Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | v.4, n18 | issn 2599-5030 | 5 to 11 May 2019
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here are two occasions in the Scripture where the curious detail of a “charcoal fire” is mentioned. One is in today’s Gospel where the Apostles return from fishing to find bread and fish warming on the fire.
worshipped but to stand as an instrument of The other is in the scene in the High Priest’s courtyard on Holy Thursday, where praise to the creator. Don’t worship the world but make the world a course to worship God. Peter and some guards and slaves warm The one who comes last is the one to lead the themselves while Jesus is being worship. Human beings come last. It is our interrogated inside. job, therefore, to lead all creations to the At the first fire, Peter denied worship of God. The Sabbath Day knowing Jesus three times, as Jesus SUNDAY had predicted. Today’s charcoal REFLECTION was the day appointed so that the Creator would be properly fire becomes the scene of Peter’s praised. This is the Biblical concept of repentance, as three times Jesus asks happiness that God designed for us. him to make a profession of love. Jesus, But then sin came and did exactly the commanding Peter three times to “feed my opposite—bad praise of the Creator. Human sheep”, appoints Peter as the shepherd of beings stopped following God and we God’s entire flock, the Church. worship something less than God. It could be Jesus does give each one of us a second our ambitious plans, fame, power, country or chance or even more to make our wrongs a political leader. We fall apart, and creation right. His closes friends, his Apostles, all ran begins to fall apart around us. away as cowards but were given another The construction of a people who would chance to come back as evangelizers and know how to worship him came through eventually as witnesses (martyrs) in the end. John, in the Second Reading this Sunday, Israel. It was a rescue operation involving different players like patriarchs judges, kings, gives us a bigger picture of how God gives prophets, no matter how up and down affair the whole cosmic reality a roadmap to it was. It culminates on the one who fulfills redemption. Chapter 5 of the Book of Revelation which features a liturgical display the law and prophecy: Jesus Christ. He gives the father the right praise in the Book of of right praise is best understood in the lens Revelation. John sees the elders, angels, of the first book of the Bible, Genesis. human beings all standing around the throne All creatures come in a stately procession crying aloud in prayer. In this supreme like the sun, moon and stars. They were once worshipped as gods but now they are revealed liturgical act, the Lamb that was slain is MASS / next page as creatures of God. They are not to be
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agdadangog sako an mga karnero ko...” Sabi ni Jesus, nagdadangog kita saiya huli ta midbid Nya kita. Dakulang orgulyo ini sato na sabihon ni Jesus na midbid nya kita. Maugma sa pagmati kun kita midbid kan mga darakulang tawo. LECTIO Sisay man baga kita na DIVINA midbidon nin nakakalangkaw sato. Buot sabihon kaini, mahalaga kita sainda. Ini man an buot sabihon ni Jesus sa sato. Lambang saro sato midbid nya. Huli kaini, buot tang magsunod saiya. Ano an sinasabi sako ngunyan kan Kagurangnan?
“Tinatàwan ko sinda nin buhay na daing katapusan.” An enot na kahulugan kan buhay na daing kasagkuran iyo na nagdadanay an presensya kan Dyos sa sato. Ngangangahulugan man ining nagdadanay an satong buhay sa pangataman kan Dyos. Dai ini nagsasabing dai na kitang kagadanan, o dai na kita magkakahelang. Dakul nang mártir kan panahon na ini isinurat. Pàno ko namamatian an danay na presenya kan Dyos sako?
“Ako asin an Ama saro.” Dayupot na marhay an Ama sa Aki kun kaya dai mamimidbidan an Ama kun bakong sa Aki, asin mayo an Aking magiginibo kun bakong huli sa Ama. An pagkamuot ninda sa lambang saro iyo an nagsasaro asin nagbubunyog sainda. Ini man an kamàwutan ni Jesus sa saiyang mga disipulo, na sinda magkaurugos asin magkasararo sa ngaran nin pagkamuot ki Jesus. Anong grupo an pinakaugos ako? Tàno? 4 wjs tria
Mamibi, maghurup-hurop, magboto nin tama.