A personal reflection on the Feast of Santo Niño 2013

A personal reflection on the Feast of Santo Niño 2013:

            In April 1521 Magellan gave the statue of the Child Jesus, the Santo Niño, to Rajah Humabon and to his wife Humamay.  Since then the devotion of the Cebuanos to the Santo Niño has grown stronger and we see their fervor with the different festivals they hold in honor of the Child Jesus, Sinulog being one of the most famous.  This devotion has also since then spread to the entire Philippines and to the Filipinos worldwide.

            Some might want to ask us why this devotion, why our veneration for the Santo Niño?  First we may answer them by saying that indeed Our Lord did not remain as a child, but proceeded on to become a young man, the bringer to the whole world of the Good News, the miracle worker and our Savior.  But the Santo Niño precisely shows us that the Savior did not arrive as if from an alien spaceship fully grown.  Jesus indeed was born in Bethlehem, grew up in Nazareth, travelled the Holy Land, died in Golgotha and was raised up on the third day as the Scriptures and the first Christians have testified.  Second we may tell them that there is something special and worthy of our personal emulation when we behold the Santo Niño: in Our Lord’s simplicity, in His obedience to the Will of the Father, and to complete trust in God’s loving plan of salvation.  Santo Niño teaches us all these virtue so as good Christians, followers of Jesus Christ, we too may be simple, obedient and trustful of God even when things seem to go out of hand and we do not know anymore how things are going or where they are going.  Thirdly we may tell them since we, Filipinos, are fond of children, so it is really the most natural thing that we have a special devotion to the Child Jesus.  Our Filipino heart has a soft spot for these loveable children who surround us and therefore we naturally feel drawn to this image of Our Lord, that incidentally we find in every nook and cranny of the Philippines: in tricycles and jeepneys, in bus and gasoline stations, in department and sari-sari stores, inside our homes, inside our pockets we have an image or a statuette of the Santo Niño.

            Niño is Spanish for boy, as niña would be Spanish for girl.  Now our boys and girls are truly are treasures, for every family and therefore for the Church and for the State.  We do not waste our resources if we invest our all for their welfare and development.  Education is of the utmost importance.  Their physical and mental welfare must not be ignored too.  Their future must be assured and insured.  In all these let us not forget and always remember that the human formation and spiritual growth of our children outweigh all these considerations and therefore it is in our children’s discipline and holiness where we have to invest more heavily.  We must not only make sure that they have bread and butter but that they also know how to pray and honor and worship God.  We must not only make sure that they have comfort and protection but that they may also know how to help respect all and to help others in need.  We must only make sure that they have all the gadgets and the nice clothes but that they may also have the virtues needed by a good citizen and a holy Christian.

            Our boys and girls have a lot to deal with in our contemporary society.  They may be wiser and more equipped to face the contemporary challenges and trials but we must not forget they remain boys and girls.  They need our guidance and protection.  They are, on a daily basis, being misled and confused and led to bad choices and bad decisions.  We cannot leave them to fend for their own.  The grown-ups are every busy working and providing for the little ones and that is all very good.  But we must not neglect the guidance and protection of our kids.  When for example the TV says Patnubay at gabay ng mga magulang ay kailangan sa mga batang manonood, it really means that: assistance and guidance are really needed.  Let us be there for our kids.  When they wish to inquire on something, let us be the first ones they approach.  May we all be approachable by our young ones.  When they have some difficult decision and choices to do, let us be present and on hand to guide them along the right path.  Let us be present, let us be there for them.  Sometimes all they need is to see us, to know that whatever happens our young ones have the grown-ups to fall back on should they take a misstep.

            To build a successful State and to have a truly Christian Church we must invest our all and we must invest well on our children, on our niños and niñas.  If they are indeed santos niños y santas niñas then we have nothing to worry about, both our State and the Church.  Señor Santo Niño, we pray for our niños and niñas. Amen.

Reflexión Personal sobre la Fiesta de Santo Niño 2013

Reflexión Personal sobre la Fiesta de Santo Niño 2013:

            Saro sa mga ugali kan mga kaakian na naaapreciar kan gabos iyo an saindang pagigin simple.  Tugote po nindo akong maghorop-horop sa duwang aspecto na mga ini kan simplicidad.

