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San Vicente Ferrer, Ig-ampo Mo Ako.
Malipayon nga Paskwa sang Pagkabanhaw! April 24 - 30, 2011
ANG LULUBNGAN NGA WALA SING SULOD EASTER MESSAGE
- Archbishop Angel N. Lagdameo
Halin pa sang bata ako nadumduman debosyon, wala ako masyado nabatian
ko ang proseyon sang Semana Santa sa sang “pagbag-o o bag-o nga kabuhi” Resurrection. From death to life. This may be
Parokya sang Tanza kag padulungan nga masami ipaathag sa tanan. the summary of the five gospel stories that we
sini ang Parokya sang Santa Teresita, Nahulog kita ayhan sa read on the Five Sundays of the Lent.
Iloilo City. Ang mga karo o karwahe “sentimentalismo” sang pagtoo? Ang Holy Week describes Jesus’ struggle with
sang mga “lifesize” nga estatua, ang dako kag mangaranon nga kahulugan Satan in the three temptations in the Desert
makakulunyag nga talan-awon kag sang Pagkabanhaw wala makatandog (Mt. 4/1-11), a struggle to which all of us are
nagaupod man ako sa prosesyon sa o makalab-ot sa adlaw-adlaw nga exposed. The Temptation of Jesus is a
pagsindi kandila. Bag-o ang bayo kag pagkabuhi. reflection of the opposition between sin and
bag-o ang sapatos nga igasuksok. grace, between death and life. We are
Tungod kay bata pa ako, nabilin gid Diin na ayhan ang ginasiling ni San challenged to identify ourselves with Jesus who
lang ang mga larawan sang prosesyon. Pedro: “ang bag-o nga langit kag bag-o is Life.
Ang liturhia wala ako sing may nga duta?”Ayhan sa kalabanan sa aton,
wala pa ayhan si Kristo nakagwa sa iya Holy Week gives us a foresight into the future
nadumduman kay pulos sa Latin tanan of our life-struggles. The Transfiguration of
ang ginahambal o ginaamba sang pari lulubngan? Laban ayhan sa aton ang
pagtan-aw sa aton pagtoo, pag-antus Jesus (Mt. 17/1-9) is the glory of God shining
sa simbahan. through the body of Jesus, through his flesh,
lang, indi ang pagbag-o o pagtubo?
Kutob sang hasta karon, nakaabot ang his person. This same body would later be
pamangkot: Ngaa madamo gid sang Wala ayhan kita kahibalo nga tungod exposed to flogging, crucifixion and death. This
tawo sa Viernes Santo halos sa isa ka sang sobra nga pagtamyaw sa crus is the death that leads to life. Evil or Satan
tuig? Amo ini ayhan nga masami ang ginahimo naton ini nga pagapaantusun promises (falsely) to bring life, which
Pilipino nagabantay kag nagapulaw sa man ang iban? Ang kubos amo ang eventually ends in death.
patay sing malawig nga inadlaw kag aton ginapaantus kag hilway ang iban
sa aton sa pagkinasadya. Wala na Holy Week brings us to the “theological
ugaling lang ipalubong? Ngaa conversation” between Jesus and the
nagapabilin o nagadulog lang kita sa magsulod ang kadalag-an sang
pagkabanhaw. Indi bala ang Samaritan Woman at the Well. It was at that
adlaw sang paglansang sa Crus? moment when the Samaritan Woman
pagkabanhaw ginahilway kita sa gapus
Amo ini ayhan nga ang Pilipino sang pagpamigos, pagpahugay, o pag- accepted the truth about her life – false or evil
ginatawag Juan de la Cruz? Ngaa dako into-anay? marriage – and confessed it before Jesus
gid ang aton pagtatap sa Santo Entierro and her neighborhood that she received light
- Si Jesus nga nahamyang nga patay? Gin guba ang daan nga templo sang and life. We come to the well and are reminded
Indi bala kon kaisa ginapisthan pa gani Jersulem nga nahimo duog sang of the Holy Spirit given to us through the
ang patay sa pamilya nga may baligya-anay kag palanaguan sang mga water o baptism.
hampang sang sugal agud may kita ang makawat. Ang templo nga ginbangon
Holy Week (John 9/1-41) is another reflection
panimalay. amo na si Kristo nga nabanhaw. Ang
on the opposition between life and death, sin
paghangkat sa babaye nga taga- and forgiveness, truth and deception as
Nagakahulugan bala ini nga luyag lang Samaria: “Simbahon ang Diyos sa
ang pag-antus o matahum nga reflected in the story of the cure of the man
espiritu kag kamatuoran.” born blind. We are put to the position of
batyagon nga makaluluoy kita sa
gihapon? Ang pinakasubo sa tanan nga choosing, like the blind man, whether to walk
may mga Pilipino nga nagapakita kag in darkness and contribute to the sin of the
world or to stand with Christ against the power
nahimo nga “tourist attraction” nga
that seeks to destroy life.
