𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘, 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗡 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 | 14 June 2026 HOMILY with Fr. Jerry Orbos SVD

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘, 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗡 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 Sunday Homily - June 14, 2026 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘪𝘮 (“𝘓𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥!”); 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘮 (“𝘒𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥!”); 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘪𝘮 (“𝘓𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥!”). 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳; 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. __________________ As we travel through life, it can happen that which is most important is the one that is left behind or forgotten. In the Gospel today (Mt. 9, 36-10,8) Jesus’ reminds His disciples of what is really important in their mission: passion and. compassion. They were to be disciples with a passion to spread the kingdom and to carry out their mission to cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers and pro-claim the Good News. But they were to do so with compassion, especially to the lost sheep. They were to be disciples with passion (not just for fashion) but more so disciples with a mission filled with compassion, disciples with a heart. __________________ Discipleship is not so much doing, but being. Go down the list of the 12 apostles and you’ll notice that nothing was said to describe what they did—except Matthew, “the tax collector,” and Judas, “who betrayed Him.” Perhaps that should lead to deeper appreciation of our personhood rather than of our so-called achievements, not so much of what we carry in our hands, but what we carry in our hearts. __________________ Pray for us your priests. May we become real fathers to the sheep, filled with passion for God’s mission, and with hearts full of compassion for His people. May we not be tempted to stray from our mission because of worldly “commission,” and personal “consomisyon” and worldly ambition. __________________ When leaders are so busy minding and holding on to their political ship, and are so focused on the financial shape of their pockets, then they forget the sheep. We do not have a poverty of leaders in the Philippines. Yes, we have a surplus of leaders who work for themselves, but we do have a shortage of leaders who really work for the sheep. True laborers are few. The masters are aplenty in this country – masters of deceit, masters of fraud, masters of corruption, masters of “magic.” You name it, we’ve got it. In the meantime, again we ask: who is minding the sheep? __________________ Are we really listening? Here we are discussing, debating, quarrelling about government, while the people go hungry and go deeper into poverty. All the talk about flood control and impeachment boils down to only one issue – truth. The sheep don’t want more talks. They want the truth. They need truthful shepherds and they need food, and they need them now. They need shepherds who will lead them to greener pastures. “Ask the master of the harvest to send the laborers for his harvest.” Pray. Let us pray for good, truthful and able leaders in our land. __________________ The apostles had appendages written to their names: Simon, called Peter; James, the son of Zebedee; Judas Iscariot, the traitor, etc. etc. What appendage will be written after your name? _________ who loved much? Who worked much? Who lied much? Who worried much? Who fought much? Who was too much? It’s really all up to you. God provides the paper. You hold the pencil. It is you who write your life, all original. No fake or spliced copies. It is God who does the counting. He knows the score, and that cannot be tampered with. __________________ Fr. Flavie Villanueva, SVD, confrere and friend, this is for you: “Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven; Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you, and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of Me; Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Mt. 5,12) __________________ A moment with the Lord: Lord, help us to be your disciples, with a heart. Amen. Source: Phil Daily Inquirer * Like and follow us on Facebook:   / frjerryorbos   Subscribe to our channel on YouTube:    / frjerryorbossvd   God bless you, and Mama Mary loves you! Special thanks for the music: Journey Of Hope by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... #frjerryorboshomilytoday #frjerryorbosmasstoday #Sundayhomily