Enot, pag an mga kaakian nasasala asin may nagibo na bakong marhay, minaako tulos, daing mga dahilan, naghahagad disculpa asin an buhay napadagos.  Ni dai ninda pigpaparagiromdom an pagkakasala.  Saro ini na bagay na puedeng nawawara sa buhay kan sarong adulto.  Ngonian kita na mga dakula na dai na simple kun di complicado na.  Pag kita nasasala, dakulon an satuyang mga razones asin justifications sa satuyang sadiri, hindi natin sinasadya, dai man niato talaga pigtutuyo, may sala man an iba.  Halos sabihon niato na wara na kita ki sala.  Ini nahihiling man niato sa satuyang pagkumpisal.  An mga kaakian pag nagkukumpisal sa padi, pigsasabi an kasalan, asin tapos.  Kitang mga dakula na pag nagkukumpisal, dakulon an satuyang mga dagdag asin an halipot nagin halaba, asin an simple nagin complicado.  Yaon na an satuyang supog.  Ano daw an supog ano, pag kita naggigibo pa sana kan kasalan nawawara, pag yaon na kita sa pagkumpisal sa Kagurangnan minabalik.  Magpamibi kita, Kagurangnan, magin simple man lugod ako sa gabos na bagay parejo kan mga aki.  Kun ako may pagkakasala, lugod ako simplemente maghagad ki kapatawaran, asin maghinguha na magbag-ong buhay.

            Asin pangduwa, pag an mga aki may kaipuhan simplemente minaduman sa saindang mga magurang asin minahagad.  Pag an mga aki may gusto gibohon pero di ninda kaya, simplemente minaduman sa mga dakula na para magpatabang.  Pag an mga aki natatakot sa kun ano man na saindang pigkakatakutan sa particular na edad ninda, minadalagan sa saindang mga mama asin papa sin nahagad sainda kan protección.  Kan an aki nagdakula na, naturalmente nagin independiente na asin prinoprotegeran niya ining saiyang independencia halos bilang sarong diamante.  Pero may veces na bagan ining independencia nagigin arrogancia.  May kaipuhan, di niya makuwa, di pa nanggad maghagad.  Di niya kaya, maski anong pirit, asin pirang horas, días, meses, años na sa paghingoha asin dai pa, dai pa nanggad nagpapatabang.  May kinakatakotan, dai pa nanggad minadalagan sa protector.  Simplicidad an mahiling niato kun ano an tunay na situación asin simplicidad man an mahiling niato kun ano an tunay na solución.  Magpamibi kita, Kagurangnan, magin simpe man lugod ako sa gabos na bagay parejo kan mga aki.  Ako nangangaipo, Ika sana an makakapano kaini.  Ako nangangaipo tabang, Ika sana an makaka-asistir sa sakuya.  Ako natatakot, kakapotan ko an Saimong Kamot, asin dai na ako magbubutsan.

            Mga tugang kong mga Cristiano, parasunod ki Cristo, lugod kita gabos magin man mga simpleng tawo, parejo kan mga aki, parejo ki Señor Santo Niño.  Amen.

Fiesta de Santo Niño Año C 20 Enero 2013 Parroquia de Santos Pedro y Pablo Ciudad de Sorsogon

Fiesta de Santo Niño Año C 20 Enero 2013 Parroquia de Santos Pedro y Pablo Ciudad de Sorsogon

Isaias 9:1-6  Mayo nin paagi para sainda tanganing makadulag sa panahon na ini nin kasakitan.  An daga kan mga tribu ni Zabulon asin ni Neftali, na kaidto daga nin kasosopgan, iyo an magdadara nin kaomawan sa rehiyon na ini, magpoon sa Dagat nin Mediteraneo pasiring sa sirangan, sa daga sa ibaong kan Salog nin Jordan, asin maski sa Galilea mismo, na pinag-eerokan kan mga dayuhan.

            2 Nakahiling nin dakulang liwanag an mga tawong nalakaw sa kadikloman.

                        An mga nag-erok sa daga nin mahibog na kadikloman, naliliwanagan na ngunyan.

            3 Tinawan mo sinda nin dakulang kaogmahan, KAGURANGNAN; pinaogma mo sinda.

                        Naoogma sinda sa saimong ginibo, siring na naoogma an mga tawo kun sinda nag-aani

                                    o kun sinda naghihiras kan mga sinamsam.

            4 Huli ta saimong binaria n sakal na nakakapagabat sainda

asin an sugkod na ipinapako sa saindang mga abaga.

                        Dinaog mo an nasyon na nag-api asin nandaya kan saimong banwaan,

siring na dinaog mo kaidto an hukbo nin Midian.

            5 An mga sapatos kan minasalakay na hukbo asin an gabos nindang nadugoan na gubing

susuloon siring sa igatong.

            6 Huli ta sarong aki an namundag sato!

                        Sarong aking lalaki an itinao sato!

                        Siya an satong magigin pamayo.

            Aapodon siyang, “Makangangalas na Parahatol,” “Makakamhan na Dios,” “Amang daing kataposan,” “Prinsipe nin Katoninongan.”

