 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 10, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Wednesday, may you hear His voice in your heart!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | LAW BREAKER “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” – Matthew 5:17 One high school student arrived three minutes after the 7 a.m. bell and it was his seventh offense. The student begged the student council (SC) officer stationed at the campus gate not to report his tardiness. Under the school’s policy, each student was only allowed to be late six times per quarter. On the seventh tardiness, the school imposed a one-day suspension and a grade of 75 for conduct. The SC officer knew the reason why. His classmate was attending to his sick grandfather. He was able to validate it when, one time, he visited his house. The officer was torn between compliance with the school’s policy and giving in to his classmate’s request. With eyes closed, he chose the latter. He felt bothered with what he did. A few days later, his classmate’s grandfather died. Jesus also “broke the rules.” He dined with prostitutes, tax collectors and outcasts of society. He talked to a Samaritan woman in public. He healed a man with dropsy on a Sabbath. In breaking the rules, Jesus was able to fulfill the greatest law of all: Love. How about you? Do you keep the law but break the greatest law of love? Judith Concepcion (svp_jmc@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Am I legalistic in my compliance with any law, rule or policy? Help me, Lord, to love like You do. May all my actions be motivated by love. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING If we would only heed the commands of the Lord, much of the suffering in the world would instantly disappear. Sounds like a dream but it is true. The problem is that we often choose to ignore the commands of the Lord and follow our own advice. We are free to do this but it is unwise. God desires the best for us. If we can learn to accept that this is true it will become much easier to follow His will. Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 1 Moses spoke to the people and said: “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 5 Therefore, I teach you the statutes and decrees as the LORD, my God, has commanded me, that you may observe them in the land you are entering to occupy. 6 Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations, who will hear of all these statutes and say, ‘This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.’ 7 For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him? 8 Or what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today? 9 “However, take care and be earnestly on your guard not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live, but teach them to your children and to your children’s children.” P S A L M Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20 R: Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. 12 Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. 13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. (R) 15 He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word! 16 He spreads snow like wool; frost he strews like ashes. (R) 19 He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 20 He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. (R) G O S P E L Again, an exhortation to obedience to the will and commands of God. How will we respond to it? All that God asks of us is to do our best to follow His will and to help others to do the same. Matthew 5:17-19 17 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. 19 Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” my reflections t h i n k : All that God asks of us is to do our best to follow His will and to help others to do the same. _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Genesis 13-15 | |
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| | SABBATH | A New Breed of Pharisee? Reading or hearing Jesus’ words, “I have come not to abolish but to fulfil the Law,” raises the question: “So was Jesus, after all, a Pharisee?” The Gospels illustrate to us how the Pharisees defended the Law of Moses with great zeal. They were, in fact, the sect of lawyers. They interpreted the Law to others, and so they were addressed as “rabbis” or “teachers.” Some of them were ordained to educate the younger generations about the texts and the traditions of the Law, and these were called the “scribes.” However, the Pharisees were also known to vary in their interpretations, ramifications and rituals regarding the Law. During the time of Jesus, they were mostly coming from two schools — the school of Shimai who was said to be rigoristic and strict, and the school of Hillel who was more lax and subjective in his commentary of the Law. As regards Jesus, we note that His exhortations are not just about “executing” or “doing” (Greek verb = poieo) the Law in the manner that the Law has been taught and passed on from one generation of Jews to another. Jesus advocated “fulfillment” (Greek verb = pleroun). This means that Jesus was not just after a more exact and minute observance of the details of the Law. His aim was the perfection of the Law by restoring the Law to its true spirit and intention in accordance to God’s will. Jesus sustained that in the case of marriage and divorce, for example, the Law of Moses had admitted compromise with human weakness. Hence, there was the need for Jesus to reinterpret and renew the Law. Jesus was not just establishing a new branch of Pharisaic tradition. He was one who preached a radical and new fidelity to God’s will, above all human compromise. Jesus was a prophet.Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP Reflection Question: In the face of varied and complicated human experiences and situations, do you tend to make compromises justified by legal distinctions and fine dissections of terms and language? Or do you simplify the issue to a choice of basic values? By heart, are you a “lawyer” or a “prophet”? Thank You, Lord, for being a “prophet” and not a “lawyer.” Help me to be like You. St. Anastasia the Patrician, pray for us. | |
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