Sunday, November 30, 2008
2008-11-29
Tagpasidan-an kita dinhi nan Ginoo na dili kita mapuno nan mga bisyo, paghubog-hubog sanan pagproblema sa ato mga kinabuhi.
An pagpasidaan Nidja na para maandam gadjod kita sa pag-abot nan adlaw na Idja pagbalik sa kalibutan para kita husgahan.
Tagkompara Nidja inin mga pasidaan Nidja dato na amo ra nan lita-g ugsa na kinahanglan permi gadjod kuno kita mangandam pinaagi sa ato pagbilar sanan permanente na pag-ampo para maandam kita sanan makalikay sa tanan mga panghitabo pagkatapos maka-atubang na dadjon kita kon moabot na an paghusgar Nidja dato.
An kalibutan puno nan mga bisyo sanan problema na tawhanon kay parte man ini nan paprobar dato nan Diyos kon maka-agwanta kita para maandam kita sa pag-abot nan paghukom.
Nagsagubang ba kita kuman nan mga problema sanan pag-antos para mangaliya kita sa Diyos para sa Idja tabang?
Ginoo ko, hatagi kami an kusog na masagubang namo an mga pag-probar sa amo mga kinabuhi sanan mahi-andam namo an amo mga espiritu para sa pag-abot nan Imo paghusgar damo, Amen.
reading for saturday 2008-11-29
The Lord warns us not to succumb to the snares of vices, drunkenness and the daily tribulations in our lives.
He warns us purposely to prepare us so that we would be able to anticipate His second coming to judge us.
These warnings are compared to a trap that catches us by surprise thus we have to always be vigilant and ready by regularly praying daily to prepare us and evade from the consequences and eventually see Him face-to-face on the Day of His Judgment.
The world is full of vices and daily human tribulation because these are parts of the test that He wants us to pass so that we can prepare ourselves when the Day of Judgment comes.
Are we presently facing problems and anxieties of life so that we pray to God for His help?
My God, give us strength so that we can face the tests in our lives thus we could prepare ourselves for the day of Your coming to judge us, Amen.
2008-11-28
Waya pa nato hibay-i kon kun-o gadjod mobalik an Ginoo sa kalibuotan sa Idja kahimayaan.
Pero naghatag na Sidja nan mga signus, dili lamang kon para kita kapasidan-an kondili para sab Nidja mapukaw an ato mga espiritu na maandam para nato hikit-an an pag-abot nan Idja Gingharian nan poder sanan kahimayaan.
An mga tawo na dili modawat sa Diyos sanan sa Idja Gingharian nan pagkamatarung mag-antos nan jaon na adlawa, pero an mga nangandoy na hikit-an Sidja nan huyarong malipay nan jaon na adlaw nan kalipay sanan pagmaya.
Gusto nan Diyos na malipadjon kita na mosugat nan Idja utro na pag-abot.
Segun sa Idja tagsaad, segurado gadjod na mobalik an Ginoo sa tanan kahimayaan Nidja.
Taghuyatan ba gadjod nato na Idja pagbalik sanan nangaliya ba kita na moabot na dadjon Sidja para mahitabo na an kalinaw sanan hustisya sa kalibutan?
Ginoo kong Jesus, ikaw an una sanan katapusan sa kasaysayan, an Ginoo nan tanan, hatagi kami nan malipadjon na pag-laum sanan kompiyansa na hikit-an 'Kaw namo nan huyarong sa pagbalik Nimo sa Imo kahimayaan, Amen.
readings for friday 2008-11-28
We do not know the day and time when the Lord will come again in glory.
But the He gives us signs, not only to wake us up as a warning, but also to rouse our spirits to be ready to see His Kingdom come in all Its power and glory.
Those who reject God and His Kingdom of righteousness will suffer on that day, but those who long to see the Lord face-to-face will marvel that day of joy and rejoicing.
The Lord wants us to be filled with joyful anticipation for his coming again.
