LUPANG HINIRANG

SCRUTATIO SCRIPTURAE

LUPANG HINIRANG

(THE CHOSEN LAND)

SCRUTATIO FOR THE FOR THE 2^nd SUNDAY OF THE CHRISTIAN PESACH/PASSOVER

Readings from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer

Acts 2:14 and 22-32/ Psalm 111 / I Peter 1:3-9 / John 20:19-31

Readings for the Pauline/Vatican II Rite of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Acts 2:42-47 / Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15 and 22-24 / I Peter 1:3-9 / John 20:19-31

Readings for the Tridentine Rite of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Introit: I Peter 2:2 and Psalm 81:1

Epistle: I John 5:4-10

Gradual and Alleluia: Matthew 28:7 and John 20:26

Gospel

John 20:19-31

Offertory:

Matthew 28:2, 5 and 6

Communion Antiphon: John 20:27

October 15, 2013...

8:12 a.m. ...

Bohol was wreaked by a harrowing 7.2 magnitude earthquake... 

 

Buildings, houses, schools and national treasures, our centuries old churches were devastated...

November 8, 2013...

Super Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan hit Eastern Visayas, severely damaging the City of Tacloban in the Province of Leyte...

Millions were left homeless and thousands of lives were lost...

Yet, in spite of all of these great tribulations that our beloved countrymen and women are suffering...

In spite of the hopelessness that they are enduring...

THEY STILL HAVE THEIR "PEARL OF GREAT PRICE"...

THEIR FAITH IN GOD WHO IS OUR ALL-IN-ALL!

 

 

One of the survivors of the Typhoon even CHALLENGES US:

"If there is no God, who else is there? HE IS OUR ONLY HOPE."   

- Bibeth Sabulao, Yolanda survivor, after she received JESUS in the Most Blessed Sacrament during the Holy Mass offered in Guiuan.

CNN Repoter, Mr. Andrew Cooper has this to say about our RESILIENT AND BLESSED PEOPLE!:

“In every report we’ve done, we’ve shown how strong the Filipino people are. The Filipino people, the people of Tacloban, in Samar, in Cebu, and all these places where so many have died, they’re strong not just to survive this storm. They’re strong to have survived the aftermath of the storm. They’ve survived for a week now, often with very little food, with very little water, with very little medical attention."

Can you imagine the strength it takes to be living in a shack, to be living, sleeping on the streets next to the body of your dead children?

Can you imagine that strength?

I can’t, but I see that strength day in and day out here in the Philippines, and we honor them in every broadcast that we do.”

This is PESACH/EASTER in the midst of this deluge! 

This is OUR PEOPLE!

THE CHOSEN LAND! 

ANG BAYANG PINILI AT PININO (PILI+PINO)!

ANG LUPANG HINIRANG!

MABUHAY ANG INANG BAYANG PILIPINAS!

TAPAT NA ANAK NG POONG MAYKAPAL!