Wings! January 10- 16, 2010.pmd - Parokya ni San Vicente Ferrer ...

As we have been told, John the Baptist,the last and greatest prophet ofthe Old Testament, was tasked to preparethe way for it the coming of theLord. Towards this end he proclaim abaptism of repentance. John was callingthe people of Israel to renewal andconversion. Responding to his call,numeruos people, honestly acknowledgingtheir sinfulness, came out ofthe region of Galilee and Judea andsteamed towards the Jordan to takepart in his brand of baptism.John chose the Jordan, as the site ofhis baptizing, ministry because of itshistoric and prophetic significance.Back in the Book of Joshua, the Jordanwas the river which the Israelitescrossed over at the height of their exodusfrom Egypt. They had to cross itbefore entering the promised land.Israel had sinned so much and brokenthe Covenant and so John wascalling the people to come to the Jordanto confess their sins, re-cross itthrough their baptism, and re-enterthe promised land. John’s calling thepeople to be baptized was a call to anew beginning or to start from scratchall over again as a nation.Today’s Gospel tells of the Baptismofour Lord Jesus. As we are told, one ofthose who line up at the Jordan forbaptism by John surprisingly and interestinglyis no other than Jesus. Atfirst blush we can say that Jesus hasalso sins of His own since the baptismjust denotes that He is also a sinnerlike any other person who takes partin John’s baptism of repentance.Jesus, however, has no sin whatsoever.That He is without sin is testifiedto by St. Paul and other apostlesin their letters. Because He is sinless,Jesus is, therefore, in no needof this rite of moralipurification. Inanother Gospel of John, recognizingwho Jesus is, even refuses to baptizeHim, telling Him he should instead bebaptized by Him. So what all this baptismof the Lord means?Jesus baptism shows the humility ofGod. You are God and yet you submitto this kind of baptism in whichordinary and sinful people take part.It is said that when Jesus went to theJordan to be baptized by John, Hewent down into the world of sinners.He wants to show that He is one ofus, a human being like us.Jesus does not care what people sayof Him to see Him lining up with sinnersat the Jordan. He will most likelyTHE BAPTISM____________OF JESUSSTEVE C. FERNANDEZ, Reflectionsbe branded a sinner for him to go tothe Jordan but it does not dissuadeHim from being baptized to show thatHe is truly a man. Yes, God camedown from heaven to be one of us toexperience hunger, pain, humiliation,suffering, etc.Has a head of family come down tobecome a servant? Has chief executiveof office or company come downto become a janitor or to do somemenial job? Of course none. OnlyGod has done so to be a man.By undergoing this baptism togetherwith these people at the Jordan, Jesuswants to show that God is not far fromhis people. He is near us. By receivingthis baptism, Jesus identifies Himselfwith us let alone with our humannature.His baptism shows His out near withsinners and His sympathy with them.He takes side with them. God walkswith sinners that He may lead themeventually to their salvation. BecauseGod loves us, we have all the chancesfor salvation.The Jews were expecting a powerful,conquering and royal Messiah tocome. The Savior, however, has decidedto appear in humbleness andpowerlessness by His lowly birth andto do a humble act by His Baptism. Itis because humility is important inour life and to our salvation.Only the humble can recognize thatwhat they have, all that they havecome from God and so they havenothing to boast or nor to be proudof. Because everthing that we have isnot ours, it