 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 5, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Offer your hardships and trials to the Lord this Friday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | GOOD RIDDANCE Herodias harbored a grudge against him and wanted to kill him…. – Mark 6:19 Carl and Sarah Collier forbade their teenage granddaughter Holly Anne to see her lover Sandra. Holly’s grandparents were staunch Christians who wouldn’t allow this lesbian relationship to continue. Holly was not used to such strict rules for she grew up under the lenient rules of her mother. When Holly’s mom was imprisoned due to drug charges, she lived with her grandparents. After four months of living with them, she decided she had had enough. Together with Sandra, Holly plotted the murder of her grandparents. On the evening of August 2, 2004, Holly and Sandra succeeded in killing the Colliers by stabbing them with kitchen knives. In today’s Gospel, Herodias harbored a grudge against John the Baptist for charging Herod and her of adultery. Because of this, she plotted to kill John, which eventually led to his beheading. When people confront us with our sins, faults, or weaknesses, how do we react? Do we admit our mistakes and resolve to change our ways? Or are we like Herodias and Holly who, instead of getting rid of their sin, got rid of those who confronted them? Let’s choose wisely and remove sin from our lives. Judith Concepcion (svp_jmc@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: When someone points out your faults, are you bitter or do you resolve to get better? O Jesus, help me see my faults. Grant me the grace to change my ways. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING We have here a sort of eulogy to the greatness of King David. Even in his greatness we know of his sins and the suffering they caused. Let this be a lesson to us. Sin is never far from any of us, no matter how holy or great we may be in the eyes of God and the world. Let us live sober and watchful lives so that sin will not find a foothold in our lives. Let us give witness to the total victory Jesus shares with us over sin. Sirach 47:2-11 2 Like the choice fat of the sacred offerings, so was David in Israel. 3 He made sport of lions as though they were kids, and of bears, like lambs of the flock. 4 As a youth he slew the giant and wiped out the people’s disgrace, when his hand let fly the slingstone that crushed the pride of Goliath. 5 Since he called upon the Most High God, who gave strength to his right arm to defeat the skilled warrior and raise up the might of his people, 6 therefore the women sang his praises and ascribed to him tens of thousands. When he assumed the royal crown, he battled 7 and subdued the enemy on every side. He destroyed the hostile Philistines and shattered their power till our own day. 8 With his every deed he offered thanks to God Most High, in words of praise. With his whole being he loved his Maker and daily had his praises sung; 9 he added beauty to the feasts and solemnized the seasons of each year with string music before the altar, providing sweet melody for the psalms 10 so that when the Holy Name was praised, before daybreak the sanctuary would resound. 11 The LORD forgave him his sins and exalted his strength forever; he conferred on him the rights of royalty and established his throne in Israel. P S A L M Psalm 18:31, 47, 50, 51 R: Blessed be God my salvation! 30 [31] God’s way is unerring, the promise of the LORD is fire-tried; he is a shield to all who take refuge in him. (R) 46 [47] The LORD live! And blessed be my Rock! Extolled be God my savior. 49 [50] Therefore will I proclaim you, O LORD, among the nations, and I will sing praise to your name. (R) 50 [51] You who gave great victories to your king and showed kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever. (R) G O S P E L John the Baptist dies a martyr’s death because he will not be silent in the face of sin. He chooses to speak the truth even though he must have known that to do so would be to imperil his life. This demonstrates for us what it takes to follow Jesus as a disciple — this is a call that will embrace both good times and hard times. Let us pray for the grace to follow Jesus regardless of what the consequences for ourselves may be. Mark 6:14-29 14 King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is why mighty powers are at work in him.” 15 Others were saying, “He is Elijah”; still others, “He is a prophet like any of the prophets.” 16 But when Herod learned of it, he said, “It is John whom I beheaded. He has been raised up.” 17 Herod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. 18 John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” 19 Herodias harbored a grudge against him and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so. 20 Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him. 21 She had an opportunity one day when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers, his military officers, and the leading men of Galilee. 22 Herodias’s own daughter came in and performed a dance that delighted Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you.” 23 He even swore [many things] to her, “I will grant you whatever you ask of me, even to half of my kingdom.” 24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the Baptist.” 25 The girl hurried back to the king’s presence and made her request, “I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” 26 The king was deeply distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests he did not wish to break his word to her. 27 So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders to bring back his head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison. 28 He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl. The girl in turn gave it to her mother. 29 When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb. my reflections t h i n k : Let us pray for the grace to follow Jesus regardless of what the consequences for ourselves may be. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | Two Heroes of Faith Two years ago I traveled with a pilgrim group through the area where the fortress Machaerus stood, the place where John the Baptist had suffered. It was built in the most desolate place you can imagine — a lonely grey desert, surrounded by deep ravines, overlooking the Dead Sea. Here, John did his last and finest act of witnessing: He gave his life for standing up for the truth. He had dared to tell the ruler Herod Antipas, “It is not right for you to have your (half-)brother’s wife.” Tell today a president, “What you are doing is not right,” and you know what will happen to you. It was worse in ancient times. And yet, John spoke out. After all, his King was God and for his King and God he was ready to give his life. Incidentally, the Church honors today another hero of faith, better a heroine: St. Agatha. She was a young Christian woman who gave her life for her King in the year 250. She died after horrible tortures for her faith in Christ. Oh boy, I can only exclaim. Where have all the heroes gone? We don’t like to be laughed at or called “conservative” or “out of touch with reality”— even though that is far from being beheaded or tortured. Two years ago, when the so-called Reproductive Health Bill was discussed, where was the majority of the faithful? The Church was strong in times when faithful followers of Christ dared to rebuke those in power. The Church was strong when the faithful were ready to give their lives for Christ. The Church until now is strong where she is persecuted. Our churches are still full but our faith has become a weary, weepy, cowardly caricature. We are not what Pope John Paul II expected the Philippines to be: a beacon light of faith for Asia. Who in Asia converts to Christianity because of our witness? Sorry, folks, these are hard words. But they have to be said. John the Baptist and St. Agatha should not be ashamed of us.Fr. Rudy Horst, SVD Reflection Question: Do I have the courage to stand up for my faith and the values of Christ and the Church when they are attacked or ridiculed? Lord, through the heroic examples of John the Baptist and of St. Agatha, You have made me aware of my cowardice when it comes to witnessing to You and to our faith. May their example and that of the countless martyrs strengthen me and make me more courageous. St. Abraham, pray for us. | |
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