Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | v.4, n11 | issn 2599-5030 | 24 t0 30 March 2019
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NATIVE AND ENDEMIC THIRST
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n Bohol, one can find the Bilar manmade forest which stretches out for two kilometers. It is a long stretch of thick mahogany trees and the shady area at the outset offers a serene feeling of green or ecological heaven. However, one later one experiences a chilling experience. The manmade forest is surprisingly to silent—in fact dead silent! The forest was planted as part of a reforestation project started more than 50 years ago, to replace trees lost from widespread kaingin (slash-and-burn farming) in Bohol. They planted mahogany trees in the whole area. Later experts discovered that mahogany forests are harmful, rather than helpful, to the country’s environment. Mahogany, not being a native species to Philippine soil, is basically an alien, and thus, native organisms (even Tarsiers) do not recognize those trees and do not thrive in such forests. There are no birds. It’s so pretty but it’s a silent and dead forest. No wonder Bilar Forest was so quiet. he judge or condemn her. He did not take The Samaritan woman in the Gospel this advantage of her situation by engaging in Sunday was dead spiritually. The lady had gossip mongering. Rather Jesus showed her suffered tremendous thirst in an attempt to love and be loved. She confessed to having five the native and innate human gesture of compassion. He spoke to her in such a way husbands and at least one additional the she would discover a thirst she had man. From the outside, like the ignored up to this point in life. manmade forest, she seemed full of SUNDAY vigor and life. Yet little by little, REFLECTION She drank of salty water that could not quench her thirst. Jesus scorched by her own desires, she gave her the living water, which is Himself. ends up tortured by thirst for real We are all made for Jesus. For this, only Jesus love, alone by the well of Sychar. could quench the deepest thirst in life. A real Like the Samaritan woman, many of us loving friendship with Jesus could satisfy our ignore our deepest thirst until Jesus comes thirst for true life. “The water I shall give will and awakens our true desire. Many of us become in [whoever drinks] a spring of water would try the Bilar approach, seeking solution and happiness in foreign quick fixes welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14). Jesus continues to meet us under the only to find out we have been enslaved by midday sun, when he unmasks the false thirst the same aliens. How often we result to grumbling like the tired and thirsty Israelites that moves us every day, and comes to the well of our hearts. He reveals to us His own in the first reading. The approach of Jesus to the woman catches our attention and invites thirst—the thirst for our salvation. He thirsts us to look into our work of evangelization in for our love much like how the native and endemic Philippine trees thirst for our love. the church. He does not reprimand the woman by citing her immorality. Neither did 4 fr. francis a. tordilla
lukas 15:1-3,11-32 Domingo 3, Kwaresma, Taon C
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apuli ako sa sakong ama.” An nguhod na aki nagbuot na magsuway sa ama, saka sinamwang an kahirasan nyang yaman sa pagkakasala. Nakatabang an saiyang makuring pagtios tanganing LECTIO maagimadmadan na DIVINA bumalik sa saiyang ama, dawa trataron syang saro sa mga suruguon. Siring kaini kababa si saiyang dignidad. Alagad, dawa dakulang kasusupgan, ginibo nya ini. Ano an kasupog-supog kong ginibong pagtumang sa magurang o sa Dyos?
“Naherak nin marhay an saiyang ama kaya, nagdalagan ining nagsabat saiya, kinugos sya saka hinadukan.” Bakong tsamba na nahiling kan ama an pagbalik na gayo kan aki. Sa halawig na panahon, inaabangan na kan ama an pagbalik kan aki. Aram an kaherak-herak na kamugtakan kan aki, saiya ining sinabat asin kinugos, dangan pinabaduan kan marhay na gubing, sa estado nin sarong tunay na aki, bakong siring sa mga katabang. Dangan nagpapyesta. Siring kaini an Ama sa langit sa mga nagpapakumbaba sa pag-ako kan saindang pagkakasala. Kasurain si sakuyang pinakamagayon na pagkumpisal?
