16 December 2013 (Monday)
Gospel Reading: John 5: 33-36
“Evangelization as Mission”
Last November 19, 2013, at the Carmelites Church San Fernando de la Union, we the SVDs had our jubilee celebration for confreres who celebrated 25 years in the religious life, 25, 40 and 50 years in the priesthood. What struck me in that celebration was the sharing of one confrerer, “I had reached these 25 years in the priesthood not because that I had been faithful to God all the time bur rather He had been faithful to me all the time. I had reached these 25 years not to give glory to myself but for the greater glory of God”.
Words that contained a lot of wisdom and humility pointing to God who is the source of all graces in life. Inspirational words that tell us that evangelization from the lens of mission is affirming and recognizing that it is God’s mission first to reach out to us to have life in abundance and we are just called to be his instruments to collaborate with HIM. We are just called to be his partners to make his love and salvation known and experienced by all. The Gospel today narrates to us how Jesus evangelized from the perspective of Mission. Let us deepen our reflection on evangelization as mission from the lens of the gospel.
Evangelization as mission is believing that we are called and sent by God. John the Baptist believed that he was called and sent by God to prepare the way of Jesus. John the Baptist believed that he was not working only for himself but he felt that he was sent by God. Thus he was not working alone, he was working with God and accompanied by his disciples. To evangelize then from the perspective of mission is to have a constant dialogue-through prayers, sacraments, services- with the one who called and sent us to know and accomplish what He wants from us. It is making ourselves available and willing to go with courage and passion where the one who called sends us. We go where the Lord sends us because we believe in his plans and programs and we are convinced that He will never abandon us
Moreover, evangelization as mission from the lens of the gospel is done through witnessing. The gospel said, “the works that the father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me”. The greatest evidence that we are called and sent by God with a mission is the life of solidarity, respect, understanding and services that we extend to our community. Cardinal Tagle said in his homily 3 days after the typhoon Yolanda, “maybe some are questioning God’s mercy and compassion because of this tragedy, maybe some people are beginning to lose their hopes but may our assistance, prayers, solidarity, bayanihan spirit that we show, help them to see the hand, heart and face of God ready to touch and embrace them”. Evangelization from the lens of mission is more credible in the lifestyle and options we exhibit rather than the plans and promises we utter for the people. Attending, participating actively in the mass this “simbang gabi” coupled with dedication to our daily responsibilities and extending unselfish works for our brothers and sisters is evangelizing through our testimonies.
One thing more evangelization as mission entails sacrifices. In the gospel, Jesus’ own people, religious leaders during His time did not accept Him inspite of the works He did. These reactions and responses tell us that the power of evidence apparently does not work with people whom from the very start refuse to accept the Lord. To evangelize is to be ready to encounter and face rejections and indifferences. Such need not discourage us but rather give us more strength and passion to share the good news.
We ask ourselves, do we believe that God called and sent us to make his values alive wherever we are? Do we give witness to our faith in our families, works and communities? How do we overcome rejections in our task to reach out the projects and mission of the Lord?
(PH)
“Panangikasaba/Panangiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag kas Misyon”
Iti daytoy umuna nga aldaw ti Misa Aguinaldo palubusandak man a mangyebkas iti nasalibukag a kablaaw para iti tunggal maysa. Gundaway ko pay metten a mangibbet iti nabara a pammadayaw iti tunggal maysa. Apay? Maisaludsod yo ngata. Idi kalman adda dagiti nagkuna, “No bigat masapaak nga agriing ta innak man makimisa ta tiyempo manen iti paskua”. Napintas a panggep wenno gakat daydiay ngem makitatay met nga adda dagiti saan a nakaumay. Kablaawandakayo ngarud kakabsat iti kinaaddayo tatta. Mabalinmo pay kablaawan ti kabsat dita sibay mo.
Ti kinaaddam iti daytoy a Misa ket maysa a naisayangkat a gakat wenno ranta. Manipod iti maysa a panngep ket nagbalin nga aramid. “Aramid pakakitaan” kuna ti dadduma. Kuna met ti pagsasao nga English, “Action speaks louder than words”. Ngem saan a kadawyan nga aramid, napintas ken nasantoan pay. Ket awan ti nangnangruna pay a pammaneknek no saan a ti napudno ken nasantoan nga aramid. Daytoy ti bugas iti ebangelyo a nangngegan tayo ita a bigat (malem): “Immay ni San Juan a Mamuniag tapno babaen ti nasantoan nga aramid ket paneknekanna ti kinapudno”. Numampay saan a kinanunungan ni Apo Jesus daydi a pammaneknek ni Juan ta balikas ti tao, kamaudiananna inaklon ken dinaydayaw met la ni Apo Jesus ni Juan a kas profeta nga imbaon ti Dios. Ta kas maysa a naibaon tinungpal na a situtudyo ti mision na nupay daytoy ti nangitunda kenkuana iti kinamartir. Kas pagayatan ti Dios, bayat iti intay panangyaramid a situtudyo kadagiti responsibilidad tayo a kas Kristiano matungpal tayo ti mision a naipaima kadatayo ket agbungada iti aramid a nasantoan kas kadagiti aramid ni Apo Jesus. Dagitoy ti pammaneknek nga awan pagkuranganna ta nagtaudda iti Dios.
Maikanatad man la unay ti tema nga intay pagpampanunutan ita nga isu iti pannakaiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag a kas mision. Gakat a naipaima iti tunggal nabunyagan ubing, agtutubo man wenno nataengan. Yantangay tradisyonen a ti umuna a Misa Aguinaldo ket maiturong kadagiti agtutubo, ala man ngarud patpatgek nga agtutubo abrasaendakayo ken padayawandakayo ita. “Kayo na!” kuna ngarud ti expression tayo iti sao a tagalog. Ket no mision dagiti agtutubo iti pagsasaritaan, palubusandak a mangibingay kadayo iti tallo a mensahe: Umona: Idi Octobre 26, 2012, iti panaggibus iti maika-13 a taripnong general dagiti appo nga Obispo, naibatay iti tema “Baro a Pannakaiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag para iti Pannaisaknap ti Nakristianoan a Pammati” (The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith), dakayo nga agtutubo napateg kayo unay saan la a gapu ta dakayo ket dakkel a paset ti sangkagimongan no di ket dakayo ket sagot para iti agdama ken masakbayan ti Simbaan. Adda kadakakayo dagiti nauneg nga arapaap para iti kinapudno (authenticity), pudno (truth), wayawaya, kinamanagparabur, kalidad a dayawen ket suportaran ti Simbaan. Maikadua: Ni met apo Santo Papa Francisco, binigbigna ti kinapateg dagiti agtutubo iti biag ti Simbaan bayat iti panagbitla na idi a malpas iti maika-28 a Taripnong Dagiti Agtutubo ti Lubong (World Youth Day) idiay Rio de Janeiro, Brazil manipud Julio 23 inggana 28, 2013. Babaen iti tema a “Go and Make Disciples of all Nations”, imbaon na saan laeng a dagiti milliones nga agtutubo a nagatendar uray payen dakayo amin nga adda ditoy tatta ta “inkayo ket pabaroen yo dagiti komyunidad, parokya ken diocese yo. Iti balikas ti Santo Papa a mismo kunana: “Jesus is calling you with a mission today.” Numanpay adda panagduadua ken panagbuteng ta ubbing kay pay laeng ket dakkel a karit ti mission ti naipaima kadakayo, impanamnama ni Apo Santo Papa nga iti inkay panagdalyasat addanto a kankanayon ti Dios a mangsaluad ken mangbayabay kadakayo babaen kadagiti appo nga Obispo, Papadi, Religioso, Gimong, ken Nagannak tapno babaen kadagiti nasantoan nga aramid matungpal yo ti mision yo a kas ken ni Juan a Mamunyag. Maikatlo: Nabalitokan a pammalagip ken pammagbaga ti inbingay ni Fr. Jerome Adriatico, SVD, Provincial Superior mi a papadi ken brothers nga SVD ditoy Northern Luzon iti PHN Provincial Notes mi idi Julio iti daytoy a tawen. “Agbalin koma dagiti agtutubo iti pagiskwelaan, parokya ken kolegio a puon ti inspirasyon tapno nasaranta, makaingganyo ken nasayod ti mission tayo.” Ammoyo addingko nga agtutubo, idi ubingak pay laeng dagiti nataengan ti nagbalin nga inspirasyon ko iti biag ngem ita ta nataenganakon, puraw pay ti boukkon dakayo nga agtutubo ti inspirasyon kon. Dios ti agngina unay kadayo, agtalinaed kayo koma nga inspirasyon ti amin babaen kadagiti nasayaat a kababalin ket nadiosan nga aramid yo. Maysa a pakakitaan daytoy ket babaen iti panagatendar yo kadagiti Misa Aguinaldo nga awan palta. Umay kayto manen, kas mision yo tatta a panagnovena awisen yo gagayyem ket ikuyog yo ida no bigat. Amen.
Fr. Emilio Pati, SVD
Divine Word Retreat House
Sunny Side, Baguio City
17 December 2013 (Tuesday)
Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:1-17
“Evangelization as Intercultural”
I was once asked: Why the long list of names in the genealogy of Jesus? Well, the short answer: it is the proof of the humanity of Jesus.
We can easily relate with that. It is normal for us to ask about one’s family and where you come from. These details provide you with a point of reference, a potential link to your own history.
A second point is each name recorded provides a unique his/her story, a way of telling how proud you are of your family. Each story is now interwoven into one’s family history and the interweaving of family histories provides a cultural history. This is the process of interculturality.
Matthew thus not only includes Jesus’ name into the family history of Joseph, he actually weaves the family history of Jesus with that of Israel, and by extension into our own history.