He surely comes to us each day and speaks to our hearts.
As he promised, the Lord will surely come again in all His glory.
Do we look for the signs pointing to the Lord's return and do we pray that he come quickly to establish peace and justice on the earth?
Lord Jesus Christ, you are the beginning and the end of all history, and the Lord of all creation, give us joyful hope and confidence that we will see you face to face when you return in glory, Amen.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
2008-11-27
Tagsultihan kita sa mga pagbasa nato kuman mahitungod sa mga distruksiyon sanan mga pasakit sa kalibutan adeser mobalik si Jesus - kamatuoran na inhibay-an na nato nan an una pa.
Nahipreparar ba nato an ato mga kaugalingon na sugaton bisan kun-o Sidja mo-abot aber kon magasagubang pa kita nan mga kalisdanan?
Mangutana seguro kita kon angadjan ba kita sa imbitasyon para sa patsada na selebrasyon nan Idja pag-abot.
Uno may ato himoon para nato maseguro na ad-oy ato luna sa kinabuhi pagkatapos nan kamatadjon?
Sa libro nan Rebelasyon, tag-imbitar kita na ato gadjod huptan an kamatooran na bulahan kita kay tagtawag man kita sa kumbera para sa kasal nan Kordero.
Samtang ato tag-tagdan an utrabes na pagpakita ni Jesus, puwede nato Sidja tawagon para sa mga dagko o sa mga gagmay na mga paagi.
Tawagon lamang nato an Idja ngayan bisan sa pabalik-balik na mga pangadje hangtud na ato matagamtam an ato pagka-sood nato Didja sanan an Idja presensiya sa ato kinabuhi.
Ginoo kong Jesus, gusto sanan kinahanglan namo na permi ini 'Kaw damo sa kada gutlo nan amo kinabuhi, Amen.
readings for thursday, 2008-11-27
Our readings for today speak of the great destruction and the pain on earth before Jesus comes back - something we already knew since then.
Have we prepared ourselves to greet Him whenever he comes and appears to us even if we are facing great tribulations?
We might wonder whether we are worthy of His invitation to the wonderful celebration of His coming.
What must we do to ensure that we have a place in the life after death?
In the book of Revelations, we are exhorted to hold to the truth that we are blessed because we are called to the wedding feast of the Lamb.
While we await Jesus' reappearance, we can invoke Him in many great or small ways.
We just have to call His name and keep repeating our prayers until we gradually discern his close and gentle presence in our lives.
Lord Jesus, we need You and want You to be with us every moment of our lives, Amen.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
2008-11-26
Kinahanglan mag-ekperiyensiya kita nan paglutos kon gusto nato makabaton nan diyosnon na kinabuhi kan Jesus na ato Cristo.
Gusto sab nan Ginoo na paaboton nato an mga paglutos.
An pagpaabot nato nan paglutos amoy magpreparar sanan mag-armas dato para sa espituwal na giyera na ato sugaton kay segurado man kita na tabangan kita ni Kristo kay mahal man kita Nidja.
Hatagan man kita Nidja nan kinaadman para nato masagubang an ato mga kaaway.
Gusto nan ato Ginoo na sagubangon nato an mga paglutos, mga pagtraydor sanan mga pag-kontra tungod sa Idja ngayan.
Tagsaaran Nidja kita nan proteksiyon ugsa na kinahanglan magpabilin gadjod kita na malig-on para sa ato kaluwasan.
Ama, hukmi ako na angadjan sa paglutos, Amen
readings for tomorrow, wednesday
We have to experience persecution if we want to have a godly life in Jesus our Christ.
The Lord wants us also to expect persecutions.
This expectation prepares and arms us for spiritual warfare and we are certain that Christ will help us because He loves us.
He will give us His wisdom so that we can face our adversaries.
God wants us to face persecutions, treacheries and adveristies because of His name.
But He promised us protection hence we have to remain steadfast to attain salvation.
Father, judge me worthy to be persecuted, Amen.
