I did not come on my own but He sent me. Our Gospel for April 13, 2011

John 8:31-42

Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him,
“If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham
and have never been enslaved to anyone.
How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
A slave does not remain in a household forever,
but a son always remains.
So if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free.
I know that you are descendants of Abraham.
But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. I tell you what I have seen in the Father’s presence; then do what you have heard from the Father.” They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.”
Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children,
you would be doing the works of Abraham.
But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God;
Abraham did not do this.
You are doing the works of your father!”
So they said to him, “We were not born of fornication.
We have one Father, God.”
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here;
I did not come on my own, but he sent me.”

Hindi ako narito sa aking sarili kundi sinugo niya ako.

Juan 8:31-42

Sinabi nga ni Jesus sa mga Judio na sumampalataya sa kaniya: Kapag mananatili kayo sa aking salita, totoong kayo ay aking mga alagad. Malalaman ninyo ang katotohanan at ang katotohanan ang magpapalaya sa inyo.

   
Sila ay sumagot sa kaniya: Kami ay lahi ni Abraham at kailanman ay hindi naging alipin ninuman. Papaano mo nasabi na kami ay magiging malaya?

   
Sumagot si Jesus sa kanila: Katotohanan, katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo: Ang sinumang nagkakasala ay alipin ng kasalanan. Ang alipin ay hindi nananatili sa bahay magpakailanman. Ang anak ay nananatili magpakailanman. Kung palalayain nga kayo ng anak, tunay na kayo ay magiging malaya. Nalalaman ko na kayo ay lahi ni Abraham ngunit naghahanap kayo ng pagkakataon na ako ay patayin. Ito ay sapagkat ang aking salita ay walang puwang sa inyo. Sinasabi ko ang mga bagay na aking nakita sa aking Ama. Ginagawa naman ninyo ang mga bagay na nakita ninyo sa inyong ama.

   
Sila ay sumagot at sinabi sa kaniya: Si Abraham ang aming ama. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila: Yamang kayo ay mga anak ni Abraham, gagawin ninyo ang mga gawa ni Abraham. Ngunit ngayon ay naghahanap kayo ng pagkakataon upang ako ay patayin. Ako ang taong nagsabi sa inyo ng katotohanang narinig ko mula sa Diyos. Ito ay hindi ginawa ni Abraham. Ginagawa ninyo ang mga gawa ng inyong ama.
   

Sinabi nga nila sa kaniya: Kami ay hindi ipinanganak sa pakikiapid. Kami ay mayroong isang ama, ang Diyos.

Sinabi nga ni Jesus sa kanila: Kung ang Diyos ang inyong Ama, ibigin sana ninyo ako sapagkat ako ay nagmula at dumating mula sa Diyos. Hindi ako narito sa aking sarili kundi sinugo niya ako.

Where I am going you cannot come. Our Gospel for April 12, 2011

John 8:21-30

Jesus said to the Pharisees:
“I am going away and you will look for me,
but you will die in your sin.
Where I am going you cannot come.”
So the Jews said,
“He is not going to kill himself, is he,
because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?”
He said to them, “You belong to what is below,
I belong to what is above.
You belong to this world,
but I do not belong to this world.
That is why I told you that you will die in your sins.
For if you do not believe that I AM,
you will die in your sins.”
So they said to him, “Who are you?”
Jesus said to them, “What I told you from the beginning.
I have much to say about you in condemnation.
But the one who sent me is true,
and what I heard from him I tell the world.”
They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father.
So Jesus said to them,
“When you lift up the Son of Man,
then you will realize that I AM,
and that I do nothing on my own,
but I say only what the Father taught me.
The one who sent me is with me.
He has not left me alone,
because I always do what is pleasing to him.”
Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.

Hindi kayo makakapunta sa aking pupuntahan.

Juan 8:21-30

Muling sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila: Ako ay aalis at hahanapin ninyo ako. Kayo ay mamamatay sa inyong mga kasalanan. Hindi kayo makakapunta sa aking pupuntahan.

   
Sinabi nga ng mga Judio: Magpapakamatay ba siya kaya niya sinabi: Sa aking pupuntahan ay hindi kayo makakapunta?

   
Sinabi niya sa kanila: Kayo ay mga taga-ibaba, ako ay taga-itaas. Kayo ay mga taga-sanlibutan, ako ay hindi taga-sanlibutan. Sinasabi ko nga sa inyo na kayo ay mamamatay sa inyong mga kasalanan. Ito ay sapagkat kung hindi kayo sumampalataya na ako nga iyon, mamamatay kayo sa inyong mga kasalanan.

   
Sinabi nga nila sa kaniya: Sino ka ba?
   Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila: Ako yaong sinabi ko sa inyo nang pasimula pa. Marami akong mga bagay na sasabihin at ihahatol sa inyo. Siya na nagsugo sa akin ay totoo. Kung ano ang narinig ko mula sa kaniya ay sinasabi ko sa sanlibutan.