has to be used properly,wisely, and for His glory.It is just the humble who could seeGod in His humbleness and imitateHim. He has decided to appear in humilityso that it is only the humblewho could recognize Him and whocould be saved. “Blessed are thehumbles for theirs is the kingdom ofGod,” He said. A humble person recognizesthat there is one supreme beingwhose will he must allow to ruleand guide his life.By His Baptism, moreover, Jesusteaches the essence of christian spirituality.Humiliation first then comesglorification. For after His baptism,heavens opens and as it opens the HolySpirit in the bodily form of a dovecomes down mightily upon Him.Then the voice of the Father in heavenis heard saying: “This is my own belovedSon with whom I am, pleased.“Sufferng, dying, and death first andthen resurrection by God. This is thepascals mystery. For a student to succeed,he must, make sacrifices. Forthis nation to prosper, our leadersmust learn to die to their corrupt andsinful ways. For anything to end toglory, pain and sacrifice have to beexpressed along the way.The Lord’s baptism, which annointsHim as king as signified by the descentof the Holy Spirit, should remind usof our baptism which makes uschristians which means annointedones. We are christians because we areannointed with the same Spirit whichJesus was. We are given the power ofthe Holy Spirit so we can imitateChrist.Our baptism, which initiates us intothe faith, is a call to discipleship, a callto follow Christ. St. Paul in his letterto the Corinthians says: “You havejust been baptized, have been baptizeinto the body of Christ. Because weare body of Christ, we share in thekingly, priestly, and prophetic missionof Christ. Just as Christ was faithfulto His mission, we too have to be soto our baptismal calling.January 10- 16, 20103

We pray with a great time-shift in today’sGospel. Thirty years have passed sincelast-Sunday’s Gospel wherein the Magiwere visiting the Holy Family. We pray forour personal coming to maturity; with us,it has taken longer than a week. We canpray also for an increase in our desire topray “with” and less to pray “for”.Jesus heard the ordaining words of hisbeing the “beloved” and we long to hearthose words from around us and withinus. Who we listen to does determine whatwe hear. We pray to hear, to listen andto believe the message and the Messenger.He walks us prayerfully through hisvery public life of love.REFLECTION. We hear of a certain“Servant” in the First Reading of our liturgy.Isaiah, within the fifteen chaptersforty through fifty-five, compiles theBook of Consolation. This prophet writesoften of Israel as a “servant”. More definitely,Isaiah, within these chapters,proclaims four special Servant Songsdescribing a particular person. We hearthe First Song in which, in the words ofthe Lord, he calls to and points out thisone “servant”.This person has a specific mission whichinvolves his going beyond the boundariesof Israel, bringing a “light”. This“light” will bring “justice” to the earth aswell as recovery of sight and freedom forthose in darkness and prison. This “Servant”will be gentle and not like other4 January 10- 16, 2010Jesus’ Baptismprophets who work themselves up into afeverish frenzy resulting in shouting andconvulsions. He will be gentle of speechand action. He will be upheld by the Lordand loved explicitly so as to bring “justice”between God and God’s creation.While it is a text announcing a special personfor that time of hope, it has a taste ofthe characteristics of the coming Messiah.The Spirit of God will be upon and withinhim and his identity will be known by thepeople of Israel through his actions.The Gospel