 | Daily Bible Reflections
for May 11, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
God has a great plan for your life?including this Tuesday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | ARE YOU SAVED? “. . . believe in the Lord Jesus and you and your family will be saved.” – Acts 16:31 “Are you saved?” Ate Susan asked the leaders gathered in one of our trips to Cagayan de Oro. Her question lingered on my mind. My weaknesses and wrongdoings flashed back, including those I’m still guilty of despite my best attempts to follow Jesus. As I looked back at my past life, it was clear how I depended so much on my own ability and knowledge to do what I wanted. Until I got incarcerated. At the Correctional Institution for Women, I became very prayerful and active in spiritual and other activities which primarily paved the way to a deeper relationship with the Lord. I learned to acknowledge Him as the source of everything — that without Him, my physical imprisonment would be traumatic and difficult to overcome. I offered my pains and sufferings for my family, particularly the stigma of being an “ex-con,” and claimed His promise that for the one who believes, his whole household will be saved. Today, I am overwhelmed by God’s love and provision. My household and I are bountifully blessed and are now renewed and in the service of God.Beth Corral (bethcorral_0330@yahoo. com) REFLECTION: Never doubt that you are saved. It’s not our good works that saved us but Jesus’ saving grace. Let us deepen our personal relationship with Him. O Lord Jesus, thank You for Your saving grace — that my household and I are saved. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Paul and Silas are now beaten up and thrown into prison for proclaiming the Gospel. Is it God’s will that these things happen to Paul? I do not think so. It is the sin of the listeners that cause the sufferings of Paul and Silas. God does not physically intervene, or He rarely does (as in the case here where they are freed from prison); He allows it to happen as part of the gift of free will and the cause and effect nature of our actions. Acts 16:22-34 22 The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas, and the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods. 23 After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison and instructed the jailer to guard them securely. 24 When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and secured their feet to a stake. 25 About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God as the prisoners listened, 26 there was suddenly such a severe earthquake that the foundations of the jail shook; all the doors flew open, and the chains of all were pulled loose. 27 When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew [his] sword and was about to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul shouted out in a loud voice, “Do no harm to yourself; we are all here.” 29 He asked for a light and rushed in and, trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you and your household will be saved.” 32 So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house. 33 He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once. 34 He brought them up into his house and provided a meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God. P S A L M Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 R: Your right hand saves me, O Lord. 1 I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth; in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise; 2 I will worship at your holy temple and give thanks to your name. (R) Because of your kindness and your truth; for you have made great above all things your name and your promise. 3 When I called, you answered me; you built up strength within me. (R) 7 Your right hand saves me. 8 The LORD will complete what he has done for me; your kindness, O LORD, endures forever; forsake not the work of your hands. (R) G O S P E L It is critical for us to understand the last line of today’s Gospel as it proclaims Satan’s defeat and our victory in Christ. We must take this truth to heart if we want to follow Jesus as His disciple. Being a disciple is not easy and so we need to know the truth of the victory of Christ over sin and that He offers to apply this victory to our lives through faith. John 16:5-11 5 Jesus said to his disciples: “Now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes he will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation: 9 sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me; 11 condemnation, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.” my reflections t h i n k : Being a disciple is not easy and so we need to know the truth of the victory of Christ over sin and that He offers to apply this victory to our lives through faith. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR PILL TODAY? “The truth hurts.” By experience, we know that this cliché is true. However, we also know by experience that only the truth sets us free. Thus, truth is like a pill that, while it is bitter, it heals us. Lying is a disease. Only truth can restore to health anyone who is inflicted with it. The truth that Jesus had to leave His disciples was a big blow to the men who left everything to follow Him. “Still,” Jesus said, “I must tell you the truth.” Jesus did not hide the truth from them. He had to go. and He spoke in the clearest terms about Himself. Telling them the truth helped them face the issue not only squarely but also properly. Facing issues in life is surely the first step to conquering them and, through them, grow unto maturity. When the disciples confronted the issue about Jesus’ farewell, they realized that the absence of the physical Jesus to them actually meant the presence of the same Jesus in each of them. From then on, they themselves became an alter Christus, “another Christ.” From then on, they would see Jesus not with their physical eyes but with the eyes of faith. The presence of Jesus in His seeming absence made the His presence more exciting and tremendously meritorious as they would strive to be Jesus to one another and see Jesus in one another as well. The sadness of Jesus’ going gave way to the joy of His coming. By vanishing from their midst, Jesus became present in their very midst. His own Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the living Principle of His life and power, the very Breath of God, came not only upon but also into the hearts of His disciples. Letting go of Jesus was like the bitter pill the disciples had to take. It was, however, a bitter pill that gave them the sweet presence of the Holy Spirit in their hearts. In life, truth hurts. It is like a bitter pill. Anyone who refuses to take it can never be healed. But one who takes it is healed and becomes a healer himself. Have you taken your pill today? Fr. Bobby Titco Reflection Question: The truth sets us free. But it will hurt us first. Jesus, You are the Truth, set me free from all the lies I have created about myself and about others. Hold my hand and make me strong to take the “bitter pill” that I may be healed and free. Amen. St. Francis Jerome, pray for us. | |
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