GIYA PARA SA PRAYER MEETING
ARCHDIOCESAN SHRINE AND PARISH OF
Mateo 4:1-11
ST. JUDE THADDEUS
WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN
Domingo 1, Kwaresma (Taon A)
Vol. 2, No. 9 | February 26-March 4, 2017
Hakuna matata
Divina
fr. wilmer joseph s. tria
‘HAKUNA MATATA’ is a Swahili phrase, popularized by Tim Rice in the movie The Lion King, which literally means “here there is no problem.” Timon and Pumbaa were consoling the lion cub, Simba, to forget his troubled past and live in the present. In today’s Gospel, Jesus cars and mansions. The middle is telling us the same thing. class worry about job security SUNDAY He is telling is not to worry and health insurance. The poor about the future, of what worry about their roof and food to eat or what clothes to wear. God is livestock. They all end in disaster. our insurance. He takes care of our future. Worry occupies the space where hope Instead, we should live in the present. should thrive. To worry is like breeding Jesus begins by telling us a fact of life. cancer cells. It rapidly brings death to one’s We are all slaves. But we cannot have more body and soul. Thus, Jesus advises us to than one slave owner. Neither can we have seek first the Kingdom, and the rest will no master at all. We need one master, one just follow. He wants us to set right our guiding principle, if we are to survive in our priorities, to be ready to give up the nonearthly journey. essentials in pursuit of the essentials. When Talking about guiding principles, Jesus our sight is fixed in joining Him in His tells us that we cannot have God’s and Kingdom, there is no space for worry. Mammon’s principle at the same time. They Jesus wants us to be rich in faith rather are completely different. They lead us to two than in facebook posts. He wants us to be contradictory directions. God offers us light, rich in spirit than in goods that perish. He the other darkness. God offers us faith, the wants us to be rich in good works than in other doubt. God offers us humility, the promises. n other pride. Like any sailor, we can only follow one guiding star. Otherwise, we do not sail at all. Hakuna matata is the worry-free philosophy for the disciples of Jesus. Jesus is not anti-money. In fact, he wants us to be good stewards both of our personal belongings and of our public house. We need to have a good plan for the future. Rather, he is anti-worry. Worrying about material things drives us to sin. The rich worry about their luxury
Reflection
“DANGAN DINARA si Jesus kan Espiritu sa disyerto, na masugutan kan Diablo.” Siring sa bagyo, an sugot kan Diablo parte na kan kasaysayan kan tawo. Dapat ining masabutan na LECTIO gayo. Mas nagrarani kita sa Dyos, mas sinusugutan kita kan Diablo. Buot kan Diablo na gabos kita mapaimpyerno. Dawa si Jesus dai nakaligtas sa sugot kan Diablo. An sugot kan Diablo bakong maraot. Kun an paralayag minatibay huli sa pagsabat sa mga alon, siring man kaiyan an Kristyano, minabanal sa pagsabat kan mga sugot kan Diablo. Nagigin maraot ini kun kita nagpapadaog sa sugot. Ano an pinakamakusog na sugot kan Diablo na uminabot sa sakong buhay? Ano an nangyari? “Nag-ayuno apat na pulong aldaw saka apat na pulong banggi...” Kun nag-aandam kita sa bagyo, dapat mag-andam man kita sa sugot kan Diablo. An pagbali nyato sa mga ministries kan parokya garo man sana pagduman ni Jesus sa disyerto. Pagsubol ini kan Espiritu Santo. Asin siring na si Jesus sinugutan kan Diablo, kita susugutan man sa pagbali ta sa Prayer Groups asin sa mga Ministries kan Parokya. Ano an pag-andam na sakong ginigibo tanganing dai ako madaog kan sugot? “Dangan binayaan sya kan Diablo.” Malinaw ki Jesus kun ano an kaipuhan nya. Bakong kinàbanon na kakanon o kapangyarihan o pag-umaw, kundi espiritwal na kakanon, na kapangyarihan asin dyosnon na pag-umaw. Kaya dawa guràno kakusog an tingog kan Diablo, mas malinaw an tingog kan saiyang Ama sa langit. Totoong mayong kapangyarihan an Diablo sa tawo huli sa grasya kan Dyos. Makukua ta an mga grasyang ini sa paagi kan mga sakramento arog kan Santa Misa asin pagkumpisal. Ano an sakong paghulaw tanganing dai ako madara kan Diablo? n
Let all around us be Christ.