Kumapat a Simba na Paskua (B)
14 Abril 2000
Say Maong a Pastol
Say pakanengneng tayo ed say Maong a Pastol onung
ed say inpangisalasaysay nen Jesus ed saray disipulo to so nidumaduma,
tan to nengnengen tuau-tua, et abaliktad ed pakankabat tayo ed saray managpastol.
"Siak so maong a pastol;Sayan pumapastol so mangisaklang na bilay to para say papastolan to! Singa abalituag tan nansalatan amo so kipapasen na pastol tan saray karniro. Kanepegan na karniro ya manbilay para say pastol --
say maong a pastol isaklang toy bilay to para saray karniro"
mangiter na bago ya ilako ed tindaan
mangiter na karne para panbilay na pastol.
Kanian, iyaagel na patol irayan karniro lapud nakaukolan to ra ed panbilay to, aliwan say IPATEY to!
Saray karniro so anggapoy kakanaan da et sakey a bilay na too. Kanian, no say pastol ya isaklang to so bilay to para say karniro to so agay lay irap ya talusan! Singa walay kakulangan ed kalakal tan panagnunot.
"Siak so maong a pastol; kabat ko ray karnirol tan kabat da ak."
Tua, nakaukolan ya say pastol et kabat to
ray karniro to --
antoy kabaleg da, say ingal da, say tanda ra tan bago ra
no antoy panangakar da, say bilang da.
Balet, niduma-duma lamet so pikakabat na pastol
ed saray karniro to.
Agto labat amta ray awawey tan kagagawa ra, kabat
to ra tan kabat da so pastol!
Kabat to ra a singa to pakamkabat tayo ed saray
kakaaro tayo. Kabat to ra singa to ra agi -- tan kabat to ra singa sakey
met a karniro. Say maong a pastol so akikasakey ed saray karniro to!
"Siak so maong a pastol, wala ni rayarum a karnirok ya andi rad sayan koral.
Nakaukolan ya iptipon ko met ira".
Panon kasi ya iwanwan, iyagel, titponan na
say maong a pastol iray dakerakel ya karniro ed poder to -- ed sankamundoan!
Panon to ra kasin nakabat ya amin? tan naaro to dakerakel ya karniro?
No nengnengen so tua -- say maong a pastol so aggay lay irap ya talusan, nen say sikatayo ya singa karniro ya iwawanwan tan iyaagel na sayan maong a pastol.
Balet, sayan irap na pakatalus so nagagawa labat ed say kanunutan tayo ya totoo. Anto met balet kasi so walad linawa na Dios akin et naibaga nen Jesus iraya? Say kalokoan ed kanunutan na too, no nanengneng ed mas babaleg ya kipapasen, a singa diad pakaneng-neng na Dios, so aliwa lan kalokoan tan kakulangay kalakal.
Lapud, ontan la so ginawa tan sinumpal nen Jesus para sikatayo a karniro to.Alwian kalokoan, no ingen panangaro tan panangasi na Dios!
Inter na maong a pastol so bilay to ed sikatayon
amin -- makapoy man o marakep man a karniro.
Kabat to itayon amin -- say sankamelagan tan
sankabalgan ya karniro to.
Inararo to itayon amin -- insaklang to so bilay
to para amin a karniro to, tan anapen tan tumboken ton amin ya anggad amin
et nawalaan ed koral to.
Siopa tayo sirin ed matay maong a pastol? Sikatayo so karniron naurasan na dalay panangaro na maong a pastol. Amta tan kabat tayo ya inararao itayo na Dios, lapud si Jesus so nagmaliw a sakey a kilaw -- sakey a singa sikatayo -- tan sayan dala na sayan karniro so tinmerter para nagamuran tayo so bilay ya agnaandi.
Natan ya simba so agew a niletneg para saray ina na pamilya. Sikara met so pumastol ya mangiwawanwan tan mangiagel ed say anak tan pamilya ya. Sikara so manangaro tan makankabat ed say anak tan pamilya ra. Misalamat tayo ed sikara!
No impaneng-neng nen Jesus a sikatoy maong a pastol --- ontan la komon ya pagmaliwen tayo ya alimbawa iayan imbaga nen Katawan.
Wadtan la komon so pangiwanwan tayo ed balang sakey. Wadtan met la komon so pangimalasakit tan pikakasakey tayo ed amin -- laut la ed saray nababalang ed matek tan tuan dalan. Wadtan la komon so pangiyagel tayo ed saray nalalames, napapaulyan, nanairapan ya agagi tayo. Sikato ya dalan ya impaneng-neng nen Jesus. Say dalan na Maong a Pastol. Mairap ya talusan. Balet diad linaway Dios, say panangaro na Dios so ag la nakaukolan ya ipaliwawa. Imbilay laya nen Jesus -- say Maong a Pastol.
