Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | v.3, n.27 | issn 2599-5030 | 1 to 7 July 2018
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GOD IS STUPID!... IS HE?
n this Sunday Gospel (Mk 5:21-45), we read that many people at the time and place of Jesus had trust and confidence in God, in Jesus in particular. Jairus the synagogue official proved his faith in Jesus till the end even if people told him that his daughter is already dead; he was confident that Jesus would do something wonderful for his daughter’s wellness. When Jesus said that the girl is not dead but only sleeping, “they ridiculed him (Mk 540),” as if telling Jesus: “you are stupid to say that!” Surely these people—who were about to What if the woman did not fall at His feet? witness a miracle—were those who If not, then that could be a total show of do not know who Jesus was and unbridled pride on the part of SUNDAY have not experienced God’s power the woman . . . that would REFLECTION at work; they are ignorant about tantamount to pure stupidity on God’s tremendous power and her part. The woman’s humility, her might. Yet later when they saw the acceptance of Jesus’ power, love and mercy little girl walking around, they were utterly has saved her. astounded (cf Mk 5:42). In just a few days past, our highest On His way to Jairus’s home, a woman leader of the land said that the God of the with hemorrhage risked to touch Jesus’ Catholics is stupid and his god is perfect. Is cloak without permission in order that she a God who is loving and merciful stupid? may be healed and as a result, Jesus felt that Or would that a god who does not respect power going out of Him and eventually the and preserve life be the stupid one? woman’s faith caused her healing. This was Or are we ourselves stupid because we affirmed by Jesus saying: “Daughter, your do not acknowledge God’s power over us? It faith has healed you. Go in peace and be is plain stupidity when we cannot recognize freed from your suffering. (Mk 5:34)” At this who our God is, and; indeed one who has instance, Jesus manifested His merciful love not experienced the wonders that God has to the woman who fell at His feet. What if done would ridicule Him. 4 ramon l the woman did not reveal the truth to Jesus? almoneda, phd.th.
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You are well aware of the generosity which our Lord Jesus Christ had, that, although he was rich, he became poor for your sake, so that you should become rich through his poverty. { 2 Cor 8:9 }
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aghali sa lugar na idto si Jesus dangan nagbalik sa sadiri nyang banwa…” Pirming igwang magayon na pagmati an pagbalik sa ginikanan na banwa. Pagkalihis nin halawig na pagkarayo, nagbalik si Jesus sa Nasaret asin LECTIO nakiulay sa mga tawo. DIVINA Buot sabihon igwa nin pakisumaro si Jesus sa urulay sa saiyang komunidad, siring man an iba pang mga tagaduman. Nakikisumaro man daw ako sa mga urulay na ikakarahay kan sakong banwaan?
“Sain sya nakakua kan gabos na ini? Anong kadunungan ining itinao saiya?” Sa urulay na idto, igwa nin mga tawong namuya sa mga tataramon ni Jesus, alagad igwa man nin dai. Naiskandalo sinda. Si Jesus, na midbid ninda puon kan sya aki pa, pànong nagtataram sya na may kadunungan? Dai ninda inakò an misteryong itinao kan Dyos na yaon dawa na sa pinakaordinaryong tawo na siring sainda. Garo baga na, tanganing makataram dapit sa Dyos, dapat na napapalain an nagtataram. Sisay sa sakong pamilya o komunidad an urog pang nagpamidbid sako sa Dyos? Pàno nya ini naginibo?
“Kayâ dai sya nakagibo nin anuman na milagro duman...” Magabat sa buót kun igwang mararahay na mga bagay an dai napapangyari, urog na kun ini sa laog kan satuyang harong o komunidad, kun sain an mga tawo midbid tang marhay o dayupot satuya. Siring kaini an pagtubod kun dai inaakò, kadakol na mga bagay an minalihis sa sato. Anong mga bagay sa sakong parokya an nakakapaluya lugod nin pagtubod? Ano an pwede kong gibuhon para digdi? 4