 | Daily Bible Reflections
for June 1, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Reflect God?s love to every person you meet this Tuesday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | SHAPE YOUR WORLD BEFORE IT SHAPES YOU But according to his promise, we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. – 2 Peter 3:13 My friend “Jim” was a drug addict. He lived in a rehabilitation center for a year. He went back home a new man. But a few days after, an old friend who was a user visited him at home and offered him shabu. Jim refused. But he kept on meeting his old friends. After only three months, Jim relapsed and his addiction was more severe than before. What caused his downfall? He shaped his inner world, but he didn’t shape his outer world. He needed a new set of friends. He needed a new itinerary. He also needed new hobbies, new music, new activities. It’s pretty obvious. If you’re an alcoholic, stop hanging out with friends who drink. Hang out with new friends who don’t. If you’re a gambler, cut friendships with other gamblers. Hang out with people who don’t gamble. Many people don’t use their power to choose their friends. They just accept the people who call up, visit and appear on their doorstep. Big mistake. Go out and choose the kind of people you like to become. REFLECTION: What is it in my outer world that is influencing me in the wrong way? Dear Lord, grant me the grace to detach myself from anything and anyone that obstructs me from becoming who You want me to be. St. Iñigo, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The Second Coming of Jesus will signal that the Church has completed its task of bringing the Good News to all nations. While it has not happened, perhaps it indicates that we have not yet completed this task. Let us look to what our responsibilities are in the plan of God and be faithful to accomplishing them. 2 Peter 3:12-15a, 17-18 12 Beloved: Wait for and haste the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames and the elements melted by fire. 13 But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace. 15 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation. 17 Therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, be on your guard not to be led into the error of the unprincipled and to fall from your own stability. 18 But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity. Amen. P S A L M Psalm 90:2, 3-4, 10, 14, 16 R: In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge. 2 Before the mountains were begotten and the earth and the world were brought forth, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. (R) 3 You turn man back to dust, saying, “Return, O children of men.” 4 For a thousand years in your sight are as yesterday, now that it is past, or as a watch of the night. (R) 10 Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong, and most of them are fruitless toil, for they pass quickly and we drift away. (R) 14 Fill us at daybreak with your kindness, that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days. 16 Let your work be seen by your servants and your glory by their children. (R) G O S P E L Taxes and questions regarding taxes are the bane of our lives. I am sure we would all be happy to do without them. Or would we? Do we want roads to drive on? Do we want government services and armies to defend our country? Without taxes none of these would be affordable, nor would there be any courts to settle disputes. While the reasonable level of taxes is debatable, it is still our godly duty to pay them. Mark 12:13-17 13 Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. 14 They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion. You do not regard a person’s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?” 15 Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.” 16 They brought one to him and he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They replied to him, “Caesar’s.” 17 So Jesus said to them, “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” They were utterly amazed at him. my reflections think: While the reasonable level of taxes is debatable, it is still our godly duty to pay them. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | WHILE WAITING Peter’s letter today reminds me of a study about school children being left by their teacher for a while, each one being given a marshmallow to eat. While they were free to eat it as they pleased, the children were told that those who could wait till the teacher got back and who could hold on to their marshmallow would be given more as reward. Those who wanted instant gratification ate their share just as soon as the teacher left. Those who somehow knew how to delay gratification and waited got more when the teacher returned. Peter was writing to a church-inwaiting then. They were expecting the second coming of the Lord. And Peter helped them clarify what it meant to be waiting — yes, to wait actively in hope. The children who could not wait simply gave in. They grabbed and gobbled to their immediate gustatory delight! But those who waited actively behaved differently. They tapped their fingers, traipsed, talked and tinkered. They sang. They did not wait passively but actively. They were engaged, involved and committed to the demands of the moment. We are also a people in waiting. We live the in-between times of the Church, redeemed by that one saving act of the one mediator, Jesus Christ. We are a people on the march, like the Israelites on the desert. We long for our own Promised Land, the final and definitive one, whose fullness and fulfillment is not ours to pin down as to where, when and how. We are waiting for more than just an extra marshmallow. We are waiting for that place of utter bliss where dirty marshes are no more and where joy does not mellow — “what no eye has seen nor ear heard” — heaven, that is our only true and permanent home. We ought to be like those children who waited actively. We ought to be engaged. We ought to be committed to helping God save a world that still wallows in the marshes of sin. Let’s take it from Peter: “while waiting for this, make every effort to be found without stain or defilement, and at peace in his sight.” Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB Reflection Question: When you are made to wait, what do you usually do? Wait passively or wait actively? Lord Jesus, remind me always that nothing is ever useless — waiting time included. Helpn me to use it for Your purpose and glory. St. Iñigo, pray for us. | |
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