Ontan la komon.
1st Reading - Acts 4:8-12
As Peter and John spoke to the people at Solomon's Portico (last week's reading) the priests, the captain of the Temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them. The teaching of Peter and John upset them because the apostles were teaching that in Jesus there was resurrection of the dead - a doctrine specifically rejected by the Sadducees. Peter and John were seized and held overnight in jail (meanwhile, the numbers of men who believed grew to five thousand). The next day Peter and John were brought before the Sanhedrin. What we hear today is Peter's address to the Sanhedrin. It is an apology of the faith rather than a sermon. After this address to the Sanhedrin Peter and John were released.
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them,
Recall that in Luke 12:11-12 Jesus says "When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say." Here, that promise is fulfilled.
"Leaders of the people and elders: 9 If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved,
The focus seems to have changed from resurrection to healing, but not really. The apostles display the power of the resurrected Lord as we shall see.
10 then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean
The name is the person and all that he represents.
whom you crucified,
Put to death.
whom God raised from the dead;
Resurrected.
in his name
This person (name) Jesus has power through which He allows others to work miracles and accomplish great things.
this man stands before you healed.
The crippled man who has been healed - visible proof of the power is standing in their midst.
11 He is 'the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.'
Peter is addressing the religious leaders of the community and quotes to them Psalm 118:22 (Psalm 118 is the last Psalm in the Great Hallel which was sung between the third and fourth cups of the Passover meal just a few days earlier). Some translations render this as "capstone" rather than "cornerstone" (read Psalm 118:22-24).
12 There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved."
The Psalm says that we are to rejoice and this is why. The Messiah has arrived and opened heaven so that salvation is possible. No longer are all souls trapped in sheol - they can enter heaven in anticipation of the resurrection.
2nd Reading - 1 John 3:1-2
Having taught about repentance and re-ordering of our lives to follow Our Father's plan, John now teaches what it means to be a part of God's covenant family. Affirming the present reality of God's love in making the Christians "children of God" has three consequences: 1) Christians do not belong to the world, which failed to receive Jesus. 2) Christians will lead lives of holiness like Christ. 3) Christians are confident of an even greater salvation in the future.
3:1 See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are.
As in the beatitudes, to be "called" is to be "called by God." In the language of the Bible, when God gives someone a name, He is not simply conferring a title or means of identification but is causing the thing which the name indicates. The word of God is efficacious, it does what it says it will do. This is why Saint John adds "Yet so we are." This is not a metaphorical title, a legal fiction, or adoption human-style. God has gratuitously given men a strictly supernatural dignity, an intimacy with God whereby we are members of His household with the right of inheritance.
The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
This calls to mind Jesus' words at the Last Supper "The hour is coming whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do this because they have not known the Father, or me" (John 16:2-3).
2 Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Although we know now that we are God's children, we have not fully experienced it because the seeds of divine life which it contains will only reach their full growth in eternal life, when we see Him "as He is," "face-to-face." When we do see God face-to-face, we will be like Christ, whose relation to God is unique - He is the firstborn Son.
Gospel - John 10:11-18
This Sunday is often called "Good Shepherd Sunday" because of this reading. In the ancient Middle East, shepherds did not "drive" their sheep, they led them. The sheep were very close to the shepherd, almost like pets. They knew the voice of their own shepherd, and would only follow him. The shepherd led them to food and water; he protected them from predators; he searched for them when they were lost. Jesus is our Good Shepherd, He provides for us, protects us, saves us from danger.
11 I am the good shepherd.
This is good in the sense of "noble" or "ideal" rather than the sense of being "good at" something. He is the "true" or "perfect" shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
This is not an exaggeration to fit the occasion, the Israelite shepherd frequently risked his life to save his sheep. In a far more significant way Jesus has laid down His life for the sheep of God.
12 A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. 13 This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
Like the Pharisees who have no personal commitment to the welfare of the Jews - they work only for their own interests.
14 I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
The relationship between Jesus and the Church is analogous to the close relationship between Jesus and His Father. This relationship is the basis for the sacrifice that Jesus makes on behalf of the sheep.
16 I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice,
The Gentiles, too, must be brought into salvation together with the sheep from the fold of Israel. The way to eternal life is the same for both - that they hear in Jesus the voice of God and respond with faith.
and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
A single Church under the one shepherd - Christ [and His appointed visible shepherd, His vicar (see John 21:15-18)].
17 This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own.
A sacrifice that the Son performs in complete harmony with the will of the Father.
I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again.
The crucifixion and resurrection are the two aspects of the glorification of Christ. In His exaltation Christ takes up life not only for Himself but also for all who live through His work of salvation.
This command I have received from my Father."
The condition of the efficacy of Christ's work is the entire freedom of His obedience.
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