“Naanggot an matuang aki asin habong lumaog sa harong.” Si nguhod na naglayas sa harong ngunyan yaon na sa laog. Si matuang aki na dating nasa laog, nguyan yaon na sa luwas asin iyo na lugod an habong lumaog. Patas an hiling kan ama sa duwa nyang aki. Pareho nya ining linuwas sa harong tanganing padaguson. Si nguhod nagbasol asin naglaog. Si matua dai LECTIO/next page
san benjamin
Dyakuno asin martir
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a kasaysayan kan Simbahan, igwa nin mga tawong pangangarugan an saindang isog asin kapusugan nin buot sa ngaran nin pagtubod. Sinda idtong mga piniling manindugan sa saindang pagtubod ki Jesukristo. Itinaya ninda an saindang buhay tanganing masaksihan ta asin pangarugan. Saro sa mga martir na ini kan Simbahan si San Benjamin, sarong dyakono, na ipinipintakasi tuyong Marso 31. An mga Kristyano sa Persya namumuhay kiisay man dapit sa relihiyon. kaidto sa katuninungan sa laog nin Alagad isinaysay ni Benjamin na doseng tao sa irarom kan katungdan nya na magtukdo dapit FEAST DAYS pagkahadi ni Isdegerd, aki ni Sapor & HOLY LIVES ki Kristo asin na sya dai iii, kundi kan taon 420 nauntok an matutuninong. Dawa pa ngani katuninungan na ini huli sa nakaluwas sya sa bilangguan sa bisa kan pagbuot kan Kristyanong obispo na si Abdas kasunduan kan embahador asin mga na suluon an Templo nin Kalayo (Temple of awtoridad na Persyo, dai nya ini sinunod an Fire) na sarong importanteng santwaryo kan hulit saiya asin padagos nyang pinanindugan mga Persyo. Huli sa pangyayaring ini, an pagigin sarong dyakono. Dinakop ipinagbuot ni Isdegerd na kun dai nya nanggad an lambang itutugdok liwat kan obispo an templo, pagkakataon na sya ipapasulo nya an gabos na Kristyanong makapagtukdo dapit sa pagtubod mga simbahan. ki Kristo. Huli ta habong magsunod si Huli kaini, dinakop sya liwat Abdas, nadagos an patakot ni asin dinara sa atubang kan hadi. Isdegerd. Ipinagaba asin Ipinagsugo kan hadi na sinurulo an mga simbahan, salugsugan nin mga balâ an asin ipinagadan si Abdas. irarom kan saiyang kukó Nagadan si Isdegerd kan asin sa manlainlain na taon 421 alagad ipinadagos parte kan saiyang hawak kan saiyiang aki na si dangan pagkatapos, Varanes an makuring bulnuton liwat. An mga persekusyon kan mga padusang ini ginibo ki Kristyano na nagsapo Benjamin nin nagkapirang nanggad sa labi-labi asin beses. Sinaksak an saiyang makangirhat na kasakitan. tulak nin rasok na na Kaibahan sa mga nagsapo biyong nagpasakit saiya. iyo si Benjamin, sarong Nagadan bilang dyakono, na ibinilanggo huli sa sarong martir si San saiyiang pagtubod. Sa Benjamin kan taon 424. katapusan kan saiyang Dai nya nanggad isinikwal persekusyon, nakua kan an saiyang pagigin Kristyano. embahador kan Hagadon ta man lugod ki Emperador kan San Benjamin ta tukduan Konstantinople na si kitang manindugan sa satong Benjamin paluwason sa pagtubod asin buhayon an bilangguan sa kundisyon katukduan ni Jesus sa anuman na dai sya mataram sa na pagkakataon. 