Larawang nagpapaliwanag ng dilim?

Lawiswis ng Salita ni P. Nicanor F. Lalog II, Ika-02 ng Agosto 2024
Larawan mula sa foxnews.com.
Hindi mawala sa aking gunita
larawang bumantad sa balita
tila isang punyal idinarak
tagos pagkakasaksak
baon na baon hanggang buto
ang kirot at sakit
nitong kasamaan
at kasalaulaan doon sa France.
Pilit nilang ipinaliwanag
paglapastangan sa Huling Hapunan
hanggang kami pa ang hatulan
ng kamangmangan at kawalan
ng pakialam sa mga kakaiba
ang kasarian; abot-abot kanilang
pagpapaliwanag ngunit nabaon
lamang sila sa balon ng kadiliman.
Heto ngayon ang larawan
inyong pagmasdan:
walang kinakailangang
pagpapaliwanag sapagkat
hindi kailanman magliliwanag
ang kadiliman dahil ang maliwanag
na katotohanan tanging babae
at lalake lamang ang nilalang.
Sakali mang mayroon
pumailang ang gawi ng
katauhan o oryentasyon
maliwanag sa katawan
dalawa lamang ang kasarian
kahit palitan nasa labas
ang nasa loob kailanman
hindi manglilinlang.
Tiyak marami silang
sagot at mga paliwanag
kaya namang tila baga
itong Olympics ngayon ay
hindi na tagisan ng husay at
galing sa larangan
ng pangangatawan
kungdi ng isipan at paninindigan;

tanging hiling ko lang,
muling pagmasdan itong larawan
ano inyong nararamdaman?
sa boksing pa na sukdalan
ang karahasan doon pa
matatagpuan natitirang
liwanag at katinuan
ng makabagong sangkatauhan?
Larawan mula sa foxnews.com.

Omit nothing

The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday in the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 02 August 2024
Jeremiah 26:1-9 <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> Matthew 13:54-58
Photo by author, Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, QC, 20 March 2024.

Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the house of the Lord and speak to the people… whatever I command you, tell them, and omit nothing (Jeremiah 26:2).

Omit nothing?

What a tall order from You,
God our Father;
and You know how much
I have tried to omit nothing
of your words when I spoke:
always, I am the first
to be shaken and affected!
Many times, people do not
see nor realize that when
we speak your words,
omitting nothing,
we are always the first to be affected
because your words cleanse 
and purify us, committing us more
to You and your mission;
therefore, help us to "enflesh"
your words always in our witnessing
and omit nothing as You wished.
In this time when people 
clearly omit many of your
very words like "male and female
You created them" as well as teachings,
making gender more of a preference
than of nature and part of your grand design,
grant us more perseverance and charity
when we speak and omit nothing
of your words and teachings
deemed by wokes and liberals
as not being cultured and inclusive;
let us remember that even Jesus
your Son was reviled and crucified
not only then but until now
by those who consider themselves
as learned and politically correct,
refusing to accept
your words and teachings
and very Self.
Amen.