Roger Schroeder in Verbum SVD, Vol. 54 2013 notes “…Interculturality in the 2012 General Chapter explicitly moves far beyond mere co-existence to emphasize and make more explicit the essential mutuality of the process of cultural interaction on both the personal and social level.”
Interculturality does not only acknowledge the presence of different cultures, it admits the intimate interaction among these. Everyday, we are redefining the familiar notions of culture, tribe, family and society. We are no longer bound by ties of blood, nationality, territory and heritage, Jesus shows us how we can transcend these boundaries. By entering into the human history, Jesus passed on his own story or mission to us.
Pernia in Arnoldus Nota, November 2009 notes “Mission ‘inter gentes’ as mission as dialogue WITH people, mission as encounter BETWEEN peoples, mission as finding a home AMONG the people.”
We touch not only individuals, we transform families thus cultures. Let us be proud of where we come from but humbled by great task of interculturality. We are all responsible for each other.
Fr. Reynaldo Jimenez, SVD
Divine Word College of Laoag
Laoag City
“Panangiwaragawag/Panangikasaba ti Naimbag a Damag a kas Panangrespeto ti nadumaduma a Kultura”
Manipud iti kaputotan ni Abraham inggana kenni Isaac ken maysa pay agpatingga iti kaputotan ni David, ti biag ken pammati da ket naibiag ti naduma duma a tiempo, ken nagsasabali ti panangiyebkas da. Dagiti gimong da ket rimsua ken dimmakkel, ken maysa pay nagtaudan iti naduma duma a cultura ken tradisyon. Iti panniempo ni Jesus, dagitoy nga gimong ket naplano nga agkaykaysa manen ken mabukel a kas maysa a gimong nga isu ti makunkuna a SIMBAAN, IGLESIA.
Ti GENEALOGY wenno kaputotan, ket isu iti listaan ti pamilya ni Jesus nga isalsalaysay na nu kasanu isuna a nangrugi ken nakimaysa iti pamilya iti tao a kas kaputotan ni David ti anak ni Abraham. Ti kaputotan ni Jesus ket imaldiit na nga haaan la nga isu ket nakipagnaed iti gimong iti tao nu di ket pay ibagana nga ti gimong ti tao ket isu ti objeto ti misyon na. Ti kaputotan na ket isu ti pakasaritaan iti kinasirib ti Apo nga inwaragawag ti anakna nga ni Jesucristo, imbaonna tapno makipagmaysa kadatayo a tattaona. Ni Jesus ket naibaon ti lubong nga makikaysa ti nadumaduma nga cultura tapno ibagana nga datayo ket adda tayo iti maymaysa a lubong ken maymaysa a tao. Isu ti kinasirib ni Jesus, Dios nga nagbalin a tao,dimmakkel iti tradisyon ken ug ugali ti tao tapno iparipirip na kadatayo nga ti kinataona ket haan nga lapped iti pagarian wenno lapped iti pannakaawat iti nadiosan nga ayat na. Iti kinasirib nga inyeg ni Apo Jesus ket isu ti panangarakup na iti estilo ti panagbiag ti tao, ken dagiti nadumaduma a pammati wenno ug uggali.. Ti kinasirib nga indaton ni Jesus ket ti panangarakup na ti pakaseknan ken pagrigatan ti tao. Dayta nga pannakikaysa na iti biag ti tao, kariten na tayo nga agbabawi kadagiti nagbasolan wenno nagkibkibbaltangan tayo. Kasta pay awisen na tayo nga agbalbaliw ken surutentayo iti biag ti Dios. Ti panagbalin a tao ni Jesus, ti kinataona ket pinagbalinna wenno pinabaru na ti gimong/tao ken pinabaru na iti biag ken pannakilangen ti gimong.
Ita nga aldaw ti panangiwaragawag ti naimabag a damag ket naited kadatayo ken kasta pay ti misyon ni Jesus ket agtultuloy. Nu kitaen tayo iti agdama a cultura, ti lubong ken ti tradisyon/kaugalian, maamiris tayo nga agbalbaliwen.,Mangrugin nga ti kultura ket agbalin nga tecnolohiya wenno electronica. Makaaramid tayo ti pagwadan a napintas ngem marikna tayo nga ti misyon tayo ket dakdakkel ngem datayo,ken napaspaspas ti panagtulid dagiti mapaspasamak iti biag wenno aglawlaw tayo.. Ar aramiden tayo ti amin a kabaelan tapno makatulong tayo ti misyon ni Apo ditoy lubong. Maamiris tayo pay nga haan nga responsabilidad tayo ti mangkita ti napintas a resulta ti misyon ti Dios nga naiayawat kadatayo,no diket mamamati tayo nga iti nauneg,napintas a panagmisyon ket isu iti panangsaksi iti biag, aramid ni Jesus nga nangwayawaya, nangpabaru ken nangted pigsa iti biag para kadatayo ken para iti gimong- ti Simbaan. Siguro ti biag tayo ken haan nga resulta ti panangiwaragawag,ti naimbag a damag ngem sapay koma ta ti calidad ti biag tayo ket gundaway tapno agragsak ken makita dagiti kakabsat tayo ti sibibiag nga gracia ken bendisyon ni Apo.
Nagparang ni Jesus iti atiddug a kaputotan na manipud ken ni Abraham. Ti dalanna a nagbalin a tao ket adu iti rigat a dinalyasat na. Nayanak isuna iti balay ti maysa nga ina a mannalon- ti balay a nakayyanakanna haanna a kadua dagiti tattao nu di ket dagiti taraken nga animal.Ngem ti pannakayyyanak na ket nagbalin a biag ken ragsak ti amin a tao ti lubong. Narigat pay ti biag ni Jesus a kas agtutubo. Inwarwaragawag na ti naimbag a damag babaen ti panangkarit na kadagiti tattao nga agbalbaliw ti pannakilangen da iti Dios. Insuro na nga datayo ket makilangen iti Dyos babaen iti managparabur nga ayat, pammat haan ketdi iti wagas a panagimbubukod ken pammati a legalista.. Intedna ti bagina a kas daton tapno maisalakan iti lubong. Ti pakasaritan iti pannakayanak ni Jesus wenno ti kaputotan na ket haan nga naggibus nu di ket babaen ti panangited na ti biag na wenno ti pannakikaysana iti kaputotanna ibagana nga isuna ket agnananyon nga makikaykaysa ti pamilya tayo a tattaona ken uray pay ti pagtaengan tayo.
Sapay la koma nga iti daytoy nga tiempo ti adviento- ti panangilagip tayo nu kasano nga inted ni Jesus iti biagna kadatayo ken iti lubong marikna tayo iti pammakawan na ikkan na tayo iti pudpudno a ragsak. Daytoy koma pay a sagut na ket mangiduron kadatayo nga agnanayon nga iparabur ni Jesus nga adda iti biag tayo, pamilya tayo, para kadagiti pada tayo a tao ken ti gimong tayo.
Fr. Neil Borja, SVD
St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Mission
Aguinaldo, Ifugao
18 December 2013 (Wednesday)
Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
“Evangelization as Journeying with the Poor”
The inspiration or model for us in this reflection is Joseph, a descendant of King David. He was in dilemma after coming to know that Mary, his future bride, became pregnant before they came together. As far as he is concerned it is better to divorce her quietly. So it can happen that the plan of God hinges on the free decisions of men and women. Mary said “yes”, while Joseph was uncertain.
But the Lord intervenes through his messenger and Joseph promptly reverses his decision and accepts Mary as his wife and accepts her son as his own.
God through his messenger journeyed with the poor Joseph until he reaches a firm decision and becomes a man of faith.
During this Advent he serves as our inspiration on our journey of faith in our poverty of spiritual matters. He teaches us not by his words but by his examples to listen well and to obey promptly when God speaks.
In our growing, living and sharing our faith (evangelization), we would do better if we lead by our examples because that is what the poor understands like Joseph and all of us.
Fr. Agripino de la Cruz, SVD
Chaplain Benendictine Sisters
Damortis
“Panangikasaba/Panangiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag kas Panangkibin kadagiti Marigrigatan”
Naminsan nagrereunion kami kadagiti classmate ko idi highschool. Kuna ti maysa malagip mo idi nagretreat tayo diay Baguio. Gapu ta ubbing tayo, nagay ayam tayo babaen ti panagbibinnato/panagbibinnarsak iti naisupot a danum. Nabasaak ken narigatan nak iti lamiis gapu ta maymaysa idi naitugot ko a baduk. Nakitanak,naassian ka ket pinabuludan nak ti badum. Dyak malipatan daydiay classmate”
Ti panangkita, panangngaasi ken panangtarabay kadagiti marigrigatan wenno agkasapulan ket nauneg a wagas ti panangiwaragawag ti naimbag damag. Ti Dyos, nagbalin a tao tapno kibinennatayo iti intayo panagbiag. Ni San Jose iti ebanghelyo tayo, kinibin na ni Maria babaen ti panangaklun na kanyana tapno haan nga maibabain ken marigatan iti panangibiag ti bokasyon na a kas Ina ni Jesus.
Kasano ti panangkibin kadagita marigrigatan iti aglawlaw tayo a kas wagas iti panangiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag?
