Our Gospel for Nov 24. A Challenge for all to serve our God.

Luke 21:12-19

Jesus said to the crowd:
“They will seize and persecute you,
they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons,
and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name.
It will lead to your giving testimony.
Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends,
and they will put some of you to death.
You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”


Lucas 21:12-19

Ngunit bago mangyari ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito, huhulihin nila kayo at uusigin. Dadalhin nila kayo sa mga sinagoga at mga bilangguan. Ihaharap nila kayo sa mga hari at gobernador dahil sa aking pangalan. Ngunit ito ay magiging isang pagkakataon ng inyong pagpapatotoo. \
Ilagay nga ninyo sa inyong mga puso na huwag paghandaan ang pagtatanggol. Ito ay sapagkat bibigyan ko kayo ng kapangyarihang magsalita at ng karunungan. Sa pamamagitan nito ay hindi makakasagot ni makakatanggi ang lahat ng mga kumakalaban sa inyo.
Ngunit kayo ay ipagkakanulo maging ng mga magulang, mga kapatid, mga kamag-anak at mga kaibigan. Papatayin nila ang ilan sa inyo. Kayo ay kapopootan ng lahat ng dahil sa aking pangalan.
Kailanman ay hindi mawawala ang isa mang buhok sa inyong ulo. Sa pamamagitan ng inyong matiyagang pagtitiis, tatamuhin ninyo ang inyong buhay.

Our Gospel for Nov 23. The Destruction....foretold.

Luke 21:5-11

While some people were speaking about
how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings,
Jesus said, “All that you see here–
the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.”

Then they asked him, “Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when all these things are about to happen?” He answered,
“See that you not be deceived,
for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’ Do not follow them!
When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first,
but it will not immediately be the end.” Then he said to them,
“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky.”

Mga Tanda sa Huling Panahon

Lucas 21:5-11

Habang ang ilan ay nag-uusap patungkol sa templo, na ito ay nagagayakan ng mga naggagandahang bato at mga kaloob, sinabi ni Jesus: Darating ang mga araw na ang mga bagay na inyong nakikita ay gigibain. Walang maiiwang bato na nakapatong sa bato na hindi babagsak.

 
Tinanong nila siya na sinasabi: Guro, kailan nga mangyayari ang mga bagay na ito? Ano ang mga tanda na mangyayari na ang mga bagay na ito?

 
Sinabi niya: Mag-ingat kayo na hindi kayo maililigaw sapagkat marami ang darating sa pangalan ko. Kanilang sasabihin: Ako ang Mesiyas at ang oras ay malapit na. Huwag nga kayong sumunod sa kanila. Kapag kayo ay nakarinig ng mga digmaan at himagsikan, huwag kayong masindak sapagkat ang mga bagay na ito ay dapat munang mangyari. Subalit ang wakas ay hindi agad mangyayari.

 
Pagkatapos nito sinabi niya sa kanila: Ang bansa ay babangon laban sa bansa at ang paghahari laban sa paghahari. Magkakaroon din ng malalakas na lindol sa iba't ibang dako. Magkakaroon ng taggutom at salot. Magkakaroon ng mga nakakatakot na mga pangyayari at dakilang mga tanda mula sa langit.

Our Gospel for Nov 22. Sowing and Reaping.

The Love Offering from the Widow

Luke 21:1-4
When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people
putting their offerings into the treasury
and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins.
He said, “I tell you truly,
this poor widow put in more than all the rest;
for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”

Ang Handog ng Babaeng Balo

 Lucas 21:1-4

Sa kaniyang pagtingala, nakita ni Jesus ang mga mayayaman na naghuhulog ng kanilang mga kaloob sa kaban ng yaman. Nakita rin niya ang isang dukhang balo na naghuhulog doon ng dalawang sentimos. Sinabi niya: Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo: Ang dukhang balong ito ay naghulog ng higit kaysa sa lahat. Ito ay sapagkat mula sa kaniyang karukhaan ay inihulog niya ang lahat niyang kabuhayan. Ang mga mayamang ito ay naghulog ng mga kaloob sa Diyos mula sa mga labis nila.

Our Gospel for Nov 21. The Solemnity of Christ the King.

Luke 23:35-43

The rulers sneered at Jesus and said,
"He saved others, let him save himself
if he is the chosen one, the Christ of God."
Even the soldiers jeered at him.
As they approached to offer him wine they called out,
"If you are King of the Jews, save yourself."
Above him there was an inscription that read,
"This is the King of the Jews."
Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying,
"Are you not the Christ?
Save yourself and us."
The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply,
"Have you no fear of God,
for you are subject to the same condemnation?
And indeed, we have been condemned justly,
for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes,
but this man has done nothing criminal."
Then he said,
"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
He replied to him,
"Amen, I say to you,
today you will be with me in Paradise."

Our Gospel for Nov 20. Do you believe in the Resurrection?

 Luke 20: 27-40

Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,
came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying,
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us,
If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife
and raise up descendants for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers;
the first married a woman but died childless.
Then the second and the third married her,
and likewise all the seven died childless.
Finally the woman also died.
Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be?
For all seven had been married to her.”
Jesus said to them,
“The children of this age marry and remarry;
but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age
and to the resurrection of the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage.
They can no longer die,
for they are like angels;
and they are the children of God
because they are the ones who will rise.
That the dead will rise
even Moses made known in the passage about the bush,
when he called ‘Lord’
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
and he is not God of the dead, but of the living,
for to him all are alive.”
Some of the scribes said in reply,
“Teacher, you have answered well.”
And they no longer dared to ask him anything.