 | Daily Bible Reflections
for May 31, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Carry the Lord in your heart this Monday!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary TURNING 50 “The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.” – Luke 1:49 While writing this reflection, I chanced upon an email I wrote to a dear old friend before I turned 50. It read, “As I was walking home from Church this morning, my heart welled into a prayer of thanksgiving. He has done wondrous things in my life and I told the Lord, ‘Please help me to surrender my life to You each day, my will to Your will, so that Your glory may be made more manifest in me.’” I wrote further, “Days before today, I’ve been introspecting and a significant feeling arose — that of a sense of letting go of old dreams, old wishes, even prayers that God has chosen not to answer the way I wanted Him to. Maybe I am being more content with what is in my life now rather than hoping for the things that are not truly meant to be.” 50 has made me see the landscape of my life and appreciate every blessing, every trial, every difficulty, every crossroad, every failure and every success that happened in my life. Turning 50 has made me relax in God’s abiding presence and work in my life, knowing that my life is in His hands. Tess V. Atienza (svp_tvatienza@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: What has the Lord done in your life? Be thankful for it. Lord, help me to see Your work in my life and to trust that You know what’s best for me. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The Visitation is a celebration of Mary’s unselfish love for her cousin Elizabeth and at the same time the call for us all to love one another in the same unselfish way. True love is essentially selfless and never self-interested. To love is to choose to place the other person’s needs before your own. Let us reflect upon this truth before we make decisions that we are not ready to carry through to the end. Zephaniah 3:14-18a (or Romans 12:9-16) 14 Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! 15 The LORD has removed the judgment against you, he has turned away your enemies; the King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst, you have no further misfortune to fear. 16 On that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged! 17 The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior; he will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, he will sing joyfully because of you, 18 as one sings at festivals. P S A L M Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 R: Among you is the great and Holy One of Israel. 2 God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. 3 With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation. (R) 4 Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name; among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name. (R) 5 Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement; let this be known throughout all the earth. 6 Shout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel! (R) G O S P E L As we celebrate the many Feast days of Mary, the Church reminds us that she stands not only as our mother but as the perfect example of discipleship. Let us pray that we will have the grace and strength that she had to respond to God’s call and to persevere in it to the end. It was not easy, but we never hear her complain. I am sure it also had its joys. That is the way life will be for us in our faith walk — a mixture of joy and pain, blessing and suffering. Luke 1:39-56 39 Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” 46 And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; 47 my spirit rejoices in God my savior. 48 For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed. 49 The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him. 51 He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart. 52 He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly. 53 The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty. 54 He has helped Israel his servant, remembering his mercy, 55 according to his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.” 56 Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home. my reflections t h i n k : To love is to choose to place the other person’s needs before your own. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | A PRECIOUS VISIT Every visit is a precious gift whose value exceeds what money can buy. It is a priceless treasure not because of the gift but because of the giver. When we visit someone, we give ourselves to the person we visit. We give our time and effort in making the visit. ,we remember the visit that the Blessed Mother paid to her cousin, Elizabeth. We celebrate her visit because it was a gift of herself to Elizabeth. She went to Judea, the hometown of Zechariah and Elizabeth, not for a grand vacation. She went there in haste, despite her own pregnancy, to serve Elizabeth. By doing so, the Blessed Mother did not only share with Elizabeth the unmerited gift of her becoming the mother of the Savior but also Elizabeth’s own cause of joy and anxiety. That she conceived in her old age and despite her being barren, caused Elizabeth the kind of inexpressible joy that even her husband, Zechariah, could not speak about. However, the same event caused her anxiety, given the difficulties of conceiving and delivering a baby in her advanced age. In such a moment of mixed emotion and confusing experience, the Blessed Mother’s visit was a most welcome one. The Blessed Mother’s presence highlighted the joy in Elizabeth’s condition and totally erased any trace of anxiety there was. The Blessed Mother’s going out of her way and making sacrifices to be with Elizabeth made the visit we remember today a reason to celebrate for all ages. As she shared in her cousin’s difficulties, the Blessed Mother brought Jesus not only to Elizabeth but also to Zechariah and to John who was yet in the womb. She brought Jesus to them, not only because Jesus was already in her womb, but also because she herself became to them like Jesus who came to serve and not to be served. Visit someone today. Serve someone today. The world may not remember and celebrate our visit. But heaven will never forget.Fr. Bobby Titco Reflection Question: Let us make every visit a priceless gift. Let us give ourselves, our time and effort to the people we visit. Jesus, Your mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, brought You to her cousin Elizabeth and her family. Like her, may I always bring You to all the people I meet each day. And may I greet, love and serve You in them as well. Amen. St. Vitalis, pray for us. | |
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