Monday, November 24, 2008
2008-11-25
Dako na garbo para sa mga Hudeo an ila templo sa Jerusalem, isa ka kahibuyungan na estruktura sa karaan na kalibutan pero tagtagna ni Jesus an pagkaguba nan ini.
An pagpropesiya nan pagkaguba isa ka parte sa paghukom.
Tangadjoan nila si Jesus nan signus kon kun-o ini mahitabo.
Tagpasidan-an sila na dili kon signus lamang an hanapon nila kondili an kaharian nan Diyos.
Mahamok na signus an hikit-an nila - mga giyera, gutom, sakit, dagku na bayod sanan linog - pero an Idja tagtudlo an katapusan na paghukom.
Tagwarningan na sab sila na dili sila magpa-ilad sanan motoo sa mga tawo na mogamit nan Idja ngayan sa pag-abot nan na adlaw.
An pinaka-punto dinhi na an mga pasidaan ni Jesus para sa ato tanan na magpreparar sanan mangandam kita permi kay silom damyag, dili nato gadjod kalikadjan an Adlaw nan Paghukom.
Andam ba kita tanan permi sa ato mga kaugalingon na moatubang sa ato Pinaka-Huwes sa pag-abot nan adalaw?
Ama, dili unta namo mahibalhog an amo mga kaugalingon sa empiyerno kay mahal Mo man kami karadjaw, Amen.
readings for tomorrow, tuesday
The Jewish people took great pride in the temple at Jerusalem, a marvel of the ancient world, but Jesus prophesied its destruction.
The foretelling of this destruction was a dire judgment in itself.
They sought Jesus for a sign that would indicate when this would occur.
He admonished them to not seek signs but rather to seek God's kingdom.
He said that there will be plenty of signs – such as wars, famines, diseases, tidal waves and earthquakes – pointing to God's ultimate judgment.
They were again admonished not to be deceived by those who would use His name when "the time has come" and not follow them.
The bottom line of all these is Jesus' exhortation for us to prepare and be ready for in the very soonest time, Judgment Day is inevitable.
Have we readied ourselves to face our Great Judge when "the time has come?"
Father, may we not condemn ourselves to hell, but let You love us, Amen.
2008-11-24
Waya huna-hunaa nan bayo an kantidad na inhatag; an importante na naghatag sidja gikan sa idja kasing-kasing.
Uyayod gadjod sidja na bisan an isa ka kosing bastante na unta para didja, pero inhatag pa gadjod nidja an tanan.
Hingkalimtan na nan nidja an idja kaugalingon na noabot na sa punto na nahihatag rakan nidja para sa mga pobre an para unta sa idja kaugalingon, an kinabuhi na dadjon amo ray idja taghuna-huna.
An iban na mga tawo naghatag gikan sa mga sobra nila pero, sidja na mas pobre pa sa mga pobre, an tanan para sa idja kinabuhi na insibolo nan sa duha ka sensilyo an may kasing-kasing pa na makahatag nan tanan nidja kaysa sa mga kuwartahan.
An tag-sud-ong ra nidja na makab-ot nidja an kaadunahan sa premyo na wayay katapusan.
Sa idja kagutuhan nan langitnon na katigadjonan, an tanan na idja tagpanag-idja na hinahatag nan kalibutan inbalik ra sab nidja paghatag sa kalibutan.
Taghatag nidja an tanan para lamang mapanag-idja an mga butang na waya pa nidja hikit-i.
Waya hikalimti nan bayo an idja hingkat-onan na pamaagi sanan an taghutad na nan Ginoo para nidja makab-ot an umaabot na premyo.
Ato ba sab tagpreparar an ato kaugalingon parehas nan taghimo nan bayo na an idja kagustuhan nan premyo gikan sa Diyos dili sab hikalimtan nan Ginoo?
Ginoo ko, hatagi ako nan mangginhatagon na kasing-kasing para nako mahihatag an tanan nako para sa Imo glorya sanan kahimayaan, Amen.
readings for today, monday
The amount the widow gave did not matter; what was important was that she gave her heart.