   
 Hindi nila naunawaan na ang sinabi niya sa kanila ay patungkol sa Ama. Kaya nga, sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila: Kapag naitaas na ninyo ang Anak ng tao ay saka ninyo makikilala na ako nga siya. Malalaman ninyo na wala akong ginagawa nang sa sarili ko. Subalit kung papaano ako tinuturuan ng Ama ay gayunding sinasabi ko ang mga bagay na ito. Siya na nagsugo sa akin ay kasama ko. Hindi ako iniwang mag-isa ng Ama sapagkat lagi kong ginagawa ang mga bagay na nakakalugod sa kaniya. Habang sinabi niya ang mga bagay na ito, marami ang sumampalataya sa kaniya.

Who among you is without sin? Our Gospel for April 11, 2011

John 8:1-11

Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him,
and he sat down and taught them.
Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman
who had been caught in adultery  and made her stand in the middle.They said to him,
“Teacher, this woman was caught
in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.
So what do you say?”
They said this to test him,
so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them,
“Let the one among you who is without sin
be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.
And in response, they went away one by one,
beginning with the elders.
So he was left alone with the woman before him.
Then Jesus straightened up and said to her,
“Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.”
Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

Ang Babaeng Nagkakasala ng Pangangalunya

Juan 8:1-11 

Si Jesus ay pumunta sa Bundok ng mga Olibo. Sa pagbubukang-liwayway, siya ay muling pumunta sa templo. Ang lahat ng mga tao ay lumapit sa kaniya. Siya ay umupo at tinuruan sila. Dinala sa kaniya ng mga guro ng kautusan at ng mga Fariseo ang isang babae na nahuling nangangalunya. Inilagay nila siya sa kalagitnaan. Sinabi nila sa kaniya: Guro, ang babaeng ito ay nahuli sa paggawa ng pangangalunya. Iniutos sa amin ni Moises sa kautusan na batuhin ang katulad nito. Ano ang masasabi mo? Ito ay kanilang sinabi upang subukin siya nang mayroon silang maiparatang laban sa kaniya.

   Yumukod si Jesus, sumulat sa lupa sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang daliri. Sa patuloy nilang pagtatanong sa kaniya ay tumindig siya. Sinabi niya sa kanila: Ang sinumang walang kasalanan sa inyo ang siyang maunang bumato sa kaniya. Siya ay muling yumukod at sumulat sa lupa.

   
  Sila na nakarinig nito ay sinumbatan ng kanilang mga budhi. Dahil dito, sila ay isa-isang lumabas, simula sa matatanda hanggang sa kahuli-hulihan. Naiwan si Jesus gayundin ang babae na nakatayo sa kalagitnaan. Nang tumindig si Jesus ay wala siyang nakita maliban sa babae. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Ginang, nasaan ang mga nagsasakdal sa iyo? Wala bang humatol sa iyo?

   
  Sinabi niya: Wala, Ginoo.
   Sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Kahit ako man ay hindi hahatol sa iyo. Humayo ka at huwag nang magkasalang muli.

This is for you! A Love letter from God.

"The raising of Lazarus!" Our Gospel for April 10, 2011

 John 11:1-45

Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany,

the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair;

it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.

So the sisters sent word to him saying,

“Master, the one you love is ill.”

hen Jesus heard this he said,

“This illness is not to end in death,

but is for the glory of God,

that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

So when he heard that he was ill,

he remained for two days in the place where he was.

Then after this he said to his disciples,

“Let us go back to Judea.”

The disciples said to him,

“Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you,

and you want to go back there?”

Jesus answered,

“Are there not twelve hours in a day?

If one walks during the day, he does not stumble,

because he sees the light of this world.

But if one walks at night, he stumbles,

because the light is not in him.”

He said this, and then told them,

“Our friend Lazarus is asleep,

but I am going to awaken him.”

So the disciples said to him,

“Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.”

But Jesus was talking about his death,

while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep.

So then Jesus said to them clearly,

“Lazarus has died.

And I am glad for you that I was not there,

that you may believe.

Let us go to him.”

So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples,

“Let us also go to die with him.”

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus

had already been in the tomb for four days.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary

to comfort them about their brother.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home.

Martha said to Jesus,

“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,

God will give you.” Jesus said to her,

“Your brother will rise.”

Martha said to him,

“I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.”

Jesus told her,

“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.

Do you believe this?”

She said to him, “Yes, Lord.

I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,the one who is coming into the world.”

When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying,

“The teacher is here and is asking for you.”

As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him.

For Jesus had not yet come into the village,

but was still where Martha had met him.

So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her,

presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him,

she fell at his feet and said to him,

“Lord, if you had been here,

my brother would not have died.”

When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?”

They said to him, “Sir, come and see.”

And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”

But some of them said,

“Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man

have done something so that this man would not have died?”

So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.

It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him,

“Lord, by now there will be a stench;

he has been dead for four days.”

Jesus said to her,

“Did I not tell you that if you believe

you will see the glory of God?”

So they took away the stone.

And Jesus raised his eyes and said,

“Father, I thank you for hearing me.

I know that you always hear me;

but because of the crowd here I have said this,

that they may believe that you sent me.”

And when he had said this,

He cried out in a loud voice,

“Lazarus, come out!”

The dead man came out,

tied hand and foot with burial bands,

and his face was wrapped in a cloth.

So Jesus said to them,

“Untie him and let him go.”

Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary

and seen what he had done began to believe in him.