4 vic nierva GIYA SA LITURHIYA Simana 2, Kwaresma, Taon C, Marso 24-30, 2019 mar 24, dom : S. Aldemar / Ex 3:1-8,13-15 / Ps 103:1-11 /1Cor 10:1-6,10-12 / Lk 13:1-9 mar 25, lun : S. Lucia Filippini / Is 7:10-14 / Ps 40:7-11 / Heb 10:4-10 / Lk 1:26-38 mar 26, mar : S. Margarita Clitherow / Dan 3:25,34-43 / Ps 25:4-9 / Mt 18:21-35 mar 27, mye : S. Juan kan Ehipto / Dt 4:1,5-9 / Ps147:12-20 / Mt 5:17-19 mar 28, hwe : S. Castor & Doroteo / Jer 7:23-28 / Ps 95:1-2,6-9 / Lk 11:14-23 mar 29, bye : S. Eustacio / Hos 14:2-10 / Ps 81:6-11,14,17 / Mk 12:28-34 mar 30, sab : S. Juan Climaco / Hos 6:1-6 / Ps 51:3-4,18-21 / Lk 18:9-14
Pagninimbagan
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aloy na panahon akong dai nagsisimba. Nawaran akong gana huli sa mga nahihiling kong kakundian kan mga agit-agitan na maglingkod sa Simbahan. SA buut-buot ko, dakulang ipokrisiya an ginigibo ko. Puon kaidto, bihira na ako magsimba, alagad an ST. JUDE’S sakuyang buhay INTERCESSION pamibi, dai man nagluya. Sagkod sa sarong beses na napahapit ako sa simbahan ni St. Jude. Nagnobena ako kan paghapit ko sa nasabing simbahan. Dai ko aram, dai ko masabutan kuta panong garo ako sinakluban nin makarangang pagpamibi, napano ako nin konsolasyon. Kasabay kaidto, an agyat na magin aktibo liwat sa paglingkod sa Simbahan sa likod kan mga kakundian—kan iba man o sakuya. Sa paagi ni St. Jude, aram kong inapod ako liwat nin Dyos sa saiyang harong. Sya an bahala. Sya an mapakusog sakuya. Sya man an mapakarhay kan mga bagay na nahihiling ko na dai ko inuuyunan. Ipagpapamibi kong danay an sakong kahagadan ki St. Jude. Ipagpapamibi ko an Simbahan na nagpamidbid asin nagdara sako sa Kagurangnan.—Norma Bagtikan, deboto ni St. Jude ****** Gusto po namin ishare ang story namin. Magkasintahan pa lang po kami, lagi na kaming nagnonovena tuwing Huwebes sa St. Jude Thaddeus sa Mendiola. Lahat ng pinagdadasal namin natupad po, si Jun natanggap sa trabaho sa mismong birthday niya, ako naman po nakapasa sa pinagexaman ko. Ang relationship po namin sine-center po namin sa Diyos. Dati po si Jun, hindi po nagsisimba every Sunday. Ngayon po kahit hindi kami magkasama nagsisimba na po siya palagi.—Cake & Jun, deboto ni St. Jude 4 pwb BALAOG ASIN TABANG NI ST. JUDE?
Kun igwa kamo nin istorya nin presensya ni St. Jude sa saindong buhay, o kahagadan o pamibi, isurat asin ihiras tanganing magin inspirasyon asin pamibi nin gabos. Gibuhon na halìpot saná asin simple, dai masobra sa 300 tataramon. Paki-email sa stjude.naga@gmail.com o darhon sa SJTP Parish Office. LECTIO/previous page
makapatawad asin pinagmarhay na dai magdagos sa harong kan ama. Sisay an dai ko mapatawad-tawad na tawo? Tàno? 4
Bp. Rex Alarcon, youngest bishop in the Philippines
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ishop Rex Andrew Alarcon went back to his hometown in Daet, Camarines Norte on Wednesday, not for a short visit, but to assume a vacant seat.
