 | Daily Bible Reflections
for May 28, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
May others see Jesus in you this Friday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | THERE IS LIFE — EVEN WITH CANCER But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ… – 1 Peter 4:13 With tears in her eyes, my cousin said, “Si Lord na ang bahala sa akin (I am in God’s hands).” The dreaded big C had spread to her ovaries, intestines and pancreas. Her words keep coming back to me. These past years, I have seen so much suffering at close range. Many friends in our neighborhood have cancer. A few have passed away; some are still battling with it. And yet, too, I have seen people who, though suffering with cancer, continue to live joyfully and meaningfully, finding purpose in their illness. Their suffering has blessed the people around them —just as Jesus’ suffering and death blessed us all. Maybe it’s time to act soon on the inspiration that’s been nagging at me for three years — to form a cancer survivors support group that will not only be a haven for those afflicted with the illness but will also provide support for caregivers. An inspiration, a prayer, a willing spirit. As I write this, I know that God is moving things for His will to happen. Tess V. Atienza (svp_tvatienza@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: How donyou look at your suffering or those of the people around you? Do you find meaning in them? Lord, there is so much suffering around us and in us. Grant us the grace to see Your purpose in allowing them to happen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Peter sees the opportunity to suffer for the Gospel as a blessing as it means we are being conformed to the life of Christ who suffered for our salvation. This gives us the basis for a Christian understanding of suffering that is very different that of the world. If we incorporate this understanding in how we deal with our daily suffering, we are more likely to remain faithful to God’s call to discipleship. 1 Peter 4:7-13 7 Beloved: The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober-minded so that you will be able to prayers. 8 Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Be hospitable to one another without complaining. 10 As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace. 11 Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God; whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 12 Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as if something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly. P S A L M Psalm 96:10, 11-12, 13 R: The Lord comes to judge the earth. 10 Say among the nations the LORD is king. He has made the world firm, not to be moved; he governs the peoples with equity. (R) 11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound; 12 let the plains be joyful and all that is in them! Then shall all the trees of the forest exult. (R) 13 Before the LORD, for he comes; for he comes to rule the earth. He shall rule the world with justice and the peoples with his constancy. (R) G O S P E L Jesus cleansed the Temple of the market sellers in order to state that there is a time and place for everything, but the Temple is not the place to conduct business dealings. The Temple is a place of worship and we should keep it that way. Yes, money is needed to maintain the Church and its works but this need ought to be instilled in the minds and hearts of the faithful such that the message does not conflict with the celebration of the sacraments. Mark 11:11-26 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve. 12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry. 13 Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs. 14 And he said to it in reply, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again!” And his disciples heard it. 15 They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. 16 He did not permit anyone to carry anything through the temple area. 17 Then he taught them saying, “Is it not written: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples’? But you have made it a den of thieves.” 18 The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching. 19 When evening came, they went out of the city. 20 Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” 22 Jesus said to them in reply, “Have faith in God. 23 Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours. 25 When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions.” 26 27 They returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him. my reflections t h i n k : The temple is a place of worship and we should keep it that way. _________________________________________________________
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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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