international business times Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | Vol. 2, No. 31 | 23-29 July 2017
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HALO-HALO
alo-halo is a popular Pinoy food made of shaved ice and evaporated milk on top of boiled sweet beans, nata de coco, sago, gulaman, tubers, and fruits. Halò means mix. But while halo-halo is a dessert, Filipinos love to mix their food in every meal at all times. Halo-halo is a Filipino mentality! doctrines. Otherwise, false doctrines fill The gospel tells us the danger of a the gaps. certain type of halo-halo. During the time What is the immediate effect of acquiring of Jesus, cockle seeds were mixed with the strange teachings of the devil? Once a cereal crops. Cockle seeds closely resemble false doctrine takes root, we become sterile the wheat that not even the skillful and estranged from God. We eyes of farmers can distinguish SUNDAY accept lies as truth and create a them. They are toxic to humans REFLECTION world where we are gods. and can ruin the bread if mixed What must be our task? We must with the flour. be critical as audience to the media, the The Fathers of the Church main channel being used by the devil interpreted the cockle seed as the allegory to sow cockle seeds. The media carry for false doctrines. False doctrines are distorted news, fail to report some major not easily distinguishable from the truth. events, quote pronouncements taken out Veneration, for instance, is confused with of context, furnish tv series with pagan worship. Detachment is confused with lifestyles, casting doubt on the value of neglect. Decisiveness is confused with the sacraments, particularly the sacrament dictatorship. Prudence is confuse with of marriage. cowardliness. Second, we must continue to explain How did these weeds mix with the the teachings of Christ and the Church wheat? The gospel says: But while men were to everyone, at home with our family sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds members, at school to our students or among the wheat. There are so many false fellow teachers, at work, in the marketplace, doctrines because we ourselves have not in almost every corner of the world. To been watchful. Students hate religion dispel ignorance from men’s minds, we classes. Would-be couples skip pre-nuptial seminars. Parishioners are not excited about must encourage them to take retreats, or recollections, to go for spiritual direc-tion, prex Seminar and other formation talks. and we can also recommend good books. Ignorance of doctrine is harmful to our These are the little ways by which we can faith. Our mind naturally requires control the sowing of the cockle seeds in our knowledge. If it is not enriched with true own fields. doctrines, it will be filled with wrong ones. Halo-halo may be a popular food. But A lot of people have elementary questions a halo-halo of teachings is not good to our regarding our faith. These interested spiritual health. 4 —Fr. Wilmer Joseph S. Tria minds must be filled with rich and true
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Mateo 13:44-52
Domingo 17, Ord. Panahon (Taon A)
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rog an kahadian kan langit sa kayamanan na natatago sa lantad, na nakua nin sarong tawo asin itinago.” Igwang tangga o herarkiya an halaga. Bako sindang pantay-pantay. An paraumang ini nahiling LECTIO na mas urog kahalaga DIVINA an kayamanan na nakua nya kisa sa saiyang sadiring mga pagrugaring. Kaya ginibo nya an gabos tanganing mabakal nya an uma na may kayamanan, karibay kan dati nyang mga pinapahalagahan sa buhay. Kun alukon ako ngunyan kan Dyos na maglingkod saiya, ano an andam kong bayaan karibay kan sakong Kagurangnan?
“Giraray arog an kahadian kan langit sa sarong negosyante na naghahanap nin magayon na perlas.” An perlas kan panahon mahalaga bako sana huli kan karibay kaining kwarta kun huli kan gayon kaini. Kaya sya mamahalon. Trabaho kan negosyante an magbakal asin magpakabal. Alagad sa parabolang ini, mayo syang intensyon na ipabakal an perlas kundi buot nya ining magin pagrugaring. Ano an nakua kong perlas ngunyan para sa buhay ko?
“Giraray arog an kahadian kan langit sa sarong hikot na initsa sa dagata asin nagtipon nin gabos na klaseng sira.” An Simbahan, siring sa hikot, bukas sya para sa gabos. Mayo syang pinipiling mayaman o dukha, gurang o hoben. Gabos saiyang inaako. An malinaw na mensahe iyo na maabot nanggad an paghukom. Alagad, bako ining trabaho kan mga disipulo kundi kan Dyos. Mayo sato an dapat maghusga sa kapwa tawo. Siisay an buot kong alukon tanganing makaayon sa samong Prayer Group Meeting? 4