20170928 Gospel Lk 9:7-9

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.

Reflection:

Naglibog si Herod kon sin’o gajud inin tag-tawag na Jesus Christ, the Messiah, kay molaong man an iban na mga tawo na si John kuno ini na nabanhaw.

Si John, laong pa ni Herod, na ija na man kuno ini tag-punggutan nan uyo!

An iban molaong na si Elijah kuno ini na nagpakita sa mga tawo, sanan an iban molaong na isa kuno ini sa mga propeta na nabuhi.

Hangtud na nag-desisyon si Herod na gusto kuno nija ini hikit’an nan personal tungod seguro sa mga milagro na nahimo ni Jesus sa gingharian nija.

Pero, para dato, dili na kita kinahanglan na hikit’an pa nato nan personal si Jesus kay may personal naman kita na relasyon Dija sanan halayum na man an ato pagtuo Dija isip Lord nato na amo’y mosalbar sa tanan nato mga kasay’anan.

Nagduha-duha pa ba ‘kaw kon sin’o si Jesus sa imo kinabuhi?

20170927 Gospel Lk 9:1-6

Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He said to them, "Take nothing for the journey, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there. And as for those who do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them." Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and curing diseases everywhere.

Reflection:

Dinhi na nagsugod an mga tinun’an ni Jesus na i-proklamar an Kingdom of God segun sa Ija sugo dila, daya an gahum sanan oturidad batok sa mga demonyo sanan sa pag-panambay nan mga maysakit.

Pero an tugon ni Lord dila na dili sila magdaya sa ila mga panaw nan tungkod kay lig’on pa man lagi an ila mga tuhod, sako para sud’lan nan mga regalo, kuwarta para pampalit nan ila mga gamit sanan pandoble na baro.

Kon dawaton kuno sila nan una na tagbayay na ila ab’tan, laong pa ni Jesus, did’on na sila mohuya hangtud sa ila pag-uli, pero kon dili sila dawaton, ipagpag kuno nila an ila sandalyas para ipakita na dili sila angajan modawat nan grasya ni God.

An pinaka-importante na katujoan nan ila panaw, an pag-proklamar nan marajaw na mga balita nan Kingdom ni God.

Andam ba kita modawat sa sugo ni Lord na iproklamar an Ija Kingdom sa ato mga mahal sa kinabuhi sanan sa ato isigkatawo?

20170926 Gospel Lk 8:19-21

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."

Reflection:

Tanan na mga mamati sanan mohimo o molihok segun sa mga pulong ni God, nanay sanan igsoon ni Jesus!

Segun sa ato inhibay’an gikan sa Balaanong mga Pulong, templo ni God an lawas nan tawo.

Amo na an tinood na templo ni God isa ka komunidad nan mga nagatuo Dija – na namati sanan nagbuhat segun sa mga pulong ni God.

Pamilya sila ni Jesus kay templo man sila ni God!

Igsoon ba ‘sab kita ni Jesus?

20170925 Gospel Lk 8:16-18

Jesus said to the crowd: "No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care, then, how you hear. To anyone who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he seems to have will be taken away."

Reflection:

Kon uno’y inhibay’an nato mahitungod kan God kay permi man kita mamati sa mga pulong ni Jesus gikan sa Bible sanan tag-pamalandungonan man nato ini, kinahanglan ato gajud ini isangyaw sa ato mga kaigsuonan sanan sa ato isigkatawo.

Amo man ini an sugo ni Jesus dato tanan na isangyaw nato hangtud sa pinakatumoy nan kalibutan an mga pulong ni God sanan an kamatuoran na an kaharian Nija ini na sa ato katalirungan.

Ugsa dili gajud nato kawangon si God kay dako man an Ija expectation gikan dato kay duro man ‘sab an grasya na ato nadawat gikan Dija.

Amo na kinahanglan ipangamojo nato kan God na hatagan kita Nija permi nan luna na madawat nato an Ija mga pulong adlaw-adlaw sanan hatagan kita Nija nan kinaadman na ato hisab’tan ini para mahisangyaw nato ini sa ato isigkatawo.

20170921 Gospel Mt 9:9-13

As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."

Reflection:

Unabes, nosunod dajon si Matthew, isa ka tax collector, kan Jesus nan tag-imbitahan ini ni Lord na moiban Dija.

Kon buot huna-hunaon, si Matthew na tax collector, na nan jadto na panahona, tag-tuohan na korap kay lagi naghawid man sija nan koleksiyon sa buhis, waya man gajud sija magpanuko na mosunod kan Jesus.

Amo seguro kay sa pagtan-aw ni Matthew, amo na ini an oportunidad na makabawi na sija san Lord sa ija pagka-makasasaya.

An pag-panilbihan kan God waya’y pili, santo man ‘kaw o makasasaya kay kita tanan taghatagan ni Lord na luna na maka-timbang kon tag-kinahanglan ba Nija an ato serbisyo para sa Ija kahimayaan.

Andam ba kita na manilbihan kan Lord bisan sa persepsiyon nato, mga makakasasaya kita batok Dija, na dili kita angajan mag-silbe Dija?

20170920 Gospel Lk 7:31-35

Jesus said to the crowds: "To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,

'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.'

For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, 'He is possessed by a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, 'Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Reflection:

Mga bata an permi hisgutan ni Jesus kon an estoryahan mahitungod sa pamayhon kay tinood man an ila mga pagpadayag nan ila mga tag-bati sa ila mga kasing-kasing.

