ARCHDIOCESAN SHRINE AND PARISH OF
ST. jude thaddeus
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN Vol. 2, No. 7 | February 12-18, 2017
The law
fr. wilmer joseph s. tria WHAT MUST we do when there is a conflict between God’s law and human law? Death Penalty and Reproductive Health are some examples. If we obey these legitimate laws, are we committing evil? The Bible says that “We is for man to be good, for man must obey God rather than to be habituated to do what is SUNDAY man.” (Acts 5,29) good. Governments think that St. Thomas Aquinas the purpose of the law is peace defines a law as “an ordinance of reason for and order, that is, to make citizens safe. No. the common good, made by him who has Peace and order are fruits of moral goodness. care of the community, and promulgated.” When moral goodness is absent, peace and Indeed, we are to obey human laws. Most order are absent. Often, we confuse peace of the time, they are in consonance with and order with fear and terror. God’s law. Tyrants attempt to make the society feel However, not all human laws are really safe through fear of external punishment. laws. If the law, for instance, is irrational Thus, they kill or send erring policemen and harmful to the society, then it is not to Basilan! However, fear of external a law at all. Martial law that killed 2,000 punishment will not rehabilitate a drug people, tortured 7,000 people and made addict or make an extortionist repentant. 1,000 disappear was never a law. The law of Criminals will only mutate until they are a tyrant who orders the murder of drugable to adapt to the situation. This is why dependents simply because nalusaw na drug lords can operate even when they are ang kanilang utak is clearly not a law. The in Bilibid. Double Barrel Tokhang Project that killed God’s law, on the other hand, addresses 7,000 people in seven months has no trace the conscience, and invites the erring soul of sanity at all. to conversion and redemption. Only when The gospel today tells us that the law evil is eradicated from the of God is the true law. It is rational and heart that it can also meant for the common good. Indeed, be eradicated from the ultimate purpose of God’s law society. Indeed, it is better to listen to God than to listen to man, to follow His law than man’s. n
Reflection
GIYA PARA SA PRAYER MEETING
Mateo 5:38-48
Para sa Ika-7 na Domingo (Taon A) “ALAGAD SINASABI ko saindo, dai kamo magtumang sa maraot.” Kapadagusan ini kan Sermon ni Jesus sa Bukid. Itinutukdo nya an bàgong etika na kabaliktaran kan itinukdo LECTIO sa Daan na Tipan. Para ki Jesus, mayong pakinabang an ley siring kan ‘mata sa mata, ngipon sa ngipon.’ Mauubos an mata asin ngipon sa kinaban huli ta dai napapatod an iriwal asin baralusan. Mahalaga an hustisya, alagad dapat igwang lugar man para sa pagkaherak. An buot magin parasunod ni Kristo kaipuhan igwang mas halangkaw na etika kisa kan si mayong pagtubod sa Saiya. Ano an inagihan kong pang-aapi asin dai ako napapauntok sagkod na makua ko an hustisya?
Divina
“Kun sinasapak ka kan siring na tawo sa tuo mong pisngi, ibirik mo pa saiya an sa ibong.” Syempre, dai kita basta matugot kaini. Kun igwa kan siring na tawo, dadarhon ta sya sa lupon tanganing paghukuman kan barangay. Alagad, an hinahagad sato ni Kristo iyo na magin dakula asin bukas an satong kalag. Dapat may kakayahan kitang magsapò nin kasakitan, dawa na ini hali sa mga maraot na tawo. An satong pagpugol, an satong dai pagbalos, makakataong sarig sa satong mga kalag. Ini an susi tanganing maputol an ugali nin baralusan sa kinàban. Arin an inagihan kong sakit alagad nakapagpugol ako? “Kamùtan nindo an saindong mga kaiwal asin ipamibi nindo an mga nagpepersegir saindo.” Dai magbalos. Dai magtumang. Pabayaan na an Dyos iyo an magtao kan hustisya asin iyo an magbalos. “Dai magpadaog sa karàtan kundi daugon an karàtan sa paagi nin karahayan.” Ipinahiling ini sato sa Pasyon ni Jesukristo. Sinagwi nya pa ngani si Pedro kan ini nagbunot nin minasbad. Ginibo man ini ni Mahatma Gandhi kan sinabat nya an karàtan sa paagi kan ahimsa o nonviolence. Iyo man ini an ginamit ni Martin Luther King tanganing maputol na an pang-aapi sa mga negro sa America. Sisay an sakong kaiwal na sakong tinabangan, ipinamibi asin pinadangat? n
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