Umuna ket ti pannakkikaysa tayo kadagiti marigrigat. Ti panangkadua kadagiti kabkabsat tayo nga agririgat tapno tumulong kadakuada nga mangpadur as ti panagbiag da ket nauneg a wagas ti panangiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag. Ni Jesus binirok na ken nakikaysa kadagiti awanan tapno ikkan na ida ti gundaway a mangpadur as ti panagbiagda. Awan iti kayatna a sawen wenno serserbi ti panangikasaba iti Dyos nu naadayu tayo kadagiti kasapulan dagiti marigrigatan. Ni Cardinal Tagle, naglua idi madamag na nga haan nga nausar a nalaing ti PDAF para kadagiti marigrigat. Kinunana, “nu makita, maasitgan wenno maiggaman la koma dagiti mangidadaulo ti pagilian dagiti imimma dagiti marigrigatan iti gimong, siguro lumukneng ti pusoda ket usaren da ti pondo para maingato ti calidad ti panagbiag dagiti nababa a tattao.” Kayatna a sawen, ti makikaysa kadagit nanumo ken mailupit lupit a tattao ket mangpaneknek nga ti panangiwaragawag tayo ken Jesus ket pudpudno.
Maikadu ket ti panangital- o ti kalidad ti panagbiagda. Ni san Jose iti ebanghelyo tayo, intal o na ti calidad ti biag ni Maria babaen ti panangitakder na kenkuana a kas Ama ni Jesus. Ni Jose, intal o na ni Maria babaen ti panangsalaknib na kenkuana, intal- ona ni Maria babaen ti panangidaton na ti bagina a kas katulunganna. Ti misyon tayo a kas mangiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag ket maiyaramid nu makatulong tayo nga mangyaon ti rigat dagiti kakabsat a nanumo. Ta ti pananngaskasaba ke haan laeng para matulungan, maikararagan dagiti agririgat a kararua, nu di ket ti panangisalakan ken panangpapintas ti biag ti gimong ken ti sibubukel a biag tayo a tattao.
Ti maudi, ti panangtulong ti pannakagun od dagiti arapaap dagiti marigrigat ket wagas ti panangikasaba ti naimbag a damag. Agsao ti Dios babaen kadagiti arapaap tayo. Dagiti awanan, arapaap da ti maaddaan ti sanikua tapno agbiagda, arapaapda ti maaddaan ti balay, naan anay a makan, wenno maaddaan iti salun at, maaddaan ti oportunidad a makaadal, maikkan iti trabajo wenno napintas a pagsapulan. Dagiti nanumo a kakabsat, arapaap da ti agragsak, agkaykaysa, respeto ken ti napintas a pannakatrato da. Ti panangiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag ket ti panangtulong a masungbatan dagitoy nga arapaap. Isu it pannakilangen ken ni Apo a sibibiag, a kanayon nga umay kadatayo babaen kadagiti arapaap dagiti marigrigat iti aglawlawta yo.
Naimbag a damag ni Jesus, nu maiwaragawag tayo isuna babaen ti panangtarabay tayo wenno pannakikaysa kadagiti marigrigatan, babaen ti panangital o tayo ti kalidad ti panagbiagda ken panangtulong a magun od dagiti arapaapda.
Fr. Felipe Flores, SVD
SVD District House
Ubbog, Bangued Abra
19 December 2013 (Thursday)
Gospel Reading: Luke 1:5-25
“Evangelization as Gratitude”
Evangelization is not only a task God has given us to fulfill, neither a work to be done but rather it is an expression of thanksgiving for the gifts He has given us. The gospel today- the birth of John the Baptist in the family of Zechariah and Elizabeth- is a concrete expression of evangelization as gratitude. Elizabeth said, “What is the Lord doing for me” This is his time for mercy and for taking away my public disgrace”. She realized indeed God’s blessings in her life and thus she lived and she proclaimed gratefully the wonderful works of the Lord.
How do we evangelize from the lens of gratitude?
First, we evangelize from the lens of gratitude by counting our blessings. Elizabeth and Zechariah in our gospel focused more on God’s blessings thus they continued doing and living the Lord’s plan. Undoubtedly there are problems and difficulties in our lives but experience tells us that we have more blessings than the curses in our lives. To evangelize from the lens of gratitude is to look more on the joys and blessings of the Lord in our lives. We become more optimistic, we become more happy and joyful when we focus more on the gifts of God in our lives.
Second we evangelize from the lens of gratitude by addressing the needs of the people. After the earthquake in Bohol a parent approached me and said, Fr. receive this small amount as my help to the earthquake victims. Such help is my expression of gratitude to God for he had spared us from that natural calamity. Evangelization from the lens of gratitude does not make us indifferent to the problems and struggles of the people but rather it motivates us to get involved in the situation of others. I still remember the news which appeared in the Inquirer last November 16, 2013. A six year old boy by the name of Shoichi Kondoh from Japan broke his piggy bank and handed over his savings of 500,00 Japanese yen (2000 Pesos in the Philippines) to a Philippine Embassy official in Tokyo. The news narrated that the boy did such act of generosity after seeing on the television the havoc Super typhoon Yolanda wrought in Eastern Visaya. From this experience to evangelize from the lens of gratitude is to be sent and willing to involve ourselves to the tears and joys of the people. It is transforming ourselves to be a blessing to others and not just receivers/recipients of God’s blessings
Finally, we evangelize from the lens of gratitude by transforming ourselves to be humble. Once I attended the 63 founding anniversary of the Airforce in La Union. In the mass, the chaplain said, we do not have the right to question God for not giving to us what we had prayed for because many times we failed to thank Him for the gifts given to us even if we did not ask Him to give us through our prayers. In a word evangelization from the lens of gratitude is recognizing that God has given us more, more than the gifts we give him, thus this makes us more humble. Moreover, evangelization from the lens of gratitude invites us to be more respectful, more understanding just like Zechariah and Elizabeth in our gospel today. God has his own ways and plans, God knows the best for us, God always leads us to be joyful thus, what He needs is that we surrender ourselves to Him, doing with joy His will wherever we are.
Do you evangelize from the perspective of obligation or from the lens of gratitude? In proclaiming the Divine Word do you often times count your failures or the blessings God has showered upon you? Evangelization works and it becomes authentic and effective when we begin to live our plans and projects from the lens of gratitude.
Fr. Tanysun Sunico, SVD
DWFC
Urdaneta
“Panangiwaragawag/Panangikasaba ti Naimabag a Damag a kas Panagyaman”
“Agyamanak ta inikkan nak ti maikadua a biag pay ni Apo kuna ti maysa a baket a nakalasat kadaydi naglabas a bagyo nga ni Yolanda”. Ti panagyaman ken Apo ket maysa a kamayatan nga wagas ti pannakilangen ken panangikasaba kenkuana. Maiwaragawag tayo isuna a nalaing nu aramiden tayo dayta nga trabajo/misyon a kas panagyaman tayo kenkuana kadagiti amin nga paraburna iti biag tayo. Nadagsen ti mangiwaragawag ken Apo iti pada tayo a tao nu mapanunot tayo nga dayta ket trabajo, dayta ket obligasyon tayo a kas pinarsua ken insalakan na. Iti ebanghelyo, nakita tayo ti nakadatdatlag nga inaramid ti Dyos iti pamilya da Zacarias ken Elizabeth. Binigbig ken naamiris da nga gracia ti Dyos ti anakda wenno dagiti sagut ti biagda isu ngarud nagbalin da a pamilia a managyaman
Kasanu ti mangiwaragawag ken Apo iti angulo ti panagyaman?
Umuna iwaragawag ni Apo a kas sagut. Ti pammati ken apo ket immay kadatayo a kas sagut, ngarud iparabur tayo isuna a kas met sagut. Ti mangiwaragawag ngarud ket napakumbaba ta ammo na nga ni Apo nga iwarwaragawag na ket haan na nga kukua nu diket maysa lang isuna nga instrumento. Gapu ta ni Apo Jesus ket sagut nga maikasaba, ti mangaskasaba ket natanang, agdenggneg ta ammona nga addan ni Apo kadagiti benepisyaryos ti pangikaskasabaan na. Ti panangiwaragawag ken Apo a kas sagut ket haan nga tay bayadna ti sipsiputan na, nu di ket ti importante ket agserbi,makatulong ken mapasayaat na ti biag dagiti adda iti aglawlawna.
Maikaddua, ti mangiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag iti angulo ti panagyaman ket managparabur. Ti pannakaamiris tayo nga adu iti grasya nga naawat tayo ken Apo, isu ti mangiduron nga agited tayo kadagiti awanan. Maamiris tayo nga ti sanikuatayo, dagiti adda kadatayo ket sagut amin iti Dyos, isu nga nalukay ti imatayo ken pusotayo nga mangibingay kadagiti marigrigatan ti panagbiag. Dagiti marigatan nga agparabur wenno mangibingay ket tatttao ng haan pay nakaamiris nga ti Dios tayo ken Apo a managparabur. Iti ebanhelyo tayo itatta nga aldaw ket takderan na ken ipalagip na kadatayo nga adda kadatayo iti Dyos nga pulos nga haan nga maumuma nga agited kadagiti anyaman a kasapulan tayo.
Ket ti maudi, ti mangiwaragawag ken Apo iti angulo ti panagyaman ket agbalin a napudno a katalek. Ti Dios pinili na ni Elizabeth ken Zacarias ken pinili na pay ni Juan a katalekna gapu ta binigbig da dagiti parabur ti Apo iti biagda. Nagbalinda a pudno a katalek ti Dios ta ammo da nga aglaplapusanan dagiti naiyawat kadakuada a sagut. Napudno da a katalek ta maamiris da nga haan da nga pulos a maawanan. Malagip ko, ti maysa nga istorya maipapan ti naaramid nga kompetisyon ti uneg ti maysa nga mall. Ti reglamento kadayta nga ay ayam ket si siasino ti umuna a makapunno ti anyaman nga makan iti uneg ti basket nga intedda kadakuada ket isu iti mangabak iti premyo. Amin ngarud ketn nagtataray ken nagi innuna nga punnuoen da ti basket da. Maysa nga tao iti nakain inayad ket pinukkawan da ket kinuna da kenkuana “agawaam maabak kan, awan ton iti mabagim”. Simmungbat ket kinuna, “awan danang haan nak to pulos a maawanan, dimo kadi ammo nga ti makinkua ti mall ket ni tatangko? Maiwaragawag tayo a nalaing ni Apo nu datayo ket napudno a katalek na. Datayo ket pudno a katalekna nu kanayon tayo a maamiris dagiti parabur ti Dios kadatatyo?