Salmo 98:1.2-3.3-4.5-6           Mag-awit nin bagong awit sa Kinaban,

            huli ta guminibo siya nin mga ngangalasan!

Sa sadiri niyang kapangyarihan asin banal na kosog

            nakamtan niya an kapangganahan.

2 Ipinahayag nin KAGURANGNAN an saiyang kapangganahan;

            ipinahiling niya sa mga nasyon an saiyang kapangyarihan sa pagligtas.

3 Naromdoman niya an danay niyang pagkamoot

            asin pagkamaimbod sa harong ni Israel.

Nahiling kan gabos na poro kan daga an kapangganahn kan satuyang Dios.

4 Gabos na daga maogmang magkurahaw sa KAGURANGNAN;

            omawon siya sa mga awit asin sa mga kurahaw nin kaogmahan!

5 Mag-awit nin mga pag-omaw sa KAGURANGNAN!

            Musika tugtogon sa arpa!

6 Patanogon an mga trompeta asin an mga hamodyong;

            maogmang magkurahaw sa KAGURANGNAN na satuyang hade.

Efeso 1:3-6.15-18  3 Magpasalamat kita sa Dios na Ama ni Jesu-Cristo na satong Kagurangnan!  Huli ta benedisyonan niya kita diyan ki Cristo, kan gabos na bendisyon na espiritwal sa kalangitan.  4 Bago lalangon an kinaban, pinili niya kita diya ki Cristo tanganing magin kitang banal saka mayong digta sa atubangan niya.

            Huli sa pagkamoot, 5 itinalaga kita nin Dios na magin mga aki niya huli ki Jesu-Cristo; sadiri niyang kabotan iyan saka katuyohan.  6 Omawon ta an Dios dahel kan saiyang nagsusupay na biyaya na itinao niya sato bilang regalo na yaon sa namomotan niyang Aki!

            15 Huli kaini, kan madangog ko an dapit sa saindong pagtubod ki Jesus na Kagurangnan, dangan an saindong pagkamoot sa gabos na banal, 16 dai ako nag-ontok nin pagpasalamat sa Dios para saindo.  Ginigiromdom ko kamo sa sakong mga pamibi; 17 hinahagad ko sa Dios ni Jesu-Cristo na satong Kagurangnan, an mamurawayon na Ama, na itao saindo an espíritu nin kadonongan, tanganing masabotan nindo nin orog an kapahayagan dapit sa Dios.  18 Hinahagad ko na maliwanagan an isip nindo tanganing manodan nindo kun ano an paglaom na inapodan niya saindo, kun ano an nagsusupay na biyaya na ipianuga niya sa saiyang mga banal.

Lukas 2:41-52  41 Taon-taon, minaduman sa Jerusalem an mga magurang ni Jesus para sa Pyesta nin Paskwa.  42 Kan doseng taon na si Jesus, nagduman sinda siring sa dating ginigibo ninda.  43 Pakatapos kan pyesta, nagbaklay sinda papuli, alagan nagpawalat si Jesus sa Jerusalem na dai aram kan saiyang mga magurang.  44 Sa paghon na kaiba si Jesus kan grupo, nagpadagos sinda sa pagbaklay sa bilog na aldaw.  Dangan hinanap ninda siya duman sa saindang mga kadugo asin mga kamidbid.  45 Kan dai ninda siya nakua, nagbalik sinda sa Jerusalem sa paghanap saiya.  46 Kan ikatolong aldaw, nakua ninda siya sa laog kan Templo, nagtutukaw kaiba kan mga paratukdo.  Naghihinanyog siya saka naghahapot sainda.  47 An gabos na nakadangog saiya nagngalas kan saiyang pakasabot asin mga simbag.  48 Nagngalas man an saiyang mga magurang kan mahiling siya, kaya tinaraman siya kan saiyang ina, “Aki, tadaw ta siringa n ginibo mo samo?  Hadit na ako asin an saimong ama sa pagparahanap saimo.”

            49 Sinabihan niya sinda, “Tadaw ta hinahanap nindo ako?  Dai nindo aram na kaipuhan nasa harong ako kan sakong Ama?”  50 Alagad dai ninda nasabotan an sinabi niya sainda.

            51 Uminiba sainda si Jesus sa Nazaret asin nagin makinuyog-kuyog siya sainda.  An gabos na ini rinimpos kan saiyang in asa puso niya.  52 Nagtalubo si Jesus asin nagdagdag an saiyang kadonongan.  Nawilihan siya nin Dios asin kan mga tawo.

