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Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | v.2, n.43 | 15 - 21 October 2017
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he parable is an allegory filled with symbolisms. God is the king, Jesus is the son, heaven is the banquet, the servants are the prophets, and the first batch invited is God’s favourite, the Jewish people. The burnt city is Jerusalem, which at the time of Matthew’s writing, was already destroyed by the Romans. Salvation is always illustrated by a To refuse God’s offer is something that royal banquet in the scriptures. is really serious. Oftentimes, we are totally It is an expensive one requiring absorbed in our own activities. SUNDAY a good plan. To avoid wastage We act as if we have no need of REFLECTION of food, the king sends out an God. There are no valid excuses. early invitation requiring r.s.v.p. And the consequence is great. We often Although his preferred guests declined give priority to earthly things than eternal the invitation, he continued to prepare realities. It is serious because the exclusion of for the banquet of his son. When the day the kingdom, of our salvation is unalterable for the banquet was near, he once again upon death. dispatched another invitation. Tell those The wedding is ready; but as those who have who have been invited that I have my banquet been invited proved to be unworthy, go to the all prepared. Yet, again, despite all this crossroads in the town and invite everyone you solicitude, the guests were not interested. can find to the wedding. The Lord wants to fill One was busy with his farm, the other was His house. God does not only invite us; He working, the other was attending to his also wants us to invite others. We start with business. Nothing is as nasty as to decline our family members. Then later we extend an invitation. God’s invitation to others. We can join We may not be like the Jewish people religious movements so that we can have a who rejected God’s invitation outright. structured apostolate. We can take charge As Christians, it is easy to accept the first of the committee on invitations. Or we can invitation in principle. After all, it does simply do our own silent apostolate, by not cause us inconvenience. Oftentimes, setting good examples at our places of work. we displease God by rejecting his second Good examples will tell people that there is invitation. That does not only require our a royal banquet, and all of them must expect time, but also our talent and treasure. Like an invitation. those who had to attend to their farm or God invites and He requires response business, our excuses are not really that bad. to his invitation. He invites you to heaven. However, what makes our excuses insulting He invites you to actively participate in His to God is the fact that we do not consider program of salvation. He invites you to an Him our priority. We treat Him like he is active life in the parish community. Répondez just a footnote in our lives. s’il vous plaît. 4 — Fr. Wilmer Joseph S. Tria
giya sa prayer meeting
Mateo 22:15-22
Domingo 29, Ord. Panahon (Taon A)
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inugo ninda saiya an saindang mga disipulo kaiba kan mga herodiano…” Kan makalaog na si Jesus sa Jerusalem, nagpuon na syang magtaram tumang sa mga pariseo. Kaya, nagplano sindang ipasupog si Jesus sa publiko sa paagi nin masakit na LECTIO DIVINA kahaputan. Sinugo an saindang mga disipulo tanganing, kun masimbagan ni Jesus, bako sinda mismo an mapasupog. Nagpasurog pa sa saindang mga kaiwal, an mga herodyano. Pàno ko susurugon an Simbahan sa siring kaining kaiwal?
“Tugot magbuwis ki Cesar, o bawal?” Marhay si pakamanso sa mga disipulo. Tinukduan ngùna sindang magbuladas, saka binutsan an masakit na hapot. ‘Iyo-dai’ sana an kasimbagan. An buwis na pinag-uurulayan iyo an buwis sa tawo. Lambang payo may babayadan na buwis. Makulog na gayo ini sa mga hudiyo. Urog kakulog huli ta an siring na buwis kinakamkam sana ni Cesar. Anuman na simbag ni Jesus, makakakua syang kaiwal. Pàno ako masabat sa siring na hapot kan mga kaiwal (e.g. gubyerno, midya, ibang relihiyon)?
“Kun siring, tàwan ki Cesar an ki Cesar, asin sa Dyos an sa Dyos.” An ki Cesar iyo idtong moneda na may tiltig kan lalawgon asin surat nya. Alagad, si Cesar, an saiyang mga soldados, an saiyang kahadian, an mga Israelita, an mga planeta, gabos ini linalang kan Dyos. Kun baga, saro sanang mutà an pagrugaring ni Cesar kun ikukumpara sa Dyos. Itao an moneda sa kinàban na malulusaw, alagad dai nanggad itao an buhay, isip asin puso saiya huli ta ini para sana sa Dyos na kaglalang. Pàno ko ipinapahiling na maimbod ako sa Dyos sa panahon na ini nin garadanan? 4