Saludsuden tayo ti bagbagitayo itatta nga adviento. Managyaman tay kadi kadagit iparabur ti Apo? Datayo kadi ket managparabur? Datayo kadi ket pudno a katalek iti Apo gapu ta naamiris tayon dagiti sagut ken gracia na iti biagtayo?
Fr. Teodosio Saluba, SVD
Vocation Animator/PHN Youth Coordinator
DWFC, Urdaneta
20 December 2013 (Friday)
Gospel Reading: Luke 1:26-38
“Evangelization as Communication”
I was one of those who attended the recently concluded 5-day Inter-Provincial Preached Retreat which was held in Tagaytay solely directed by our former Superior General Antonio M. Pernia, SVD. It elicited an incomparable impact to me personally. His approach was not far behind the prototype I underwent of a retreat. It was one of a kind. He conveyed his approach through reading yet while at a far distance and listening attentively with open mind and heart, every word he enunciated was impregnated with substance and meaning.
One of the best talks which generated and captured my attention was when Fr. Pernia said that “Evangelization is the raison d ´ être of our Society.” Mission was highlighted and “directed to those who do not yet know Christ and to those who no longer live the Christian faith.” The inevitability of time which evolves all throughout these years makes even more meaningful and significantly serves its best purpose. And so, evangelization paves way “to promote the transformation of the whole of humanity, both personally and collectively, through the power of the Gospel.”
Seeing through the lens of these thoughts, I can only further resonate, correlate, connect and enhance the semblance of evangelization as communication in manner to effectively ensure that evangelization is properly well-communicated. Effective communication is getting across the message at the right place, at the right manner, and at the right juncture confidently hope that it is transmitted in an act of faith through the aid of pure intention. In like manner, evangelization is based on personal conviction that holds genuinely and “constantly nourishes one’s personal experience of God.” As it says, there is no human experience that has nothing to do with the Word of God. It holds true by anchoring to “an atmosphere whereby one can talk about and share his journey of faith.” This becomes, then, evangelization as communication relevant and effective.
Today’s Gospel, it depicts on how evangelization as communication really evokes the sense of effectiveness. Mary, epitome of evangelization and the best communicator, personifies anew at the threshold of annunciation. Her being an effective evangelizer and communicator is beyond scrutiny of unscrupulous sanity. Her being-a-mother, “Theotokos,” as the begetter of the redeemer exemplifies a profound act of faith instilling and underscoring the “action of God favoring Mary.”
There are 3 things we can consider that serve as our reflection in today’s gospel.
Firstly, the GREETING: “Rejoice, so highly favored! The Lord is with you!” Numerous Sundays ago, this greeting was exhorted by Jesus to His disciples by sending them to places they know-not. Salutation was a pre-requisite upon entering a home. It embodies a complete package of veritable wish to the recipients of the house. No other underground and unspeakable motive whatsoever when one greets but just plain and pure intention, no more no less. It holds true to the angel of the Lord when he was sent to announce to Mary, as a holy favored daughter of God. This greeting must be a mantra for all of us. It must be extracted in the core recesses of our being. To be an effective evangelizer and communicator like Mary, our salutation must bear beyond all clouts of doubt and simply exudes wellness and positivity.
Secondly, the ASSURANCE: “Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favor. Listen! He will be great…! He will rule over…! An assurance makes one calm down; makes one get settled its feet on the ground; makes one obtain tranquility. The disciples were assured by Jesus to solely depend on peoples’ provision. Mary was assured by the angel that the Most High takes care for her. This reminds us that all of us are assured beyond ambivalence that assurance points to something we look forward to: God’s provision is never a hoax but simply a grace upon grace gratuitously bestowed upon us.
Lastly, the ACCEPTANCE: “I am the handmaid of the Lord, let what you have said be done to me.” Acceptance is taking responsibility and accountability. The disciples of Jesus take responsibly by doing the mission they were called and sent. Mary takes to heart and responds wholeheartedly to her mission as the bearer of the Son of the Most High. Like Mary and the disciples, we are challenged to take hold and be more responsible and accountable to all entrusted to our care. As caretakers, we are deemed worthy to being called adopted children of God.
Greeting… Assurance… Acceptance… three components to effectively work evangelization in the best way communicated. Let us keep our spirit to evangelize through communication be vibrant as it were and let it afloat! Evangelizing the spirit of Christmas as effectively communicated can mean a whole lot if we consider greeting, assurance, acceptance as effective tools to radiate Christ, who-made-flesh in our midst. A blessed Christmas to one and all and a grace-laden New Year 2014!
Fr. Judy A. Banez, SVD
St. Joseph Parish
Claveria, Cagayan
“Panangikasaba/Panangiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag a kas Komunikasyon”
Ti Komunikasyon wenno pannakisao tayo iti tunggal maysa ket maiyaramid ti naduma duma a wagas. Babaen ti garaw wenno aramid tayo, agkomunikar wenno maiyebbet ti kayat tayo a sawen. Isu nga kuna tayo iti aramid isu iti saok wenno pakakitaan. Iti agdama, agcomunicate, agsao ti tao babaen iti radio,diario, paintings, sala, kanta internet, facebook wenno twitter. Makita tayo nga ti tao nga modern nu maminsan ket agsao wenno “agcommunicate” dan uray nu haan da nga agkikita. Idi August 26, nagsao, nagcomunikar ti adu a Filipino babaen iti facebook ket naggigimong da didiay Luneta tapno iyebkas da ti kaunggan da maipanggep ti haan a pannakausar nga nalaing ti Pork Barrel wenno Priority Development Assistance Fund.
Iti ebanghelyo tayo, nangngegan tayo ti panagsao, panagcomunicar ti Angel Gabriel ken ni Maria nga isu ket agbalin nga ina ti Dios-ni Jesus a naimbag damag.Inwaragawag ti Angel nga ti naimbag a Damag-Jesus ket ipasngay ni Maria. Ingkasaba ti angel nga ni Jesus ti naimbag a damag babaenniti “Pannakisao, Panangikomunicar na ken Maria”.
Pagpanpanunutan tayo itatta ti Panangiwaragawag ken Jesus babaen iti angulo, ti mata, wenno turong ti Komunikasyon?
Umuna ti Panangiwaragawag/Panangikasaba ken Jesus babaen iti angulo ti kommunicasyon ket agdenngeg. Ni Maria iti ebanghelyo ket inunana a luktan ti puso ken ti lapayag na tapno makasao,ken maawatan na ti iwarwaragawag kanyana iti Dios. Haan nga agballigi iti panangikasaba iti naimbag a damag nu ammo tayo aminen, wenno adda sigud naaramid tayon a plano para iti pagimbagan dagiti serserbyan tayo. Kasapulan ti panagdengngeg ken panangipalubos nga agsao iti Dios iti biagtayo ken madenggeg tayo nga agsao isuna kadagiti kayattayo a tulungan. Ti panangikasaba iti naimbag a damag iti mata ti komunikasyon ket agpaisuro ken mangisuro. Ni Maria nasuruan ken nangisuro gapu ta nagdenggeg.
Makaiddua, ti panangikasaba ti naimbag a damag babaen ti angulo ti kommunikasyon ket panangyaramid ti pagayatan ti Dios. Idi aklunen ni Maria ti insao, inkomunikar ti angel, kinunana “maaramid koma ti pagayatan na”. Iti agdama, anya ngata ti pagayatan ti Dyos para kadatayo? Haan kadi nga agbiag nga adda Dios na? Haan kadi nga agbiag nga adda gimong na? Haan kadi nga ti pagayatan ti Dios kadatayo iti agdama nga kas umili ket ti panangyusar a nalaing dagiti sagut na kadatayo haan laeng nga iti kabukbukudan tayo nga pagimbagan nu diket ti pagimbagan ti kaaduan? Ti panangaramid ti pagayatan ti Dios ti uneg ti pamilya, iskwelaan, gimong wenno iti trabajo tayo ket kapipintasan a wagas ti panangiwaragawag ti Naimbag Damag.
Maikatlo ti Panangikasaba ti naimbag a damag iti turong wenno mata ti komunikasyon ket “contextual” wenno adda “context” na. Ni Evangelista San Lukas iti maibasa ittata, inkasaba na ti naimbag damag babaen iti panangilatak na a dagus ti contexto ti panagbalin a tao ti Dyos- insalaysay na a dagus ti tiempo, lugar ken ti babai-Maria nga pakaiyanakan ni Jesus. Kayatna a sawen nga ti Panangiwaragawag ti Naimbag damag ti mata ti Komunkasyon ket haan la nga sao/sarsarita, informasyon, ideas, principiyos,napipintas nga plano, wenno ready made nga solusyon no di ket ti panangikasaba ken APO, ikkanna iti importansya ti lugar, lawlawna,cultura kapanunutan,kabibiag dagiti benepisyaryos ti pangiwaragawaganna. Ngarud masapul ti panagsaludsod, panaglukat ti puso, ken kapanunutan ti panagadal ti baro a sitwasyon tapno pudno nga ti ikaskasaba tayo ket agbalin a naimbag damag. Ni Jesus ket agbalin a naimbag a damag nu ammo ken naadal tayo ti contexto ti pangikaskasabaan tayo, ta sag iden, inpluwensyaan na ti biag, kapanunutan dagiti serbyan tayo. Ni Jesus- isu ket naimbag a damag ta ammona ti kabibiag tayo, nasungbatan na ti arapaaap tayo nga agbiag nga agtitinnulong, agpipinnakawan ket naimbag a damag isuna ta naikkan na sungbat na ti kalkalikaguman tayo nga agbiag-ti agbiag nga agnanayon.
