 | Daily Bible Reflections
for April 7, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Wednesday, may you hear His voice in your heart!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | THE GREATEST MIRACLE Peter said, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk”… and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. – Acts 3:6-7 Whenever I read the Acts of the Apostles, I can’t help but notice that the works of the first Christians were always accompanied by great miracles. No wonder people were converted on the spot! These days, whenever someone claims a miracle, I cannot help but respond with skepticism. More often than not, they turn out to be from quacks or even downright criminals looking to trick people into giving up their hard-earned money. I tend to believe more from the goodness of people’s hearts displayed in simple ways: the works of Mother Teresa in Calcutta, Operation Smile by volunteer doctors and Tony Meloto’s Gawad Kalinga. Somehow, through their charity, these people bring to life our compassionate and merciful God. They inspire me to find my own way of sharing God’s blessings to others. I think that, maybe, the greatest miracle that each of them has achieved is to make us believe that even if we are only ordinary, we serve a higher purpose. By responding to God’s call, we can be shining examples in a world desperate for a miracle. Cecilia Lim (cez_lim@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: God is empowering you to change someone’s life. Go and perform a miracle! Lord, use me to inspire greatness in others. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The beggar is looking for food or money — what he gets is something entirely unexpected and far greater than he could have hoped for. He is healed through the name of Jesus Christ. It is easy to see why he would jump up and begin praising God. This miracle must have sent shivers down the spines of Christianity’s opponents as it would now seem that the power Jesus exercised has been passed on to His followers. Acts 3:1-10 1 Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. 2 And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. 4 But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.” 7 Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. 8 He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. 9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him. P S A L M Psalm 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 R: Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord. 1 Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the nations his deeds. 2 Sing to him, sing his praise, proclaim all his wondrous deeds. (R) 3 Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD! 4 Look to the LORD in his strength; seek to serve him constantly. (R) 6 You descendants of Abraham, his servants, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones! 7 He, the LORD, is our God; throughout the earth his judgments prevail. (R) 8 He remembers forever his covenant which he made binding for a thousand generations — 9 which he entered into with Abraham and by his oath to Isaac. (R) GOSPEL Where is Jesus in your life? How does He accompany you on your journey of faith? Are your eyes open wide enough to be able to see and recognize His presence every day? I have asked many questions but they are important if we are to gain the grace and support we need to successfully live the life of a disciple. We must trust His promise to us that He would be with us to the end of the world. Luke 24:13-35 13 That very, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, 14 and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. 15 And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, 16 but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?” 19 And he replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. 21 But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place. 22 Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning 23 and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive. 24 Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.” 25 And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! 26 Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures. 28 As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. 29 But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. 31 With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. 32 Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” 33 So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them 34 who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. my reflections t h i n k : Where is Jesus in your life? _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Leviticus 8-10 | |
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| | SABBATH | BURNING WITH LOVE FOR THE WORD OF GOD This is one of the most beautiful stories in all of the Scriptures. We have a couple of men walking to Emmaus and Jesus joins them and they chat away as they walk together. It is only in reflection that the two men begin to realize the identity of their companion and once they have realized that it was Jesus, they comment that their hearts were burning as He spoke to them. It is their “burning hearts” that I want to spend time reflecting upon now. I believe that Luke tells this story in order to put before us the importance of the Word of God, the importance of listening to Jesus. People speak of burning hearts when they are either in love or fired upwith anger. I think it is quite clear that we are talking about the former here. And herein lies the truth of the matter. How often do our hearts burn with love when we read the Word of God or are in prayer with God? Probably not often enough, I would tend to think. What can we do about this? I believe that it is imperative that we develop a greater love and trust in the Word of God. This means that we will naturally develop a greater trust in the teachings of the Church as they are based in the Word of God. Why is this important? It is simply because it is an essential aspect of obedience to God’s will. What is obedience if it is not listening to His voice and then obeying it? God has given us the Scriptures in order to form our hearts and minds in the truth while the world often uses all sorts of other foundations to form the ways we think and act. The two disciples are models for us in that they listened to what Jesus had to say and reflected upon His words later. We need to build this pattern of relating to the Word of God into our lives so that we regularly do this sort of thing. I am sure that if we are faithful to this pattern we will better know God’s will and be able to respond to it more faithfully. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: When was the last time I sat down to read the Scriptures simply because they are the Word of God? Holy Spirit, form my mind and heart in the truths available to me in the Scriptures so that I will know what God wants me to do and have the courage to do it. St. Celsus, pray for us. | |
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