan presensiya ni  God.

Ugsa dili gajod kuno kon bastante na na ato ipadayag na may pagtuo kita Dija, kinahanglan gajud kuno na ato himoon an Ija tagsugo dato - himoon sa kamatuoran.

An pagka-pasensiyuso sa ato spiritual life an mag-kombensi sa ato mga kasing-kasing na parte kita kan Jesus.

Waya'y middle ground kuno sa pagka-Kristiyano - kinahanglan sagad gajud kuno an ato tinuohan.

An spirituality nan Kristiyano inamuma nan ato Lord Jesus Christ, amo na kinahanglan ipag-pray 'sab nato an mga may problema para 'sab kita makatabang dila na makakonekta sila kan Jesus Christ.

Para dato, kinahanglan 'sab na hatagan nato nan luna an ato kaugalingon na moharong nan mga challenge sa kinabuhi kay kon complacent permi kita, usahay hikalim'tan nato na konektado baja kita kan God.

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