 | Daily Bible Reflections
for May 27, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Follow Him all the way this Thursday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | BABY STEPS Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk, so that through it you may grow into salvation. – 1 Peter 2:2 When my son Lance was born, I got so excited to see him grow that I had to remind myself to take it one step at a time. Newborns are not yet fully developed and their diet should depend on their developmental stage. No iron in their milk for the first six months. Begin feeding solids at six months but only with pureed foods. No honey, egg whites or spinach at least for the first year. So much to consider! But now, when I see Lance so healthy, I know that my diligence paid off. When I first became a Christian, my relationship with God filled me with so much joy that I wanted to give up everything. But because I was not ready, when I received His calling I thought the task was too much and I quit even before I began. I learned from my mistake. I got back to basics and took baby steps. First by getting to know Him again through readings and prayer, then by looking deep into myself and discovering who I am. After I had done these, God gave me opportunities to serve and this time, I said yes. Cecilia Lim cez_lim@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: No matter what stage of spiritual growth you’re in, enjoy God’s pampering and give yourself a chance to learn more. Lord, let Your words nourish me and help me grow. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING St. Peter outlines to us the basis of our human dignity as seen through the prism of the death and resurrection of Jesus. It is a very high ideal to live up to, but possible. Let us accept the dignity God offers us and witness to the world what it means to live a fully human life. 1 Peter 2:2-5, 9-12 2 Beloved: Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation, 3 for you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, 5 and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 9 But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were “no people” but now you are God’s people; you “had not received mercy” but now you have received mercy. 11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against the soul. 12 Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that if they speak of you as evildoers, they may observe your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation. P S A L M Psalm 100:2, 3, 4, 5 R: Come with joy into the presence of the Lord. 2 Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; serve the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful song. (R) 3 Know that the LORD is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends. (R) 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; give thanks to him; bless his name. (R) 5 The LORD is good: his kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations. (R) G O S P E L Jesus calls the blind man to come so that He can heal him. He also calls us to send us out on mission. Today is the Feast of Augustine of Canterbury, a monk sent by the Pope to establish the Church in England. Augustine left the comfort of his monastery in obedience to the Pope to carry out the task assigned to him. In the same way we need to listen to the voice of God in our own lives and embrace the call of the Church, God’s voice on earth, as we seek to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Mark 10:46-52 46 As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. 47 On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” 48 And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me.” 49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage; get up, he is calling you.” 50 He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. 51 Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.” 52 Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way. my reflections t h i n k : Let us accept the dignity that God offers us and witness to the world what it means to live a fully human life. _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR 1Samuel 9-12 | |
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| | SABBATH | BLESSING OR CURSE We love to bless and be blessed. We believe in blessings. Some curse and are cursed. Some believe in curses. Do you believe in curses? If you do not, then why do you believe in blessings? Is it our belief that makes either blessings or curses work? Curses are as real as blessings. If we have faith when we curse, that which we curse is accursed indeed. If we have faith when we bless, that which we bless is truly blessed. Be generous so as to bless. Be careful so as not to curse. Be loving so as to be a blessing. Why curse anyway? But Jesus cursed the barren fig tree. He did! It was because, being barren, the fig tree already ceased to be a blessing long before it was cursed. By cursing the fig tree, Jesus brought to consciousness what the fig tree really had already become: a curse. Be fruitful and be a blessing. Do not be a curse. But we are not fig trees. When we are barren, there is still hope for us to heal and bear fruit in due time. And this is Good News! Be healed and bear fruit. Bear fruit and bless. To be healed, we need to be cleansed as Jesus cleansed the temple with its maladies for it to be truly what it should be — a house of blessing, never a den of thieves. Be cleansed and be what you should really be. Be what you are truly meant to be and bless others. To be cleansed, we must pray. Prayer purifies us with the presence of God. This is grace. Pray and be purified. Be in the presence of God and bless others. To bless, we must love. Love makes us the presence of God in the world. This is virtue. Love and be a blessing. Be the presence of God and bless others. Are you a blessing or a curse?Fr. Bobby Titco Reflection Question: Am I a blessing or a curse? Am I fruitful or barren? Beginning today, Lord Jesus, I will pray not only for You to bless me but for You to transform and use me to be Your blessing to others. Be it far from me that I become a curse to anyone. Amen. St. Wiliam of Gellone, pray for us. | |
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