is one more “Annunciation”scene. As with Gabriel’s announcing toMary that she would give birth to a sonwho will be born of the Holy Spirit, Jesusis announced as the “beloved son” by thesame Spirit. John has baptized the crowdand Jesus fulfills his ritual tradition.Then, while praying, there is a new formof baptism specifying him as the “belovedservant”. In a sense, it is more of a“confirmation” or even more, an “ordination”.This is not the moment whenJesus takes upon himself a “Divine Nature”,but an announcement of his comingof age in our salvational history. Bythe overshadowing by the Spirit he becameincarnate. By the “over-hovering”of the same Spirit he becomes incorporated,that is embracing himself as “servant-Messiah”of God and for all God’speople. The same Spirit “incarnates”and “Incorporates” that family inLuke’s account of Pentecost in The Actsof the Apostles.With our being baptized, we enterthis same coming of age, this samebeing part of Jesus’ salvific embrace ofGod’s mission of returning creation to itsproper state of praise and order. Thework of the Spirit is bringing about fleshand family. The Spirit overshadowed andconceived a fleshly presence and a familyof faith. We are likewise inspirited totake flesh anew and our mission of extendingGod’s family in Christ.We have been celebrating these pastweeks, the Word becoming flesh. Mary’sflesh was more than it seemed; her bodywas more than others knew. In time hercousin, the shepherds; the Magi came toreverence that which was different fromwhat it had seemed to be. That WordMade Flesh was transformed too, frombeing what it seemed to be seen for whathe was, the “Beloved Son”.Ah, here’s the rub. My flesh and yourflesh have been immersed in the baptismalexperience of Jesus. His bodyand person were united by God to uniteus within ourselves and incorporate uswith and for each other. It is a “rub”because, like Jesus, we are baptized,confirmed and all are ordained to gopublic. Jesus had to leave his prayingalone, leave the riverbank, leave theassociation with John and begin hiswalk towards Jerusalem. We in our turnmust leave our privacy our pews, ourcomfort zone, our well-planned,surpriseless ways. The “rub” is that ourflesh, our persons, our presences aremuch more than they seem. We are soclose to ourselves though, that what“seems” is deceptive. As Jesus heardhis new name, he moved from “seems”to “is”, as did Mary of Nazareth. The“rub” is that we have to rub against thesame spirits of this world which confrontedJesus from shortly after his“baptism” to shortly before he baptizedthe earth with his blood.Our being Baptized and Confirmed dedicatesus into the “Listeningness” of Jesus.As he listened to the mysterious God andto the bewildering voices of humanitywithin and around Him, by these samesacraments we plunge into the waters of“Discernment”. To be guided by the spiritdoes not mean our being subtracted fromthe attractive voices which sure cansound “divine”. Our ears were blest atour baptisms to begin this process oflearning what God sounds like and whatour egos, our flesh, and our worldlinesstoo, sound like. Jesus learned to listento it all with receptivity and discretion.We will spend these next weeks of theLiturgical Year listening so that we mighthear, and hearing, we might live what wecome to believe.“This is he of whom John said, ‘I haveseen and have given witness that thisis the Son of God.” Jn. 1, 32

