archdiocesan shrine and parish of st. jude thaddeus, naga city | v.4, n.26 | issn 2599-5030 | 30 june to 06 july 2019
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The shepherd's heart
t is with great pride and joy that the faithful of the St. Jude Thaddeus Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish welcome Fr. Francis A. Tordilla and Fr. Emmanuel G. Mojica as the new Parish Priest and Parish Vicar respectively. It is very appropriate that the Installation ceremony happen during this year’s solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 28, 2019), whence the Gospel reading for the mass is taken from Lk 15:3-7—“The Parable of the Lost Sheep.” In Christian parlance, “the shepherd is It is astonishing that the solemnity of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus should the pastor” and “the flock of sheep is the faithful which make up the Church.” In be linked with Jesus’ story of the kind shepherd finding the lost sheep. Perhaps the book of Acts and in the Epistles, both it is because herding of sheep in the time Sts. Peter and Paul exhort pastors to feed, tend, and protect the church. They are to and place of Jesus possess do all the things that a distinctive characteristics and SUNDAY shepherd would do to take care Jesus picked up the wisdom REFLECTION of the flock. But at a closer look behind these customs, at the admonitions of Peter and Paul, the traditions and practices of responsibilities for pastors involve shepherding. The shepherd stay out in teaching as well, as they “oversee” the the fields during the whole day with his flock of God (1 Pet. 5:2). The pastor is flock in any weather and he protects his flock from the dangers of the wild beasts described as a man who is older and experienced in the faith--an elder; a and other potential attackers like person who is a decision-maker, manager bandits and robbers with his staff, a rod of church affairs, and leader; and one who or a slingshot. At night he leads his herd into a “sheepfold,“ which are shelters like maintains a careful watch for the spiritual needs of all the members of the flock, and stone walls that they build or natural they serve in a plurality over a single shelters like caves. The Shepherd makes congregation (Titus 1:5; Acts 14:23; 1 Pet. sure that the count of his sheep is 5:1-2). Moreover, no one man can assume correct each time he leads them at night into the sheepfold and every morning as the role of “the pastor,” whether by title or by practice, for a congregation. Neither he leads them out for pasture. At can a congregation delegate one man to be another glance, the sheep have the keen the sole church manager, regardless of the sense of the shepherd’s voice or the sound of his horn which the animals rely unanimity of vote or the crises at hand . . . though all pastors are ministers, not all as signals when they are supposed to ministers are pastors. These complemengraze for grass or to drink water in a The shepherd's heart / next page nearby stream or well.
giya sa prayer meeting
Lukas 10:1-12; 17-20 Domingo 14, Taon C
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inugo nya sindang manduwa-duwa.” Buot ni Jesus na an saiyang Simbahan igwa kan outreach program. Dakul an komportable sana sa saindang sadiring natad, sa laog kan sadiri nindang subdivision. Kaya, nag-aalok si Jesus nin mga ugos sa LECTIO saiya na magluwas sa DIVINA saindang natad tanganing hanapon an mga nawawara asin an mga napapabayaan. Kasuarin o nuarin ko gigibuhon an outreach na ini? “Sinusugo ko kamo siring sa mga kordero sa tahaw nin mga lobo.” Si Jesus nagpasiring sa Jerusalem kun sain yaon duman an saiyang mga kaiwal. Duman sya ipapagadan siring sa sarong mayong kalaban-laban na kordero. Sinasadol nya man an saiyang mga disipulo sa siring na kamugtakan, kun sain, sa pagdara kan marhay na bareta, sinda magsasapò nin mga kasakitan, pati na an kagadanan. Anong mga lobo an sakong inagihan o aagihan sa sakong outreach? “Mag-ugma kamo… huli ta nasusurat sa langit an saindong ngaran.” An pribilehiyo na makalaog sa langit mas makapangyarihan kisa makapatalsik nin demonyo. Dakulang sugot an maugma huli ta ligtas sa kapangyarihan kan ibang mapangaping nasyon. Ini an sakit na inagihan kan mga disipulo sa mga Romano. Alagad, patanid ni Jesus: bako an katalingkasan sa tawo na kasangkapan kan demonyo an urog na nagpapaugma, kundi an magin myembro kan harong kan Dyos sa langit. Iniisip ko daw an makapalangit sa arualdaw kong pagkabuhay? 7 fr. wilmer joseph s. tria