ARCHDIOCESAN SHRINE AND PARISH OF
ST. jude thaddeus
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN Vol. 1, No. 19 | December 11-17, 2016
So that we may have hope fr. wilmer joseph s. tria
GOSPEL MEANS good news. The good news for the people of Israel was political liberation from Roman captivity. Any news about a liberator or a messiah was good news to them. Unfortunately, many have claimed to be the messiah, but ended with death or imprisonment. John, the chosen precursor of Jesus, was also in search of a Messiah. But he had a different criterion. Good news for him was the liberator from the bondage of sin, not the bondage of the Romans. “Are you the one who is rally. He did not employ media to come or are we to wait for groups. He did not post hashtag SUNDAY another?” to this, Jesus replies: after hashtag. Rather, he went “Go, tell John what you heard to the informal settlers and and have seen—the blind see, the deaf hear, the marginalized to preach the Gospel. He the lame walk, the dead rise.” brought the good news to the poor and To many, good news means liberation healed their bodies and souls. He gave all of from drugs, from yellow, from corruption. Himself so they may have hope. People put their trust in President Rodrigo “Go tell what you have heard and seen.” Duterte. To them, he is a liberator. However, We ought to bring the good news to others. once they discover that what happens It is not enough to reformat our liturgy and is merely liberation from the Yellows by make a mega production with songs and the Reds, from one drug lord by another dances to entertain the people. Instead, each drug lord, from one form of corruption one of us must tell others of what’s going on to another form of corruption, they will in our Church and invite them to join us in end up frustrated. This is why we had Edsa worshipping God. 1, then Edsa 2. After every election, once Spreading the Lord’s Gospel will the euphoria has subsided, we say we have enlighten many that extrajudicial killing chosen wrong because we fail to see that the is evil, that death penalty is barbaric and liberation we pursue is inauthentic. We fixed that democracy is not a toy to be handed to our sights on the color and followed the buzz. childish dictators. To spread the Gospel is to On the other hand, what signs did Jesus give? liberate our society from the sins that we, as He did not go to the plaza to lead a a people commit, over and over again. n
Reflection
GIYA PARA SA PRAYER MEETING
Mateo 11:2-11
Domingo 3 nin Adbyento (Taon A) “NGUNYAN NADANGOG ni Juan … an mga gibo kan Kristo.” An gabos na karahayan nababaretaan. An nagtataong pahalaga kan mga siring na bareta iyo an mga marhay LECTIO na tawo. Arog kaini si Juan Pablo Segundo. Padi pa sana sya na sya naglakbay pasiring sa Italia tanganing makapagkumpisal ki Padre Pio. Pagkatapos nyang magkumpisal, hinulaan ni Padre Pio na an hoben na padi magigin Santo Papa ngapit. Kaya an banal nahihiling an kapwa banal. An marhay nahihiling an kapwa marhay. Ano an madali tang mahiling? Si mga marhay o si mga maraot?
Divina
“Lakaw, usipan nindo si Juan kan nadangog nindo saka nahiling...” Gabos na marhay na bareta dapat nyatong ihiras sa kapwa. Totoong mahalaga an pagpagayon kan satong liturihiya. Kaiba na digdi an magayon na sermon kan padi, an magayon na pagkabasa kan Tataramon kan Dyos, asin an magayon kan mga parakanta. Alagad, kulang ini kun dai kita mag-alok kan satong mga kataraid tanganing sarabay kitang makapagsimba asin makapagsamba sa Dyos. Sisay na an mga tawo na naalok ko sa pag-ako nin mga sakramento? Anong mga sakramento? “…alagad an pinakasadit sa kahadian kan langit urog saiya kadakula.” Inumaw na gayo ni Jesus si Juan huli ta idinusay nya an bilog nyang buhay sa pagandam kan saiyang agihan. Inutob nya an saiyang misyon sagkod na sya pugutan nin payo. Alagad, dawa siring kadakula si Juan sa balaog nin Dyos, igwa pang pwedeng magin siring saiya sa kadakulaan. Sinda an mga saradit sa kahadian. Sinda idtong may mga karahayan na dai nababaretaan huli ta sinda mga ordinaryong tawo sana. Sinda mga mapakumbaba asin parating nalilingawan kan banwaan. Sisay sa hiling ko an mga kamidbid ko na dakula sa mata nin Dyos huli kan saindang kapakumbabaan? Pano ako magigin siring saiya sa kapakumbabaan? erratum —Ini dapat si nailagda kan nakaaging semana. Gamiton na sana si nakaaging Lectio Divina para sa prayer meeting ngunyan na semana.