 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 23, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Tuesday, never forget how important you are to God.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | TAKE TWO “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” – Matthew 6:12 Back when I was in college, I was excited to join organizations or clubs. I felt that one organization would not be enough to keep me busy so I decided to join three. I also assumed active roles in two of the three organizations. These eventually backfired as most of my time was spent on club meetings rather than on my studies. At the end of that semester, I failed a subject for the very first time. Fortunately, the subject I failed was offered the following term. I was able to pass it and catch up with my original classmates. Similar to re-taking a subject, confession gives us the opportunity to ask forgiveness and renew our relationship with God. It’s like re-enrolling in a class where the teacher himself gives you all the answers and even pays for your tuition fee. It’s a pity that we sometimes take the sacrament of reconciliation for granted. When was the last time you went to confession? Let’s take advantage of this great privilege and come clean before our Lord. Alvin Fabella (alvinfabella@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Confession costs us nothing because Jesus already paid the price. When was the last time you went to confession? Why not insert confession in your to-do list this week? | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The Word of God has a power that we will never be able to fully understand. Isaiah tells us that God’s Word always returns to Him after accomplishing its purpose. Let us pray for the grace that we will never be a hindrance to the fulfillment of God’s Word in our lives, so when we hear it, we will be quick to obey and follow where He leads. Isaiah 55:10-11 10 Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to him who sows and bread to him who eats, 11 so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it. P S A L M Psalm 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 R: From all their distress God rescues the just. 3 [4] Glorify the LORD with me, let us together extol his name. 4 [5] I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. (R) 5 [6] Look to him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. 6 [7] When the poor one called out, the LORD heard, and from all his distress he saved him. (R) 15 [16] The LORD has eyes for the just, and ears for their cry. 16 [17] The LORD confronts the evildoers, to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. (R) 17 [18] When the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them. 18 [19] The LORD is close to the broken-hearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. (R) G O S P E L Let us pray for the grace to forgive those who have sinned against us. Sometimes the sins of others against us seem to be unforgivable in that they cause disastrous things to happen to us. Nevertheless, we are still obliged to forgive. If we fail to forgive those who sin against us, not only do we remain in bondage; it will also jeopardize the justice of God’s ability to forgive our sins against Him. I certainly do not want that to happen. Matthew 6:7-15 7 Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread; 12 and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; 13 and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one. 14 If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.” my reflections t h i n k : If we fail to forgive those who sin against us, not only do we remain in bondage; it will also jeopardize the justice of God’s ability to forgive our sins against Him. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | A Dangerous Prayer A visit with a pilgrim group to Jerusalem always includes a moment of reflection on the Mount of Olives where the “Our Father Church” commemorates that moment when Jesus taught this prayer to His disciples. On the walls inside and outside the Church, you can find the Lord’s Prayer in more than 60 languages, including Tagalog. We usually sit down there and think about this profound prayer. Then I read a text I got years ago, I don’t know anymore from whom. And this text makes us aware how dangerous a prayer the “Our Father” actually is. Here is the text: “Do not say FATHER if every day you do not behave like a son or daughter. Do not say OUR if you live isolated in your egoism. Do not say WHO ARE IN HEAVEN if you think only of earthly things. Do not say HOLY BE YOUR NAME if you do not honor Him. Do not say YOUR KINGDOM COME if you confuse Him with material success. Do not say YOUR WILL BE DONE if you do not accept it when it is painful. Do not say GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD if you are not worried about the people who are hungry, who are without culture and means to live. Do not say FORGIVE US OUR SINS if you bear your brother a grudge. Do not say AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION if you intend to keep on sinning. Do not say DELIVER US FROM EVIL if you do not take position against evil. Do not say AMEN if you do not take the words of the OUR FATHER seriously.” A dangerous prayer, don’t you think so? The next time you recite it, take note of what you are actually saying. Otherwise it becomes what Jesus calls in today’s Gospel passage: a “babbling of the pagans. ”Fr . R u d y Horst, SVD Reflection Question: Has my prayer become a routine? Do I realize what I say when I repeat the prayer Jesus taught us? Lord, my prayer is often a babbling, a saying of words without thinking what I say. Prayer has become a routine. May my prayer become more honest and a loving conversation with You. St. Peter Damian, pray for us. | |
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