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Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | v.4, n19 | issn 2599-5030 | 12 to 18 May 2019
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GOD ELECTS HIS FLOCK
he Gospel passage for this 4th Sunday of Easter (Jn 10:27-30) is part of Jesus’ discourse of “the Good Shepherd” in the Gospel according to St. John.
so that as He wills to guide us, we too can Animal herders have the peculiar task of a manager. They manage everything that guide others to Him. Reading the whole chapter 10 of John’s pertains to the needs of the animals under Gospel will show that Jesus was addressing their care. But the manner of herding his words to two kinds of people—the depends on what kinds of animals believers and non-believers. To believers, He they are herding. For example says: “I give them eternal life, and duck herdsmen in the Philippines SUNDAY have to make efforts to drive and REFLECTION they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. shoo the ducks to where they My Father, who has given them to me, is would like to lead or bring the greater than all; no one can snatch them out ducks to, while shepherds have merely to of my Father’s hand (Jn 10:28-29).” Indeed, if lead the way and his flock of sheep shall we have a steadfast faith in God, then follow him. The sheep have the natural nobody and no power shall be able to take tendency to have a special relationship to away or diminish our faith in God. its shepherd. If the sheep were a person, During these days, our country is then it shall maintain a personal bombarded by much negative energies but if relationship with his shepherd. This is the we have faith in Jesus these undesirables will reality that Jesus mentions when He said: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, gain no advances. The call for us Christians today is to render the best we can of and they follow me.” (Jn 10:27) ourselves in sharing the best of life we have, It is unimaginable if we are like sheep in sharing love and compassion and knowing that do not have a shepherd. As Christians that each of us with whatever our talents and we are lucky and privileged to have Jesus as goodness are. In the Philippines especially our Good Shepherd. We hear in this when we will be exercising our right of Sunday’s Gospel Jesus’ pronouncement of suffrage shortly, like the sheep that is His commitment and a promise of eternal obedient to the shepherd, let us be docile to life to those who listen to His voice. And it Jesus’ teachings, put our trust in Him and let is even more farfetched because it is God ourselves be God’s partners in leading others Himself who chose us to be His flock. It is God who chose to be our shepherd; it is not to Him by way of making right choices which really us who chose Him. Jesus even calls on shall not damage our integrity and Christian us to have a personal relationship with Him values. 4 ramon l. almoneda, phd-th
juan 13:31-35
Domingo 5, Pagkabuhay, Taon C
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gunyan pinapamuraway an Aki nin tawo, asin sa saiya napapamuraway an Dyos.” Pakahali man sana ni Judas sa saindang pag-iriba, nahali man an demonyo sa sainda. Kaya, tulos, si Jesus nagtaram dapit sa kamurawayan. Puon LECTIO duman, mahihiling an DIVINA tunay na kapangyarihan kan Dyos sa tawo, sa paagi kan pag-atubang ni Jesus sa saiyang kagadanan. Asin ini bako nyang sadiring kabùtan kundi kabùtan mismo kan saiyang Ama. Ano an sakong pagmati kun nakakakumpisal?
“Mga aki ko, dikit na sanang panahon akong makakaiba nindo.” Ano an sinabi ni Jesus sa mga Hudiyo? Dai sinda makakasunod sa saiyang Kahadean huli ta sinda magagadan sa saindang mga kasàlan. Iba man an saiyang sinabi sa saiyang mga disipulo. Enot, inapod nya ining mga ‘aki.’ Dangan nagtao sya saindang panuga: na ngapit, babalikan nya sinda matapos iandam an saindang lugar sa kahadean. Dai sinda magagadan kundi mabubuhay na kaiba nya. Anong pangyayari sa buhay ko na namatian ko an presenya kan Dyos?
“Magkaminuruutan kamo arog kan pagkamuot ko saindo.” Ini an inaapod na bàgong tugon. Ini an pagkamuot na kadungan an gibo. Bako sana ining pagmati kundi isinasabuhay na pagkamuot. Bago nya ini itinaram sa mga disipulo, hinugasan nya muna an saindang mga bitis. An siring na gawi dai ngani maninigong gibuhon nin Hudiyo sa kapwa Hudiyo, huli ta
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