Hello Father Monday Edition 14 January 2013 CCC 109-119

Hello Father – DZGN SPIRIT FM 102.3 KHR – 14 January 2013 – Monday CCC Part One The Profession of Faith Chapter Two God Comes to Meet Man Article 3 Sacred Scripture TOPIC: The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture

Host: Rev. Philippe.  Co-Host: Sis. Niña.

Objectives:

1. To discuss in general Catechism of the Catholic Church Part One The Profession of Faith

2. To discuss Chapter Two God Comes to Meet Man.

3. To elaborate on Section One Chapter Two God Comes to Meet Man Article 3 Sacred Scripture III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture

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20:02-20:05 OPENING SPIEL

20:05-20:15 BARETANG SIMBAHAN

Kan nakaaging Miércoles 9 de Enero iyo an kafiestahan sa Pilipinas kan Mahal na Poong Nazareno.  Sa homilía ni Cardenal Tagle ipinahayag niya an kasagradohan kan gabos na buhay asin kita bilang mga Pilipino asin mga devotos kan Nazareno sa gabos na bagay asin sa gabos na paagi pangalagaan ta an buhay poon kan pagmukna kaini sa poponan kan saiyang ina hanggang sa natural kaini na kataposan.  Nunca jinujustifica kan Simbahan an paggadan kan inocente.

Kahapon Domingo 13 de Enero giniromdom kan bilog na Simbahan an Pagbonyag ki Cristo sa Jordan.  Iyo ini an ultimo día kan Pasko kan Pagkamundag asin an poon man kan Tiempo Ordinario.  Hale sa puti verde na ngonian na color liturgico.  Tututukan sa mga Evangelio ngonian an ordinario asin pang-aro-aldaw na pagkabuhay,mga gibo asin mga tataramon kan Paraligtas.

Ngonian na madatong na Domingo 20 de Enero iyo an Kafiestahan sa Pilipinas kan Mahal na Santo Niño.  Ipinapagiromdom sa satuyang mga kamagurangan an kaimportanciahan kan educación kan saindang kaakian lalong lalo na sa lado espirítual asin lado humano.  Lugod an mga kaakian magin nang harani sa Kagurangnan para pagdakula ninda yaon na sinda sa pagservi sa Dios asin sa kapwa.

20:15-20:30 DISCUSSION: Objectives 1 and 2 Chapter Two God Comes to Meet Man possibly to immediately also start Objective 3 as per feedback.

50 By natural reason man can know God with certainty, on the basis of his works. But there is another order of knowledge, which man cannot possibly arrive at by his own powers: the order of divine Revelation. [1] Through an utterly free decision, God has revealed himself and given himself to man. This he does by revealing the mystery, his plan of loving goodness, formed from all eternity in Christ, for the benefit of all men. God has fully revealed this plan by sending us his beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

1 Cf. Dei Filius DS 3015.

20:30-20:35 TIME CHECK – BREAK – MUSIC

20:35-20:40 READ TEXT MESSAGES AND ANSWER QUESTIONS

20:40-20:55 DISCUSSION: Objective 3

III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture

109 In Sacred Scripture, God speaks to man in a human way. To interpret Scripture correctly, the reader must be attentive to what the human authors truly wanted to affirm, and to what God wanted to reveal to us by their words. [75]

110 In order to discover the sacred authors' intention, the reader must take into account the conditions of their time and culture, the literary genres in use at that time, and the modes of feeling, speaking and narrating then current. “For the fact is that truth is differently presented and expressed in the various types of historical writing, in prophetical and poetical texts, and in other forms of literary expression.” [76]

111 But since Sacred Scripture is inspired, there is another and no less important principle of correct interpretation, without which Scripture would remain a dead letter. “Sacred Scripture must be read and interpreted in the light of the same Spirit by whom it was written.” [77]

The Second Vatican Council indicates three criteria for interpreting Scripture in accordance with the Spirit who inspired it. [78]

112 Be especially attentive “to the content and unity of the whole Scripture”. Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture is a unity by reason of the unity of God's plan, of which Christ Jesus is the center and heart, open since his Passover. [79]

The phrase “heart of Christ” can refer to Sacred Scripture, which makes known his heart, closed before the Passion, as the Scripture was obscure. But the Scripture has been opened since the Passion; since those who from then on have understood it, consider and discern in what way the prophecies must be interpreted. [80]

113 2. Read the Scripture within “the living Tradition of the whole Church”. According to a saying of the Fathers, Sacred Scripture is written principally in the Church's heart rather than in documents and records, for the Church carries in her Tradition the living memorial of God's Word, and it is the Holy Spirit who gives her the spiritual interpretation of the Scripture (“. . . according to the spiritual meaning which the Spirit grants to the Church” [81]).