In a ceremony, the Daet diocese welcomed its fourth bishop, as well as the youngest in the Philippines. Alarcon will now lead more than half-amillion Catholics in 30 parishes that reside in Camarines Norte province. The installation took place before around 2,000 people at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity. “I want to accompany you. May we walk together in the spirit of synodality in the heart of the Church,” Alarcon told the congregation. The installation took place a day after his episcopal ordination held at the St. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral in Naga City. Around a dozen bishops attended the ceremony led by Archbishop Gabrielle Caccia, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, and Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia. Top local and national government leaders were also in attendance led by Vice President Leni Robredo.
Pope Francis appointed Alarcon as the bishop of Daet on Jan. 2. He succeeded Archbishop Gilbert Garcera who was transferred to the Archdiocese of Lipa in February 2017. After his theology studies at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Alarcon was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Caceres in 1996. In 2001, he obtained his licentiate in Church history at Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Since 2013, he has held the office of superintendent of the Catholic schools of Caceres, member of the college of consultors, and spokesman of the archdiocese. At 48, Alarcon is the youngest member of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). There are two Filipino bishops younger than Alarcon but they are based in other countries. They are Bishop Ryan Jimenez, 47, of Chalan Kanoa in Saipan, and Bishop Pedro Baquero, 48, of Kerema in Papa New Guinea. 4 roy lagarde, cbcpnews
year of the youth 2019 KWARESMA@SJTP Main Theme:
The Youth, A Journey from Lent to Easter
#SQUADGOALS: Roadtrip puon Ash Wednesday sagkod sa Easter
third sunday, march 24 Productivity through Repentance
holy thursday, april 18 Solidarity through the Eucharist
fourth sunday, march 31 Homecoming and Churchgoing
good friday, april 19 Dying and Living in Charity
Lodi an Tataong Mag-sorry
Bogchi asin Bonding sa Eukaristiya
Second Home mo an Simbahan
An Buhay garong Pasa-Load. For Sharing Sya
fifth sunday, april 7 Ministry by Fighting Self-righteousness
easter vigil, april 20 Jesus as Fire and Light of the Youth
palm sunday, april 14 Humility as True Fashion and Style
easter sunday, april 21 Youth as Hope and New Life
Chill Muna sa Bragging Rights
Lowkey para dai Maloki
Si Jesus an Legit na Ilaw kan Buhay Ko
Petmalu ang Youth, Basta Mag-change Sya kan Lifestyle
divine mercy sunday, april 28 The Church as House of Mercy for the Youth Tara Lets sa Simbahan, an Harong kan Unli-Mercy
Short reflection after serving in the parish
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uring my Parish Service, I have learned that serving the Lord is a serious thing. You must commit to it and go always when needed to. Serving the Lord is not just a job, but a priviledge. This PT has helped me obtain a deeper understanding of how people should respect the Church. This Parish Service has really taught me how to work and how to serve the Lord. My service helped me to really get in touch with God. I am really get in touch with God. I am really thankful for the grade that you gave me, thank you.—Luke Soriano 4
HOLY WEEK ACTIVITIES APR 14. Palm Sunday of the Lord’s
Passion. Blessing of Palms at Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel at 5am. To be followed by procession to SJTP Church for the 6am Mass. Regular Sunday Mass schedule follows, except for ICC. There shall be simple blessing of palms every after mass. APR 15. Holy Monday. Holy Hour and Taize songs and prayers after the evening mass. APR 16. Holy Tuesday. Recollection Talk by Fr. Pat Villasanta, SDB, after the evening mass. APR 17. Holy Wednesday. Mass in the afternoon starts at 5:30pm, to be followed by Visita Altares. APR 18. Holy Thursday. PPC, APC & Ministries are enjoined to attend the Chrism Mass at the Cathedral at 7am. The Mass of the Lord’s Supper begins at 5pm. The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament follows. Church shall remain open even beyond midnight. APR 19. Good Friday. Via Crucis, Confessions and Liturgy of the Hours at 6:30am. Siete Palabras at SJTP Church from 12nn to 3pm. To be followed by Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and Celebration of the Passion of the Lord. Procession of the Santo Entiero starts at 5:30pm. Soledad at 9pm. APR 20. Black Saturday. Via Crucis, Confessions and Liturgy of the Hours at 6:30am. Pagbalô of Easter Angels at 6pm. Easter Vigil starts at 9pm. APR 21. Easter Sunday. Procession for the Encuentro starts at 4:30am. Regular Sunday schedule follows.
