 | Daily Bible Reflections
for January 9, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Saturday, follow the Spirit of God leading you.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | Knowing One’s Position in Mission “You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but that I was sent before him.’” – John 3:28 St. John knew exactly his role with respect to Jesus. He never took the credit that the people were willingly giving him. In life, there will be times when we will be tempted to grab the recognition due to someone else. We do this in our desire to lift up ourselves or to make people believe that we are better than others, even if it means stepping on others’ toes. But achieving success this way spells guaranteed frustration and emptiness. True success is not just when you have personally grown in wisdom and humility but when others grew as much because of you. Let pleasing God be our top priority in all that we do. Then, we can be sure that things will fall into their rightful places.Jess Santos (jesus_santos_07@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Have we stepped on others’ toes just to inch closer to our personal goals? Dear God, help me to be sensitive when it comes to claiming recognition that’s not my own. Grant me the strength and courage to do the right thing every time I am faced with this situation, in Jesus’ name. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING It is the will of God that is important, not our own, no matter how holy we may judge our own desires to be. One of the most common mistakes that Christians make is confusing their own will with that of God. The saints witness to us that the will of God is usually different from our own as we are too often caught up with our own desires and wants. Let us pray for the grace to die to our own desires and to embrace the will of God fully in our lives. 1 John 5:14-21 14 Beloved: We have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours. 16 If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly. 18 We know that no one begotten by God sins; but the one begotten by God he protects, and the evil one cannot touch him. 19 We know that we belong to God, and the whole world is under the power of the evil one. 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Children, be on your guard against idols. P S A L M Psalm 149:1-2, 3-4, 5, 6a, 9b R: The Lord takes delight in his people. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song of praise in the assembly of the faithful. 2 Let Israel be glad in their maker, let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. (R) 3 Let them praise his name in the festive dance, let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp. 4 For the LORD loves his people, and he adorns the lowly with victory. (R) 5 Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their couches; 6 let the high praises of God be in their throats. 9 This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia. (R) G O S P E L John knows that he is not the Messiah. This is an important truth that we all must acknowledge or else there is a danger that we will develop a messianic complex. This danger is greater for leaders, particularly those who are unable to let go and allow new leadership to develop within their communities. Only God can save. We must never believe that we are indispensable to God’s work. We must learn to acknowledge that we cannot achieve God’s will on our own. John 3:22-30 22 Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea, where he spent some time with them baptizing. 23 John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there, and people came to be baptized, 24 for John had not yet been imprisoned. 25 Now a dispute arose between the disciples of John and a Jew about ceremonial washings. 26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing and everyone is coming to him.” 27 John answered and said, “No one can receive anything except what has been given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said [that] I am not the Messiah, but that I was sent before him. 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom; the best man, who stands and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made complete. 30 He must increase; I must decrease.” my reflections think: Let us pray for the grace to die to our own desires and to embrace the will of God fully in our lives. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | HOW DO WE LIVE IN TRUE HUMILITY? John the Baptist does not live under any illusions of self-importance. He is quite clear as he speaks to his disciples, “I must decrease and he, Jesus, must increase.” Herein lies the answer to the question I posed in the title of today’s reflection. The only way to grow in humility is to have the same realization that John had, namely, that it is Christ and His will that is the all-important reality for happiness and fulfilment in life. If we try to live apart from the graces and fulfillment that Christ offers, we will only be frustrated and disappointed. If we surrender to God’s will and decide to live for Him, we will know the fullness of life. Obedience and surrender to the will of God are not always, in fact rarely are, the most attractive of the options presented to us daily. This is why the saints talk about living lives of faith and trust in God. It is only if we truly believe in Christ that we would be willing to entrust ourselves to His promises. One of the greatest challenges in the life of faith is that the promises of Christ in the Gospel are only fulfilled in eternal life, that is, they are beyond experience in this world. This means that we have to let go of our need to experience these promises now — to feel the fulfillment of God’s promises. It is highly likely, if not for certain, that such will only come when we pass from this life to the next. Jesus has traveled this path of faith when He submitted Himself to His passion and death. It is the Father, or more correctly, the glory of the Father (see Romans 5) that raised Jesus from the dead. Jesus totally surrendered His life to the Father so that we will be saved. He has walked the path of faith to prove to us that it is possible. Are we willing to follow His example? Are we willing to decrease so that His promises can increase and become the substance of our lives?Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: What are the areas in my life where I need to grow in humility and surrender to the will of God? Holy Spirit, grant me the grace to surrender my life to God and to allow Your grace to transform my life into a life of faith and trust in You. St. Vitalicus, pray for us. | |
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