an parokya ni san judas tadeo nakikisumaro sa bilog na nasyon sa pagsikwal sa tuyong pagratak sa hustisya, katanusan, asin katotoohan.
ibalik an hustisya! ipaglaban an demokrasya! Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | v.3, n.20 | issn 2599-5030 | 13 to 19 May 2018
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side from His command “to preach relatives seem to be toxic, let us be the Gospel to all creation (Mk invulnerable by not allowing them to 16:15),” words of assurance of contaminate us... to “place our hands on the salvation for all the baptized are also sick” so that they will be healed—especially spoken by Jesus in the Gospel for this those who need spiritual healing, those who Ascension Sunday. Jesus said: need to be reconciled. “Whoever believes and is baptized After saying those commands and will be saved, but whoever does words of assurance, the Gospel SUNDAY not believe will be condemned. ends with the narrative that REFLECTION And these signs will accompany Jesus was taken up into heaven those who believe: In my name they and he sat at the right hand of God (cf Mk will drive out demons; they will 16:19). It is very often that the mystery of speak in new tongues; they will pick up the Ascension of Jesus is taken for granted snakes with their hands; and when they as an important part of the Paschal drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them Mystery. Without the ascension, the at all; they will place their hands on sick resurrection of Jesus may lose its salvific people, and they will get well(Mk 16:16-18).” meaning because it is the ascension which It is amazing to understand that Jesus should be the culmination—the completion shares His power to lighten the burdens of the Paschal mystery. Without the and sufferings of other people to the ascension, the resurrection of Jesus will be baptized. The baptized person can enhance no different from the coming back to life of the lives of others. other personalities in the Bible like, Lazarus More than appreciating these words of who died, raised back to life by Jesus (see Jn Jesus as an assurance for our salvation, we 11:1-44) and died again, or like the son of can take them as Jesus’ way of challenging the widow who died and was raised back to us Christians to be “Superheroes” to use our life by Elijah (see 1 Kings 17:17-24) but died capacities to fight against the evil powers again, etc.. It is the ascension that which lurk around us today—to “drive away highlights Jesus’ divinity; it is the ascension the demons” in our society today, in our which accentuates the truth that Jesus as homes, in our workplaces or in the God the Son, the second person of the government... to let us “speak in new Trinity is equal to God the Father and God tongues”—to have that might to speak the the Holy Spirit and that Jesus as a human truth and not to alter them... to “pick up being has the loftiest place in the Kingdom snakes with our hands”—not to be afraid to of God. shun away traitorous elements in our Let us today share in Jesus’ Ascension community which can potentially ruin good and lift up to God our good works, our relationships... not to be hurt even if we talents and our abilities as baptized “drink poison”—even if everything around Christians. 4 — Ramon L. Almoneda, us like the media, our leaders and even Ph.D.Th.
juan 20:19-23 Pentekostes (Taon B)
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apasaindo an katuninungan.” Maugma an tawong matuninong. Sa Bibliya—dakol an saiyang aki asin an mga katuod. Dakul man an saiyang ani, bastante an pagkakan, dai purisaw sa pagturog. Gabos ini bunga kan LECTIO marhay na relasyon sa DIVINA Mahal na Dyos na an burabod kan tunay na katuninungan. Iba man kun may gyera o tokhang. Gurano katuninong an sakong buhay ngunyan? Tàno?
“Akua an Espiritu Santo.” Naghangos si Jesus siring sa paghangos kan Dyos sa dalipay tanganing magin buhay na tawo. Tinàwan ni Jesus nin bàgong buhay an mga disipulo tanganing dai na sinda matakot, buksan an pinto, asin magluwas sa kinàban sa pagharubay kan pagkabuhay-liwat ni Jesus. Lain pa sa kusog-buot, dara kan Espiritu Santo an ibang pang mga balaog para sa mabungang pagharubay: kadunungan, pagkasabot, kaaraman, paghulit, pagsadyos, asin takot sa Dyos. Ano an balaog na iwinaras sako kan Espiritu? Nagagamit ko daw ini sa sakong paglingkod sa parokya?
“An kiisay man na kasàlan na saindong patawadon, pinatawad iyan para sainda; an kiisay man na kasàlan na dai nindo patawadon, dai iyan pinatawad.” Tinàwan kapangyarihan an mga apostol sa pagdisiplina sa Simbahan. Tinàwan man sindang kapangyarihan sa pagpatawad kan mga kasàlan. An kapangyarihan na ini dai nya itinao sa mga puon na padi, sa mga pariseo asin eskriba. Ipinasa man ini kan mga apostol sa mga tawong nagsunod sainda na nag-ako kan banal na orden, arog kan Santo Papa, mga obispo asin mga padi. Nagpapasakop daw ako sa disiplina kan simbahan? Sa Parokya? 4