Amo balitaw na para sa mga may buot na, laong pa ni Jesus, kon dili kuno mobalik pagka-bata sila na buot ipasabot, limpiyuhan nila an ila mga pamayhon, dili gajud sila mahilangit.

Pero amo sab lagi jaon, jao’y mga ‘sab bata na makulit sanan magahi an mga uyo!

Ugsa, an buot ipasabot ni Jesus na dili kuno Sija makasabot sa mga tawo sa pagka-kuman na panahon kay abir kon unhon pagpasabot dila na kinahanglan mag-bag-o sila, pero waya gihapo’y ila aksiyon para makapag-hinulsol sa ila mga saya.

Amo na an pangutana kuman, gusto ba nato mag-binata-bata na may mga magahi an uyo o gusto nato mobalik pagka-bata na limpyo an mga kasing-kasing para andam mag-bag-o sa kinabuhi?

20170919 Gospel Lk 7:11-17

Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, "Do not weep." He stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this the bearers halted, and he said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!" The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, "A great prophet has arisen in our midst," and "God has visited his people." This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.

Reflection:

Nahibuyong ang mga tawo sanan ingkayasan an iban sa taghimo na milagro ni Jesus na inbuhi Nija an patay na ulitawo na anak nan biyuda.

Ini amoy nagpamatuod na makagagahum gajud si Jesus, an tinuod na Son of God, na may gahum na mahimo nan mga milagro hilabina nan pagbuhi nan patay.

Taghimo ni Jesus an pagbuhi sa patay na ulitawo tungod kay inbati Sija nan kaluoy sa nanay nan ini na biyuda na waya nay kaibanan sa ila bayay sanan waya nay makahanap na panginabuhi para dila.

Taghimaya nan mga tawo si God tungod sa milagro na taghimo ni Jesus, pero hangtud ra didto an ila pagtuo sa Ija pagka-propeta kay sa kapulihay, ila man Sija inpa-lansang sa krus.

Hangtud sa kahangturan ba kaha an ato pagsalig sanan pagtuo kan Jesus na ato Lord o temporaryo ra lamang?

20170918 Gospel Lk 7:1-10

When Jesus had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave. They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, "He deserves to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us." And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come here, and he comes; and to my slave, Do this, and he does it." When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith." When the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

Reflection:

Kon mangaliya sanan may pangajoon kita kan Jesus, kompiyansa ba kaha kita sa ato pagsalig sanan halayum kaha an ato pagtuo na Ija ihatag dato inin ato tangaliya?

Makita nato dinhi na waya’y duha-duha an centurion sa paghangjo kan Jesus na tambajon an may sakit na soluguon nija sanan, kon buot huna-hunaon, dako man an ija katungdanan sa Roman army.

Ini ra na centurion, isa ka may katungdanan nan jadto na panahon, an andam modawat nan kasipganan sanan may mapahiubsanon na kasing-kasing na dako an pagmahal sa ija soluguon.

Sija ra an andam mohimo nan abir kon uno na butang, madajaw lamang an ija mahal na soluguon na nahitabo sab na tagtambay ni Jesus.

Ugsa na manghinaot kita na kahatagan kita nan kagawasan sa mapanupil na garbo sanan kahadlok sanan makasasaya na hambog sa ato pagkatawo pinaagi sa ato pangaliya kan God sa matag-adlaw.

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Reading 1 Nm 21:4b-9

With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!"

In punishment the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of them died. Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people, and the LORD said to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if any who have been bitten look at it, they will live." Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38

R. Do not forget the works of the Lord!
Hearken, my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable, I will utter mysteries from of old.
R. Do not forget the works of the Lord!
While he slew them they sought him and inquired after God again, Remembering that God was their rock and the Most High God, their redeemer.
R. Do not forget the works of the Lord!
But they flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues, Though their hearts were not steadfast toward him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.
R. Do not forget the works of the Lord!
But he, being merciful, forgave their sin and destroyed them not; Often he turned back his anger and let none of his wrath be roused.
R. Do not forget the works of the Lord!

Reading 2 Phil 2:6-11

Brothers and sisters: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
because by your Cross you have redeemed the world.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Jn 3:13-17

Jesus said to Nicodemus: "No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

20170913 Gospel Lk 6:20-26

Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:

"Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.

But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way."

Reflection:

Bulahan kuno kita, laong pa ni Jesus, kon pobre kita kay maangkon kuno nato an Kingdom of God; kon gutom kita, mapura ra kuno kita; magtuwaw, mahikatawa ra kuno kita; sanan bulahan ‘sab kuno kita kon kasilagan kita nan mga tawo, i-itsapuwera, insultohon sanan sawajon kita isip mga demonyo tungod sa ato hugot na pagtuo sa Son of Man.

Magsadya sanan maglipay kuno kita, laong pa Nija, kon moabot ini na adlaw dato kay dako kuno an premyo hikan sa langit para dato.

Pero kasub’an kuno nato an mga kuwartahan kay nadawat na nila an ila konsolasyon; an mga busog kuman kay moabot ra ‘sab dila na gutomon sila; sa mga malipajon kuman kay maguol sanan magtuwaw kuno sila; magsubo kuno kita kon dajegon kita nan mga tawo kay tag-trato kuno an ato mga katiguyangan na singod nan ini na pamaagi.

Singod ‘sab nan ini an nahisuyat sa ebanghhelyo ni Matthew sa ija Beatitude verses.

Beatitude – amo kuno ini an gusto ni Lord na himoon sanan simbanan nato sa ato mga kinabuhi, ini’n tag-long na “be attitude,” mga pamayhon para sa tinood na Kristiyano.