 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 29, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Don't be discouraged! God will be with you through this week.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | HOLY MONDAY SERVANT DIPLOMAT PAR EXCELLENCE Here is my servant… my chosen one…he shall bring forth justice … not crying, not shouting … set as a covenant … a light for the nations. – Isaiah 42: 1-2, 6 Today is the start of the Holy Week. It reminds me of the First Celebration of the Eucharist. God’s Diplomat, even if He was the Son of the Most High, washed the feet of His apostles. I remember this most touching act of humility whenever I attend Holy Mass. It shows me a love that cleanses and dies on the Cross. I try to remember this greatest love story on earth daily. And I give thanks for it. As Chief Ambassador for God, He did not equate Himself with the Almighty. He went about His mission in the gentlest and most unassuming way. Very diplomatically, He ate with tax collectors and did not throw a stone upon an adulterer. His peaceful and healing ways opened the eyes of the blind and brought out prisoners from their sinful dungeons. He brought peace, became the bridge between heaven and earth and connected man back to God. The beginning of the holiest and yes, the happiest week of our liturgical year invites me to live for others — dying to my selfish wants to give life to my fellow pilgrims on earth as we journey to eternity. Grace Princesa (grprincesa@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Paradoxically, as Christ did, in order to give life, we must first die. Just like seeds in the earth’s darkness before seeing the light of day, Good Friday comes before Easter Sunday. Lord, as Your ambassador, may I do the purposes that You want me to do during my earthly existence — just as You did in Your short life in loving , humble and sacrificial service. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The first Servant Song of Isaiah tells us of a man of God who is not concerned with his own well-being but with justice, and in particular, justice for those who are not able to fight for it themselves. Jesus is concerned with reconciling us, we who are unable to accomplish such a task on our own, with the Father. Isaiah 42:1-7 1 Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my Spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, 2 not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench, 4 until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching. 5 Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its crops, who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it. 6 I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, 7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness. P S A L M Psalm 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 R: The Lord is my light and my salvation. 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? (R) 2 When evildoers come at me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies themselves stumble and fall. (R) 3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war be waged upon me, even then will I trust. (R) 13 I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD. (R) G O S P E L Many of the Jews were coming to believe in Jesus and follow Him. This had to stop, definitely from the point of view of the Jewish authorities, but probably also from the point of view of the Roman authorities as well. Between the two of them the result will be the death of Jesus in a few days’ time. We all contribute to His death through our sinfulness; none of us are innocent of His suffering and death. The Good News is that Jesus forgives us and reunites us with not just the Father, but Himself as well. Let us accept His offer of forgiveness this Easter. John 12:1-11 1 Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him. 3 Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. 4 Then Judas the Iscariot, one [of] his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, 5 “Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given to the poor?” 6 He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal the contributions. 7 So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial. 8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” 9 The large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, 11 because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him. my reflections t h in k : We all contribute to His death through our sinfulness; none of us are innocent of His suffering and death. The Good News is that Jesus forgives us. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | Being Pro-Poor is High Risk The Church — going back to the radical demands of the Gospel of Jesus — began to pronounce a reflected, systematic and elaborated theology on social teachings and involvement since the papacy of Leo XIII. This was a response to the growing tide of socialism and communism that started to captivate the hearts and minds of ideologues and idealists who were reacting to the evils of capitalism and commercialism that were also rapidly eating up societies. The Church’s social doctrine states that there is a common ground for the Church and for socialism regarding their genuine concern for the plight and welfare of the poor, and those victimized by the inhuman workings of capitalism. However, the Church does not share the thought that the only way out of the issue is violent and revolutionary dialectics between the rich and the poor. The Church does not share socialism and communism’s ideal that to be “pro-poor,” one has to be “anti-rich.” The Church uses the expression “preferential option for the poor,” rather than the expression “pro-poor” which connotes the relative term “anti-rich.” The Church advocates that hope lies in making both rich and poor realize that they are children of God, and therefore both of them are meant by God to use and to progress with the earth’s resources with responsibility and mutual concern. The Gospel of today underlines how being “pro-poor” alone is insufficient and unbalanced. The figure of Judas Iscariot in today’s narration exemplifies this risk. This risk has been exemplified as real in our milieu by the number of priests and religious whose immersion with the plight of the poor led them to bitterness with society, and to bitterness even with the Church. Needless to say, these men and women, like Judas Iscariot, ended up leaving behind the Church and the Gospel that opened their eyes to the poor. Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP Reflection Question: What is your gut-feel reaction to the issue of rich and poor in our country, and in your own Christian community? In what way do you need purification of heart and mind as regards this aspect of your Christian commitment? Are you able to keep a balanced view of issues, while you also become actively involved in works and apostolate for the needy and the disadvantaged? Help me, O Lord, to see with Your eyes so that I may love like You. St. Gladys, pray for us. | |
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