Nagakalangkag, malipayon kagpuno gid sang interes ang nagamarkasa mga itsura sang mgapamatan-on sang Leganes. Bangodsila tanan tiponon, magkilitaay kagmaga-paambitanay sang ilakaugalingon sa ila man kaparehonga pamatan-on.Aga pa sang Disyembre 26, 2009mga takna 7:30, gin-umpisahanang Parish Youth Day nga ginhiwatsa SVF Parochial School. Ang ParishYouth Day amo ang ikatatlo ngaprograma suno sa 10-monthpreparation sa mgakulompirmahan sang Parokyasang Leganes. Isa ini ka adlaw ngaactivity kung sa diin ang una ngabahin amo ang registration. Nagsugodang program proper sapagpangamuyo. Naghatag gilayonsi Rhea Joy Quicoy, Vice Chairmansang LPYM (Leganes Parish YouthMinistry) , sang iya mensahe sangpag-abi-abi. Pagkatapos sini, angaton mapinalanggaon nga KuraParuko, Msgr. Jesus Enojo, nagpaambitsang malip-ot peromaunod nga mga tinaga.Ginpadayon ang programa sang isaka hampang, Amazing Race. Inigin-pangunahan ni Hyacinth GaileSiaotong, Chairman sang nasambitnga hampang. Gin-grupo ang mgaparticipants sa 6 ka team; Blue,Red, Pink, Green, Violet kag BabyPink Team. May nagakalain-lainman nga istasyon nga ginprepararnga ila pagakadtuan samtang angmga participants nasulod sa higotnga ginpalibot sa ila bilang isa kahugpong nga grupo. May mgapamangkutanon nga dapat nilasabton, puzzle nga pagapormahonkag lugar nga dapathibalo-on, ini tanan konektado ngabilang isa ka Kristiyano kagParokyano ni San Vicente Ferrerila matalupangdan.Mainit apang masinadyahonguihapon nga nagapamahaw kag““PARISH ____________ YOUTH DAY: SUCCESS!!!”Janine Silao”nagapahuway ang mga participantssamtang gina-entertain sa mgapresentasyon sang kada team. Baw!Abilidadan gid ya ang mga tagaLeganes. Pagkatapos sinadya,ginutom naman....hehehe..Ganiginpreparar sang Food Committeeang panyaga nga paga-saluhan sangtanan.(Salamat sa Donor sang 2boxes of mandarin apples).Mga 1:30 sang hapon magasugod natani ang Movie Viewing galing kaynagbrown-out sa School. Salamatgid kay ara si Nong William. ThanksNong... Thanks gid Bro!Mga 3:30 na natapos ang “Elf” ngamovie nga nagpahalakhak, nagpakibotkag nag-inspired gid sakadam-an. Dayon gin-sugodan angawarding sang Amazing Race: Amoini ang pagpasunod sang nagdaug;Blue, Pink, Green, Violet, Baby Pink,Red Team. Nagbaton man sangpremyo ang mga nakasabat sang“question and answer portion” niNang Dannisa. Pero wala gid sangnag-puli nga wala premyo kaytungod nanghatag pa gid kami sangRosarito sa kada- participants.Gina-apresyar gid namun ang inyopagkari. Thank you sa Donor.Tungod kay daw hang-over pa sangChristmas, may exchange gift pa gid.Dulolongan man sila nga nag-abresang ila regalo kag naghatagay sangpagpasalamat kag greetings sa tanan.Gintapos namon ang adlaw paagisang pag-selebrar sang Santos ngaMisa nga gin-pangulohan ni Msgr.Jesus Enojo.Isa lang ini ka adlaw sa madamo ngaadlaw nga amon nilakat kagpagalakton pa. Madamo ang mgaupang pero wala gid kami nadulaansang paglaum nga matapos ini ngaParish Youth Day sang matawhay,masadya kag madinalag-on kaybangod nabal-an namon kagnagapati gid kami nga... kaupodnamon si BRO!KA-TALK[Hinunanon Kaupod ang pamatan-on]“SUGUDI NA____________SUBONG”Hyacinth Gaile J. Siaotong2010 na, isa na naman ka bag-o nga tuigpara sa aton tanan. Naandan na sangkadam an sa aton nga mag himu sang ilanew years resolution. Aton ini ginahimupara mas maimprove pagid ang atonkaugalingon. May batasan kag mga habitnga gusto bag-uhon. Mga suplada kagsuplado nga gusto magpakabuot. May mgamatambok nga nagpromise nga mag exercisekag madiet. Duwa lang ina sa mgamadamu nga resolutions sang kada isa saaton. Tanan gusto for the better.Isa ka maayo nga buluhaton ang paghimusang new years resolution. Ini angnagaserbe nga basehan para sa mgabagay ukon pagbag o nga luyag natonmahanabo sa bag-ong tuig. Pero indi satanan nga oras ang mga ini aton gidmahimu. Ang iban sa una lang ginahimu,pagdugay wala na. Bal-an ko noh? Kaysadto amu man ako sina. Pero subongwala na