Cure of a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath.
Luke 13:10-17
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.
And a woman was there who for eighteen years
had been crippled by a spirit;
she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.
When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,
“Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.”
He laid his hands on her,
and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.
But the leader of the synagogue,
indignant that Jesus had cured on the sabbath,
said to the crowd in reply,
“There are six days when work should be done.
Come on those days to be cured, not on the sabbath day.”
The Lord said to him in reply, “Hypocrites!
Does not each one of you on the sabbath
untie his ox or his ass from the manger
and lead it out for watering?
This daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now,
ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day
from this bondage?”
When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated;
and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him.
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Pinagaling ni Jesus ang Babaeng Lumpo sa Araw ng Sabat
Lucas 13:10-17
Si Jesus ay nagtuturo sa isa sa mga sinagoga sa araw ng Sabat. At narito, may isang babae roon na labingwalong taon nang mayroong espiritu ng karamdaman. Siya ay hukot na at hindi na niya maiunat ng husto ang kaniyang sarili. Pagkakita ni Jesus sa kaniya, tinawag siya nito. Sinabi niya sa kaniya: Babae, pinalaya ka na sa iyong karamdaman. Ipinatong niya ang kaniyang mga kamay sa kaniya at siya ay kaagad na umunat. Niluwalhati niya ang Diyos.
Ang pinuno sa sinagoga ay lubhang nagalit sapagkat si Jesus ay nagpagaling sa araw ng Sabat. Sinabi niya sa mga tao: May anim na araw na ang mga tao ay dapat gumawa. Sa mga araw ngang ito kayo pumarito at magpagamot at hindi sa araw ng Sabat.
Sumagot nga ang Panginoon sa kaniya. Sinabi niya: Mapagpaimbabaw! Hindi ba kinakalagan ng bawat isa sa inyo ang inyong toro o asno mula sa kulungan sa araw ng Sabat at pagkatapos nito ay pinapainom? Ang babaeng ito ay ginapos ni Satanas ng labingwalong taon. Narito, bilang anak na babae ni Abraham, hindi ba dapat siyang palayain mula sa pagkagapos na ito sa araw ng Sabat?
Pagkasabi niya ng mga bagay na ito, ang lahat ng kumakalaban sa kaniya ay napahiya. Nagalak ang lahat ng mga tao sa lahat ng mga maluwalhating bagay na ginawa niya.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Our Gospel for Oct 24. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.
Luke 18:9-14
Jesus addressed this parable
to those who were convinced of their own righteousness
and despised everyone else.
"Two people went up to the temple area to pray;
one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --
greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’
But the tax collector stood off at a distance
and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
but beat his breast and prayed,
'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.'
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former;
for whoever exalts himself will be humbled,
and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
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Ang Talinghaga Patungkol sa Fariseo at Maniningil ng Buwis
Lucas 18:9-14
May ilang mga nagtiwala sa kanilang mga sarili na sila ay matuwid at hinamak nila ang iba. Sa kanila ay sinabi rin ni Jesus ang talinghagang ito. Dalawang lalaki ang umahon sa templo upang manalangin. Ang isa ay Fariseo at ang isa ay maniningil ng buwis. Tumayo ang Fariseo at nanalangin siya sa kaniyang sarili ng ganito: Diyos, pinasasalamatan kita na hindi ako katulad ng ibang tao. Hindi ako katulad nila na mga mangingikil, mga hindi matuwid at mga mangangalunya. Hindi rin ako katulad ng maniningil ng buwis na ito.
Dalawang ulit akong nag-aayuno sa loob ng isang linggo. Nagbibigay ako ng ikapu sa lahat ng bagay na aking tinatangkilik.
Ngunit ang maniningil ng buwis na nakatayo sa malayo ay hindi man lamang niya itinataas ang kaniyang paningin sa langit, sa halip ay kaniyang binabayo ang kaniyang dibdib. Sinabi niya: Diyos, pagkalooban mo ako ng iyong habag, ako na isang makasalanan.
Sinasabi ko sa inyo: Ang taong ito ay umuwi sa kaniyang bahay na pinaging-matuwid at ang isa ay hindi. Ito ay sapagkat ang bawat isang nagtataas ng kaniyang sarili ay ibababa, at ang bawat isang nagpapakumbaba ay itataas.
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Jesus addressed this parable
to those who were convinced of their own righteousness
and despised everyone else.
"Two people went up to the temple area to pray;
one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --
greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’
But the tax collector stood off at a distance
and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
but beat his breast and prayed,
'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.'
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former;
for whoever exalts himself will be humbled,
and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
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Ang Talinghaga Patungkol sa Fariseo at Maniningil ng Buwis
Lucas 18:9-14
May ilang mga nagtiwala sa kanilang mga sarili na sila ay matuwid at hinamak nila ang iba. Sa kanila ay sinabi rin ni Jesus ang talinghagang ito. Dalawang lalaki ang umahon sa templo upang manalangin. Ang isa ay Fariseo at ang isa ay maniningil ng buwis. Tumayo ang Fariseo at nanalangin siya sa kaniyang sarili ng ganito: Diyos, pinasasalamatan kita na hindi ako katulad ng ibang tao. Hindi ako katulad nila na mga mangingikil, mga hindi matuwid at mga mangangalunya. Hindi rin ako katulad ng maniningil ng buwis na ito.