Maudi, ti, panangikasaba ti naimbag a damag iti turong/angulo wenno ti mata ti komunikasyon ket panagpakumbaba. Ti napakumbaba ket bigbigenna ti bileg ken grasya ti Dios ti biagna.Ti napakumbaba haan nga ti bagbagina wenno naaramidna ti kanayunna nga ibagbaga/iparparipirip. Ti napakumbaba ital-ona dagiti kakaduana, ti napakumbaba urayenna a dagit kakaduana ti mangisawang dagiti nagappuanan na.Ti napakumbaba ad adda patien dagiti tattao gapu ta ti Dios agsao babaen kenkuana. Ti napangas ibabana ti kakaduana, ti napangas haan nga mayat a gayyem wenno kabsat, ta iti kamaudiananna nu awan to ti maalana kenka, ilako, ibbatan na ka,padaksen naka ken ti madi kettelen naka tapno ngumato isuna. Ni Maria ket nagpakumbaba,inaklon ken inawat na ti misyon na nga agbalin nga ina ni Jesus. Haantay a maiwaragawag ni Jesus a naimbag damag nu awan ti panagpakumbaba tayo a kas ken ni Maria.
Malagipko ti maysa nga ari sadyay INDIA nga adda iti pabortio na nga adipen nga agnagan iti Melik Khas. Paborito na nga adipen ni Melik Khas gapu ta nalaing, pabortio na gapu ta nagaget ken mapagtalkan. Ket gapu ta paborito isuna nga adipen iti ari, ni Melik khas ket naikkan pay ti kabukbukodan na nga adipen. Dagiti pada na nga adipen ket immapalda kenkuana, isu nga kada aldaw kanayun da a sisiemen tapno makaramid da ti pammadakes da kenkuana. Ngarud natakkuatan da nga ni Melik Khas ket kada bigat mapmapan ken sumrek iti bassit a balay didyay likud ti pagtaengannna, luktanna dyay ridawna sana iserra. Nakadanun ken ni Apo Ari nga adda madi nga aramidna isu nga naminsan, imbaga ti Ari kenkuana nga mapanna bisitaen. Nagsao ni Melik Khas ket kinuna, “nagsyaaten Apo ta adda oras yo kanyak”. Kabigatan na ngarud, bimmisita ti Ari ken Melik Khas kaduana dagiti adipen. Naragsak ni Melik Khas nga nangpasangbay ken Apo Ari ket impakitana ti garden, ti tarakenna a baboy, manok ken ti kamaisanna. Nakita ti Ari ti bassit a balay ket kinunana, Melik khas kayatko a makita dayta bassit a balay. Simmungbat ni Melik Khas ken kinunana, “Apo Ari haan nga maikari kadakayo dayta a kalapaw”. Nagkikinnita dagiti adipen ket nagi innarasaas da ket kinunada, kitaenyo pudno nga adda madi nga aramidna. Binagaan ngarud ti Ari ni Melik Khas nga luktan na ti kalapaw. Nagtulnog ni Melik Khas, ket linuktan na ti ridaw ti kalapaw. Simrek da a dua, ket nakita ti ari ti sagad ken ti butbobutbot ken daan a badu. Kinita ti Ari ni Melik Khas ket nagsao ti paborito na nga adipen.
“Apo Ari, kada bigat, um umayak ken sumsumrekak kadaytoy a kalapaw ket kada bigat met nga iggamak daytoy a sagad, tapno ipalagik ko a kanayun ti bagik nu siasinnuak idi ken kasta met a kada bigat isuot ko daytoy butbobutbot a badu tapno ipalagip na kanyak ken tapno haan ko a malipatan nga amin a sanikuak, amin nga namnamnamek a grasya ken pagsayaatan ket naggapu amin kenka. Kadaytoy a balikas, panagyaman ken kinapakumbaba ni Melik Khas, nagragsak ti Ari.
Ti panagpakumbaba, ti panagyaman, ti pannakaamiris dagiti sagut ti Dios ti biag tayo a kas puon ken wagas ti Panangikasaba ti naimbag a damag iti mata ti komunikasyon ket masapul nga maibiag tapno makaallukoy tayo kadagiti tattao a sumurot ken ni Apo. Ni Maria iti ebanghelyo tayo, nagpakumbaba ket kinunana, “Siak ti adipen iti Apo”. Adda pudpudno nga panangiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag nu maamiris tayo a datayo ket adipen wenno katalek laeng iti Apo. Kas kenni Maria naamiris na nga katalek ken adipen gapu ta nagpakumbaba.
Ammom kadi ti agdenggeg? Ibibiag mo kadi ti pagayatan ti Dyos? Naadalmo kadi ti kontexto ti pangiwarwaragawagam ken Apo? Napakumbaba ka kadi? Nu adda kenka dagitoy a kapanunutan ken talugading, maiwargawag mo a nasayaat ni Jesus a kas a naimbag damag kadagit padam a tao.
Fr. Roberto Ibay, SVD
Provincial House
San Fernando de la Union
21 December 2013 (Saturday)
Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-45
“Evangelization as Contemplation/Prayer”
Pope Francis, during a general audience at Saint Peter’s Square on May 22, 2013 said, “I will only mention a third element, which, however, is particularly important: a new evangelization, a Church which evangelizes, must always start with prayer, with asking, like the Apostles in the Upper Room, for the fire of the Holy Spirit. Only a faithful and intense relationship with God makes it possible to get out of our own closedness and proclaim the Gospel with parrhesia. Without prayer our acts are empty, and our proclamation has no soul, it is not inspired by the Spirit. “
To be an effective evangelizer, one must be a person of prayer. A person of prayer is not someone who spends all his time on his knees, but someone who is actively engaged in conversation with the Lord throughout the day. A person of prayer has a close relationship with God because he not only converses with Him on a personal level, but he also listens to what He has to say and respond accordingly. It is the Holy Spirit who guides his prayer life and encourages him to persist in prayer.
In evangelization, prayer is essential for both the person who is being ministered to, as well as the minister. Prayer softens harden hearts and prepares the soil for the seed to be planted. Prayer for the evangelizer enables that person to follow the promptings of the Spirit and to be strengthened for the task ahead.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose central tenet of teaching is prayer, understands prayer as holding a two-fold significance in evangelization. First, those sharing the faith must first be re-evangelized themselves, growing in habits of prayer and contemplation amidst life’s busyness; and likewise, among those with whom they share the faith, prayer constitutes a deeply personal and essential means by which one encounters God. Benedict XVI writes, “Praying actualizes and deepens our communion with God. Our prayer can and should arise above all from our heart, from our needs, our hopes, our joys, our sufferings, from our shame over sin, from our gratitude from the good. It can and should be a wholly personal prayer.
While attending Mass, for example we can pray for those who have fallen away from the Church or those most in need of conversion. We can also pray for them during the Consecration of the Mass orright after receiving Holy Communion. With the advent of the New Evangelization, as Catholics, we are blessed to have so many ways to pray. We can pray the Divine Office, the rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and novenas. We can also join currently existing groups in our parisheslike the Apostleship of Prayer or to establish new prayer groups to pray for evangelization, specifically to pray for those who have left the Church.
One saint who comes to my mind at this point of time is St. Therese of Child Jesus. As the patroness of missions and advocate of the Little Way, St. Therese knew what it is to pray and offer up the ordinary, everyday trials of life to God in exchange for the salvation of souls. Her gospel-inspired spiritual doctrine of the Little Way encourages us to set time aside to practice contemplative prayer.
Saint Paul insists very much on prayer. He said: “Pray always.” Prayer is conversation with God; it is the nourishment of the apostle, of the evangelizer. Today, in these times when we live in such adverse environments, prayer becomes even more important. Prayer shows us that our commitment to evangelization comes from Christ. To evangelize is to give what we have received; it is to preach the Christ I have met in prayer. Saint Paul began his work of evangelization after three years of solitude and prayer in the deserts of Arabia. Contemplation and apostolate always go hand in hand.
Pope Francis said in one of his homilies to seminarians and novices in Italy: “Evangelization is done on one’s knees… Always be men and women of prayer! Without a constant relationship with God, the mission becomes a job. The risk of activism, of relying too much on structures, is an ever-present danger. If we look towards Jesus, we see that prior to any important decision or event he recollected himself in intense and prolonged prayer. Let us cultivate the contemplative dimension, even amid the whirlwind of more urgent and pressing duties. And the more the mission calls you to go out to the margins of existence, let your heart be the more closely united to Christ’s heart, full of mercy and love. Herein lies the secret of the fruitfulness of a disciple of the Lord!”
While some are called to be missionaries in foreign lands, for most of us, evangelization of inactive or non-Catholics begins in our own homes and communities. While each of us has different responsibilities and assume different roles in this New Evangelization, we can all benefit from the graces that prayer offers us. It is a spiritual boost which knocks us off our easy chairs and motivates us in our mission. It is also a powerful and effective method of drawing souls to the Lord.
Let’s always be reminded of the prayer of our own St. Arnold Janssen for effective evangelization: May the darkness of sin and night of unbelief vanish before the light of the Word and Spirit of Grace and may the heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all. Amen.
Mary, the perfect model for prayer “hurriedly” went to visit Elizabeth in her need. May we also “hurriedly” bring the message of salvation by visiting the least, lost and the last.
Mary, the Star of Evangelization, pray for us.
