Mga Labáylabáy ni Fray

Tsinelas

Praise be Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Naranasan mo na ba na mawalan ng tsinelas? O maitago ng iyong kalaro ang iyong bagong biling tsinelas?

Habang ako'y nagduduyan sa amin luntiang bakuran, at may mga batang naglalaro sa ilalim ng puno ng mahogany.

Kanilang tinipon ang mga tsinelas at inilagay sa isang sulok ng bahay-bahayan na gawa sa sak
Nagsitakbuhan, nagsigawan kung sino ang taya. May mga ayaw magpadakip para hindi maging taya, yung iba naghabuyanay sang putik. May nagalit na tatay at ginbakol ang bata sing ugbos sang mahogany.

Hala takbo ng mabilis at nagsisigaw ng "Nanaaay, Nanaay" suot ang isa at bitbit naman ang isang tsinelas.

Kakatapos lang mag lunch, bumalik sa dating pwesto sa duyan. Sa tahimik na lugar, ngayon ang naririnig lamang ay mga iba't ibang huni ng ibon. Mga nagakiskisan nga dahon samtang nagahuyop ya mabaskog kag maramig nga hangin.

Kag akon naalala si kapatid na Lukas na nagsasabi sa English sa
Luke 10:1-12 (NRSV)

The Mission of the Seventy

After this the Lord appointed seventy[a] others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 2 He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house!' 6 And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. 7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. 8 Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; 9 cure the sick who are there, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'[b] 10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 11 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.'[c] 12 I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.

The challenge of Jesus to the seventy,
"Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road."

Sa pagtatalaga sa mga disipulos, pinaalalahanan sila na magdasal, magtiwala sa Diyos na nagpadala sa kanila. Aton pirmi alalahanin na as we go our way, we have Jesus to lead us.

Alam ng Diyos na mahirap ang mga dadanasin natin habang tayo ay naglalakbay. Marami ang tukso, pagsubok, pighati, may mga tao at ibang community na hindi tayo e welcome, part yun lahat ng challenge at hindi sana sasama ang loob natin.

Jesus did not promise na smooth lahat ng pupuntahan, sabi Niya wag magdala ng kahit ano, just bring the Faith and Prayers, as God prepared everything. Ang sa atin lang ay mapansin sana natin ang kamay ng Diyos sa bawat oras ng ating paglalakbay.

Always bring the "Peace" of Christ, kay may mga pagkakataon, all expense paid na, mag alagad kita sa Diyos.
Like the seventy that was sent for mission, we too may say "the kingdom of God is at hand".

Kaya atin laging tandaan magsuot ng TSINELAS- The Spiritual gifts we are Inclined to Nurture the Experience for the Love And Service of God.

Amen.

Ako si Fray Zephaniah at ito ang Mga Labáylabáy ni Fray

JMJ+