ginahanot sing putik nga lansang ang
ila nagadugo nga likod kag Holy Week celebrates the raising of Lazarus –
mapalansang gid sa kahoy nga crus. from death to life (Jo. 11/1-45). The
Nga-a magasto gid sing dako ang theological conversation between Martha and
pagpuni sa mga karo kag madamo ang Jesus leads to the resurrection of Lazarus.
naga-antus sa kagutom o wala sing Strange but true: even in death, Lazarus obeys.
palangabuhi-an karon nga panahon? Lazarus is freed from sin, evil, death, from
anything that holds him captive.
Sa kinaandan sang pagsaulog sang
semana santa sa popular nga The Resurrection of Christ invites us to
“He is not here; He has risen, just as He said...” resurrect from death to life, from sin to
2 April 24 - 30, 2011 (Matthew 28:6) forgiveness, from darkness to light.
weeping? Who is it you are looking for?”
“Taking him as a gardener, she said,
ON THE RESSURECTION, “Sir, if you are the one who carried him
A REFLECTION off, tell me were you laid him and I will
take him away.” “Mary”, answered
_________________ Jesus. With this one word, her mid was
REV. FR. GERARDO P. ARROYO flooded with God’s grace and she
PAROCHIAL VICAR recognized that her Master has truly
risen from the dead as the Lord of life.
This scene-this event at the tomb
“… on the first day of the week the same woman she used to be. In her described the Easter faith of his disciples
Mary Magdalene came to the state of sorrow and despondency she and the meaning of the presence of the
tomb early, while it was still dark was contemplating if life is still worth risen Christ.
and saw that the stone had been living. She lost all her hope. On whom As we celebrate the resurrection of
taken away from the tomb. So, she shall she lean on when life gets tough? Jesus, we could be likened to Mary in a
ran… to Simon Peter and the other Mary’s feeling of being deprived was sense that we are also moving toward
disciple… . ‘They have taken the further aggravated when she saw the the tomb. This time, it is not Jesus’ tomb
Lord from the tomb and we do not empty tomb of her Master. Her Lord has but our own tomb. The time we started
know where they have laid him.’” been “taken away”, she told her fellow our life in the darkness of our mother’s
(Jn 20: 1-9) disciples Peter and the disciple Whom womb was also the moment we have
Jesus loved. started marching towards the darkness
We Christians all over the world and
from all walks of life on this day gather Peter and John were also in the state of of the grave within mother earth. Death
together as one in places of worship for bafflement due to the death of Jesus. for us, as well as, for any creature is
one reason –the celebration of the They too, like Mary were looking for inescapable. It is a fact of life. However,
Resurrection. For some moments let us Jesus. Expecting Jesus to be in the tomb we would not accept the reality of death.
reflect in the light of the gospel reading instead what greeted them were some We decorate death with so many kinds
on the meaning and value of this clothes well arranged lying separately of pretence; hoping that these pretences
celebration in our life as disciples of inside the tomb in the place where the would obliterate its mortal bite. The
Jesus. body of Jesus was once laid. Of this John body of a dead human is to be “looked”
writes, “He observed the wrappings on alive not lifeless. Yet, death continuously
John our evangelist tells us that early in the ground and saw the piece of cloth lurks waiting to pounce on us. Death
the morning of the first day of the week which has covered the head not lying then must be faced by us. But it must be
when it was still dark, Mary Magdalene with the wrappings but rolled up in a but done in the light of the resurrection.
went to the tomb of Jesus looking for his place by itself.” Yet, in spite of the
body. Maybe, she was there during that The tomb of Jesus means that Jesus had
absence of Jesus’ body they saw their really died. The tomb that was found
time to finish the aborted burial Master – the “risen Christ”.
preparation of Jesus. Jesus was hastily empty on the resurrection day means
buried on the afternoon of the day Mary, Peter and John were not together that the Lord has truly risen as he said.
before Sabbath for the reason of the when they came to the tomb. This was On Good Friday Jesus died and on
Sabbath rest. She was shocked, however, not a hindrance to their state of Easter Sunday Jesus has risen from the
to discover that the body of her Master awareness of the risen Lord’s presence. dead. What had happened on these two
was nowhere to be found. It was their faith and not their bodily days have a great implication on us
eyes that brought about all of this, Christians. By dying Jesus destroyed our
Maybe Mary Magdalene was crying all Fr. James McPollin, S.J. in his book death. By rising he restored our life.
night long because of the death of her “John: New Testament Message 6” Death is not our end as others would say.