Fr. Deva Savariyappan, SVD
San Quintin Parish
San Quintin, Abra
“Panangiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag a kas Panagkararag”
Agsipud ta masikog ni Maria, adda koma aminen kenkuana dagiti razon tapno saanen nga umadayo sadiay Nazareth. Mabalinna a kunaen: masikogak, baka maalisannak, baka madangran ti salun atko, isaganak dagiti aramidek a lampin ti anakkko, isaganak dagiti kasapulan ti panagdalaganko, narikut ti mapan sadiay adayo ken kabambantayan a Judea;maawatannak ni kasinsinko nga Elizabet no saanko a mabisita”. Ngem inlaksid amin ni Maria dagitoy a razon, imbes nagrubbuat a mapanna sarungkaran ni masikog nga Elizabet a kasinsinna gapu ta rebbengna unay nga agkinnab blaawda ti ragsak gapu ti insagut ti Dios a parabur nga addan iti sinapupunan ti tunggal maysa kadakuada. Ti gracia ti Espiritu Santo nga adda kenni Maria, gagaran na nga iparikna ti kaadda ni Jesus iti tianna. Kenni Elizabeth ken ti sikogna a ni Juan. “Apaman a nanggeg ni Elizabeth ti kablaaw ni Maria, naggaraw ti ubing iti tiannna. Napno ni Elizabeth ti Espiritu Santo”( Lk.1,41) Ni Elizabeth ti immona a nakangngeg ti kablaaw ni Maria ngem ti anakna a ni Juan ti immona a nakarikna ti bunga ti gracia (cf.Lk,1,44).
Ti naibasa nga ebanghelyo ita a parbangon maipanggep iti isasarungkar ni Maria ken Elizabeth ket ipasagepsepna kadatayo ti gagar ni Maria a mangikasaba ti panangbigbig ken panangipategna kenni Elizabeth a kasinsinna. Ti isasarungkarnaket maysa a kita ti panangasaba babaen iti aramid a saan ket babaen ti panagsarita a kasla agsermon.
Saan nga amin kadatayo ket kabaelanna ti mangasaba babaen iti sao wenno panagsermon. Ti sabali a wagas ti panangasaba ket babaen iti aramid a kas inaramid ni Maria. Amin tayo kabaelan tayo ti mangasaba babaen iti aramid. Ania dagiti aramid a kabaelantayo nga aramiden? Kabaelan tayo ti mangiparikna ti naimpusoan a panangbigbig ken panangipategtayo iti pada a tao, a kas panagtedtayo ti tiempo a dumngeg kadakuada,makisarita wenno makikatawa kadakuada. Nasaysayat manen no maysa a daksanggasat (underpriveledged or marginalized) ti ipangpangruna tayo a pilien a tamingen. Nasaysayaat manen no adda pay bassit a mabalintayo nga iparabur kenkuana.Simple nga aramid ngem dakkel ti kaipapananna. No araminden tay ti kasta saantay a mapupuotan a naibilang tayon a kas maysa a mangaskasaba ti naimbag a damag iti sabali a tao, agbalin tayo pay a sagot kadakuada, maiparikna tayo pay ti rissik ti ayat ti Dios. Daytoy ket nalimed a wagas ti panangikarkararagtayo ti maysa a tao nga agpanunot ken agbiag a nalinteg ken natakneng (Evangelization as contemplation/prayer). Ti nawadwada nga aramid ti panangiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag ket saan laeng a panagsarita no di pay ket panagdengngeg,saan aleng a mangbalakad no di pay ket mabalakadan, saan laeng a mangbirok iti naiwawa no di pay ket tarabayen nga isubli iti kinalinteg ken kappia, saan laeng a sulsuluoen ti agsao no di pay met makiinnadal, saan laeng nga aguray ti bunga ti bannog ti kinaimbag no di pay ket iparaman dayta a bunnga, saan laeng a pilien ti nalaka a panagservi no di pay ket sarangten ti karit a dumteng.
Iti tunggal panagcomulgartayo, masamay koma ti puso ken panunot tayo, tapno bumilbileg ti gagartayo a mangiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag babaen kadagiti practical nga aramidtayo iti panangbalbaliwtayo ti pada a tao a luminteg ken tumakneng ti panunot ken panagbiagna.
Silalagip tayo latta koma ti kinuna ni Apo Jesus: “Ti anyaman nga inaramidyo kadagiti kakabsatko,inaramidyo metten kanyak”.(Mt.25:40) No maisagottayo ken Ninyo Jesus iti kastoy a kita ti aramid ita a Pascua, di bumurong a supapakannatayo met ti nabuslon a ragsak ken kinamanagparaborna.
No dumteng ti Pascua, pakaringgorantayo ti isibbo tayo, ti irelegalotayo kadagiti napateg kadatayo, ti panagnoche buena tayo, ti class reunion nga atendarantayo,no sadino ti pagpasiarantayo ken dadduma pay. Dagitoy ket makaited ti nagsak a Pascua. Ngem laglagipentayo a saan nga umuna a dagiti bagbagitayo ti paragsakentayo no di ket umuna unay a paragsakentayo ni Jesus nga umay mangisalakan kadatayo. Kitaentayo ni Jesus a naiyanak iti kulloong. Isu daytoy ti panangipakita ti Dyos ti ayatna kadatayo. Imbaonna ti kakaisuna nga Anakna ditoy lubong tapno adda biag tayo babaen kenni Jesus. Kitaentayo ni Jesus iti kulloong. Isu ti sungbat dagiti parikuttayo ken parikut ti lubong. Kas supapak dagitoy di matukod nga ayatna kadatayo, ikagumaantayo nga ikasaba ti Naimbag a Damag babaen kadagiti nasayaat, nalinteg ken natakneng ng aramidtayo.
Ti nasayaat, nalinteg ken natakneng nga aramidentayo iti pada a tao ket agbalin a nabirtud a kararag nga agayamuom iti imatang ni Apo Dios.
Fr. Tony Alagao, SVD
SVD District House
Ubbog. Bangued Abra
22 December 2013 (Sunday)
Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:18-24
“Evangelization as Empowerment”
Joseph empowered Mary by taking her as his wife. God’s plan to become human being like us in our history, in our lives was empowered through the faith and cooperation of Joseph and Mary. Likewise evangelization- to bring the good news has its aim to empower and not to dominate, manipulate or impose. How do we evangelize or bring the good news empowering the people we serve from the perspective of the gospel today?
Evangelization as empowerment is to give hope. The angel gave hope to Joseph saying “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit; she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”Hope is believing that God is with us. Hope is an assurance that God fulfill His promise and that He will not abandon us. Our evangelizing activities empower when we can give alternatives that offer hope to the people we serve. Do we give Hope? Does our life demonstrate and allure Hope to those people who are in darkness?
Evangelization as empowerment is to trust in the Lord and the people we serve. Joseph and Mary put their trusts in God thus they were empowered to embrace their call and mission to make Jesus be born in our world. With their faith, they had the courage to live what the Lord commanded them. Empowerment as putting our confidence in God just as He puts his trusts on us is to have the desire to follow the lifestyle of the Lord. Trusting the Lord motivates and it gives us strength. I remember the words of a certain person who lost his wife and son in a car accident. He said, “had it not my confidence in God I would have given up”. To empower and to be empowered is holding on to God. Moreover, we are empowered when we know how to share always the abundant gifts and resources given to us by HIM.
Finally evangelization as empowerment from the lens of the gospel is to realize the plan of God. Mary and Joseph put into reality God’s plans by leaving behind their personal intentions. In their lives they allowed the will and plans of God to be more important. In the gospel Joseph at first had a plan to divorce Mary quietly, but after his dialogue with the angel sent by God, he took Mary as his wife. A friend of mine told me once, I opted to work in a parish but I landed doing my ministry in the school. And I feel happy and satisfied responding God’s call in the different commitments of the educational ministry. Indeed from this experience, realizing God’s plan in our task to evangelize empowers us and empowers others. This is so because we are allowing His plan to work through us, we open ourselves so that His plan be manifested and be concretized in our lives and communities. We evangelize with His plan because we are convinced that His is much better than our personal plans and likewise realizing His plans make us a better person,and a better community.
Are we empowered when we received the Lord during our baptism and whenever we are with HIM through His sacraments? Do we evangelize empowering others and our community? Evangelization from the gospel today empowers when it gives hope, when it puts its confidence in God and evangelization empowers when it realizes God’s plans.
(PH)
“Panangikasaba/Panangiwaragawag ti Naimabag a Damag a kas panangted pigsa ti panagbiag”
Ay-ayatek a kakabsat, ti tema ti daytoy maikapat a Domingo ti Adviento ket “Panangikasaba ti Naimbag a Damag a kas Panangted ti Kasapulan a Pigsa ti Panagbiag.” Iti Ebanghelio ni San Mateo ita nga aldaw salaysayenna no kasano ti pannakainaw ni Kristo. (cf.Luke 1:25-38) Daydayawen tayo ken pagrukbabantayo ni Maria a kas Ina ti Dios, gapu ta impasngayna ti maysa a parsua nga agpadpada a Dios ken tao. Babaen ti pagalagadan ti Linteg ni Moises, ti panakitulag idi a makiasawa ket maaramid maysa a tawen sakbay ti panagkallaysa ket masurot met la daytoy ta legal kadakuada. Ti panagkasar iramanna dagiti ceremonia kas ti panangitulodda ti nobia idiay balay ti nobio. (cf. Deuteronomy 20.7)
Ti pakabuklan ti pannakayanak ni Apo Jesus isurona tayo babaen kadagiti nadumaduma a pannakatungpal ti profesia ni Isaias 7:14, “Agsikogto ti maysa nga agtutubo a balasang, aganakto ti lalaki ket panagananto ti Emmanuel”. Ken naipalawag iti versiculo 22-23, “1) Ni Jesus nga anak ni Jose ket naggapu iti kaputotan ni David 2) Ni Maria ti birhen a naganak ti maysa a lalaki a kas naipadto 3)Ti pannakainaw ti ubing nga awan ti aramid ti maysa a lalaki ket maysa a milagro.”
