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11 OCTOBER 2020
Gospel: Mt 22:1-14
Muling sumagot si Jesus sa pamamagitan ng mga talinghaga.
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Sinabi niya: Ang paghahari ng langit ay katulad sa isang hari na nagbigay
ng isang piging para sa kasal ng kaniyang anak na lalaki.
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Isinugo niya ang kaniyang mga alipin upang tawagin ang mga inanyayahan
sa piging ngunit ayaw nilang dumalo.
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Muli siyang nagsugo ng ibang mga alipin na sinasabi:Sabihin ninyo sa mga
inanyayahan: Narito, naghanda ako ng hapunan. Kinatay na ang aking mga
baka at ang lahat ng mga bagay ay nakahanda na. Halina kayo sa piging.

5 Ngunit hindi nila ito binigyang pansin at sila ay umalis. Ang isa ay
pumunta sa kaniyang bukid, at ang isa ay sa kaniyang kalakal. 6 Ang iba ay
sinunggaban ang kaniyang mga alipin, kanilang nilait ang mga ito at
pinatay. 7 Nang marinig ito ng hari, siya ay nagalit. Sinugo niya ang
kaniyang hukbo at pinuksa ang mga mamamatay taong iyon. Sinunog niya
ang kanilang lungsod.
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8 Pagkatapos, sinabi niya sa kaniyang mga alipin: Nakahanda na ang piging
ngunit ang mga inanyayahan ay hindi karapat-dapat. 9 Pumunta nga kayo
sa mga lansangan at sinuman ang inyong matagpuan ay anyayahan ninyo
sa piging. 10 Lumabas nga ang mga alipin sa mga lansangan at dinala ang
lahat ng kanilang mga natagpuan. Dinala nila kapwa ang masama at
mabuti. Ang piging ay napuno ng mga panauhin.

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Ngunit nang pumasok ang hari upang tingnan ang mga panauhin, may
nakita siya roong isang lalaking hindi nakasuot ng damit na
pampiging. 12 Sinabi niya sa kaniya: Kaibigan, papaano ka nakapasok dito
nang hindi nakasuot ng damit na pampiging?Ngunit wala siyang masabi.
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Sinabi ng hari sa mga tagapaglingkod: Igapos ninyo ang kaniyang mga paa
at mga kamay. Dalhin ninyo siya at itapon sa kadiliman sa labas.Doon ay
magkakaroon ng pananangis at pagngangalit ng mga ngipin.
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Ito ay sapagkat marami ang tinawag ngunit kakaunti ang pinili.
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08 OCTOBER 2020

WORSHIP SONGS:

I will Hope in the Lord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0StJjulVark
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God is enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc-9NZJI6w4I

Here I am Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t6mz8yoocY
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Discussion Topic:

Betrothal and the Wedding

Until late in the Middle Ages, marriage consisted of two ceremonies that were marked by
celebrations at two separate times, with an interval between. First came the betrothal [erusin];
and later, the wedding [nissuin]. At the betrothal the woman was legally married, although she still
remained in her father’s house. She could not belong to another man unless she was divorced from
her betrothed. The wedding meant only that the betrothed woman, accompanied by a colorful
procession, was brought from her father’s house to the house of her groom, and the legal tie with
him was consummated.
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Discussion Topic:

In biblical times, people were married in early youth, and marriages were usually
contracted within the narrow circle of the clan and the family. It was undesirable to marry
a woman from a foreign clan, lest she introduce foreign beliefs and practices.

As a rule, the fathers arranged the match. The girl was consulted, but the “calling of the
damsel and inquiring at her mouth” after the conclusion of all negotiations was merely a
formality.
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Discussion Topic:

The price paid by the father of the groom to the father of the bride was called mohar. (The
term continues to be included in the text of the traditional ketubah, or Jewish wedding
contract. Mattan was the Hebrew word for the gifts given by the groom to the bride in
addition to the mohar. The mohar was not always paid in cash. Sometimes it was paid in
kind, or in service.

In ancient days, marriage was not an agreement between two individuals, but between
two families.
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Discussion Topic:

The newly married man usually did not found a new home for himself, but occupied a
nook in his father’s house. The family of the groom gained, and the family of the bride
lost, a valuable member who helped with all household tasks. It was reasonable,
therefore, that the father of the groom should pay the father of the bride the equivalent
of her value as a useful member of the family.
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Discussion Topic:

Righteous or Just
CCC1807 Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to
God and neighbor. Justice toward God is called the "virtue of religion." Justice toward men disposes
one to respect the rights of each and to establish in human relationships the harmony that
promotes equity with regard to persons and to the common good. The just man, often mentioned
in the Sacred Scriptures, is distinguished by habitual right thinking and the uprightness of his
conduct toward his neighbor. "You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in
righteousness shall you judge your neighbor."68 "Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly,
knowing that you also have a Master in heaven."
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Discussion Topic:

Mt. 1:18-23: Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary
was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through
the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose
her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the
angel of the Lord[c] appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be
afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
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Discussion Topic:

Mt. 1:18-23:
For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a
son and you are to name him Jesus,[d] because he will save his people from their sins.” All
this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Behold, the virgin
shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means
“God is with us.”
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Discussion Starter:

Put yourself in Joseph’s shoes:

1.Describe your emotions & thoughts upon learning that your betrothed wife is pregnant but not of you
2.Would you believe & follow a dream? Why?

3.Was it consequential that Joseph proceeded to marry & accompany Mary?

4.Share an incident when you accompanied somebody alienated, lost or needy Identify somebody you will
accompany & show the love of God