𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗗𝗜𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥? | 28 Sep 2025 HOMILY w/ Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD

0:00 The Lord be with you. >> And with your spirit. >> A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. >> Glory to you, O Lord. >> Jesus said to the Pharisees, "Once there was a rich man who dressed in purple and linen and feasted splendidly every day. At his gate lay a burger named Lazarus who was covered with soores. Lazarus longed to eat the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. The dogs even came and leaked his source. Eventually the beggar died. He was

0:47 carried by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man likewise died and was buried from the abode of the dead where he was in torment. He raised his eyes and saw Abraham a far off and Lazarus resting his bosom. He called out, "Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to deep the tip of his finger in water in water to refresh my tongue for I am tortured in these flames. My child replied Abraham, remember that you were well off in your lifetime while

1:34 Lazarus was in misery. Now he is he was he has found consolation here but you have found torment and that is not all. Between you and us there is fix a great so that those who might wish to cross from here to you cannot do so. Nor can anyone cross from your side to us. Father, I ask you then, the rich man said, send him to my father's house where I have five brothers. Let him be a warning to them so that they may not end in this place of torment. Abraham answered, "They have Moses and the

2:19 prophets. Let them hear them." No, father Abraham, replied the rich man, but if someone would only go to them from the dead, then they would repent. Abraham said to him, "If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, even if one should rise from the dead." Friends, brothers and sisters, the gospel of the Lord. >> Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. >> Come Holy Spirit, bless

3:06 this unworthy priest whom you have called to share and to preach and bless all the people who come here today. Come Holy Spirit come. Sisters and brothers, every Sunday we have a choice to come to church to honor God or to take its easy relax work or whatever. And just I would like to say to all of you who come here every Sunday, thank you for the love and the sacrifice in your hearts

3:51 to honor God and to say Lord reporting for duty. In this mass, pilgrims mass and mission mass. We like to thank Father Paul Bumanglag SBD. 28 years a priest. 27 of these years were spent in Italy as a chaplain for the Filipino communities there. Thank you, Father Paul, for the love and the sacrifice. Paul is from uh Clavia

4:36 Kagayan and today is national well seafarers Sunday farers sea man sea woman those who are in in the high seas risking life, going through the lonely times, leaving family and home, sacrificing for the sake of the family and for the sake of our nation. They bring in wealth to our country. We salute them.

5:26 Father Paul Pringle CS, the national director of the um seafarers day coord coordinator informed us that um about half a million of Filipino seaf farers have been deployed since 1975 to 2024 all over the world. So we acknowledge their hard and honest work. And please remember we appreciate as we appreciate you. Thumbs down.

6:19 something for us to think about. Anyway, sisters and brothers, Go to confession. Bless me father for I have sinned. My last confession father was long time ago father. How many years ago? Long time ago father 10 years ago. Uh 10 years. Uh sail on father. Simply sail on father. Lara larga padre. H 20 years ago. Sail on

7:05 padre. Padre 30 years sail on 40 years anchor drop the anchor father anchor. Oh so he made a good confession. You know, when you make a good confession, some of the most beautiful, peaceful faces I have seen are those who have been forgiven. Anyway,

7:51 going back to the story before he left the confession, if I did not go to confession, you think I could go to heaven. The priest said, "Sail on, son. Sail on." Purgatory father sail on. Hell, father. Oh, anchor. Anchor. Drop the anchor. A simple story with a simple message. Don't stay away from the Lord too far too long. And if today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. And what

8:37 is the lesson for all of us? Stop now. Stop too much. There's a time you say. So the gospel today talks about simply that. Look, the message today is there will be a final judgment, final justice, divine justice will catch up

9:24 sooner or later. Maybe it is delayed. Divine justice basically the good will be rewarded. Keep that in mind. So please reminds us do not be dismayed with the social injustice and evil going around. And P says it is part of the economy of

10:10 salvation. And don't forget God is complete control of everything and everyone. So please stay good and stay beautiful. Stop. There is an end to everything. And well, what kind of life are you living? Enjoy now. Pay later.

10:58 endure now but will be free later. Those who are enjoying now listen to the story of Lazarus and the rich man, please go back to the Lord. Don't keep sailing on in the sea of evil. go back to the Lord. And sisters and brothers, Psalm 62 tells us, "Do not put your trust on oppression, nor vain hopes on blunder. Do not set your heart on riches,

11:47 even when they increase. For God said only one thing, only two do I know, that God alone, to God alone belongs the power, and to you God, O Lord, love, and that you repay each man according to his deeds. Final accounting. Years ago in the 1970s, there was a TV series, Rich Man, Poor Manapid. The other one became so rich and powerful, vain and empty. The other one

12:34 was poor, but he was very human and he was walking the earth. Who are you? What are you? Rich man, poor man. Look at your life. Are you living a quality life or quantity life? quantity and all you think of is more money, more power, more enjoyment, quantity, quantity. How about quality?

