Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | v.3, n.43 | issn 2599-5030 | 21 to 27 October 2018
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WE ARE A MISSION
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oday is World Mission Sunday. Pope Francis gave us the theme for this year’s observance, “Together with young people, let us bring the Gospel to all.” He also tells us that we are a mission. “We are not in this world by our own choice.” We were born as a mission. He says, ‘I am a mission on this Earth.” bishop, he said these words: what I am with The gospel today relates to us the you gives me joy, what I am for you ambition of two of Jesus’ disciples. The two frightens me. For with you I am a Christian; brothers, James and John, were asking for power and authority from the Lord. And so, for you I am a bishop. The former is grace, the latter is an office. The former is Jesus was also quick to teach the two salvation, the latter is a temptation. and the rest of his friends. He said: Power is service. Some power is not position but service. SUNDAY gasoline stations offer full One of the weaknesses of REFLECTION service for no extra charge. A Filipinos is to always associate nice person would come to trot out and power with position, but never pump the gas, wash your windows, check with service. Check your associations, of your oil and see if you needed water for the which you are members: Home Owners radiator or air for the tires. We enjoy going Association, Alumni Association, Religious to these stations for reasons of convenience. Movements, and so on. Check your In First World Countries, everything is respective officers. Many and too many have self-service. You punch your credit card, been presidents and officers for a long time. trot out and pump the gas, check your own They do not observe term limits. As soon as tires, and so on. Such focus on self-service, they get elected into office, they start however, is becoming a disease for every enjoying the honor and privileges of their one today. Rather than attending to the positions. They love being introduced to the needs of others, we focus more on our own people as president, vice-president, mayor, needs. Everything today in our society turns vice mayor, and so on. When their term is to be self-serving. Politics becomes selfsuppose to end after a year, they would not service. When everyone gets elected into call for any elections. Many of these office, full service to the country ends, associations stagnate. Officers do not accomplish anything during their long terms. self-service begins. World Mission Sunday aims at reversing the focus from the self to The gospel today reminds us to forget the other. the position and stoop down, and Last point, according to Jose Maria administer to the needs of the people. Escriva de Balaguer: “it is necessary that you Power, from the Christian perspective, is be a man of God, a man of interior life, a service and duty, more than honor and WE ARE A MISSION / Last Page privilege. When Augustine became a
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n aki ni Timoteo, si Bartimeo, buta, nakatukaw sa gilid kan dalan.” An bar buot sabihon ‘aki’ asin an Timoteo buot sabihon ‘onra’. An kamugtakan ni Bartimeo harayo sa kahulugan kan ngaran nya. Buta sya asin LECTIO yaon sa gilid kan tinampo, DIVINA nakikilimos. Arog kaini kasakit an saiyang kamugtakan. Dai ngina-ngaranan ni San Marko an mga nag-aako nin milagro ki Jesus lain ki Jairo asin ki Bartimeo. Buot sabihon, mahalaga an ngaran na ini. Si Jesus an nagpabalik saiya sa buhay nin onra susog sa ngaran nya. Anong bagay an ginibo ko na nakapawarâ o inà kan sakong onra?
“Sinagwi sya kan dakul na tawo.” Killjoy si Bartimeo para sa mga disipulo. Nag-uugma sinda kan parada. Nagngingiririt sinda sa dalan mantang naglalakaw pasiring sa Jerusalem. Nariribukan sinda ki Bartimeo. Pinapaalo ninda sya. Alagad, ini an pagkakataon ni Bartimeo. Dai na liwat ini mabalik. Labu-labo si saiyang kurahaw. Bakong mahalaga saiya an paglimos. Dai sya naghahagad sinsilyo. Hinagad nya na saya makamuklat asin makahiling. Ano an laman kan sakong petisyon?
“Inapon an saiyang manto, luminukso asin duminulok ki Jesus.” An manto pansalo kan mga sinsilyo na inaapon sa alabado. Garo man sana sya baroto sa mga parasira. Siring na binayaan kan mga parasira an baroto tanganing magsunod ki Jesus, binayaan nya man an manto tanganing magpabulong ki Jesus. Dapat man nyatong bayaan an satong dating buhay nin pagkasalà para sa Dyos. Kan nakahiling na sya, binayaan an gilid, asin nagsunod ki Jesus sa dalan. Anong manto an binayaan ko para ki Jesus? 4