114 3. Be attentive to the analogy of faith. [82] By “analogy of faith” we mean the coherence of the truths of faith among themselves and within the whole plan of Revelation.

The senses of Scripture

115 According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical, moral and anagogical senses. the profound concordance of the four senses guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church.

116 The literal sense is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: “All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal.” [83]

117 The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs. 1. the allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Baptism. [84] 2. the moral sense. the events reported in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly. As St. Paul says, they were written “for our instruction”. [85] 3. the anagogical sense (Greek: anagoge, “leading”). We can view realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, leading us toward our true homeland: thus the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly Jerusalem. [86]

118 A medieval couplet summarizes the significance of the four senses:

The Letter speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith; The Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny. [87]

119 “It is the task of exegetes to work, according to these rules, towards a better understanding and explanation of the meaning of Sacred Scripture in order that their research may help the Church to form a firmer judgement. For, of course, all that has been said about the manner of interpreting Scripture is ultimately subject to the judgement of the Church which exercises the divinely conferred commission and ministry of watching over and interpreting the Word of God.” [88]

But I would not believe in the Gospel, had not the authority of the Catholic Church already moved me. [89]

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75 Cf. DV 12 # 1.
76 DV 12 # 2.
77 DV 12 # 3.
78 Cf. DV 12 # 4.
79 Cf. Lk 24:25-27, 44-46
80 St. Thomas Aquinas, Expos. in Ps. 21, 11; cf. Ps 22:14.
81 Origen, Hom. in Lev. 5, 5: PG 12, 454D.
82 Cf. Rom 12:6.
83 St. Thomas Aquinas, S Th I, 1, 10, ad I.
84 Cf. I Cor 10:2.
85 I Cor 10:11; cf. Heb 3:1 - 4:11.
86 Cf. Rev 21:1 - 22:5.
87 Lettera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, moralis quid agas, quo    tendas anagogia.
88 DV 12 # 3.
89 St. Augustine, Contra epistolam Manichaei 5, 6: PL 42, 176.

20:55-20:59 TIME CHECK – WRAP UP – CLOSING SPIEL – CLOSING PRAYER

20:59-21:00 PROGRAM JINGLE

Taon C Pagbonyag ki Jesu Cristo 13 Enero 2013 Parroquia de Santos Pedro y Pablo

Taon C Pagbonyag ki Jesu Cristo 13 Enero 2013 Parroquia de Santos Pedro y Pablo

          An Pagbonyag ni Juan invitación sa pagbakle sa kasalan asin paglinig kaini, preparación sa pagtanggap kan Mesías.  Ngonian na an Mesías na an nagpresentar kan Saiyang sadiri sa Tagapagpreparar, an bonyag ni Juan ginigibo na ngonian bilang bonyag ni Jesús.  Sarong pagkilala kan Dios Ama sa Saiyang Aking si Jesús asin sa paagi ni Jesús, sarong pagkilala sa satuya gabos bilang aki sa Aki, kitang mga binonyagan sa tubig, asin kalayo kan Espíritu Santo.

          Kan nakaagi na Martes an mga kapadian nagkaigwa ki sarong hapon sa pagpangadyi asin an samuyang naging guía iyo an Arzobispo Emérito kan Manila na si Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales.  Ipamibi niato siya na ngonian na nag-retiro na mas lalo naging dakul an saiyang servicio asin trabajo para Dios asin sa bilog na Simbahan Católica.  Ihiniras niya samong mga kapadian na an samo daa na ordenación sa pagkapadi sarong pag-selyo kan Kagurangnan sa samuya: kami ngonian sa Saiya.  Ang pari ay sa Dios.  Ikaw ay akin, wika ng Dios sa pari.  Digdi hale gabos an dignidad, privilegio, obligación asin trabajo kan padi.  Naisip ko na ining pag-selyo na ini, puedeng i-aplicar niato ngonian sa duwa pa na sacramento na totoong may pag-selyo man nanggad ta ining duwang sacramento dai na pig-uulit una vez na-celebrar na: an pagkumpil asin pagbonyag.  En total tulo an sacramento na may selyo, bonyag, kumpil asin pagpadi.

          Kan sadit pa ako nahiling ko una vez kun pan-o i-selyo an saro na baka kan pira na kalalakihan.  May ginagamit na selyo na himo sa metal asin pinapainit sa kalayo na tinatatak sa gilid kan baka mantang ini pigkakaputan kan nagkapirang kalalakihan.  Ini tanda na an baka propiedad ni Fulano o ni Fulana.  Sa bonyag ta, sineselyohan kita kan Dios Ama asin tinatakan an satong espíritu bilang aki kan Dios, kita propiedad kan Dios Ama.  Sa satuyang bonyag pinipili kita asin kinikilala bilang aki kan Dios.

