Bente Kuwatro Oras - Pahingi Ng Isang Oras Mo

"Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace."

"Remember to keep holy the sabbath day."






Reading 1
Ex 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17

In those days, God delivered all these commandments:
"I, the LORD, am your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
You shall not have other gods besides me.
You shall not carve idols for yourselves
in the shape of anything in the sky above
or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth;
you shall not bow down before them or worship them.
For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God,
inflicting punishment for their fathers' wickedness
on the children of those who hate me,
down to the third and fourth generation;
but bestowing mercy down to the thousandth generation
on the children of those who love me and keep my commandments.

"You shall not take the name of the LORD, your God, in vain.
For the LORD will not leave unpunished
the one who takes his name in vain.

"Remember to keep holy the sabbath day.
Six days you may labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD, your God.
No work may be done then either by you, or your son or daughter,
or your male or female slave, or your beast,
or by the alien who lives with you.
In six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all that is in them;
but on the seventh day he rested.
That is why the LORD has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

"Honor your father and your mother,
that you may have a long life in the land
which the LORD, your God, is giving you.
You shall not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You shall not covet your neighbor's house.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass,
nor anything else that belongs to him."


Since the Passover of the Jews was near,
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
as well as the money changers seated there.
He made a whip out of cords
and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen,
and spilled the coins of the money changers
and overturned their tables,
and to those who sold doves he said,
"Take these out of here,
and stop making my Father's house a marketplace."
His disciples recalled the words of Scripture,
Zeal for your house will consume me.
At this the Jews answered and said to him,
"What sign can you show us for doing this?"
Jesus answered and said to them,
"Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up."
The Jews said,
"This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,
and you will raise it up in three days?"
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Therefore, when he was raised from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this,
and they came to believe the Scripture
and the word Jesus had spoken.

While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,
many began to believe in his name
when they saw the signs he was doing.
But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all,
and did not need anyone to testify about human nature.
He himself understood it well.
Hello bloggers! Another week na naman. Palapit na nang palapit sa holy week. Sobrang bilis talaga ng araw, kamakailan lang 1st week of lent tapos ngayon heto na tayo sa 3rd week.

Bumabalik tuloy sa ala-ala ko noong nasa Pinas ako. Sa mga panahong ganito, sobrang busy na kami sa pagpapractice para sa 7 Last Words. Nariyan na aabutin pa kami ng madaling araw. Nakakapagod pero masaya. Habang nagseserve kay Lord, nag-eenjoy kami sa ginagawa namin. Kung saan-saan kami nagpapractice noon - sa school, sa tapat ng bahay namin, sa multi-purpose hall sa simbahan, bahay kalinga ng mga CFC, sa NNES at Capri courts (ngayon pati barangay hall nagiging venue na rin), sa labas ng simbahan at mayroon ding sa loob ng simbahan – sa harap pa ng altar. May isang mother butler na nagsabi sa amin na hindi raw dapat binababoy ang bahay ng Diyos bagkus dapat iginagalang. Napagalitan nga kami nina Emma noon kasi nga sa mismong harap ng altar pa kami nagpapractice. Mas lalo ko siyang naintindihan sa pagbasa ngayon tungkol sa mga taong ginawang parang palengke ang bahay ng Diyos. Ang solusyon namin sa issue na iyon, tinatakpan na namin ng bulletin board para may division sa altar at practice area.

Isa pang point na gusto kong bigyan ng diin ay ang isa sa mga sampung utos - ang “Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.” In relation to that, ibabahagi ko ang tungkol sa isa sa mga “naalagaan” ko meaning nakasama ko sa BEC noong bata pa siya. Isa rin siya sa members ng Tropang Coolethz. Sobrang saya at palad kong mabigyan ng chance na maging bahagi ng buhay ng mga kabataang ito. Ang babata pa nina Enong, Apple, Pie, Analyn at Alvin noon, regular silang pumupunta sa amin at halatang-halata na gusto nilang matuto. Dati, si Alvin aka Elovhin ay tipo ng kabataang present sa lahat ng social activities ng PYM. Nae-enjoy niya ang mga ganoong activities pero hindi ang pagsisimba. Palagi namin siyang pinipilit na magsimba at pinapaalalahan na mahalaga ang misa. Sinasabi namin na ang Katoliko ay dapat na regular na nagsisimba. Naniniwala ako sa sinasabi sa pagbasa na binigyan tayo ng 24 hours isang araw, 168 hours sa isang linggo para sa ibang mga gawain natin. Ngunit, nararapat lang na ialay natin ang 1 oras para papurihan Siya. Hindi ko alam kung anong nakain ni Alvin dahil makikita mo na siya palagi sa simbahan. Hanggang ngayon na kahit busy siya sa pag-aaral, mayroon pa rin siyang time para magsimba at sa iba pang spiritual activities. Nagnanais ako na sana gaya ni Alvin, maintindihan din ng iba pang PYM ang kahalagahan ng misa. Para sa akin hindi kumpleto ang isang linggo kapag hindi ako nakapagsimba. Through mass, napapasalamatan ko siya sa lahat ng blessings na natanggap ko noong nakaraang linggo. Through mass din, humihingi ako ng gabay para sa darating na linggo. Marahil magkakaiba ang ating layunin kapag nagsisimba ngunit ang mahalaga ay alam nating lahat na ang misa ay mahalaga. bow

Tito pres and VP Bok at lahat ng PYM, I am proud of you! Hindi ko man makita ang play niyo, hindi man ako makasama sa Taize, hindi man ako makarating sa iba pang mga Holy week activities, always remember na palagi lang akong narito. Echos! Ibigay niyo na assignment niyo dahil kung hindi lagot kayo pagbalik ko. Hindi ko kayo bibigyan ng Choconut.

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