Ay-ayatek a kakabsat, ni San Mateo ibagana kadatayo nga ni San Jose ket maysa nga ordinario a tao a nangitalkan ti Dios iti adu a naindaklan a bambanag. Tinungpalna ti amin nga imbaga ti Apo nga aramidenna, ket dagitoy a paspasamak ti nangipaturong ken nangbukel ti biagna. Isu’t gapuna a ni Jose babaen iti Sao ti Dios ket madaydayaw ken pagraraeman a kas nalinteg ken nasingpet a tao (Mt1:19). Iti pagsasao a Hebreo, ti nalinteg a tao kayatna a sawen nasingpet ken napudno a babaunen ti Dios, maysa a tao a natulnog ken tungpalenna ti nadiosan a pagayatan ti Dios, ti nalinteg a tao ket natakneng ken managparabur kadagiti kakaarrubana. Ti nalinteg a tao ket managayat ti Dios ken ipakitana ti ayatna babaen iti pangtulnogna kadagiti bilbilin ti Dios ken ipaturongna ti biagna iti panagserbi iti padana a tao.
Ni Jose ket maysa a nasingpet a lalaki ket numanpay naamoanna a masikog ni Maria babaen ti pannakabalin ti Espiritu Santo, pinanggep na nga isina a sililimed ngem nagparang kenkuana ti anghel ti Apo ti tagtagainep. Naipasango ngarud ni Jose iti sitwasyon nga sannna a maawatan no kasano a napasamak ngem uray no kasta situtulnog a nagtungpal iti bilin ti Dios.
Iti sabali met a bangir, mararaem ken madaydayaw ti kinaulimek ni Maria. Ti napnuan panagtalek a panangisukona ti bagina iti Dios, impaturongna ti bagina a saan a nangitakder ti dayaw ken kina inosentena. Kinaykayatna a sagabaen ti pannakababain ken panagsuspetsa ngem ti mangibuksil ti aramid a gracia kenkuana. Naipasango ngarud isuna ti sitwasyon a narigat nga ipakaawat iti tao, ngarud intalek na ti biagna iti gracia ti Dios. Ti kararua da Jose ken Maria ket naidalan iti napalaus a pannubok. Ket datayo a tattao saantayo koma a maupay no adu met dagiti pannubok ti biag a mapasaran tayo. Masapul nga agtalek tayo iti Dios iti baet dagitoy a pannubok ket agtalinaed tayo koma a napudno a kas kada Jose ken Maria ket iwaragawag tayo ti naimbag a damag a kas panangited ti kasapulan ti pigsa ti panagbiag.
Kada Kristiano adda napateg nga akem tayo iti panangkita ti idudur-as ti Iglesia wenno simbaan. Awan ti maisalsalumina iti daytoy nga akem. Amintayo ket adda ayabna a mangpapigsa, makikaysa ken mangiwaragawag. Adda balikas a maited iti panangayab iti maysa a kararua; maawagan ti panangikaskasaba. Ti panangikaskasaba kayatna a sawen iwaragawag tayo ti naimbag a damag ni Jesus kadagiti adda iti aglawlaw tayo. Panakikaskasaba ket saan laeng a para kadagiti napukaw wenno naiyaw-awan, no di pay ket dagiti maaw awanan, dagiti agtartarigagay ti bagi ni Kristo, dagiti mabisbisinan ti espiritu ken maagasan dagiti nasaktan. Nalawag daytoy iti mensahena nga inwaragawag iti entero a lubong. Imbagana kadakuada, “Inkay iti entero a lubong ket ikasabayo ti naimbag a damag kadagiti amin a parsua.” (Mark16:15)
Ay-ayatek a kakabsat, ited ti Dios kadatayo ti silawna ti nasayaat a wagas ket agtalek tayo koma iti sirib ken pannakabalin iti baet dagiti sitwasyon a saan a magaw at ti pannakaawat ti tao. Babaen iti panangawag tayo kenni Jesus nga anak ni David, impalagip ti anghel kenni San Jose nga isu ti rangtay a nangikabil kenni Jesus iti kapuonan ni David, babaen ti padtu ni Nathan, (2Samuel 7:12) “Inton matayka ket maitiponka kadagiti kapuonam, isaadkunto ti maysa kadagiti annakmo a kas ari, ket pabilgekto ti pagarianna.” Kas imbaga ni St. John Chrysostom, “Uray idi rugrugina, maipalagip ti kapuonanna a ni David, a naggapuan ni Cristo, ket di na kayat nga agdanag iti kanito nga maipalagip daytoy kenkuana, nga isuna ket naggapu iti nasayaat a kapuonan, ket ti kari a naaramid para iti kaputotanda.
Agtalek tayo a sipupuso iti Dios kadagiti kanito ti rigat ken pannubok, ket agtalinaed tayo a napudno Kenkuana a kas kada Maria ken Jose. Iti kasta maiwaragawag tayo ti naimbag a damag kas pannakapapigsa tayo iti inaldaw aldaw a panagbiagtayo.
Naragsak a Paskua ken Nagasat a baro a tawen 2014 kadakayo amin!
Fr. Sanbiko Yakobus, SVD
St. Peter the Martyr Parish
Pamplona, Cagayan
23 December 2013 (Monday)
Gospel Reading: Luke1:57-66
“Evangelization as Belonging to a Community”
Today’s Gospel narrates and shows us how important is to select a right name for a newly born child. As we can see, it is not merely a family concern but also a community one to find a proper name for a child since the neighbors and relatives of Elizabeth assembled and intended to name a child after his father Zechariah. However neither Elizabeth, the mother of the child, nor Zechariah, his father, was in favor of what the community had decided. How courageous it was to oppose the will of the whole community and stand for their own. Would you be brave enough to be ready to do the same when you have a feeling that a right is yours and a community goes astray?
One of the Church’s recommendations regarding the sacrament of baptism is to name a child after one of the saints of our Church in order to gain their priceless intercession with God. However, practice shows that only very few would like to obey to this recommendation. Majority of the parents rather follow an existing trend to name their children after someone whose name became famous not necessarily in a good sense of fame, than to obey on what the Church wants us to do. Thus today parents still choose names of people who became prominent in the society. For example, Hitlers and Bin Ladens are still among us, while the names such as Peter, John, Agnes are only mentioned when a priest decides to choose Roman Canon during mass. How ironic! But a fame even in a good sense of this word doesn’t have to mean a sanctity. One may be good in playing basketball, singing, politics but these occupations are only a small part of our life while a sanctity should fulfill every second of it.
An important part of evangelization of our community might be a proper name given to a child like Elizabeth and Zechariah did. Small thing but how important in order to show to the others that Church’s teaching is still important to us, and we are still eager to obey it. None of us is isolated, but each one of us is a member and part of a community whether it is a family, school, neighborhood, work place etc. Therefore, let us ask ourselves whether we are an instrument of evangelization or rather instrument of secularization to the community we live in.
The first Christians addressed each other a saint keeping deeply in their minds and hearts the words of Christ: be holy as my heavenly Father is holy. This is also an invitation to each of us since holiness is not something exclusive for chosen ones but it is a call addressed to every single member of a community of the believers. Therefore, do you act as a saint would do giving a good example to the others in order to strengthen community ties or rather you unfasten community ties by your disgraceful deeds?
Only some of us may become famous but to each one of us has been given a chance to be crowned …in heaven of course. After God got familiar with your name when you were baptized do your best to add “saint” to it in order that the other members of your community being inspired by your example may also become kings in heaven. Godspeed to us all!
Fr. Pawel Jacek Stadnik, SVD
Sts’ Philip & James Catholic Mission Station
Pasil, Kalinga
“Panangiwaragawag/Panangikasaba ti Naimbag Damag a Kas Pannakipaset ti Gimong”
Ti gimong ket importante iti biag isu ngarud kuna tayo iti Ingles, “No man is an Islad” Awan ti agbibiag nga agmaymaysa. Kaduatayo ti gimong ti intayo panagbiag. Ti ebanghelyo tayo itatta, ti pamilya ni Elizabeth, dagiti kabaggian, kaarruba ken gimong na, ket naragsakda nga nagkaykaysa idi maiyanak ni Juan. Ni Juan, han la nga anak ti pamilyana nu di ket nagbalin nga anak iti gimong iti Dios.Naiyanak isuna tapno iwaragawag na ti sao, kapanunutan ken ayat ti Dios para iti gimong
Pagpanpanunutan tayo ita nu kasano ti panangiwaragawagtayo ti Naimbag a damag a kas pannakipaset ti Gimong
Umuna, ket ti pannakaamiris dagiti sagut ti Dios nga agtaud ti gimong. Ti pamilya ken gimong ni Elizabeth narikna ken naaamiris da ti bendisyon ti Dyos babaen ti pannakayyanak ni Juan. Nakita ti gimong ti kinadatdatlag ken plano iti Diyos ti pamilya, kapadasan da Elizabeth ken ni Zacarias, nga uray man pay lakay ken baketdan ket naaddaan da iti anak. Ti panangikasaba ti naimbag a damag haan la nga maaramid babaen ti panangibinsabinsar maipapan ti kapadasan tayo iti Dyos para iti gimong, no di ket ti panangtulong kadagiti kakabsat ti pannakarikna da, panamatida ti sibibiag a garaw iti Dios ti kabukbukudan da a biag wenno iti uneg ti gimong da. Ti Dios agsasao, iparparipirip na a kankanayun ti ayatna ti kada gimong. Ngarud ti Panangaskasaba ket pananglukat ti puso ken mata ti gimong tapno maitudo ken maamiris da ti napudno a panangkibin wenno panangaywan ti Dios kadakuada.