          Kun satuyang tunay na naiintiendihan na ining pagbonyag sa satuya pagpili asin pagtatak sa satuya kan Dios bilang saiyang mga aki, satuyang maiintiendihan na bako lang ining pagbonyag pa-picture-picture o paghanda; bako lang fotografía nan dakula na cake.  An pag-ninong o pag-ninang bako lang pag-aabay sa picture o pag-regalo cuarta sa hijada o hijado pag Pasko kan Pagkabuhay.  Kitang mga magurang tunay na mag-aandam mas pa sa lado espiritual asin pag-uungudon niato an pag-seminar bako lang bilang requisito kun di bilang man ayuda sa preparación espiritual, lo mismo para sa mga ninong asin ninang na maski ngani kaipuhan mag-absent sa trabajo o mag-sacrificio kan diyo na horas maski ngani banggi na sa pag-seminar.  Pag-abot kan celebración kita bakong tarde kun di nasa horas asin preparado kita sa gabos na kaipuhan, mga candela, an gubing na puti, gabos niato inandam días antes pa an bonyag.  Sa cada hapot kan padi, makusog asin convencido an satuyang simbag, ta aram niato an mga ini, asin tunay na gigibohon niato ining mga promesa.  Asin tatandaan niato ining fecha asin i-co-considerar bilang día más importante que kan kita namundag sa kinaban, ta ngonian sa bonyag kita namundag sa langit.

          Dagdag pa kan ni Cardenal Rosales, na según sa katukdoan ni Sant Agustín, res clamat Domino, an bagay nagkukurahay sa saiyang kagsadiri.  Ako ay sa Dios, at wika ng Dios sa akin, ikaw ay akin.  Kaya ngani afectado ki maray an satuyang buhay una vez maintiendihan ta asin tunay na ma-apreciar an ka-importanciahan kan satuyang bonyag.  Ta kita mga aki kan Dios, siring sa pagpili asin pagkilala Niya sa satuya sa aldaw kan satuyang bonyag, kita maghihingoha aro-aldaw na mabuhay siring sa aki Niya.  Na bako niato Siya pasosopgan.  Na gigibohon niato gabos na kita maging orgullo Niya.  Ta ako Cristiano masunod ako sa Sampolong Tugon kan Kagurangnan.  Ta ako Cristiano maghihingoha ako sa karahayan maski na ano pa an pigsasabi kan iba, maski ano pa an pig-gigibo kan iba.  Ta ako Cristiano lilikayan ko an karatan maski gabos na kaini naggigibo asin maski na may kadificilan asin dakulang sacrificio minsan.  Ta aram ko na kun ano man an sakuyang ginigibo sa buhay mauntali sa sakuyang Dios Ama.  Iyo man baga sa pang-oroaldaw na buhay.  Pig-oomaw niato an sarong aki asin an saiyang ama asin ina.  Sinasabi niato, hilinga baya ining si Fulano o Fulana Junior aki ni Fulano o Fulana Senior, marhay na aki, marhay an ama asin an ina.  Lugod kita man arog man kaan an pagtaramon sa satuya.  Hilinga baya ining Cristiano, aki kan Dios, marhay na aki, marhay na Dios.  Amen.

Year C Baptism of Our Lord

The baptism of Jesus

535 Jesus' public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan. [228] John preaches “a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins”. [229] A crowd of sinners [230] - tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes - come to be baptized by him. “Then Jesus appears.” the Baptist hesitates, but Jesus insists and receives baptism. Then the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, comes upon Jesus and a voice from heaven proclaims, “This is my beloved Son.” [231] This is the manifestation (“Epiphany”) of Jesus as Messiah of Israel and Son of God.

536 The baptism of Jesus is on his part the acceptance and inauguration of his mission as God's suffering Servant. He allows himself to be numbered among sinners; he is already “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”. [232] Already he is anticipating the “baptism” of his bloody death. [233] Already he is coming to “fulfil all righteousness”, that is, he is submitting himself entirely to his Father's will: out of love he consents to this baptism of death for the remission of our sins. [234] The Father's voice responds to the Son's acceptance, proclaiming his entire delight in his Son. [235] The Spirit whom Jesus possessed in fullness from his conception comes to “rest on him”. [236] Jesus will be the source of the Spirit for all mankind. At his baptism “the heavens were opened” [237] - the heavens that Adam's sin had closed - and the waters were sanctified by the descent of Jesus and the Spirit, a prelude to the new creation.

