ARCHDIOCESAN SHRINE AND PARISH OF
ST. jude thaddeus
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN Vol. 1, No. 2 | August 14-20 (Week 3), 2016
How many will be saved? fr. wilmer joseph s. tria
succeed,” he is actually giving THE GOSPEL this Sunday poses SUNDAY the question: will there be Reflection us a clue, a hint, and also a challenge. The Lord is acting only a few saved? The answer like a school tutor who does not is plain, and it is negative. Rather, God guarantee the passing of the student, but wants all men to be saved. Redemption is gives tips on how to pass the universal. Redemption is not only for the Catholics and for the Christians. It is also examination. Take this path and not for the Buddhists, the Hindus, the Taoists, that path. Persevere, for the road is the Muslims. So long as there is life, there really tough. The final test of man is plain and is redemption. For the object of God’s simple. It is the test of love. Love, affection is life. Our Church is Catholic, not simply to however, is not institutional. It is not a heartless, non-dramatic act of charity. distinguish ourselves from the rest of the It is not a matter of a big company world religions. We are Catholic because we believe that God’s love is universal. Our or institution giving charitable acts, donations to victims of calamities, and call therefore is to bear witness to all men, so on. The final test is not therefore an Catholic or non-Catholic, rich or poor, institutional examination. Rather, love is healthy or sick, Filipino or non-Filipino. individual to individual, a human being We are Catholic because God wants us to develop a Catholic mind, a Catholic heart, to another human being, an ‘I’ and ‘You’ relationship. It always involves feelings; and a Catholic action. This only means it involves the heart, and it involves the that we have to be open-minded, wholegiving of the whole person. hearted followers of Christ. It does not really matter if the test will When the Lord said: “try your hardest come sooner or later. What really matters to enter the narrow door because, I tell is our readiness for the final divine audit. n you, many will try to enter and will not
GIYA PARA SA PRAYER MEETING
Lukas 13:22-30
Para sa ika-21 Domingo (Taon C) “NAG-AGI SYA sa manlainlain na syudad asin baryo, nagtutukdo mantang naglalakaw pasiring sa Jerusalem.” Malinaw ki Lukas na LECTIO Divina an padumanan ni Jesus iyo an Jerusalem. Parati nya ining isinasambit sa ebanghelyo. Alagad, dai nya sinasabi kun sain si Jesus hali asin kun sain sya nag-aagi. Itinutukdo digdi na malinaw ki Jesus an saiyang misyon. Sa Jerusalem sya magagadan. Sa Jerusalem nya ililigtas an kinaban. Malinaw daw sako an sakong padudumanan, an sakong misyon sa buhay? “Igútan nindong marhay na makalaog sa hayàpit na pwerta, huli ta dakul, nagsasabi ako saindo, an mahinguwang makalaog alagad dai makakalaog.” Ano an buot sabihon kan hayàpit na pwerta? Ano an mga saradit na pwertahan na ini? Sa ebanghelyo, sinambit an walong Kapaladan o Beatitudes. Kabilang digdi an kadukhaan, gutom, kamunduan asin persekusyon. Ini an mga saradit na agihan, asin sa paagi sana kan mga ini kita makakaligtas. Ini an kahagadan sa pagbabaklî. Dapat talikdan an pagpasiram-siram sa buhay. Ano an hayàpit na pwerta na masakit kong laugán? “Dai ko aram kun taga sain kamo.” “Nagkakan kami kahampang mo, saka nag-inom; sa samong plasa ka ngani nagtukdo.” Ini an tunay na trahedya. Bakong sapat na kita makalaog sa simbahan asin makadangog kan saiyang sermon. Kadaklan kan satong pinaghuhunang tama, sala palan sa mata kan Diyos. Lain sa pagsimba, asin pagtabang sa Santa Misa, ano pa an hinahagad sako kan Kagurangnan? n
I have come to set the earth { luke 12:49 } on fire!