Saturday, June 23, 2012

Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist: Pangasinan Reflection

Ontan lan baleg ya subok so inarap di Zecharias tan Elizabeth nen panaon lay itdan day ngaran so anak da. No diad sikatayo, anggan anto so ipangaran tayo ed saray anak  o apo yo. Mabetbet ya ingangaran ira ed sikat ya artista, o lider odino sportsman. Kanian, nen linmad dia si Pope John Paul II nen nan-1981 tan 1995, dinmakel so manngran na John Paul. Natan, nen sinmikat si Pacquiao, aliwan Manny so dinmakel ya ngaran: Dionisia amo.

Diad saray Judio, walad kaugalian da ya ngaranan day pangolowan ya laki unong ed say ngaran na saray lalaki da. Balet say pinili di Elizabeth tan Zecharias et ngaran ya anggapo ed sikara! “Anggapo tan ya ngaran na lalaki yo!,” kuanda.

Akin balet et Juan ni so pinili da anggan anggapo tan ya nagran ed pamilya da? Ginawa da ya lapud saya so kinerew na Dios ya gawaen da! Say so imbaga nen Angel Gabriel ed si Elizabeth nen inpakabat ton sikato so manlokon anggan si Elizabeth et lepes.

Say twa nairapan irayan dwaran matakken. Aliwan mainomay so matoor ed linawa na Dios!

Dakerakel so labir ya nangel da ed saray kakaabay da. Aliwan sikato so mainomay ya awaten na saray arum. Aliwan sikato so nepeg ya gawaen, unong ed say datin gagawaen na karaklan. Mairap so miduma ed sayan bekta. Ta lapud, mainomay ya tsimisen, elekan, labiren. balawen na karaklan.

Balet, anggaman walarayan arapen da di Zecharias tan si Elizabeth, sinumpal da, matoor dan sinumpal so ganggan na Dios ya gawaen da. Tan lapud saya, walay bunga ya makapakelaw, maong tan niduma-duma.

Unaan, si akapansalita lamet si Zecharias. No natandaan yo, si Zecharias so naemel lapud sikato so nanderarwa ed say imbalita na angel nipaakar ed say panlukon nen Elizabeth ya asawa to, sakey ya lepes.

Kumadwa, amin ya kaliber-liber da so apanoy dayew tan kelaw ed say Dios a Katawan! Tan lapud saya, si Juan Bautista so akabat la na karaklan nen sikato la so nababangat.

Saraya so maong a balita para sikatayo:

No ipaamta na Dios a Katawan so linawa to ed sikatayo diad panamegley na konsiensia odino diad saray bangat na Simbaan tan say esases na Ispirito Santo, walay rason no akin. S

Unaan, no onoren tayo iyan linawa na Dios, mas lalo tayon onasingger ed say Dios. Tan amta tayo ya saya so sikreto na kinamaong tan liket na bilay tayo: say panbilay tayon assinger ed say Dios! Tan lapud saya, say grasya tan bendision na Dios so naawat met na saray walad kaliber-liber tayo! Onya so bunga tan effect na katooran ed linawa na Dios! Trusting obedience to Christ and his Church is always the best policy. Tan anggaman walay sakripisyo tayo, say sankamaongan nin dalan ya tumboken et say dalan na Dios!

Panon sirin pian mas mabolbolos tayon natumbok so linawa na Dios ed bilay tayo. Igapo tayo ed saray angkelag ya sakripisyo ya naiter tayoed inagew-agew:

Antes yon inumen so aspirin pian naekal so sakit na ulo tayo, –offer tayo so sayan sakit ed Dios as singa inpangibagat na Katawan ed say kairapan to ed krus;

No makakabalaw, o labir ya mapasnok, marakep no ondeen tayo ed sarayan anggapoy kakanaan tan mangiiter na kaermenan ed arum;

Manluto ya akaimis, manpanis ya aliwan akasibangot, manplantsa ya walay maliket pian ag napooloyan so kawes.

Ekalen tayo so palusot ya mentalidad. No ingen say bilay ya matoor ed linawa na Dios so sankarapen ya dalan.

God's way is always the best way, but not always the easiest way.  Today, let's promise Christ that we will follow it anyway, just because we love him. Ontan la komon. Amen.