She didn’t have much and one coin would have been enough, but she gave everything she had.
The widow forgot herself to the point of giving away to the poor everything she had to live on, thinking only of the life to come.
The others gave of their abundance but she - even poorer, perhaps, than many of the poor – for her whole fortune resided in two small coins - she it was who carried in her heart more wealth than many of the wealthy.
She looked only at the riches of the eternal reward.
In her desire for heavenly treasure, she gave up all she possessed as being goods that come from the earth and return to the earth.
She gave what she had in order to possess what she did not as yet see.
This poor little lady had not forgotten the means foreseen and arranged by our Lord for acquiring the future reward.
Have we prepared ourselves like the widow did so that the Lord will not forget us in our desire to acquire His reward?
Lord, give me a generous heart so that I would be able to give my all for Your glory and magnificence, Amen.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
2008-11-23
(The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King)
Uno may pinakapunto nan estorya sa sambingay ni Jesus kuman para dato?
Kon uno an klase nan kinabuhi na ato taghuya kuman sanan an mga pagtudlo na ato hinkat-unan amoy magdetermina nan ato kaugmaon -- para sa karadjawan o para sa kayautan.
An Adlaw nan Paghukom amoy magpahimatngon dato nan tinood na paghigugma sanan kalooy nato sa ato silignan.
An imprtante na leksiyon na gusto ipaabot ni Jesus dato dinhi an mahitungod sa ato gugma sanan pag-ako nan rsponisbilidad para sa iban-tawo.
Hukman kita nan Diyos dili lamang kon para sa mga sadjop nato na taghimo batok Didja kondili apil sab an mga butang na waya nato himoa.
Kuman na seguro an oras na pangadjoon nato sa Diyos an Idja kalooy, an Idja tabang sanan grasya Nidja na makaalingkawas kita sa kasay-anan, sanan makapanaw kita sa Idja pamaagi nan paghigugma.
Pangadjoon nato Didja an Espiritu Santo para malimpiyo an ato mga kasing-kasing despuwes hikit-an nato an ato paghigugma parehas nan Idja paghigugma sa isab dato tanan.
Ginoo kong Hesukristo, Ikaw ra gadjod an ako Hari wayay lain. Hinaot unta na an Imo gugma amo sab an gugma nan ako kasingkasing, Amen.
readings for today, sunday
(The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King)
What's the point of this story for us?
The kind of life we choose to live now and the moral choices we make will have consequences that determine our future – for better or for worse.
Separation is an inevitable consequence of judgment.
The Day of Judgement will reveal who showed true compassion and mercy toward their neighbor.
As much as we might like to judge the parables, the parables, nonetheless, judge us.
Jesus teaches us a very important lesson about loving our neighbor and taking responsibility for others.
God will judge us not only for the wrong we have done but also for what we have failed to do.
Now is the time of God’s mercy, for seeking his help and grace to turn away from sin, and to walk in his way of love.
Ask the Holy Spirit to purify your heart that you may love as God loves and live charitably with all.Lord Jesus Christ, you are my King and there is no other. May your love rule in my heart that I may think and act with charity towards all, Amen.
2008-11-22
Nahibutang na gadjod sa huna-huna nan mga Sadduceo na wayay pagkabanhaw.
An pagpangutana nila kan Jesus kon may pagkabanhaw dili gadjod kon kagustuhan nila na mahibayo pa nan mahamok na mga impormasyon mahitungod sa ila tangutana kondili gusto lamang nila na mahimo na kataw-anan an sitwasyon kon dili matubag pagdadjaw ni Jesus an ila pangutana.
Para sa mga Sadduceo, an langit ini ra sa kalibutan ugsa na dili sila motoo nan kinabuhi na wayay katapusan, bisan sa mga anghel sanan mga mayaot na espiritu dili gihapon sila motoo.