537 Through Baptism the Christian is sacramentally assimilated to Jesus, who in his own baptism anticipates his death and resurrection. the Christian must enter into this mystery of humble self-abasement and repentance, go down into the water with Jesus in order to rise with him, be reborn of water and the Spirit so as to become the Father's beloved son in the Son and “walk in newness of life”: [238]

Let us be buried with Christ by Baptism to rise with him; let us go down with him to be raised with him; and let us rise with him to be glorified with him. [239]

Everything that happened to Christ lets us know that, after the bath of water, the Holy Spirit swoops down upon us from high heaven and that, adopted by the Father's voice, we become sons of God. [240]

          Let us meditate on Jesus’ obedience as showed by today’s Gospel through the teachings of the Catechism.  He willingly subjected Himself to the rite of baptism, to all the human rituals, being obedient as he is as man.  More wondrously He was obedient to the Will of the Father in Heaven in this and in many other instances in his past life and in the future to come after His Baptism in River Jordan especially in what would ultimately transpire on the Cross on Mount Golgotha.  He is our ultimate example and guide with regards obedience.  Obedience to man and to God, this is what the Lord is teaching us today.

          Obedience to man we learn from childhood, we cultivate through our teen-age life and we pass on as adults.  It is imperative that we instill obedience to our children and our children’s children.  They need to obey to our directives because it is for their own good, and we are extra careful and extra mindful of the things we would have them obey.  Our instructions and directives should be clear-cut and indeed for their own good.  Woe to us who live lives scandalously thereby teaching the wrong lessons to our future generations.  We happen to teach more and more forcefully by our lives than by what our mouths shout.

          It is difficult for parents nowadays to follow through with obedience with their teenage children.  One important advice the experts give us is to be firm in our guidance and not to bend rules for our teenagers.  We have to walk the fine line between being too harsh and too lax.  What is wrong is wrong and what is right is right.  We cannot say ok when something is not ok and we should also reward the good deeds.  It is also essential to be especially present to our teenage children in their times of need, anxiety and confusion.  There are times when we do not even need to say anything, but just be there.  Our presence stabilizes them and the knowledge of our constant understanding, guidance and support is more than enough for their journey towards adulthood.

          Even when we are adults already we need to obey.  The arrogance of he or she who thinks the he or she is now the standard of moral right and wrong just because he or she has studied a bit, lived a bit and experienced a bit is breathtaking.  Indeed the more we know, the more we should know that we don’t know.  The more we grow the more we realize that we need guidance and assistance.  Listen to your family, to your friends, to you relatives, to your neighbors.  They usually know something you don’t and they usually are wiser than you would grant them to be.

          Finally and more importantly today’s Baptism of Our Lord is teaching us to be obedient to God in all things.  Now that we have practiced obedience in little things, by being obedient to the laws of man, now we can be more obedient to the laws of God, involving sometimes painful decisions and constant hardships and uphill struggles.  When we are used to saying yes to our superiors and to our authorities we can be more obedient to the Supreme Authority, God the Father above.  If the arrogance of people in our daily experience can be breathtaking, the arrogance of those who would ignore God’s laws and would consider themselves the supreme authority instead, is downright sad.  Many nowadays exalt freedom to the tune of doing what I want to do, what is pleasing for me to do, what brings me pleasure to do.  Such brothers and sisters of ours delude themselves.  We have to listen to God and we have to follow what He tells us to do.  If we do not listen to Him we end up following many other voices which invariably lead us to confusion, uncertainty, doubt and error.

          Obedience to man leads us to obedience to God, and obedience leads us to life everlasting.  Jesus obeyed the rites and rituals, the rules and laws of man.  Jesus obeyed the Will of the Father.  We too as Christians, who strive to be worthy of the Christ, follow Him in these His examples.  We too obey the laws of man, and we too strive daily to obey the Laws of God.  Amen.

Reflexión personal para la Epifanía 6 enero 2013

Reflexión personal para la Epifanía 6 enero 2013:

          Según el número 528 del Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica, primeramente: Tulong mga misteryosong mga pangyayari an satuyang sineselebrar sa Epifanía kan Kagurangnan: an pagbisita, pag-omaw asin pag-regalo sa Omboy kan tolong mga mago hale sa Sirangan, an pag-Bonyag ki Jesus mismo asin an Kasal sa Caná kun saen ginibo ni Jesus sa kagustuhan man ni Maria na an tubig magin arak.  Sa paagi kan mga misterio na ini si Jesus nagpapakilala bilang Mesías kan Israel, Hijo de Dios, Aki kan Dios, Salvador del mundo, Paraligtas kan gabos.  Sinasabi kan mga experto na ining mga magong ini dai man nanggad mga hade kun di mga hombres de ciencia, mga experto, mga para-adal kan ciencia, kan gabos na yaon sa ibabaw kan kinaban, asin kan mga nahihiling sa panganoron hasta kan mga bitoon.  Sa pag-adal ninda, kaiba sa pag-adal kan mga profecía, convencido sinda na ining bitoon na saindang nahihiling nagtutukdo sa Paraligtas.

