archdiocesan shrine and parish of st. jude thaddeus, naga city | v.4, n.29 | issn 2599-5030 | 21 to 27 july 2019
Purposive visit
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e The readings this Sunday teach us that the God of the Trinity loves to pay men a visit from time to time. His presence brings honor, blessings and mission. At the time of the patriarchs, he went to Abraham and promised a son to Sara who was believed to be barren. He then sent Abraham to a grand mission. Jesus, for his part in the Gospel, exalts two unmarried women, Mary and Martha, by honoring them with His visit and His word. Jesus highlighted this time, the primary reason for doing mission. Mary and Martha represent the two it remains sterile and inconclusive. dimensions of the interior life: prayer and Martha feeds the Christ that Mary action. Both are necessary. adores. There is no authentic prayer Mary, on the one hand, listens that does not result in service. A attentively to the words of the Master, charity that does not begin and does not captures them in memory and water end in the contemplation of the mystery and cultivate them. Like many, of God is sterile. Our faith should be still today, who hangs from the anchored in contemplation SUNDAY lips of the Lord, waiting for him REFLECTION but lived in service. to speak to his heart. At The God of the Trinity the origin of all faith, the today continues to visit men to invite heart of every religious experience is them to greater intimacy with Him so and remains to be the intimate and that He could send them on a mission. mysterious encounter with the beauty of Often, we realize the coming of God only God. We only take a glimpse of God after His visit. Have you discovered your through the dense fog of our limitations mission yet? If you haven’t found it, but from which, we could also temporarily maybe, just maybe, you haven’t make crystal clear experience. Praying and encountered Him. Perhaps you were not silencing our hearts today is a source of yet aware of his visit. Mary relished every serenity and joy. minute of that visit and so must we. Marta, on the other hand, realizes the Prayer leads to service in the same bliss of acceptance, the concreteness of manner our service should lead us to a love and hospitality. She also knows that more vibrant and intimate prayer. Our listening to the Master is the origin of participation in liturgy should lead us all every encounter, but she also knows to seek our neighbours in need. 7 that if this meeting does not change life, fr. francis r. tordilla
Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. { mt 12:50 }
giya sa prayer meeting
Lukas 11:1-13 Domingo 17, Taon C
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agurangnan, tukdui man kaming mamibi…” Nahihiling kan mga disipulo na si Jesus nakikiulay parati sa saiyang Ama. Buot man ninda ining gibuhon. Kaya sinda nagpapatukdo ki Jesus. Bakong madali an pagpamibi. LECTIO Kadaklan na beses, kita DIVINA nakanuod magpamibi sa paagi kan paarog kan satong mga magurang. Alagad, mayong ibang marhay na magtukdo sa pagpamibi kundi si Jesus. Sisay nagtukdo sako na magpamibi? “Ama, pakabanalon an ngaran mo…” Ama? Iyo! An Ama ni Jesus Ama man kan mga disipulo. Dai sya ipinapaapod ni Jesus na ‘Mister’, ‘Sir’ o ‘Senyor’ kundi Ama. Buot sabihon, nakikitugang si Jesus sa sato. Sya satong kapamilya sa sasarong Ama sa langit. Asin an saiyang ngaran siring kahalaga asin kabanal kan saiyang Persona. Kasuarin ko namatian na si Jesus sakong tugang? Ano an namamatian ko kun ako namimibi kan Ama Nyamo? “Maghagad kamo asin kamo tatàwan.” An paghagad, paghanap asin pagtuktok bako sanang makasaro kundi paulit-ulit na gawi. Ama an paapod ni Jesus sato sa saiyang Ama huli ta buot kan Ama an ikakarahay nyato gabos. Dai Sya mataong basang-basang sa luho kan saiyang mga aki, kundi itatao nya an para sa kapakànan kan saiyang aki. Siring man kaini an gibo nya ki Jesus, an saiyang bugtong na Aki. Bako gabos na hinagad ni Jesus itinao kan saiyang Ama, kabilang na an saiyang hinagad sa Getsemani. Ano an sakong hinagad na dai itinao kan Ama sa langit? Tàno daw? 7 fr. wilmer joseph s. tria