ako nagabuhat sang new yearsresolution. Na realize ko nga indi ko mankinahanglan bag-uhon ang akonkaugalingon para mangin isa ka masmaayo nga tinuga ukon sumulunod sangGinoo. Basta lang nga ako nagasunod saiya pagtudlu kag nagahimu sang iya mgasugo nga hugot sa akon tagipusuon,mahambal ko na nga ako nangin masmaayo pagid.Manami man nga kon kaisa nagahimukita sang self examination. Ina bala ngaaton ginalantaw kon may mga bagay kitasa aton kaugalingon kag ginahimu ngaindi maayo para indi man sa bag-uhonkundi mas maimprove pagid. For example,kon nakita naton nga ang aton ngamga devotional habits nagaka “palya” naukon indi na naton mahimu. Aton hatagansang oras sa adlaw2x nga tanan ang pagpaminsar sang aton luyag matabu kag angpagpangamuyo kag pagpangayo saGinoo sang bulig nga aton ini mapatabu.Aton lang ubrahon ang nahibal an natonnga intyakto kag aton tumanon ang iyamga sugo kay siya magabulig gid sa atonsa paghangop sang mga ini pareho sangnakabutang sa ini nga dinalan: Ginsunodko ang imo pagtudlo o Ginoo, indi pagitugot nga mapaslawan ako! Magatumanako nga may kakunyag sa imo sugo, kayikaw magadugang sang akon paghangop.-Mga Salmo 119:31-32Kon aton gid bala luyag nga magbag-oindi na naton paghulaton ang bag-ongtuig. Indi na naton kinahanglan maghimupa sang New years resolution. Ang pagbag-o sugudan na naton subong.January 10- 16, 20105

Nangin mabinungahon ang ginhiwat nga ParishPastoral Assembly sadtong nagligad ngaDisyembre 30, 2009 sa Gethsemani Retreat Garden,Napnud. Ini ginbuylogan sa subra 300 kamga lideres sang aton parokya. May mgarepresentasyon ang tanan nga LOMAS kagMAMOS kag wala man nagpaulihi ang gruposang aton mga pamatan-on nga amo angnagserbi nga documentor sa sini nga pagtililipon.Bisan nagapadayon ang pagrehistro sa mga bagonga nag-abot nga mga manugbuylog sang assemblypaagi sa pagdumala sang EducationMinistry, nagapadayon man ang pagpaambit kagpaglingaw sang Charismatic Movement sang ilaaction song sa tanan nga nagbuylog antes nagumpisaang Assembly Proper. Gin-abrihan sangaton Kura Paroko Msgr. Jess Enojo ang pormalnga pagpanugod sang Assembly paagi sa iya pagabiabisa tanan nga mga nagbuylog. Ginpresentarsang pila ka mga katapo sang Steering Committeeang Consolidated Data, Vision kag Missionsang parokya kag ang nahimo nga plano sangnagligad nga Parish Pastoral Assembly Workshopsadtong Disyembre 19, 2009. Manami ang nanginpartisipasyon sang aton mga kauturan nganagbuylog, tungod akon nakita kag naobserbahannga ang tanan nagtinguha nga mangin bahin sapag-ratify kag pag-aprobar sang Vision kag Missionsang aton parokya. Pagkatapos sangpagbaton kag pag-abrobar sang Vision kag Mission,ginpresentar sang aton manugpatigayonsang inbentaryo ang tanan nga gamit sang atonsimbahan kag konbento. May pila ka mgapamangkot kag rekomendasyon ang ginhatagansing nagakaigo nga tion. Ginpresentar man sangaton Parochial Vicar Fr. Ryan S. Teves ang mgangalan sang parish personnel kag parish workerlakip ang na ang ila job discription kag ang ilanabaton nga allowances. Antes nahanabo angMAINIT PA BALAINI ____________NGA BALITA?GERRY MONERA, BEC Cornerpagpili sang mangin katapo sang Parish PastoralCouncil (PPC), ginpatpat kag ginpahangopni Fr. Ryan ang kahulugan sang PPC lakip angfunction, qualification sang mangin katapo kagang proseso sa pagpili sang mangin opisyales.Secret balloting ang paagi sang election kagsobra 30 ka mga balota ang nangin invalid sation sang pag-isip.Sa tunga sang kakapoy nga nabatyagan samga nagbuylog sang Assembly tungod bilogini nga adlaw ginhimo, natigayon pa gid angchristmas presentation sang apat ka Cluster,Charismatic Movement kag lakip na angchristmas song sang aton Kura Paroko