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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

FEAST, EXALTATION OF THE CROSS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2005
FEAST, EXALTATION OF THE CROSS
WEDNESDAY 24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR I

NUMBERS 21:4B-9
With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained
against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in
this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with
this wretched food!" In punishment the LORD sent among the people
saraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of them died. Then
the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned in complaining
against the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us."
So Moses prayed for the people, and the LORD said
to Moses, "Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if any who have
been bitten look at it, they will live." Moses accordingly made a
bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had
been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

PHILIPPIANS 2:6-11
Brothers and sisters: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he
emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to
death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name that is above every
name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in
heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

JOHN 3:13-17
Jesus said to Nicodemus: "No one has gone up to heaven except the one
who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so
that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." For God so
loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God
did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the
world might be saved through him.

REFLECTION
The Cross of Jesus has many different meanings. It signifies the
inhumanity of men and the humanity of God. It symbolizes the meaning
and value of suffering. It manifests divine forgiveness. It reveals the
power of sacrificial love and the victory of life over death.

The gospel in today's Mass focuses on the cross as symbol of God's
forgiving love for this evil world. "God so loved the world," John
says, "that he gave his only Son . . . " in order that sinful men
and women might find life. It's startling, isn't it, that God should
love this world which is marked indelibly, often brutally, by sin, that
God should love this world in which too often evil dominates and
prevails over good?

God and Jesus, however, accepted this world it was, sinful. God gave
his son to this world, and, Jesus says, "The son has to be lifted up,"
as the bronze serpent was lifted up in the desert. We know from the
first reading that those Jews who were made deathly sick in the desert
at the bite of a seraph serpent, needed only to look on the bronze
serpent to be saved from death. So also anyone in this evil world who
looks on Jesus, lifted up on the cross, and believes in him, will have
eternal life. God indeed loved the sinful world.

This means, clearly, that evil though the world is, we too are to love
it. It does not mean, of course, that we are to embrace the world's
values or exalt its idols, but simply that we ourselves are to make
present in the world, Christ's compassionate, life-giving, universal
love.

PRAYER
"Lord Jesus Christ, your death brought life for us. Fill me with your
Holy Spirit that I may walk in freedom and joy as a child of God and as
an heir with Christ of an eternal inheritance."

PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray ...
- for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
- for the special intentions of George & Carolina Wee & Family.
- for the special intentions of Miko Peña.
- for the enlightenment of Patrick Batallones.
- in thanksgiving and for the personal intentions of Soter Pobari
Menegbo.
- for the speedy recovery of Annika Nadine Uy.
- for the eternal repose of the soul of the mother of Sr. Annal and
Father Amalan. Eternal rest grant unto her and may perpetual light
shine upon her. May she rest in peace.
- for the speedy recovery of Theresa
- for the speedy recovery and well-being of John.
- for the eternal repose of the soul of Jun Ambas. Eternal rest grant
unto him and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.-
for the eternal repose of the soul of Tom Balagot Eternal rest grant
unto him and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
- for the eternal repose of the soul of father of John Lesaca.
Eternal rest grant unto him and may perpetual light shine upon him. May
he rest in peace.
- for the speedy recovery of Marife.
- for the healing of my sister Jacqueline who is having a delicate
pregnancy
- for the continued good growth of our son Ethan Jedd, healing of his
asthma and respiratory problems..
- for my wife and our little angle in her for a good health
- for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Birthday: Boy Co
- Birthday: Harold Douglas Uy
- Prayer Intention: Nañagas Family
- Wedding Anniversary: Erick & Eunice Yu Ampil
- Wedding Anniversary: Estella & David Soon Eng Sin
- In Memoriam: Edison Co Yu (1952-1993)
- for world peace and reconciliation.

Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our
prayers and for those who need our prayers the most.

Have a good day!

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MEMORIAL, OUR LADY OF SORROWS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
MEMORIAL, OUR LADY OF SORROWS
THURSDAY 24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR I

1 TIMOTHY 4:12-16
Beloved: Let no one have contempt for your youth, but set an example
for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.
Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching. Do
not neglect the gift you have, which was conferred on you through the
prophetic word with the imposition of hands by the presbyterate. Be
diligent in these matters, be absorbed in them, so that your progress
may be evident to everyone. Attend to yourself and to your teaching;
persevere in both tasks, for by doing so you will save both yourself
and those who listen to you.

JOHN 19:25-27
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister,
Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother
and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, "Woman,
behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother."
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

REFLECTION
How do we face the crosses that we encounter in our daily lives? Do we
just murmur or talk to ourselves? Do we quietly cry or even cry out
loud? Do we complain loudly and show indignation? Or do we pray
quietly with fasting and supplication? Perhaps this is the model of
active living in faith that Jesus would like to remind us of in today's
gospel. When we face our trials, sufferings and cross, have
we ever stood under the Cross and looked at the loving eyes of our
Blessed Lord as He hung on the piece of wood?

While He hung on the cross, Jesus saw His beloved mother, the women who
served Him and a loyal apostle who did not desert Him. At the foot of
the cross, Blessed Mother agonized with her beloved son but kept her
agony in her heart. Mary Magdalene and Clopas joined the Beloved
Mother in her grief while John stood protectively over the women of
Jerusalem and quietly recalled his moments with his Mentor, Teacher and
Rabbi.

John recalled the first words of admiration that made him follow Jesus
- "Look, there is the Lamb of God!" (Jn.2:36). He also recalled Jesus'
invitation, "Come and see." (Jn.2:39) All these events brought him to
this fateful, sorrowful moment at the foot of the Cross. Jesus said to
John and the Blessed Mother: "Woman, there is your son." As John looked
up to his Beloved Master, Jesus spoke to him, "There is your mother."

Jesus entrusted John with a new role-- the care, protection and
guardianship of the Blessed Mother and the other disciples. This is
perhaps the reason for John's protective attitude and stance towards
the women. As John must have felt his love for Jesus, John is now given
a new role at the foot of the cross -- to love and care for others.

When was the last time we stood at the foot of the Cross with our
trials, suffering, and tribulations in our minds and hearts and felt
His empowering love changing us and giving us new roles to love?

PRAYER
"Lord Jesus Christ, by your death on the cross you have won pardon for
us and freedom from the tyranny of sin and death. May I live in the joy
and freedom of your victory over sin and death."

PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray ...
- for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
- for the special intentions of George & Carolina Wee & Family.
- for the special intentions of Miko Peña.
- for the enlightenment of Patrick Batallones.
- for the eternal repose of the soul of the mother of Sr. Annal and
Father Amalan. Eternal rest grant unto her and may perpetual light
shine upon her. May she rest in peace.
- for the speedy recovery of Theresa
- for the speedy recovery and well-being of John.
- for the eternal repose of the soul of Jun Ambas. Eternal rest grant
unto him and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
- for the eternal repose of the soul of Tom Balagot Eternal rest
grant unto him and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in
peace.
- for the eternal repose of the soul of father of John Lesaca. Eternal
rest grant unto him and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest
in peace.
- for the healing of my sister Jacqueline who is having a delicate
pregnancy
- for the continued good growth of our son Ethan Jedd, healing of his
asthma and respiratory problems..
- for my wife and our little angle in her for a good health
- Birthday: Al Brian F. Yap
- for the speedy recovery of Marife.
- In Thanksgiving: Bro. Nanding
- for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Prayer Intention: Cathryn & Charlz Store
- for world peace and reconciliation.