20161013 Gospel Lk 11:47:54

The Lord said: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building. Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and Apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood! Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things, for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.

Repleksiyon:

Doble-kara an mga tawo sa panahon ni Jesus kay bisan taghimoan nila nan mga memoryal an mga propeta na inpatay nan ila mga katiguyangan, tagdajeg gihapon nila an ila mga kagikan sa ila taghimo, pero taghatagan pa gihapon nila nan onor an mga propeta.

Dili sila hisab’tan kay paling-paling man an ila mga huna-huna mahitungod sa ila pagtuo.

Ugsa na ipangaliya gajud nato kan Lord Jesus na pausbungon Nija an mga pulong na Ija tagtanum sa ato mga kasing-kasing, ‘katapos, himoon unta Nija na aksiyon an ato mga pensamiyento, na hatagan kita Nija kina-ad’man sanan hibayo na hibay’an nato an Ija kagustuhan para sa ato mga kinabuhi, sanan hatagan kita Nija nan katakos na mabuhi sumaya sa Ija mga pulong.

20161012 Gospel Lk 11:42-46

The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others. Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces. Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.”

Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.”

Repleksiyon:

An paghatag nan diesmos na tagsulti dinhi ni Jesus sa Ebanghelyo amo unta’y ato ekspresyon nan ato pasalamat sanan onor kan God sa mga grasya na Ija taghatag dato.

Pero tagkasab’an ni Jesus an mga Pharisee kay sa ila pag-diesmos, waya man sa ila mga buot sanan waya’y iban na paghigugma kan God kay an ila taghuna-huna permi an detalye man nan mga sukod o kahamukon nan ila taghatag sa templo.

Ugsa na inlang’an Nija an mga Pharisee na amo ra sila nan mga lubong nan patay na waya’y marka na an buot ipasabot na malipa an ila mga pagkatawo.

Amo na kinahanglan ipangaliya nato kan God na padilaabon Nija an ato mga kasing-kasing nan Ija gugma para permi nato mahipadayag an pinaka-importante sa ato Kristiyano na kinabuhi, an paghigugma.

20161011 Gospel Lk 11:37-41

After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal. The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.”

Repleksiyon:

Sa ato espirituwal na kinabuhi, importante an suyod nan ato kasing-kasing, an ato pamayhon, an ato pagka-tawo sanan an ato huna-huna.

Waya’y kahuyugan an tanan mga butang sa kalibutan - an mga pormalidad sanan mga butang na kon buot huna-hunaon, waya’y tinuod na kapuslanan - kon dili nato ihasuod an ato relasyon kan God.

Waya’y hinungdan an pagka-malimpiyo sanan an pagkahutad nan ato kalawasan kon maligtim an ato mga panhuna-huna sanan an suyod nan ato mga kasing-kasing.

Ugsa kinahanglan permi nato bantajan an suyod nan ato pagkatawo, suyod nan ato mga huna-huna sanan kasing-kasing, kinahanglan permi malimpiyo para andam kita moatubang sa ato Maghuhukom pag-abot nan panahon.

20161010 Gospel Lk 11:29-32

While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here. At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.”

Repleksiyon:

Kon mobiyahe kita, gusto nato manegurado na waya’y kakulian an ato panaw. Mohanap kita nan signus na segurado sanan marajaw an tiyempo nan jaon na adlawa.

Kon an hangin manukad sa sayatan, molaong an Habunganon na waya na’y uyan sa sunod na mga adlaw, kon moabot na ang hangin habagat, duro na uyan an paabuton.

Pero an taghisgutan dinhi ni Jesus na signus, dili kon mahitungod sa panahon kon dili, mahitungod sa preparasyon nan kinabuhi para sa waya’y katapusan na kalipay didto sa kalangitan.

Kinahanglan preparado gajud kita na moatubang sa ato Ginoo pag-abot nan panahon.