Search for Easter Angels 2019
Candidates Briel Marcus H. Aguirre OL Lourdes, Phase 4, VGH
Imogen Landig St. Jude Orchard
Zofi L. Briz Twin Hearts
Princess Loise M. Latumbo Liam Alonzo V. Samala OL Lourdes, Phase 1, VGH OL Lourdes, Phase 2, VGH
Gabriel I. Castillo St. James Homes Subdivision
Ana Francesca Mangente St. Jude Orchard
Jasmine Rhea B. San Jose OL Fatima
Chloe De Fiesta OL Lourdes, Phase 2, VGH
Princess Rafa M. Modino Sitio San Jose
Andrew Joseph Espiritu Jr. Monte Cielo de Naga
Zoe Angela Z. Ocol OL Lourdes, Phase 2, VGH
Joaquine Gabrielle D. Victorio OL Guadalupe
Ysabelle Mariae Guerrero Dan Lynard I. Ordivisa Immaculate Conception Chapel Sitio San Jose Savannah Angel Ilagan OLW
Christian Brielle S. Roxas St. Jude Thaddeus Villages
Ezekiel Keith G. Zuñega OL Rosary
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n pagpili kan mga babasahon sa Liturhiya nakasusog sa pagmawot na an pagdangog kan mga tataramon nin Dyos magdara naggad sa mga tawo sa urog pa kararom na pagkasabot sa CATECHETICAL misteryo na CORNER kun sain sinda nakikiayon, asin na tanganing urog pa nindang kamutan an mga tataramon kan Kagurangnan. Huli kan mga pagmawot na ini, an teksto na binabasa sa selebrasyon kaipuhan nanggad na pilion sa paaging itinalaan kan Simbahan asin man sa pagkaangay kaini sa komunidad. (girm 358) 4 vic nierva
MAR 24. PPC Special Meeting on Holy
Week and Easter Celebrations at 2pm, Edessa Hal. APR 3. Lenten Recollection for all members of the Worship Cluster and participants in the Holy Week Services from 6:30pm to 8pm. Simple dinner will be served. APR 3-11. Novena Prayers (5:30pm) and Masses (6pm) in honor of OL of Sorrows. APR 5. Second and Last Canvassing of Easter Angels at 6pm, Edessa Hall. APR 6. Liturgical Formation for all members of the Worship Cluster from 2pm to 5pm, at the Edessa Hall. APR 9. Pilgrimage to Kawa-Kawa Hill, Ligao City. To depart from SJTP Church at 6:30AM and visit 15 Churches along the way. Bus Fare is PhP 300 (airconditioned). Bring your own healthy baon (BOYHB). APR 12. Viernes Dolores. Via Crucis with OL of Sorrows after the evening Mass. ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE MUSIC MINISTRY
Jonella Bernadeth H. Palacio OL Salvation
Souvenir Program
SCHEDULES
6:00am 8:00am 11:00am 5:30pm TOTAL (PhP)
933.50 2,560.55 6,811.55 5,177.80 16,998.90
DYOS MABALOS PO!
Free Lessons for playing musical instruments (i.e. guitar, ukulele, keyboard) for all ages, every Saturday, 1-4pm. Trainor is Sanny Mendez. SJTP Children’s Choir (9-12 years old) Music practice every Saturday, 3-5pm at the Edessa Hall. Trainor is Ms. Dolly Rugeria. PARISH GIFT SHOP. A Music Album titled: Echoes from Edessa, A Jubilee Album (P350); A St. Jude Thaddeus Devotional Hankerchief (P50); and A St. Jude Thaddeus Calendar 2019 (P20). Others are St. Jude Thaddeus Oil (P50) and St. Jude Thaddeus Images (P500).
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