Dalawang ulit akong nag-aayuno sa loob ng isang linggo. Nagbibigay ako ng ikapu sa lahat ng bagay na aking tinatangkilik.
Ngunit ang maniningil ng buwis na nakatayo sa malayo ay hindi man lamang niya itinataas ang kaniyang paningin sa langit, sa halip ay kaniyang binabayo ang kaniyang dibdib. Sinabi niya: Diyos, pagkalooban mo ako ng iyong habag, ako na isang makasalanan.
Sinasabi ko sa inyo: Ang taong ito ay umuwi sa kaniyang bahay na pinaging-matuwid at ang isa ay hindi. Ito ay sapagkat ang bawat isang nagtataas ng kaniyang sarili ay ibababa, at ang bawat isang nagpapakumbaba ay itataas.
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What happens in Heaven when we pray?
I received this email and I thought that I wanted to share this wonderful message with you!
I dreamed that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, ' This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received. I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section. The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed." How is it that there is no work going on here? ' I asked. "So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments" "How does one acknowledge God's blessings? " I asked.. "Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord. " "What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked. "If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world 's wealthy. " "And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity." "If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day. " "If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... You are ahead of 700 million people in the world." "If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world."
"If your parents are still alive and still married ...you are very rare." "If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair......." Ok, what now? How can I start?
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all. Have a good day, count your blessings , and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are
ATTN: Acknowledge Dept . "Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it. " If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on ??? ? I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends .
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Our Gospel for Oct 23. A Call to Repentance and The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree.
Luke 13:1-9
Some people told Jesus about the Galileans
whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
He said to them in reply,
“Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way
they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?
By no means!
But I tell you, if you do not repent,
you will all perish as they did!
Or those eighteen people who were killed
when the tower at Siloam fell on them–
do you think they were more guilty
than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?
By no means!
But I tell you, if you do not repent,
you will all perish as they did!”
And he told them this parable:
“There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard,
and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,
he said to the gardener,
‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree
but have found none.
So cut it down.
Why should it exhaust the soil?’
He said to him in reply,
‘Sir, leave it for this year also,
and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it;
it may bear fruit in the future.
If not you can cut it down.’”
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Lucas 13:1-9
Magsisi o Mapahamak
Sa oras na iyon, naroroon ang ilan na nagsalaysay sa kaniya patungkol sa mga taga-Galilea. Ang dugo nila ay inihalo ni Pilato sa kanilang mga hain. Sa pagsagot ni Jesus, sinabi niya sa kanila: Sa palagay ba ninyo ang mga taga-Galileang ito ang pinakamakasalanan sa lahat ng mga taga-Galilea dahil dinanas nila ang mga bagay na ito? Sinasabi ko sa inyo: Hindi! Malibang magsisi kayo, lahat kayo ay mapapahamak sa ganitong paraan. May labingwalong tao ang nabagsakan ng tore sa Siloe at namatay? Sa palagay ba ninyo ay higit silang may pagkakautang sa Diyos kaysa lahat ng nanirahan sa Jerusalem? Sinasabi ko sa inyo: Hindi! Malibang magsisi kayo, lahat kayo ay mapapahamak sa ganitong paraan.
At sinabi ni Jesus ang talinghagang ito: May isang lalaking nagtanim ng igos sa kaniyang ubasan. Pumunta siya roon at naghanap ng bunga at wala siyang nakita. Sinabi niya sa tagapag-alaga ng ubasan: Narito, tatlong taon na akong pumaparito na naghahanap ng bunga ng puno ng igos na ito at wala akong nakitang bunga. Putulin mo iyan. Bakit sinasayang niya ang lupa?
Sumagot ang tagapag-alaga at sinabi: Panginoon, pabayaan mo muna iyan diyan sa taong ito, hanggang mahukay ko ang paligid nito at lagyan ng pataba. Maaring ito ay magbunga, ngunit kung hindi, saka mo na ito putulin. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Some people told Jesus about the Galileans
whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
He said to them in reply,
“Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way
they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?
By no means!
But I tell you, if you do not repent,
you will all perish as they did!
Or those eighteen people who were killed
when the tower at Siloam fell on them–
do you think they were more guilty
than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?
By no means!
But I tell you, if you do not repent,
you will all perish as they did!”
And he told them this parable:
“There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard,
and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,
he said to the gardener,
‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree
but have found none.
So cut it down.
Why should it exhaust the soil?’
He said to him in reply,
‘Sir, leave it for this year also,
and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it;
it may bear fruit in the future.