Lord. She was in the state of anguish and writes: “Jesus reveals himself this time Our Lord has gone before us in death to
distress for a thousand reasons. First, as the risen Lord and his disciples lead us into everlasting life. Death is
she could no longer see and talk to Jesus respond in faith – they ‘believe’, that is, inevitable for us but Jesus will come in
who before reached out to her in they commit and attach themselves to glory and our tomb will be found empty.
compassion and love. Second, she could their risen Lord in faith. Besides, they Our body will not undergo the
no longer be with her Master who ‘see him, they become aware of his corruption of death. Jesus has already
restored her human dignity. Third, she presence and grasp the mystery that he destroyed death, its power and its effect.
could no longer be with Him on whom is their risen Lord.” Corruption is the effect of death.
she had anchored all her hope and
aspirations. Her dream of becoming the Mary, on the other hand, though she As Easter asks us to make an act of faith
person whom she envisioned to be was was looking for the dead body of Jesus, in Jesus’ rising from the dead as the Lord
shattered before her eyes. Finally, her yet God led her to the light of the great of Life it also prods us to hope that
world crumbled never to be the same truth. Unable to see her Master’s body someday we will rise with him in the
again. but an empty tomb, she run off in tears future. AS St. Paul would put it in his
to Peter and John informing them that Letter to the Romans, “Oh, death where
Mary, before the death of Jesus, the Lord was taken away. Confused of is you victory. Oh, grave where is your
responded to all the goodness of Jesus the unexpected events around her she sting.” To this reality, we add: “For we
bestowed on her by a complete returned to the tomb unable to are more than conquerors through
transformation of herself. She had recognize the risen Jesus. It was here Christ who love us.”
undergone a “metanoia”. She was not and then that the unexpected happened.
Jesus asked her: “Woman why are you April 24 - 30, 2011 3
ORATIO IMPERATA ANG PIYESTA SANG
PAGKABANHAW SANG GINOO
PARA SA PAG-AMLIG SANG KABUHI ___________________
Diyos, mapinalanggaon nga Amay, Henry Mota, Special Feature
Manugtuga kag manugpalangga sang Kabuhi, Matuod gid nga ang Ginuo nabanhaw,
gintuga mo ang tawo sa imo imahen kag Aleluya, sa Iya ang himaya kag gahum sa
dagway. walay katubtuban!
Kami naga pasalamat sa regalo sang Kabuhi
kag kahilwayan sa pag-apresyar sini taga-i Ang karon nga Domingo amo ang Domingo
kami sang igkasarang nga ikaw makilala san Pagkabanhaw. Ang bug-os nga Santa
namon sa tagsa ka tawo agud nga ang Iglesya sa subong nga adlaw nagasaulog
pagrespeto sang kabuhi mangin parte na sang sang pagkabanhaw sang aton Ginuong
amon pagpangabuhi. Jesukristo. Sia nabanhaw gikan sa mga
Taga-i kami sang kabakod kag kaisug nga minatay. Ang bug-os nga Simbahan
madepensahan kag maproteksyonan namon nagbantala sini paagi sa ginatawag nga
ang katarungan sang tanan sa kabuhi na Imo “Exultet” ukon Easter Proclamation nga sa
ginhatg sa tagsa ka tinuga halin sa sini nga adlaw gin-bugto ni Kristo ang
pagpanamkon, sa tiempo sang “fertilization” kadena sang kamatayon paagi sa iya
hasta sa natural nga kamatayon.
kadalag-an gikan sa kamatayon. Easter is
Gapangamuyo kami para sa imo Diosnon nga thus the most important celebration in the
pag pang-ayo, kasulhayan kag kalinungan Church’s liturgical year as it celebrates
para sa tanan nga naapektuhan o nakahimo
sang aborsyon. Taga-i sila sang imo
Christ’s triumph over sin and death.
pagpatawad, kasulhayan kag kabakod. Buligi Ginasiling nga: Easter is the central feast in
kami sa pagbulig hatag kasulhayan sa mga the Christian liturgical year. According to the
pag-antos kag kabudlayan sang tanan nga magsabat sa iya panawagan kag aton ihalad
Canonical Gospel, Jesus rose from the dead ang aton kabuhi kag paghigugma sa Iya kag
mga babaye nga nagbusong kag ara sa
on the third day after His resurrection. Kita sa aton isigkatawo. Like Jesus, we shall be
mapiot nga kahimtangan. Ginapangamuyuan
man namon ang mga bana nga sila magin nga mga Kristiano nagaselebrar sang glorified if we become faithful to the
responsible kag may matuod nga pagpalanga pagkabanhaw ni Kristo sa Easter Day ukon mission God has entrusted to each one of
sa ila asawa. Easter Sunday. Ginatawag man ini nga us – a mission of bringing the Good News
Ginapanamutuan namon ang amon mga Resurrection Day ukon Resurrection to all.