(nota: repleksiyon ko ini nan adton 10 October 2011)

20161006 Gospel Lk 11:5-13

Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

Repleksiyon:

Dako na pasalig ni Jesus nan Ija paglaong na: “Ask and it will be given to you.”

An sesti, duro an ato tangajo Dija pero usahay waya’y Ija nahihatag besan isa, pagkatapos, nahugno na dajon an ato hugot na pagtuo kan God.

Pero, waya man si Jesus maglaong na segurado kita makadawat nan ato mga tangajo Dija, kundili usahay, panayagsa, makadawat kita nan ato tangajo.

An rason, kay segurado man Sija na an ato tangajo, dili kon kinahang’lanon gajud nato o dili kaha, may mga marajaw pa na plano si God para dato kaysa sa ato tangajo.

Amo na ipahibayo gajud nato kan God na waya gaju’y ato pagduha-duha sa Ija gugma dato ugsa na dili kita magpanuko na mangajo Dija nan mga grasya sanan mga adlaw-adlaw na probisyon para sa ato mga kinabuhi kay nahibayo man kita na mahal kita na mga anak Nija.

20161005 Gospel Lk 11:1-4

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say:

Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.”

Repleksiyon:

Tag-tun’an  kita ni Jesus na tawagon nato si God na “Ama Namo” kay tag-konsiderar na man kita Nija na mga anak nan Diyos.

Kon lain’tawo an pagtratar nato kan God, waya’y ato kompiyansa na mosuod Dija, makig-estorya, mangajo nan mga grasya, mangamujo sanan mangajo nan pasaylo sa ato mga kasay’anan.

Waya’y ato duha-duha na mosuod kan God na ato Father kay taghatagan man kita ni Jesus nan luna sanan dayan patunong sa langit pinaagi nan Ija kamatajon sanan pagkabanhaw.

Ato hinuklugan pagdajaw an kada pagpangadje nato nan Our Father para motuhop gajud an tinood na kahuyugan nan ato pakig-estorya kan God.

20161004 Gospel Lk 10:38-42

Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”

Repleksiyon

Naguol si Martha kay waya man gajud magpakabana si Mary na tabangan sija sa kusina samtang ila tag-abe’abe si Jesus.

Importante an taghimo ni Martha pero para kan Mary, an marajaw na parte sa pag-abe’abe an ija tag-pili ugsa na kon pamati’an nato, bagan tag-dapigan ni Jesus si Mary sa ija taghimo.

Sa labing-tinood lamang, an pinaka-importante na buluhaton gajud nan tawo, an ija pag-establisar nan marajaw na relasyon sa ija Ama sa Langit pinaagi sa pagpamati sanan pagsunod sa mga pulong nan Diyos, na amo’y taghimo Mary dinhi na sirkumstansiya.

20161003 Gospel Lk 10:25-37

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.”

But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’ Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Repleksiyon:

Andam ba kita magmahal sa ato isigkatawo?

An paghigugma sa isigkatawo amo’y pinaka-importante na parte nan ato pagpadayag nan ato paghigugma ‘sab kan God.

Nahibayo na si God na mahal nato Sija, sa tanan nato kasing-kasing, sa tanan nato pagtawo, sa tanan kusog nato, sa tanan nato na paghuna-huna.

Pero sa ato tubag kan God na mahalon nato an ato isigkatawo sama sa ato pagmahal sa ato kaugalingon, dili seguro kon hingpit an ato tubag dinhi Dija kay jaon man gaju’y mga tawo na may kaligutgot kita.

Seguro, paningkamutan rakan nato na mahipadayag nato an ato pagmahal abir kon sin’o na tawo, ma amigo man o ma kontra man nato, kay amo ma’y sugo dato ini ni God.

Ipangaliya nato kan God, pinaagi kan Jesus Christ na mahutok an ato mga kasing-kasing para may luna an berud nan pagmahal sa ato pagkatawo.