Maikadua, ket ti panangsalaknib ti pagimbagan ti gimong. Nu ti amin a miembro ti gimong ket protektaran da ti pagimbagan ti kaaduan, amin amin ket maaddaan ken aglaplapusanan. Ti panagkaykaysa, ti panagsisinnakit ken panagtitinnulong ket tulbek ti pananggun od iti arapaap ti gimong. Ngarud ti pannangikasaba ti naimbag a damag ket ti panangyaramid ti amin a kabaelan ken pamuspusan ti pannakapatibker ti gimong tapno agtultuloy nga agbiag ken mangted biag ti kada miembro na. Ti kinapudno wenno ti kinauneg ti panangaskasaba ket makita iti napintas a kalidad ti panagbiag ti gimong.Ti pannakawarawara,pannakadadael wenno pannagimbubukod ti gimong ket senyal o pakakitaan ti haan nga mayat nga pannakaiwaragawag ni Jesus a naimbag a damag.
Ti maudi, ket ti panangawat iti gimong. Ni Elizabeth kenni Zacarias naawatan da ti plano ti Dios isu nga pinanaganan da iti Juan ti anakda. Naawatan da ti Dios gapu ta nagdenngegda kenkuana. Idi naisurat ni Zacarias ti Juan a nagan ti anakna, nagrugi nga nagsao ket naawatan na ti misyon ti anakna nga mangisao ti panagbabawi a pagayatan iti Dios kadagiti gimong na. Ti agiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag ket makaawat nu agdenngeg iti gimong haan la nga isuna iti madengngeg. Ti agiwaragawag ti naimbag a damag, maawatan na ti gimong nu makikaysa, wenno agsao kadagiti pannao nga makaited ti namnama, pagsayatan ken panagkakappia. Ti mangaskasaba makaawat, maawatan ken maawatan na ti gimong nu maadalna a nalaing ti sao dagiti tattao na. Ti mangiwarwaragawag ti naimbag a damag makipaset iti gimong nu maawatanna na ti plano ti Dios nga naimula, naitukiit, naikitikit iti culltura wenno estilo ti panagbiag dagiti tao a pagserserbianna.
Adda kadi gimong tayo? Agbibiag wenno ibibiagtayo kadi ti pammati ken Jesus a naimbag a damag kaduatayo ti gimong? Awatem ken maawatam kadi ti gimong tayo?
Fr. Lodovikus Koten, SVD
San Isidro Parish
Sta. Praxedes, Cagayan
24 December 2013 (Tuesday)
Gospel Reading: Luke 1: 67-79
“Evangelization as Service”
“He has visited and brought redemption to His people.”
Today, is the last day of our “Simbang Gabi” in a few hours we shall be hearing the announcement of the birth of the Savior who will shine on those who sit in darkness and death’s shadow. But before this great announcement of the birth of the Savior is the birth of John the Baptist that we have just heard in today’s gospel proclamation. Having witnessed and experienced God’s deliverance, Zechariah breaks into a psalm of praise and thanksgiving, and we have what has come to be known as the Benedictus.
The first part is a homage to God for the fulfillment of His promises and the realization of the Messianic hopes of the chosen people of God. Zechariah as God’s servant, as a prophet, announces the fulfillment of God’s promises happening before his eyes.
The second part is addressed to his newborn child John, who is “to go before the Lord to prepare the way for him.” John, the prophet and servant of God has to prepare the way of the Lord.
Like Zechariah, we are called to serve God and announce the fulfillment of His promises not only in John but in Jesus who brings joy even when his birth is only anticipated. He brings greater joy when he is born. He is the joy of every human heart that receives him. Let us be like the servant and prophet of joy bringing the good news of salvation to other people. If we cannot sing like Zechariah, let us speak of him who fulfills God’s promise of salvation.
Like John, the prophet and servant of God to prepare the way of the Lord, we are called to give ourselves unconditionally to the service of our brothers and sisters this Christmas. No matter what our state in life may be, we are called to give of ourselves with detachment from all worldly glory as John. We experience true evangelical freedom when we serve with a spirit of total detachment. When we serve with a spirit of detachment, we will walk among our brothers and sisters, even those who have been ungrateful, with joy and smile that Christmas brings. The disappointments and adversities that others may cause, will purify our interior motives and allows us to focus on eternity.
“Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be the slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10: 44-45). This is the work of mercy of our God. He declares guiding our feet into the way of peace. Let us praise and thank God for fulfilling His promises in our life.
Merry Christmas!
Fr. Dominador Ramos, SVD
St. Therese Parish
Dagupan City
“Ti pannakaiwaragawag/Panangikasaba ti Naimbag a Damag kas Serbisyo”
Daytoy ti tema nga napili iti daytoy maikasiyam nga aldaw ti panagkarkararag ken panagsakripisyo; ita nga tawen dagiti Misa de Gallo.
Padasentayo nga lagipen daydi bilin ni Apo Hesus kadagiti adalanna, “Inkayo iti amin a lugar ket pagbalinenyo ida nga adalak, bunyaganyo ida ti nagan ti Ama, ti Anak ken ti Espiritu Santo. Isuro yo ida dagiti imbilbilin ko kadakayo. Saan kayo nga madanagan, addaak kadakayo agingga ti panungpalan.” Iti daytoy nga bilin, claro, nalawag ken nalatak nga manipud pay idi punganay, sipud pay idi ugma, maiyunay unay daytoy pannakaiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag a kas SERBISYO.
Serbisyo para iti amin a parsua, iti amin nga lugar, iti amin nga puli nga awan ti mapilpili, awan maisalsalumina, awan ti maidumduma, maisuro kadakuada dagiti amin nga imbilbilin ni Apo Hesus. Adu ken nadumaduma nga wagas ti serbisyo.
Panagayat – Agiinnayat kayo a kas ti panagayat ko kadakayo, daytoy ti bilin ko, “Agiinnayat kayo.”
Aramid a nasayat, pakanem dagiti mabisin, painumem dagiti mawaw, baduam dagiti lamo-lamo, bisitaem dagiti masakit, sarungkaram dagiti adda iti pagbaludan.
Ayat ti Dios ken ti pada a tao, Ayatem ti Dios mo iti amin a pusom, iti amin a pigsam, iti amin a kararuam, iti amin a panunotmo, Ayatem met ti padam a tao a kas iti bagim. Dagitoy dagiti kangrunaan nga bilin.
Pammakawan – Pakawanem ti kabsatmo saan laeng nga maminpito no di ket maminpitopulo ket pito.
Misyon – Inkayo iti amin a lugar ket pagbalinenyo ida da adalak.
Padasentayo pay nga lagipen daydi aldaw nga panagbunyag tayo idi naimaldit ti nasantoan nga lana iti muging, kuna ti ministro/padi, “Lanaanka ti Lana ni Kristo a mangisalakan kadatayo, nagbalin nga padi, propeta ken ari. Kinapadi – panagdaydayaw, Kinapropeta- panangiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag a situtured, sipapakumbaba ken sipupudno, Kina-ari- biag ti serbisyo a kas kenni Kristo nga immay ditoy lubong saan nga pagserbian no di ket agserbi.
SERBISYO? SADINO?
Iti uneg ti pagtaengan (Pamilia) tatang, nanang, annak. Ania dagiti nadumaduma nga akemyo kas serbisyo.
Iti benneg ti edukasyon (Pagadalan) iti panangmula iti isip, panunot ken puso kadagiti adu nga ubbing ken agtutubo babaen dagiti naanus ken napnoan regta nga mangisursuro
Iti biang ti politika (Gobierno) babaen ti nadalus, naragsak, napudno ken napakumbaba nga panagserbi. Ti panangtunton dagiti pagalagaden ti prinsipio ti napintas nga pannakaiwardas ti panagtaray ti gobierno (good governance)
Transparency – maibaskag ti pakausaran ti pondo ti umili
Accountability – sungsungbatan tayo daytoy nga akem tayo kadagiti ngatoen tayo, kadagiti umili agraman ken Apo Dios
Shared Responsibility – maiburay ti responsibilidad – adu ti tattao nga agtitinnulong ti pannakapataray ti gobierno
For the common good. Para ti pagsayaatan ken pagimbagan ti sapasap.
Iti beddeng ti Pammati (Simbaan)
Ti pannakapatikber ti pammati dagiti amin nga miembro
Ti pannakai-wardas ti on-going formation para iti amin nangnangruna dagiti agtutubo
Ti panangpaneknek nga ti simbaan ket simbaan dagiti napanglaw
Ti panangbigbig nga agtultuloy ti panangbukel kadagiti babassit nga nakristianoan nga gimong (BEC) wenno SIMBAG (Simbaan dagiti Agkakaaruba) ditoy Abra, tapno agbalintayo nga gimong dagiti disipulos ( Community of Disciples)
Iti sadino man nga lugar nga papanan uray pay diay ballasiw taaw.
Wen kakabsat, daytoy ti awis ti pannakaiwaragawag ti Naimbag a Damag a kas Serbisyo ket akem ken misyon tayo for life. Aginga ti maudi nga anges ti biag tayo.
Dawatentay ngarud ti tulong ti Apo babaen ti pannilaw ti Espiritu Santo kasta pay met ti panangibabaet ni Apo Santa Maria tapno agtalinaed tayo koma latta nga napudno iti daytoy misyon tayo. Sapay koma ta kasta.
Fr. Manolito Baroña, SVD
Our Lady of the Pillar Parish
San Isidro, Abra
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