13:20 Quality life. This is what the Lord is telling us. And again, the other question is, are you safe or are you saved? safe. They are safe and so secure in this world. But the other question is, are you saved? Are you living a life that will save you in the end? It's your choice. It's your call. Everything But if you don't listen and you don't

14:06 obey, it's your call. It's your choice. And you suffer the consequences in this life and in the life to come. Choose to be good. Choose to be honest. Choose to be humble. Choose to be generous. These are the things that the Lord reminds us again today. Life is short. What are you living for and what are you dying for? What did I do in my life?

14:52 I was just comfortable. And when you died, did you die for anything? Something. someone greater than yourself. Tomorrow the feast of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, our first Filipino Saint Martier who lived for God and who died for God was something someone greater than himself. They lived just for themselves, for their family, for their pleasures, for their Small circle.

15:37 Small circle in your My family, my friends. Small circle. Small circle. Big circle. Small circle. Small circle. Big circle. There is a God. There are people aside from you, aside from your family and your loved ones, accountability and social responsibility. So many of you have blessings. Congratulations. Rosanna, if you have received many blessings, be a blessing to others. You have many blessings. How did you get

16:25 those blessings? Is that a blessing? Not at all. So dear brothers and sisters, today if you hear his voice, hardened not your heart. You have to go back and We who are still alive. By the way, we take that for granted. Oh, one thing pala. Today I'm speaking with a normal voice, not labored. Last week I could hardly speak.

17:14 We take so for granted. Anyway, last week temporary bosses husband bosses for life. No, what I'm saying is this. You have many blessings. Don't take for granted. Think about this po again. Just think about this. Many people never reach your age. As I look here Nelson last week collapse, I didn't know. Oh my

18:00 god. But he's here. Thank you, Lord. Still alive. Anything could have happened. We don't know. So, please don't take for granted the life that God has given you. And my suggestion is this. R I P the rest of our life RIP focus are you're given the chance to make reparation restitution if you want to call it Lord to make reparation repair

18:47 make up. Makeup, makeup, makeup. No, make up for all the bad things you may have done, the hurts you have done to people. God is giving us this chance. We all have sins. Make reparation. How? Number two, I you have the time for intercession. Pray pam more more prayers. Don't spend the rest of your life enjoying life, buying all the jewelries you want, all the prayenior citiz

19:41 given the times for the time for purification. When you have pain, when you have sufferings, you're being purified. And many of us when you share your blessings, whatever you have, you're being purified. Reparation, intercession, purification. If you do that, RIP means rest in peace. RIP means restless in purgatory.

20:30 Worse, RIP could mean rotting in the pit of hell. Your choice, your call. We'll come now to October, the month of the rosary. By the way, we're doing a walk with God to Manawad, October 4, first Saturday. I've been doing this for many years now. To walk from Ordineta, we start at 5:00 a.m. the cathedral, walk 13 kilometers, mass in Manawak at 900 a.m. sacrifice for reparation, intercession and

21:16 purification. See you there. And um you know please remember Mama Mary will always remind us anchor be anchored on God and um I will be 72 years already in October quality time. I have three wishes and for all of us. Number one,

22:03 sana in this mass we pray sana lord the rest of my life the best of my life now the best for God the best for your loved ones be the best of your life. Number two, we pray in this mass. Lord, may my exits from this world be kind. Exiting drama issues sord simple kind exit when I leave this world peaceful. And number three, may my entry

22:48 to eternity be light and bright. St. Michael the Archangel, feast of the guardian angels. Oh, sorry, the archangels Michael Gabriel, and Raphael. And here is a beautiful prayer. We bow our heads, especially asking St. Michael to pray for us personally. Pray for our families and for our beloved country. I like to

23:34 pray for all those who are going through temptations or difficulties, those who need conversion. We pray together in our hearts. St. Michael the Archangel. Defend us on the day of battle. Be our safeguard against the snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast unto into hell, Satan and all the other evil

24:19 spirits who prowl to the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. and Mama Mary, please help us to do our mission and go to heaven at the end of our lives. And so we pray one special request to Mother Mary. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Amen.

25:07 Please tell the person beside you in God's heart. Amen. [Music]