Mark 9:30-37
They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise." But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him. And they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?" But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all." And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."
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Vesperas kuman nan Miyerkules nan Abo, an sinugdan nan cuaresma .
Pero sa iban na mga nasod, adlaw kuman nan ila pag-selebrar nan jaon taglaong na Mardi Gras, piyesta para sa paghatag nan luna sa mga tawo na patujangan an gusto nan ila mga lawas: patujang pagkaon nan mga malami na pagkaon, pag-inom nan duro na alak, paghimo nan sekswal na mga butang sanan paghimo nan mga suk’wahi sa sugo ni God.
Piyesta ini nan mga pagano, pero dili man kita kon mga pagano kay hugot man ato pagtuo sa Diyos.
Sa ato pamalandong kuman, bata an taghimo ni Jesus na ehemplo para ipakita an importansiya nan pagka-mapahi’ubsanon para madawat nan tawo an grasya na kinabuhi sanan himaya ni God.
Gusto ni God na pun’on kita nan Ija kaugalingon na himaya, gahum sanan gugma kon ato abrihan an ato mga kasing-kasing para hatagan nan luna an Ija ihatag dato.
Mapahiub’sanon ba kita na modawat nan mga sugo ni God para maka-panil’bihan Dija parehas kan Jesus?
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"Lord Jesus, by your cross you have redeemed the world and revealed your glory and triumph over sin and death. May I never fail to see your glory and victory in the cross. Help me to conform my life to your will and to follow in your way of holiness."
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