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Monday, January 17, 2022
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Enero 22 Sabado ng Ikalawang Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon: Marcos 3:20-21
Reflection for Friday January 21, Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (M): Mark 3:13-19
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Reflection:
How do
you deal with betrayal?
Jesus appointed the twelve to be His apostles; it means that they would be His supporter, helper, co-missioners and co-propagators of the gospel. It means also that they would stick it out with Jesus until the very end even at the cost of their lives.
Unfortunately
there was one who betrayed Him in exchange for thirty pieces of silver (Matthew
26:14-16). Betrayal is an unfortunate incident that happens to all of us, sometimes
those whom we trust or even love are the very people who would betray
us.
But we
must learn from Jesus on how He handled Judas’ betrayal. He did not seek
revenge for He knew that nothing good would come out of it. He just let it be
and He continued to do His mission and let Judas deal with himself.
Eventually
Judas was bothered by his conscience and had a realization he returned the
money to the chief priest. Then, he went away and hanged himself (Matthew
27:3-5).
There
would be those who will betray our trust even love. How should we react if say
for example we pass through this betrayal? Should we get back at him/her and
get even? Of course not! If we get even we are no different from the person who
betrayed us.
Ang Mabuting Balita para Biyernes sa Enero 21 Santa Ines (Agnes), birhen at martir (Paggunita): Marcos 3:13-19
16 Kaya itinalaga niya ang Labindalawa at tinawag na Pedro si Simon, 17 at si Jaime na anak ni Zebedeo, at ang kapatid nitong si Juan, at tinawag niya silang Boanerges, na ang ibig sabihi’y “Sina-Parang-Kulog”; 18 at saka si Andres, at si Felipe, si Bartolome, si Mateo, si Tomas, si Jaimeng anak ni Alfeo, at si Tadeo, 19 si Simong Kananeo, at si Judas Iskariote na magkakanulo sa kanya.
Reflection for January 20, Thursday of the Second Week: Mark 3:7-12
He told his disciples to have a boat ready
for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him. He had cured
many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to touch
him. And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and
shout, “You are the Son of God.” He warned them sternly not to make him known.
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Reflection:
Would you always be with Jesus in good times and in bad?
We normally converge with those who have power: Politicians, powerful government officials and healers. Nothings wrong with it for that’s our nature as humans we gravitate towards the powerful. What if they’re not in power anymore would we still gravitate towards them?
In our gospel Jesus is treated like a rock star people from all over the place were flocking to Him. For what reason? It was for his healing power. What if He had no power to heal? Of course there would be no pursuers or fans.
In the infancy of Jesus’ ministry hundreds up to thousands would follow because He had that power to heal, to speak wondrously and the like. But towards the end when He was about to be crucified the thousands evaporated like a dew in the morning.
It should not be like that with our walk with Jesus, in good times and in bad we should always remain with Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Enero 20 Huwebes ng Ikalawang Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon: Marcos 3:7-12
9 Kaya
tinagubilinan niya ang kanyang mga alagad na ihanda ang isang bangka para sa
kanya dahil maraming tao, at baka nila siya maipit. 10 Marami na siyang
pinagaling kaya pilit siyang inaabot ng lahat ng may karamdaman para mahipo
siya. 11 Sinusugod siya ng mga inaalihan ng maruruming espiritu pagkakita
sa kanya at pasigaw nilang sinasabi: “Ikaw ang Anak ng Diyos.”
12 Ngunit tinagubilinan niya silang huwag siyang ibunyag.
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Reflection for January 19, Wednesday of the Second Week: Mark 3:1-6
But they remained silent. Looking around
at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, Jesus said to the
man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against
him to put him to death.
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Reflection:
What would you do if you see a man with a withered hand?
Jesus had two choices when He saw a man with a withered hand in the synagogue. The first choice was to simply ignore the sick man because it was the Sabbath day. The other choice was to cure the man and in the process ignore the Sabbath day.
Jesus chose to heal the man and disregarded the Sabbath day. For Jesus it’s the welfare of the sick man first before the observance of the Sabbath law. In that instance Jesus chose to give priority to His ministry of healing rather than observe the Sabbath law.
Jesus is a healer and His healing power is not bounded by anything be it criticism by His perceived enemies. His healing power is not solely restricted with physical healing; He heals us more spiritually and emotionally.
But Jesus requires something from us also for us to get cured and that is our faith in Him. The same faith also of this man with a withered hand that was cured by Jesus on the Sabbath.
