SATURDAY, May 30, 2026

Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of Saint Joan of Arc, virgin and martyr

PATHWAYS OF HOPE: “TRUTH OR EGO”

[GOSPEL OF THE DAY]: MARK 11: 27 - 33

Jesus and his disciples returned once more to Jerusalem.

As he was walking in the temple area,

the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders

approached him and said to him,

“By what authority are you doing these things?

Or who gave you this authority to do them?”

Jesus said to them, “I shall ask you one question.

Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me.”

They discussed this among themselves and said,

“If we say, ‘Of heavenly origin,’ he will say,

‘Then why did you not believe him?’

But shall we say, ‘Of human origin’?”–

they feared the crowd,

for they all thought John really was a prophet.

So they said to Jesus in reply, “We do not know.”

Then Jesus said to them,

“Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Reflection by Jon Kasilag: Founding Principal Engineer, AMH Phils., Inc. Former Senior Lecturer-UP. Covenanted Member-Ligaya ng Panginoon. Site Leader-Pathways North Quezon City.

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