Pero nahisuyat man sa Bibliya an mga kamatooran na an Diyos nila Abraham, Isaac sanan Jacob nan mga buhi pa sila amo ra isab na Diyos nan kuman na kapanahunan hangtod sa kahangturan.
An Espiritu Santo amo an nagpakita dato nan kamatooran nan wayay katapusan na gugma nan Diyos sanan nan wayay katapusan na kinabuhi na gusto Nidja ipa-ambit dato tanan.
Nagduha-duha pa ba gihapon kita na tagpreparar kita nan Diyos para sa kinabuhi na wayay tapausan?
Espiritu Santo, tungod sa Imo paghuya sa ako kinabuhi adlaw-adlaw, hingkat-unan nako na kinahanglan badja nako ipreparar an ako kaugalingon para sa kinabuhi na wayay katapusan, Amen.
readings yesterday, saturaday
The minds of the Sadducees have already been dead set that there is no resurrection
The question about resurrection that they asked Jesus was not really meant for them to learn more information on the subject but to expect a ridiculous situation if ever Jesus could not answer them well on their question.
Heaven for the Sadducees is here and now on earth hence they do not believe in the life everlasting, nor on angels and on evil spirits.
But the truth has been written in the Bible that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob during their respective times is still the same God that we have in this age and until the end of time.
We are led by the Holy Spirit to see the truth of the everlasting love of God and His everlasting life that He wants us to have.
Do we still doubt that God prepares us to have an everlastintg life with Him?
Holy Spirit, because You made me Your dwelling place each day, I have learned that there is really a need for me to prapare myself for an everlasting life, Amen.
Friday, November 21, 2008
2008-11-21
Tagpa-iwat ni Jesus sa templo sa Jerusalem an mga tendero sanan an mga mamayluhay na kuwarta.
Johot gadjod karadjaw si Jesus dila kay taghimo man nila na taguan nan mga kawatan an templo.
Amo pa seguro ini an insedente sa mga ebanghelyo na naggamit si Jesus nan Idja pisikal na puwersa.
Nagselbi ini na bahad sa mga tawo nan Diyos na seryoso gadjod Sidja karadjaw pagdawat nan ato mga pagdadjeg sanan pangaliya Didja.
Nakita nato dinhi na listo sanan maikyat na pag-aksiyon ni Jesus sa paglempiyo nan templo sa mga tawo na taghimo lamang ini na lugar para sila maka-ilad sa mga magdadadjeg sa Diyos.
Nakita sab nato dinihi na an mga oportunista na mga mamayluhay nan kuwarta namuwersa sanan namugos gadjod na magbadjad nan taas an mga pobre kaysa sa tinood bayranan - sa bayay pa gadjod nan Diyos!
An ila panlimbong sa mga pobre dili lamang kon pagdis-onor nila sa Diyos kondili apil na an ila mga silingan.
Bisan dili kon gusto nan mga lider na relihiyoso sa Jerusalem an Idja taghimo kay mamati man gadjod an mga tawo kan Jesus adlaw-adlaw sa templo, tagdawat pa gihapon Sidja nila na may respeto sanan may dako na pagdadjeg.
Kon mamati lamang kita sa mga pulong nan Diyos na may mapahi-obsanon sanan atentibo na mga kasing-kasing, may kagustuhan pa na makakat-on, segurado na jaon kita sa maradjaw na lugar para madawat nato an Idja mga pulong na magbag-o dato para maparehas kita kan Kristo.
Gusto nan Ginoo na tudlo-an kita Nidja nan Idla mga pamaagi para kita molambo sa ato pagkabalaanon.
Motugot ba kita na bag-ohon kita nan Diyos pinaagi sa pulong Nidja segun sa Idja pamaagi nan gugma sanan pagka-balaanon?
