 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 20, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Saturday, follow the Spirit of God leading you.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | A HASTY DEPARTURE And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. – Luke 5:28 Twenty-four years ago this week, the Marcoses fled Malacañang Palace in the midst of the People Power Revolution. Just hours before that historical moment, the dictator had been sworn in for his fourth term and had vowed that he would never resign. The family left in such haste that when rallyists overran the palace, they found the Marcoses’ dining table with an unfinished meal in its silver service and a half-eaten banana at the bedside of the former first lady. Empty jewelry boxes littered the floor of Imelda’s bedroom while soiled disposable adult diapers were found in the dictator’s bathroom. This scene gives us a clear picture of what it means to “leave everything behind.” That’s what Levi did when Jesus invited the tax collector to follow Him. Imagine, Levi was at his customs post when the Lord called him. He had tasks to do, maybe even some ill-gotten cash in his table drawers. But the minute he heard Jesus’ invitation, it was so compelling that he didn’t even bother to pack up his desk. Levi simply got up and followed Jesus. REFLECTION: Are you quick to obey, whenever the Lord makes known His will? Lord, give me the boldness to follow You without fear or procrastination. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING We should always be on the lookout for those who are unable to care for themselves. These are the Anawim or Little Ones of God. If we do not care for them, who will? If we do not care for them, then we will be judged on this lack of love and care for our brothers and sisters in need (see also the Parable of the Sheep and Goats in Matthew 25). Isaiah 58:9b-14 9 Thus says the LORD: If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; 10 if you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday; 11 then the LORD will guide you always and give you plenty even on the parched land. He will renew your strength, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring whose water never fails. 12 The ancient ruins shall be rebuilt for your sake, and the foundations from ages past you shall raise up; “Repairer of the breach,” they shall call you, “Restorer of ruined homesteads.” 13 If you hold back your foot on the sabbath from following your own pursuits on my holy day; if you call the sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable; if you honor it by not following your ways, seeking your own interests, or speaking with malice — 14 Then you shall delight in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will nourish you with the heritage of Jacob, your father, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken. P S A L M Psalm 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R: Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth. 1 Incline your ear, O LORD; answer me, for I am afflicted and poor. 2 Keep my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God. (R) 3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for to you I call all the day. 4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. (R) 5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in kindness to all who call upon you. 6 Hearken, O LORD, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my pleading. (R) G O S P E L Jesus never gives up on anyone. He always has hope that His grace can change a person’s life and bring him to repentance and conversion. Levi, the tax collector, would have been considered a hopeless case by the Jews. He was a traitor and collaborator with an occupying power and, on top of that, was corrupt and self-serving. There was no hope for him. But Jesus chooses him to be a disciple. Let us never lose hope that anyone is beyond conversion. Luke 5:27-32 27 Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. 29 Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them. 30 The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus said to them in reply, “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. 32 I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.” my reflections t h i n k : Let us never lose hope that anyone is beyond conversion. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | Become Physicians ! Let’s join Jesus on that specific morning. He had a good breakfast, prepared lovingly by Peter’s mother-in-law. We approach with Jesus one of the most hated places in town – the office of the tax-collector. With the disciples we try not to come too close, even though we are not Pharisees who would see to it that not even their clothes would come in contact with a tax collector. “Hey, Jesus,” Peter shouts alarmed, “what are you doing?” For Jesus is approaching the table of the tax collector Levi whose head goes down in fear to hide between his shoulders. But then, to his and our surprise, Jesus smiled at him and said, “Come, Levi, follow me!” Read the rest in today’s Gospel passage how Jesus accepted the invitation to eat and drink with Levi and the whole bunch of his colleagues. Read the expected outrage of the pious ones and Jesus’ beautiful answer. For Jesus, sinners were not criminals; they were sick people who needed healing. Why does the Church give us this reading today, on the fourth day of Lent? It has become clear already during the past three days that the Church has selected very carefully passages that will help us to make Lent a spiritually fruitful season. “But there are no tax collectors we can call to be our friends,” you may say. You are right. The point is that in today’s society there are a lot of people who are ostracized, marginalized because they are considered to be “sinners” or “bad people.” They have been judged (often misjudged) by prejudice or by lack of knowledge about them. These are our “Levis,” our “tax-collectors” who are avoided for one reason or another. So, as a disciple who is called to continue what Jesus began long time ago, what are you to do? It’s only too clear, I think. Become “doctors” (without studying medicine), become physicians who do not just prescribe medicine but who give the best medicine to them: understanding, compassion, acceptance and love.Fr. Rudy Horst, SVD Reflection Question: Who in my environment needs my loving, healing touch most? To whom is Jesus sending me to heal? Lord, Divine Physician, You have healed me so many times with Your love and compassion. Thank You. Today You made me aware that what You have done for me I should do for Your brothers and sisters in need of healing. Help me, please, in this difficult task. St. Amata, pray for us. | |
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