Sunday (September 29): Lazarus was carried to Abraham's bosom

Gospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31

"There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.  And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. And he called out, `Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, `Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he  is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, `Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, `They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'  And he said, `No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to him, `If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"

Reflection

Dili kunô mahilangit an puwerte ka datù kay tungod sa kaduro nan ija katigajonan, dili na man sija makadumdom kan God.

Sanan, labot pa, bisan pagbali-bali sa mga nanginahanglan, dili na sija makalingî.

Amo’y nahitabô dinhi sa atô ebanghelyo kuman, pag-abot nila sa langit, bisan un’hon nija pag-pangamujô, dili gajud mahimô an ija tamalihog kay waya na man sija makapangandam sanan makapag-hinulsol nan buhi pa sija.

Amo na kinahanglan permi gajud kita, sa kada gutlô nan atô mga kinabuhi, mohomô nan mga butang na makalipay sanan makahimaya kan God.

Andam na ba kita mo-atubang kan God abir kon uno orasa?