 | Daily Bible Reflections
for June 6, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Sunday, remember that you are hidden in His heart.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ DO YOU REMEMBER… “Do this in remembrance of me…” – 1 Corinthians 11:24 As a parent, there are times when I have to remind my children again and again about something that I’m trying to teach them. And if they forget, I can only do one thing — remind them again. When my eldest daughter was three years old, she would throw a tantrum in the mall if she didn’t get what she wanted. She’d cry at the top of her lungs and just sit there until the next millennium. When she would run out of tears and voice, I will tell her lovingly but firmly, “Remember this, Dana. Even if you cry until your eyes pop out, my no will still be no.” The next time she goes into a fit, I will ask her, “Remember what Mommy said? That even if you cry…” Then she would finish my sentence even while wailing, “…till my eyes pop out.” After five minutes, her crying would subside. She’d stand up and we’d continue malling as if nothing happened. In the same way, God uses different ways to remind us how much He loves us. We just have to open our eyes, our hearts and our Bibles to see those reminders. Let us not focus on the times of disappointment, but instead, focus on the times when He reminds us of how special we are to Him.Ronna Ledesma REFLECTION: When you need to be reminded how much God loves you, just look at the Cross. Forgive me, Lord, for the times I allow worry to overwhelm me. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Melchizedek arrives out of nowhere and we do not hear of him in person again. His name literally means “King of Righteousness.” That Abraham tithes to him is to me an indication that our offerings to God, whether they are money, goods or actions, are to be considered offerings of righteousness. Without such, we will fail to grow in holiness. Genesis 14:18-20 18 In those days, Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and being a priest of God Most High, he blessed Abram with these words: 19 “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. P S A L M Psalm 110:1, 2, 3, 4 R: You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek. 1 The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool.” (R) 2 The scepter of your power the LORD will stretch forth from Zion: “Rule in the midst of your enemies.” (R) 3 “Yours is princely power in the day of your birth, in holy splendor; before the daystar, like the dew, I have begotten you.” (R) 4 The LORD has sworn, and he will not repent: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” (R) 2nd READING Not even the Church has the capacity to change the traditions that have been handed to us by the apostles. We are bound by these traditions until Christ comes again. It is our duty and privilege to apply them to our present situation and bring them to life in the various cultures we live in. However, the core elements cannot change in essence, only in expression. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 23 Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, 24 and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. G O S P E L Is Jesus just showing off? Or does He just want to see what His disciples will say when confronted with the situation of having to feed so many with so little? I doubt both. I believe that Jesus is simply being true to His normal generous self — He wants to feed the people and so He does. His disciples’ response is in many ways irrelevant — it serves only to emphasize the “otherness” of Jesus and that He is not constrained by the human limitations of the disciples. Luke 9:11b-17 11 Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God, and he healed those who needed to be cured. 12 As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve approached him and said, “Dismiss the crowd so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms and find lodging and provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.” 13 He said to them, “Give them some food yourselves.” They replied, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have, unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people.” 14 Now the men there numbered about five thousand. Then he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty.” 15 They did so and made them all sit down. 16 Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17 They all ate and were satisfied. And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets. my reflections t h i n k: Our offerings to God, whether they are money, goods or action, are to be considered offerings of righteouness. _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR 1Kings 20-22 SABBATH PAUSE My weekly time with God THANK YOU LIST Things to be grateful for from the past week ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL NEEDS Things to ask God for in the coming week ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ HIDDEN TREASURE Most important word God told me this week ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ | |
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| | SABBATH | A PIECE OF HEAVEN ON EARTH Let us face it. The doctrine on the Sacred Body and Blood of the Lord, being profound, is a little difficult to fathom. This is where possibly the movie Babette’s Feast can help us. Babette was a French woman who lost husband and child and everything else. Fate brought her to a small fishing village of Norway, to be a cook for the family of a pastor of a small community Church. She went there reduced to utter penury, to cook frugal and tasteless meals for a Puritan family whose idea of sensate pleasure was almost synonymous to sin. When by a stroke of fortune, she won in the national lottery of France, she set sail for her country and spent all her winnings to prepare a sumptuous meal for the family and friends of the pastor. That meal of a lifetime changed the lives of everyone who was there. From petty intrigues and subtle but deep animosities, the food and drink shared began to do wonders among those who partook. Joy flowed freely as wine flowed abundantly. Warmth suffused everyone’s heart as, for the first time in their rigid, puritanical lives, they sank their teeth into every heavenly morsel. Warmth led to mirth and almost mystical oneness, as the “grace of the moment” took everyone in its sway, and they all went out of the dinner interiorly happy, serene and genuinely grateful for the palpable experience of grace and love that came from above, mediated by the material reality of food and drink shared in conviviality. I know that this does not capture the fullness of the Eucharistic mystery that we celebrate today. But it does show us what Eucharist is partly about — a meal offered in sacrifice, a meal paid for by someone so that “we might live.” That meal, called by St. Thomas Aquinas as “sacrum convivium” (sacred banquet), is a gathering that molds us into one, a meal that fills us with deep and lasting joy. The Eucharist is a foretaste of heavenly joys. It is a piece of heaven on earth. O res mirabilis! O wonderful reality! Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB Reflection Question: Do I believe that the Eucharist can transform me, bit by bit, every time I receive It? Lord Jesus, thank You for giving us Your body and blood to remind us of Your eternal love for us. St. Agobard, pray for us. | |
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