If not you can cut it down.’”
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Lucas 13:1-9
Magsisi o Mapahamak
Sa oras na iyon, naroroon ang ilan na nagsalaysay sa kaniya patungkol sa mga taga-Galilea. Ang dugo nila ay inihalo ni Pilato sa kanilang mga hain. Sa pagsagot ni Jesus, sinabi niya sa kanila: Sa palagay ba ninyo ang mga taga-Galileang ito ang pinakamakasalanan sa lahat ng mga taga-Galilea dahil dinanas nila ang mga bagay na ito? Sinasabi ko sa inyo: Hindi! Malibang magsisi kayo, lahat kayo ay mapapahamak sa ganitong paraan. May labingwalong tao ang nabagsakan ng tore sa Siloe at namatay? Sa palagay ba ninyo ay higit silang may pagkakautang sa Diyos kaysa lahat ng nanirahan sa Jerusalem? Sinasabi ko sa inyo: Hindi! Malibang magsisi kayo, lahat kayo ay mapapahamak sa ganitong paraan.
At sinabi ni Jesus ang talinghagang ito: May isang lalaking nagtanim ng igos sa kaniyang ubasan. Pumunta siya roon at naghanap ng bunga at wala siyang nakita. Sinabi niya sa tagapag-alaga ng ubasan: Narito, tatlong taon na akong pumaparito na naghahanap ng bunga ng puno ng igos na ito at wala akong nakitang bunga. Putulin mo iyan. Bakit sinasayang niya ang lupa?
Sumagot ang tagapag-alaga at sinabi: Panginoon, pabayaan mo muna iyan diyan sa taong ito, hanggang mahukay ko ang paligid nito at lagyan ng pataba. Maaring ito ay magbunga, ngunit kung hindi, saka mo na ito putulin. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Our Gospel for Oct 22. Signs of the Times.
Luke 12:54-59
Signs of the Times.
Jesus said to the crowds,
“When you see a cloud rising in the west
you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does;
and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south
you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is.
You hypocrites!
You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;
why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
“Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate,
make an effort to settle the matter on the way;
otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge,
and the judge hand you over to the constable,
and the constable throw you into prison.
I say to you, you will not be released
until you have paid the last penny.”
Lucas 12:54-59
Pagbibigay-kahulugan sa Kapanahunan.
Sinabi rin niya sa karamihan: Kapag nakita ninyo ang ulap na tumataas mula sa kanluran, agad ninyong sinasabi: Uulan. At ito ay nangyayari. Kapag umihip ang hanging timugan, sinasabi ninyong, iinit, at ito ay nangyayari. Mga mapagpaimbabaw! Alam ninyong kilalanin ang anyo ng langit at ng lupa. Bakit hindi ninyo alam kilalanin ang panahong ito?
Bakit maging sa inyong mga sarili ay hindi ninyo mahatulan kung ano ang matuwid? Sa iyong pagpunta sa harap ng hukom kasama ng nagsasakdal sa iyo, sikapin mong sa daan pa lang ay makipagkasundo ka na sa kaniya. Kung hindi ganito, ay kakaladkarin ka niya patungo sa hukom at ang hukom ang magsusuko sa iyo sa tanod na siyang magpapabilanggo sa iyo. Sinasabi ko sa inyo, Kailanman ay hindi ka makakalabas doon hanggang hindi mo nababayaran ang huling sentimo.
My reflection to follow.
God bless!
Signs of the Times.
Jesus said to the crowds,
“When you see a cloud rising in the west
you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does;
and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south
you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is.
You hypocrites!
You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;
why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
“Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate,
make an effort to settle the matter on the way;
otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge,
and the judge hand you over to the constable,
and the constable throw you into prison.
I say to you, you will not be released
until you have paid the last penny.”
Lucas 12:54-59
Pagbibigay-kahulugan sa Kapanahunan.
Sinabi rin niya sa karamihan: Kapag nakita ninyo ang ulap na tumataas mula sa kanluran, agad ninyong sinasabi: Uulan. At ito ay nangyayari. Kapag umihip ang hanging timugan, sinasabi ninyong, iinit, at ito ay nangyayari. Mga mapagpaimbabaw! Alam ninyong kilalanin ang anyo ng langit at ng lupa. Bakit hindi ninyo alam kilalanin ang panahong ito?
Bakit maging sa inyong mga sarili ay hindi ninyo mahatulan kung ano ang matuwid? Sa iyong pagpunta sa harap ng hukom kasama ng nagsasakdal sa iyo, sikapin mong sa daan pa lang ay makipagkasundo ka na sa kaniya. Kung hindi ganito, ay kakaladkarin ka niya patungo sa hukom at ang hukom ang magsusuko sa iyo sa tanod na siyang magpapabilanggo sa iyo. Sinasabi ko sa inyo, Kailanman ay hindi ka makakalabas doon hanggang hindi mo nababayaran ang huling sentimo.
My reflection to follow.
God bless!