Msgr.Jess nga ginbuylogan sang pagkanta kagpagsaot sang mga partisipante sang assembly.Natapos ang Assembly paagi sa pagsaulogsang Santos nga Eukaristya nga ginpangunahansang aton Kura Paroko bilangpagpasalamat sa Mahal nga Dios sa alassingko sang hapon.Sa pihak nga bahin, luyag ko magpasalamatsa mga Chairmen sang pastoral council sakada chapel sa ila pagtinguha nga madalaang ila mga katapo sang pastoral council,salamat gid sa inyo. Sa mga pangulo sangLOMAS kag MAMOS sang aton parokya,salamat sa inyo pagbulig kag pagbuylog sasini nga Assembly. Sa nagbug-os sang SteeringCommittee nga halin pa sa pag-umpisasa pagplano kag pagpatigayon sang ParishPastoral Assembly upod ang aton duha ka mgakaparian, salamat gid sa inyo. Sa tanan nganangin kabahin sang maragtas sang ParishPastoral Assembly 2009, ang GethsemaniRetreat Garden Management, mganagpaambit sang ila manggad, tion kag talentosa sini nga Aseembly, madamo gid ngasalamat sa inyo, kag labaw sa tanan sa atonGinoo nga amo ang naghatag kag nagpadalakay Sr. Vicente Ferrer nga mangin Patron sangmga Leganesnon. SALAMAT!Amo ini ang bag-o nga napili nga katapo sangParish Pastoral Council sa Parokya ni SanVicente Ferrer.1. Quirico Molina Jr.2. Merle Jacobres3. Montano Gubatanga Jr.4. Ronnie Landoy5. Remy Sunio6. Lupo Senolay7. Eddy Herradura8. Daisy Golingay9. Brigida Debil10. Resurrection Celiz11. Jocelyn Lena12. Rupert DeysolongKATAPUSAN NGA PAHIBALOParokya ni San Vicente FerrerLeganes, Iloilo [Arkidiocesis sang Jaro]SA MGA NATUNGDAN NGA TAG-IYA SANG PANTEON NGA MADUGAY NA NAGPASAR: NATAPOS NA ANG ISA KA BULAN NGA PLASO NGAGINHATAG SA INYO. MAY DUGANG NGA BALAYRAN SA MGA AMOROSO NGA PANTEON. SA INDI MAKABAYAD SANG ILA TUIGAN NGA BALAYRANINI AMON IPAGAMIT SA KON SIN-O ANG MAGKINAHANGLAN. MAGKADTO LANG SA OPISINA SANG PAROKYA SA SINI NGA KAANGTANAN.MGA PANTEON NAGPASAR SA BULAN SANG DISYIEMBRE, 2009. (Deadline: ENERO, 2010)Ngalan Sang Patay Nich No. Ngalan sang Tag-iya P e t s a1. Fernando Arceta 2 Francisco Arceta 12/29/092. Aniano Jiz 58 Mary Ann Jiz 12/12/093. Leduena Belarmino 95 Marietta Pudadera 12/26/094. Benito Japitana 121 Florencia Japitana 12/17/095. Alfredo Jacolo 142 Amado Sumalangcay 12/4/086. Juliana Jabao 163 Shirley Demetillo 12/17/097. Esmeraldo Espinosa 165 Rosita Monares 12/30/098. Ricardo Jaberto 184 Myrna Jaberto 12/31/099. Godofredo Bolivar, Jr. 185 Lucelyn Tupaz 12/23/0910. Bb. Girl Sotela 188 Marcelina Sotela 12/11/0811. Ma. Luz Suataron 222 Zenaida Solidarios 12/18/0912. Simeon de la Torre 253 Genara de la Torre 12/17/0913. Bb. Boy Dinihay 46-c Jose Dinihay 12/30.0714. Demetrio Jino-o XXXI Lorna Sigayno 12/30/0915. Teresita Gustilo LXII Crisostomo Gustilo 12/20/0916. Lucita Aller XC Emma Vargas 12/22/0917. Maximo Mijares, Sr. CXII Remegia del Socorro 12/31/0918. Lourdes Galve CXIV Tessie Guinanao 12/26/0919. Vicentico Juanga CXXVIII Estrella Juanga 12/2/0820. Adriano Lima CXXXVI Edena Labe 12/27/0921. Manuel Jamero CLV Eddie Jamero 12/12/0922. Rodolfo Anas, Sr. CLXI Alberto Anas 12/22/0923. Paulino Toledo CLXVIII 12/19/0924. Hernan Clavecilla CLXX Rodolfo Lau-a 12/29/0925. Rosita Opial CCI Noemi Santero 12/28/0926. Ignacio Caballero CCXXIX Inocencia Mijares 12/9/0927. Josefina Hachero CCXXXI Jesus Hachero 12/21/0928. Roque Payopelin CCLIX Paterno Maloto 12/7/0929. Rosalie Alarcon XII-b Epifania Sumalde 12/24/0930. Noriel Parreño LXII-b Mercedes Parreño 12/30/0931. Cesar Parigde LXIII-b Marilyn Carbaquil 12/29/0932. Frankie Pastrana XV-c Cristita Guiban 12/19/0933. Leonila Guintivano XXVIII-c Juana Duyag 12/21/0934. Bonifacio Jalando-on XXXIII-c Generosa Suficiencia 12/3/0935. Vicente Gulmatico 56 Delia Gulmatico January 12/16/09 10- 16, 20107