Lord, ini sab 'Kaw naghuya sa kalibutan ugsa na kami na naki-huya iban Dimo dinhi, kinahanglan sab na molihok sa kami na balaanon, magmahal nan tinood sanan magpanaw na mapahi-ubsanon, Amen.
readings for today, friday
The traders and the money changers were driven out by Jesus in the temple at Jerusalem.
Jesus was upset with them because they made the temple a den of thieves.
And this is the only incident in the Gospels where we see Jesus using physical force.
I think it only meant to became a warning to the people that God really takes our worship very seriously.
In this incident we see Jesus' startling and swift action in cleansing the temple of those who were using it to exploit the worshipers of God.
We have seen the money changers taking advantage of the poor and forcing them to pay many times more than was right – in the house of God no less!
Their robbery of the poor was not only dishonoring God but rendering unjustly toward their neighbors.
Despite the objections of the religious leaders because Jesus was listened to by the people daily in the the temple, they regarded Him with great awe and respect.
If we also listen to God's word with humble and attentive hearts and with a willingness to be taught, then we are in a good place to allow His words to change and transform us in the likeness of Christ.
The Lord wants to teach us his ways so that we may also grow in holiness.
Do we allow God's word to transform us in His way of love and holiness?
Lord, You also dwell with us here on earth everyday, please let us act holy, love truly and walk humbly with You, Amen.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
2008-11-20
Uno man kaha na naguol sanan nagtuwaw man si Jesus na nagtan-aw sa siyudad nan Jerusalem?
Nauna na an pagpropesiya ni Jeremias nan idja kapahunan pa kon uno an mahitabo sa siyudad, na mapukan sanan maguba an Jerusalem sanan moguho an mga templo nila.
Nan pag-abot ni Jesus, an propeta na tagpadaya nan Ginoo sa Jerusalem, waya Sidja dawata nan mga tawo sa siyudad tungod sa ila garbo sanan pagka-wayay pagtuo, waya sila mamati Didja.
An kakuyangan nan pagsalig sanan pagtuo sa Mesiyas na tagpadaya nan Diyos amoy hinungdan nan pagka-pukan sanan pagka-guba nan siyudad na amoy taghuna-huna ni Jesus.
Pero an hinungdan nan kagul-anan sanan pagkasubo amo sab an nahimo na basehan nan kalooy sanan wayay katapusan na gugma nan Ginoo sa tanan mga tawo kay tagpadaya man Nidja si Jesus, an buhi na templo Nidja na nagtubos nan mga kasay-anan nan tawo.
Pinaagi sab kan Kristo, mahimo an tawo na templo nan Espiritu Santo.
Tagbisitahan nan Diyos an tawo nan an una pa sanan padadjon pa gihapon pagbisita Sidja dato kuman pinaagi nan Idja mga regalo sanan an mga taghimo na Espiritu Santo para dato.
Ato ba tagkilaya an adlaw-adlaw na pagbisita nan Diyos sa ato kinabuhi kuman?
Ginoo ko, himoa ako na instrumento para hikilay-an 'Kaw nan tawo kay Imo man kami tagpuno nan Imo gugma, mga grasya sanan mga regalo kada adlaw, Amen.
What might be the reason for Jesus' weeping and lamentation over the city of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah's prophesy during his time on the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple was echoed by Jesus' weeping and lamentation also.
At the arrival of Jesus, the prophet sent by God to Jerusalem, people did not accept Him in the city because of their pride and lack of faith and for these reasons, they did not believe Him.
Their lack of faith and their disbelief to the Messiah Who was sent by God have been the causes of the devastation and destruction of the city which was in the mind of Jesus.
But the effect of weeping and lamentation was also the reason of mercy and love of God to all and He sent His only Son, Jesus, His living temple Who redeems the sins of the world.
Through Christ, man becomes the temple of the Holy Spirit.
The visitation of God during the olden times is the same visitation that He does to us now through His gifts and the things that the Holy Spirit does for us.
Do we welcome the daily visitation of God in our lives?
My God, shape me as Your instrument to make people realize that You always fill us with Your love, grace and gifts everyday, Amen.