GIYA PARA SA PRAYER MEETING
ARCHDIOCESAN SHRINE AND PARISH OF
ST. jude thaddeus
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN Vol. 2, Nos. 1-3 | January 1-21, 2017
Let the children come to me fr. nunilon arnold f. bancaso jr.
OUR WORLD calls us to be the best, the master, the assertive, and the number one. In all possibilities, one must be on the top of the ladder because being so means one is successful, great, and powerful. so pure. Children receive gifts This kind of greatness without questions; they follow SUNDAY that the world offers, instructions without doubts however, is not at all what and hesitations. They trust their Jesus wants us to achieve. elders, believing that they will never allow It is rather temporary and transitory, and any harm to come to them. The children are contradicts what he has shown us. the innocent ones, the uncorrupt, they are In the Scriptures, when the disciples full of vigor, full of hopes and dreams. asked: “Who is the greatest in the This is the message of the gospel: the kingdom of heaven?” Jesus’ answer was not kingdom of God is given to those whose in accordance with the perspective hearts are ready to accept Jesus. His of the world. Instead, he called a innocent kingdom is where children find refuge and child and placed him in their midst. comfort. Jesus assuringly said that only by becoming For Jesus, we need to change the way we like little children one can enter into consider things—wanting to be first, lording his kingdom. it over others, or seeking places of honor— Jesus calls us to have a heart of a child, to be like little children: poor, simple, whose attitudes toward life is so simple and unpretentious, and humble. The feast of Sto. Niño reminds us that Jesus himself lived like us. He was once a cute little kid, simple and humble, filled with hopes and dreams. The child Jesus admonishes us to be like him, to be childlike, and in becoming so, make ourselves ready and prepared to be with the Father in his kingdom where true, lasting greatness can be found. n
Reflection
Jn 1:29-34
Pagbawtismo ki Jesus (Taon A) “UYA AN Kordero kan Dyos...” An mga tataramon na ini ni Juan iyo an pinaka-puso kan ebanghelyo. Ini an ebanghelyo kan gabos na ebanghelyo. An mga peke na ebanghelista, LECTIO mantang nakasulot nin amerikana asin naka make-up pa, an itinutukdo ninda iyo an sadiri nindo, asin bakong si Jesukristo. Kaya an sinusunod kan mga tawo bako si Kristo kundi an pekeng ebanghelista. Sisay baga an itinutukdo ko sa sakong kairiba? Si Kristo o an sakong sadiri?
Divina
“Natingkalagan ko an Espiritu na huminilig gikan sa langit siring sa salampati asin nagdagos saiya.” Huli ta padagos na namimibi asin nakikiulay si Juan sa Dyos, tinawan sya kan biyaya na mahiling an pagdagos kan Espiritu ki Jesus. Kaya, dai napasala si Juan sa pagpatibay asin pagpatunay na si Jesus iyo an Aki kan Dyos. Sisay an tunay kong modelo? Kun si Jesus, kaya ko daw iribay an Prayer Meeting sa pagdalan nin telenobela? “Dai ko sya midbid, alagad an nagsugo sako na bunyagan sya, tinaraman ako.” Siring ki Juan, an Dyos nagtataram man sato arualdaw. Madadangog ta sya kun kita tataong mag-untok sa satong kasibutan tanganing tawan tang panahon an Dyos na iyo an satong Kaglalang. Pirang oras an itinatao ko sa pagpamibi arualdaw? Pwede ko pa daw ining madagdagan? n
Umboy na Dyos, kami saimong tukduan: magin siring man kami sa mga kaakian— pusog an pagtubod, mahuyò an buót, maimbod an puso, malinig an màwot.