Let us therefore hold on to Jesus with
faith and never give up on the Lord no matter how hazy the horizon that is in
front of us. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Enero 19 Miyerkules ng Ikalawang Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon: Marcos 3:1-6
3 At sinabi naman niya sa taong hindi maigalaw ang kamay: “Tumindig ka sa gitna.” 4 At saka niya sila tinanong: “Ano ang ipinahihintulot sa Araw ng Pahinga, gumawa ng mabuti o gumawa ng masama, magligtas ng buhay o pumatay?” At di sila umimik.
5 Nalungkot
si Jesus dahil sa katigasan ng kanilang puso kaya galit niyang tiningnan
silang lahat, at sinabi sa lalaki: “Iunat mo ang iyong kamay.” Iniunat nga ng
tao ang kamay at gumaling ito. 6 Pagkalabas ng mga Pariseo, nakipagtipon
sila sa mga kakampi ni Herodes para masiraan nila siya.
Reflection for January 18, Tuesday of the Second Week: Mark 2:23-28
How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?” Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
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Reflection:
What is a Sabbath?
Sabbath is a day of rest and worship based on this command: “Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days you may work and do all your occupation, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD, your God. No work may be done then.” (Exodus 20:8-10)
Whenever there is a rule there is also a valid exception. And this is what Jesus was pointing out to the Pharisees. For Jesus the fulfilment of a valid human need is more important than fulfilling the law in this case the Sabbath law.
Law/s should always serve the good of humanity, laws are there to serve humanity not to punish or restrict humanity.
Some of us create restrictive and oppressive laws inside our own respective fields. Not to serve its purpose but to serve our own selfish purpose and interest. At the end, due to our insistence of fulfilling our self-created and self-serving laws. It results to enmity and discord among us.
And the law that we have created to create order becomes the very reason for disorder, conflict and disunity. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Enero 18 Martes ng Ikalawang Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon: Marcos 2:23-28
Mabuting
Balita: Marcos 2:23-28
23 Naglakad si Jesus sa mga taniman ng trigo minsang Araw ng Pahinga. At habang naglalakad ang kanyang mga alagad, sinimulan nilang alisin sa uhay ang mga butil, at kinain iyon. 24 At sinabi kay Jesus ng mga Pariseo: “Tingnan mo ang ginagawa nila sa Araw ng Pahinga. Hindi ito ipinahihintulot.”
25 Ngunit sumagot si Jesus: “Hindi ba ninyo nabasa kailanman ang ginawa ni David nang nangangailangan siya at nagugutom – siya at ang kanyang mga kasama? 26 Pumasok siya sa bahay ng Diyos nang si Abiatar ang Punong-pari, at kinain ang tinapay na inihain para sa Diyos gayong bawal ito kaninuman liban sa mga pari, at binigyan pa niya pati na ang kanyang mga kasama.”
27 At sinabi pa sa kanila ni Jesus: “Dahil sa tao kaya ginawa ang Araw ng Pahinga ngunit hindi ang tao dahil sa Araw ng Pahinga. 28 Kung gayon, ang Anak ng Tao ang Panginoon kahit na ng Araw ng Pahinga.”
Friday, January 14, 2022
Reflection for Monday January 17, St. Anthony, abbot (M): Mark 2:18-22
But the days will come when the bridegroom
is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day. No one sews a
piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away,
the new from the old, and the tear gets worse. Likewise, no one pours new wine
into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine
and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh
wineskins.”
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Reflection:
A renewed catholic had said that his life was never the same since he had a personal relationship with Jesus. He said that since he met Jesus he was always joyful. And even if there were problems he always ensures that it would never ruin his day. His reason for his newfound joyfulness and happiness is his reenergized faith in Jesus.
Fasting in the context of our gospel reading for today is connected with self-sacrifice or self-denial. Which is actually not bad because it strengthens a person’s faith and dependence on God. But there is something that is very much supreme than fasting and it’s no other than Jesus! If Jesus is in our life we have to rejoice.
For the reason that Jesus will teach us to fast without anyone else knowing it and this is the more important form of fasting: fasting that is not for show and fasting that is not seen and known by anyone except Jesus.
The disciples of John and the Pharisees in our gospel were after the exterior fasting. Fasting that can be seen by the naked eyes and Jesus surely hates this kind of superficiality. If we are already with Jesus we would not be concerned anymore about superficial fasting. For the simple reason that we will fast without broadcasting it for the world to hear and see.
Nobody will know about this kind of
fasting except you and Jesus. And this would surely happen the moment you learn
how to surrender your life to the Lord. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Lunes Enero 17, San Antonio, abad (Paggunita): Marcos 2:18-22
19 Sinagot sila ni Jesus: “Puwede bang mag-ayuno ang mga abay sa kasalan kapag kasama pa nila ang nobyo? 20 Darating ang panahon na kukunin sa kanila ang nobyo; sa araw na iyon sila mag-aayuno.