lideres kag legislators. Kabay pa nga ang imo Sunday. Easter also refers to the season
Espiritu mag-iwag sang ila paminsaron kag of the church year called Eastertide or the Easter is a celebration of hope. We are a
magabukas sang ila tagipusuon. Giyahe sila Easter Season. Traditionally, the Easter people of the Resurrection. Ang aton
o Ginuo sang imo kamatuoran kag kaalam. Season lasted for the forty days from kalibutan sa subong nga panahon nga
Kabay pa palanggaon nila kag proteksyonan Easter Day until Ascension Day. The first napun-an sang kadulom, kita ginatawag sa
ang pamilya, bantayan kag respetohon ang pagdala sang Maayong Balita sang
week of Easter Season is known as Easter
kabuhi. paglaum sa aton sosyedad sa subong nga
Week or the Octave of Easter.
Kabay pa, si Maria ang aton mapinalanggaon panahon. St. Augustine said the
nga Iloy, magpangmuyo para sa Pamilyang Ang kahulugan sang Easter amo ang resurrection of Jesus is our hope. Christ roe
Pilipino. Sa Iya, ginahalad naton ang aton pagdaug ni Kristo sa kamatayon kag ang from death to tell us that after all the
kawsa kag pagpaninguha para sa pagprotekta iya pagkabanhaw nagakahulugan sang aton sufferings we have endured and the pains
sang kabuhi. walay katapusan nga kabuhi nga iya that have been inflicted upon us, like Him
Sa Imo o Ginuo, paagi kay Maria, lamang ginahatag sa mga nagatuo sa iya. we will triumph over these things if we only
ginakonsagrar namon ang Pungsod Pilipinas. Ginasiling pa gid: The meaning of Easter put our trust in God. He lived a life of
Itugot nga kami, nga nagatuo kay Kristo, Imo also symbolizes the complete verification of
Anak, magapahayag sang kasagrado sang obedience to the Father and was faithful to
all that Jesus preached and taught during the mission given to Him. If we look at the
kabuhi, nga may katampad kag pagpalangga His three-year ministry. If He had not risen
sa tanan nga mga tawo sa sini nga panahon. Risen Christ, we have reason to hope.
Kami nagapangamuyo paagi sa ngalan ni
from the dead, if He had merely died and
not been resurrected, He would have bee Sa aton pagsaulog sining Balaan nga
Kristo, Imo Anak, nga nagakabuhi kag
nagahari upod sa Imo kag sa Espiritu Santo, considered just another teacher or Rabbi. Pagkabanhaw sang aton Ginuo, let us
Diyos sa tanan nga mga katuigan, Amen. However, His resurrection changed all thatallow ourselves to be touched by the grace
of Jesus who was raised from the dead.
and gave final and irrefutable proof that He
O Maria manugpatigayon sang tanan nga
Grasya, Reyna sang Pamilya. Ig-ampo mo was really the Son of God and that He had Upod kay Maria, ang Iloy sang aton
kami. San Jose, nagtindug nga Amay ni conquered death once and for all. Manunubos, kita tanan magasinggit sing
Hesus kag Putli nga Bana ni Maria, Ig-ampo may daku nga kalipay nga nagasiling:
mo kami. Amen.
Sa sining panahon sang Pagkabanhaw ALELUYA!!!
sang aton Ginuo, ang aton lamang
4 April 24 - 30, 2011 mapaambit sa Iya kon kita matuod-tuod nga A Blessed Easter to All!
KWARESMA 2011 KWARESMA 2011 KWARESMA 2011 KWARESMA 2011
APOSTOLES 2011. Juan - Kenneth Calanda (Lapayon, Leganes), Andres - Clarence Levy Gonzales (Pandan, Nabitasan, Leganes), Tomas - Anthony Bejoco (Nabitasan,
Leganes), Mateo - Guy Golen (Cari Mayor, Leganes), Judas Tadeo - Rogelio Yocogco Jr. (Ulong Guihaman, Leganes), Simon - John Ibañez (Cari Mayor, Leganes), Santiago
Mayor - Merio Sorsano (Lapayon, Leganes), Bartolome - Legorio Sucilla Jr. (Calaboa, Leganes), Pedro - Wendell Rey Elle (Guihaman, Leganes), Santiago Minor - John Paul
Sol (San Vicente, Leganes), Judas Escariote - Shown Martin Arceta (Lapayon, Leganes) kag Felipe - Cornelio Seria (Lapayon, Leganes)
San Vicente
Calamaisan
Guihaman Proper