"Ang mga tawo nga yara sa kadudolman makakita sang daku nga kapawa"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Mateo 4:12-17, 23-25)

Sang mabatian ni Jesus nga ginbilanggo si Juan, nagpa-Galilea sia. 

Si Jesus naghalin sa Nazaret kag nagkadto sa pagpuyo sa Capernaum ang banwa sa higad sang Linaw sang Galilea nga sakop sang Zabulon kag Neftali.

Nahanabo ini agod matuman ang ginsiling ni Isaias nga propeta: "O duta sang Zabulon, O duta sang Neftali, Sa higad sang baybayon, Sa tabok sang Jordan, Galilea sang mga Gentil. 

Ang mga tawo nga yara sa kadudolman Makakita sang daku nga kapawa! Sa mga nagapuyo Sa madulom nga duta sang kamatayon Ang kapawa magasilak!" 

Sugod sadto nga panahon si Jesus nagbantala sang iya mensahi, "Magbiya kamo sang inyo mga sala kay ang Ginharian sang langit malapit na!"

Si Jesus naglibot sa bug-os nga Galilea; nagpanudlo sa mga sinagoga, nagwali sang Maayong Balita sang Ginharian, kag nagpang-ayo sang tanan nga sahi sang mga masakit kag balatian sang mga tawo. 

Ang balita nahanungod kay Jesus naglapnag sa bug-os nga duta sang Siria, sa bagay nga gindala nila sa iya ang tanan nga mga masakiton, kag ang mga nagaantos sang ila mga balatian: ang mga ginagamhan sang mga yawa, ang mga kuyapon kag ang mga paralitiko. Gin-ayo sila tanan ni Jesus. 

Madamo nga mga tawo ang nag-upod kay Jesus halin sa Galilea, sa Decapolis, sa Jerusalem, sa Judea kag sa duta sa tabok sang Jordan. 

Prayers: 

"Lord Jesus, your ways are life and light! Let your word penetrate my heart and transform my mind that I may see your power and glory. Help me to choose your ways and to do what is pleasing to you". 

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel: 

Do you know the joy and freedom of the gospel? John the Baptist’s enemies had sought to silence him, but the gospel cannot be silenced. As soon as John had finished his testimony Jesus began his in Galilee. Galilee was at the crossroads of the world and much traffic passed through this little region. It had been assigned to the tribes of Asher, Naptali and Zebulum when the Israelites first came into the land (see Joshua 9). For a long time it had been under Gentile occupation. Isaiah foretold (see Isaiah 9) that the good news of salvation would be proclaimed in this land and reach to the Gentiles. Jesus begins the proclamation of the gospel here to fulfill the word of God. The Old Testament prophets spoke of God’s promise to send a Redeemer who would establish God’s rule. That time is now fulfilled in Jesus.

Jesus takes up John’s message of repentance and calls disciples to believe in the good news he has come to deliver. What is the good news which Jesus delivers? It is the good news of peace (restoration of relationship with God), of hope (the hope of resurrection and heaven), of truth (God's word is true and reliable), of promise (he rewards those who seek him), of immortality (God gives everlasting life), and the good news of salvation (liberty from sin and freedom to live as sons and daughters of God). The gospel is the power and wisdom of God: power to change and transform our lives and wisdom to show us how to live as sons and daughters of our Father in heaven. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit the Lord makes it possible for us to receive his word with faith and to act upon it with trust.

In announcing the good news, Jesus made two demands: repent and believe! Repentance requires a life-change and a transformation of heart and mind. The Holy Spirit gives us a repentant heart, a true sorrow and hatred for sin and its consequences, and a firm resolution to avoid it in the future. The Holy Spirit gives us grace to see our sin for what it is – rebellion and a rejection of the love of God. God’s grace helps us to turn away from all that would keep us from his love. Faith or belief is an entirely free gift which God makes to us. Believing is only possible by grace and the help of the Holy Spirit who moves the heart and converts it to God. The Holy Spirit opens the eyes of the mind and makes it easy for us to accept and believe the truth. To believe is to take Jesus at his word, to believe that God loved us so much that he sent his only begotten Son to redeem us from the slavery of sin and death. God made the supreme sacrifice of his Son on the cross to bring us back to himself. Do you know the love of God that surpasses all else and that impels us to give him our all? God wants to change our way of thinking and transform our lives by the power of his word.