21 Walang
nagtatagpi ng piraso ng bagong tela sa lumang damit. Kung gagawin mo ito,
hihilahin ng tagpi ang damit, ng bago ang luma at lalo pang lalaki ang punit.
22 At hindi ka rin naman maglalagay ng bagong alak sa mga lumang sisidlan.
Kung gagawin mo ito, papuputukin ng alak ang mga sisidlan at masisira ang alak
pati na ang mga sisidlan. Sa bagong sisidlan ang bagong alak!”
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Reflection for Sunday January 16, Feast of the Sto. Nino (In the Philippines): Luke 2:41-52
After three days they found him in
the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking
them questions, and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and
his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother
said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking
for you with great anxiety.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” But they did not
understand what he said to them. He went down with them and came to Nazareth,
and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
And Jesus advanced [in] wisdom and age and favor before God and man.
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Reflection:
Do you always bring your children to
church for Holy Mass before the onset of Covid-19?
As we celebrate today the feast of
Sto. Nino we will obviously not be seeing processions, motorcades and parades
in honor of the child Jesus. This acceptable considering the threat brought to
us by covid-19. What is important is in the midst of covid-19 we still don’t
forget to introduce our children to our faith.
Joseph and Mary absolutely knew the
importance of introducing their child to their Jewish faith. That is why they
brought the twelve years old Jesus to worship God during the yearly celebration
of the feast of Passover. Joseph and Mary completely knew also that their
worship for God will help form the young mind of Jesus. By doing so Jesus would
learn to love and honor God more than anything else in this world.
The primary duty of parents is to
teach their child/children to love and honor God and this they can do by
teaching their children about our faith. Because the moment they do so
everything that is good and Godly is inculcated in their young minds. And this
will become their guiding light as they grow up.
During this pandemic induced times that we are in let us continue to teach our children about our faith and to love and honor God. Because this will serve them very well as they move forward with their young life. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Linggo Enero 16, Ang Banal na Sanggol o Santo Nino: Lucas 2:41-52
44 Sa pag-aakalang kasama siya ng iba
pang mga kasamahan, maghapon silang nakipaglakbay at noon nila hinanap ang bata
sa mga kamag-anakan nila’t mga kakilala. 45 Nang hindi nila siya matagpuan,
bumalik sila sa Jerusalem sa pag-hahanap sa kanya. 46 At sa ikatlong araw,
natagpuan nila siya sa Templo, nakaupong kasama ng mga guro at nakikinig at
nagtatanong sa kanila. 47 At namangha sa kanyang talino at mga sagot ang mga
nakarinig sa kanya.
48 Nagulat ang kanyang mga magulang
pagkakita sa kanya, at sinabi sa kanya ng kanyang ina: “Anak, bakit mo naman
ito ginawa sa amin? Nagdusa nga ang iyong ama at ako habang hinahanap ka
namin.” 49 Ngunit sinabi niya sa kanila: “At bakit ninyo ako hinahanap? Hindi
ba ninyo alam na dapat ay nasa bahay ako ng aking Ama?” 50 Pero hindi nila
naintindihan ang sinabi niya sa kanila. 51 Kaya bumaba siyang kasama nila
pa-Nazaret, at patuloy siya sa pagiging masunurin sa kanila. Iningatan naman ng
kanyang ina ang lahat ng ito sa kanyang puso.
• 52 At umunlad si Jesus sa karunungan at edad at kagandahang-loob sa paningin ng Diyos at ng mga tao.
Reflection for Sunday January 16, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: John 2:1-11
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it.
And
when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing
where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the
headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone serves good
wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you
have kept the good wine until now." Jesus did this as the beginning of his
signs at Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to
believe in him.
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Reflection:
What can we learn out of this first miracle of Jesus in the wedding at Cana? We learn of the enormous influence of his mother Mary over him. In the middle of the wedding banquet they suddenly run out of wine however thanks to Mary who informed Jesus that there was no more wine left.
Mary went to Jesus to tell Him that they have no more wine. On the surface it appears that Jesus doesn’t care if they have no more wine. However, deep within Him Jesus cared for the simple reason that it was brought to His attention by His mother Mary.
What if Mary was not in the wedding, who amongst the disciples have the guts to approach Jesus to tell Him that there was no more wine? Perhaps nobody would have dared disturb their Master but thanks to the presence of Mary and her motherly instinct and influence over Jesus.
Mary is always listened to by Jesus for the simple reason she is His mother. Jesus came into this world through Mary, from His birth up to His death Mary was with Jesus as well. No small wonder that Mary has great influence over Jesus.
Do
you always seek the intercession of the Blessed Mother? - Marino J. Dasmarinas