Our Gospel for Oct 27. The Narrow Door; Salvation and Rejection.

Luke 13:22-30

Jesus passed through towns and villages,
teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem.
Someone asked him,
“Lord, will only a few people be saved?”
He answered them,
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate,
for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter
but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,
then will you stand outside knocking and saying,
‘Lord, open the door for us.’
He will say to you in reply,
‘I do not know where you are from.’
And you will say,
‘We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.’
Then he will say to you,
‘I do not know where you are from.
Depart from me, all you evildoers!’
And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth
when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God
and you yourselves cast out.
And people will come from the east and the west
and from the north and the south
and will recline at table in the Kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first,
and some are first who will be last.”

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Ang Makipot na Daan

Lucas 13:22-30

Sa pagdaan ni Jesus sa mga lungsod at nayon, siya ay nagtuturo at patuloy na naglalakbay patungong Jerusalem. May nagsabi sa kaniya: Panginoon, kakaunti ba ang maliligtas?

Sinabi niya sa kanila: Pagsikapan ninyong pumasok sa pamamagitan ng makipot na tarangkahan. Sinasabi ko ito sa inyo dahil marami ang maghahanap upang pumasok ngunit hindi makakapasok. Sa oras na tumindig ang may-ari ng sambahayan at maisara na niya ang pinto kayo ay magsisimulang tumayo sa labas. Kakatok kayo sa pinto na nagsasabi: Panginoon, Panginoon, pagbuksan mo kami.
  
Sasagot siya at magsasabi sa inyo: Hindi ko kayo kilala. Hindi ko alam kung saan kayo nanggaling.

Sa oras na iyon ay magsasabi kayo: Kami ay kumain at uminom na kasama ka. Nagturo ka sa aming mga lansangan.

Sasabihin niya: Sinasabi ko sa inyo, hindi ko kayo kilala. Hindi ko alam kung saan kayo nanggaling. Lumayo kayo sa akin, kayong lahat na mga manggagawa ng hindi matuwid. Magkakaroon ng pananangis at pangangalit ng mga ngipin. Mangyayari ito kapag nakita ninyo si Abraham, si Isaac, si Jacob at lahat ng mga propeta na nasa paghahari ng Diyos ngunit kayo ay itataboy palabas. Sila ay manggagaling mula sa silangan at kanluran, mula sa hilaga at timog. Sila ay uupo sa paghahari ng Diyos. Narito, may mga huli na mauuna at may mga una na mahuhuli.


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Our Gospel for Oct 26. The Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast.

 Luke 13: 18-21 

Mustard Seed in Fingers (istockphoto.com)

Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
When it was fully grown, it became a large bush
and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”
Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
It is like yeast that a woman took
and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour
until the whole batch of dough was leavened.”


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Ang Talinghaga Patungkol sa Binhi ng Mustasa at sa Pampaalsa

 Lucas 13:18-21

Pagkatapos, sinabi niya: Sa ano ko maitutulad ang paghahari ng Diyos? Saan ko ito ihahambing? Ito ay tulad sa isang buto ng mustasa na kinuha ng isang tao at inihagis sa kaniyang halamanan. Ito ay tumubo at naging isang malaking punong-kahoy. Ang mga ibon sa himpapawid ay nagpugad sa mga sanga nito.
Sinabi niyang muli: Saan ko maihahambing ang paghahari ng Diyos? Ito ay tulad sa pampaalsa na kinuha ng isang babae. Inihalo niya ito sa tatlong takal na harina hanggang sa mahaluan ang lahat.

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Our Gospel for Oct 25. Cure on the Sabbath.

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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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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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 .