An pagdatong kan mga mago asin saindang pagbisita, pag-omaw asin pag-regalo sa Omboy nagsisimbolo kan pagkilala asin pag-ako kan katawohan, el mundo entero, sa Mesías na iyo si Jesús.  An tawo naghahanap nin Paraligtas asin uya finalmente sa satuyang atubang an Dios na nani-tawo para ibalik an tawo sa Dios.  An bitoon ni David iyo an nag-guía sa sainda pasiring sa Omboy na Tagapagligtas.  Kaya kan tawo na makilala an Dios pero an Dios mismo an nagpakilala sa satuya kan Saiyang Sadiri en modo definitivo sa panini-tawo ni Jesus, Dios Aki.  Ini para más cierto an satuyang pagkikilanlan sa Saiya, daing duda, asin maharayo kita sa mga salang mga doctrina kan mga manlaenlaen na falso profeta.

An pagdatong kan mga mago sa Bethlehem sa Israel nagpapahiling na an Lumang Tipan mag-aagi asin conectado ki maray sa Bag-ong Tipan.  Na an mga Cristiano hale sa mga Judío, sinda, sosog sa mga tataramon ni Beato Papa Juan Pablo II, satuyang mga matuang mga tugang sa pagtubod.  Na an Dios sa Saiyang marahay na plano ginibo na padiit-diit makilala kan tawo an Dios sa paagi kan gabos na Saiyang mga katabang sa daga.

Minamawot kan Dios makakilala kan gabos na katawohan an Saiyang Aki si Jesu Cristo.  Makilala Siya asin mamot-an.  Mamot-an asin sunudon sa pang-aro-aldaw na buhay.  Hanggang sa gabos na katawohan makabalik sa Harong kan Ama sa langit.  Iyo ini finalmente an boot sabihon kan Epifanía, pagpakilala ni Jesús sa tawo para makilala kan tawo an Dios.  Kaya ngani baga sa Tradición kan Simbahan kaito pa sagkod ngonian yaon na asin tunay na ginagalangan an mga misioneros asin misioneras na nagkawararak sa bilog na kinaban.  Ta sinda an mga enot na nagpapakilala ki Jesus sa gabos na bako pa nakakakilala sa Paraligtas.

Lugod kita ngonian mga Cristiano Catolico kan 2013 mag-contribuir asin mag-participar sa pagpakilala sa Dios sa bilog na mundo, poon kun saen kita, sa satuyang familia, sa satuyang trabajo, sa escuela, sa bilog na kinaban.  An satuyang simple lamang na pagiging Cristiano Catolico sa satuyang aro-aldaw na buhay, dakulaon na an consecuencia kaini.  Maski ngani di niato mahiling an resulta, di niato mamatean an resulta, dakulaon na asin dakulon na an nagiginibohan kan satuyang simpleng pagiging tunay na parasunod ni Cristo.  An pagsunod sana kan Sampolong Tugon, puede na niato maiba an palakaw kan mundo.

Kun ika sarong ama o ina, presente ka sa saimong familia – sa saindang mga kaogmahan asin mga problema, naghihingoha ka na matukdoan an saimong mga aki kan mga bagay-bagay na diosnon, naghihingoha ka na sinda madisiplina, naghihingoha kita na sinda magin marhay na ciudadano asin Cristiano, entonces maiiba ta para sa karahayan an saindang buhay pues maiiba ta para sa karahayan, padiitdiit, an bilog na mundo.

Ika doctor?  Ika maestro o maestra?  Ika empleado o empleada?  Sa saimong paghingoha na magin nasa tama na horas sa pag-trabajo, sa saimong paghingoha na magin mahuyo asin paciencioso asin pacienciosa sa pag-servicio sa iba, sa saimong pagigin honesto, sa saimong paghingoha na gibohon sa tama an saimong trabajo, dakulaon na asin dakulon na an satuyang magiginibuhan.

Para maipakilala niato an Kagurangnan sa satuyang kapwa, dai kaipuhan maggibo kan kun anano na mga bagay-bagay, marhay man kun kaya niato ining mga dakulang mga bagay, pero pwedeng-pwede kita magpoon sa satuyang mga situación ngonian.  Ponan na niato ngonian mismo an pagpakilala sa Dios sa satuyang familia, sa escuela asin sa trabajo, asin sa bilog na comunidad kun saen kita.  Amen.