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Makabagong Santo Papa, kapangalan ng Minamahal na Alagad ng Panginoon

Lawiswis ng Salita ni P. Nicanor F. Lalog II, Ika-22 ng Oktubre 2025
Larawan nina San Juan Pablo II at San Juan XXIII kasama isa sa mga matandang imahen ng aming Patron San Juan Apostol at Ebanghelista sa likuran ng simbahan ng dati kong parokya sa Bagbaguin, Santa Maria, Bulacan.

PANALANGIN KAY SAN JUAN APOSTOL AT EBANGHELISTA KAUGNAY NG MGA BAGONG SANTO NG SIMBAHAN: PAPA JUAN PABLO II at PAPA JUAN XXIII 

Mula Hunyo 2011 hanggang Pebrero 2021 ay naglingkod ako bilang kura paroko ng Parokya ni San Juan Apostol at Ebanghelista sa Bagbaguin, Santa Maria, Bulacan bago nalipat bilang chaplain ng Our Lady of Fatima University (OLFU) at Fatima University Medical Center (FUMC) dito sa Valenzuela City.

Iyon ang una at marahil huli ko nang assignment na parokya sa loob ng dalawamput-pitong taon ko sa pagkapari. Masaya ako at fulfilled sa lahat ng aking mga assignment ngunit mayroong kakaibang karanasan sa parokya di tulad sa mga paaralan na dalawang ulit ko nang napupuntahan.

Ibig ko noong mahalin at pahalagahan ng mga taga-Bagbaguin ang kanilang Patron na sabi ko nga ang siyang minamahal na alagad din ng Panginoon. Noon namin sinimulan araw ng debosyon kay San Juan Apostol tuwing araw ng Martes.

Noong 27 Abril 2014 na isang Divine Mercy Sunday, ginanap sa Roma ang canonization ng dalawang makabagong Santo Papa na kapwa kapangalan ng aming Patron, sina San Juan XXIII at San Juan Pablo II. Kaya minabuti ko na sumulat noon ng panalangin aming dinarasal tuwing araw ng Sabado upang maranasan ng mga mananampalataya ang bisa ng pananalangin ng tatlong San Juan para sa kanila: San Juan Apostol na kapistahan ay tuwing Disyembre 27, San Juan XXIII tuwing Oktubre 11 at San Juan Pablo II tuwing Oktubre 22.

Para sa mga ibig magkaroon ng debosyon sa tatlong San Juan ng Simbahan, narito aking panalangin:

Minamahal naming Patron na Banal, 
Juan Apostol at Ebanghelista po ang inyong ngalan!
Ngayo'y aming ipinagdiriwang sa buong Simbahan 
dalawang bagong Banal: Kapwa sila pastol ng kawan, 
nang manungkula'y pangalan mo ang hiniram.

San Juan Beinte-tres nang sa kanyang katandaan tulad mo,
Sinikap maging makabuluhan at buhay na palatandaan ng Diyos
sa gitna ng makabagong panahon itong Inang Simbahan
nang kanyang simulan ang Ikalawang Konsilyo sa Vatican. 

Kasabay niyang tinanghal bilang Banal 
ang tinaguriang Dakilang San Juan-Pablo Ikalawa;
Labis na pagtitiis ang kinamit sa kanyang sakit, 
Krus ay sinapit, katulad mo’y naging malapit
sa Ina ni Hesus kaya’t “Totus Tuus” ang kanyang awit.

Itulot mo aming Mahal na San Juan Apostol at Ebanghelista,
kaming iyong mga anak sana’y matularan,
pinagsikapan ng dalawang bagong San Juan:
pamilya’t sambayanan mabuklod sa nagkakaisang pag-ibig
katulad ng dalangin ni Hesus doon sa Huling Hapunan. AMEN.

San Juan Ebanghelista, ipanalangin mo kami.
San Juan Beinte-tres, ipanalangin mo kami.
San Juan-Pablo Ikalawa, ipanalangin mo kami.
Larawan ng dati kong parokya kuha noong Enero 2020 ng dati naming choir na si G. Gelo Carpio.

Slaves of righteousness

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 22 October 2025
Wednesday, Memorial of St. John Paul II, Pope
Romans 6:12-18     <*{{{{><  + ><}}}}*>     Luke 12:39-48
God our loving Father,
thank you for the unique grace
of having lived during the
pontificate of St. John Paul II:
what a tremendous blessing 
from you to grace us with St. John Paul II
as our Pope who had overcome 
so many difficulties and struggles 
in life personally by being orphaned 
at a very young age from his mother 
then from his father and later 
from his only beloved brother, 
not to mention his coming from Poland, 
a country exploited by foreign powers 
and subjected to communism 
for the longest time.
In his entire life, Lord, 
you have always shown 
your loving presence in him 
and destined him to be your sign 
in this most difficult period in history 
when men and women gravely challenged you 
with so many evil and sins, 
including by some priests you have called to serve.
St. John Paul II
showed us in his life
consistent with his teachings
and writings the need for us to be
your slave of righteousness,
a slave of love and goodness,
a slave of Christ:

Do you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, although you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted. Freed from sin, you have becomes slaves of righteousness (Romans 6:16-18).

Let us grow in obedience
to you, Jesus like your great Pope,
St. John Paul II who lived and 
served us with great examples of
his life waging war against 
the many evils of our time, 
standing for what is true and good,
your voice in this wilderness, 
telling us to "be not afraid" to love 
and serve the weakest among us
while awaiting your return like 
in your parable today.
Amen.