 | Daily Bible Reflections
for June 19, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Be inspired with His message to you this Saturday!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | STOP PARANOIA “Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?” – Matthew 6:27 I have the most paranoid parents-in-law. Once, I came home early and asked my mother-in-law where my son was. She panicked and said, “He’s not in his room? The babysitter must have kidnapped him!” When I brought my son to the beach, my father-in-law called more than five times to tell us to be wary of sharks that might eat his grandchild alive. I asked my mother-in-law once why they worry so much. She said, “Well, what if something really bad happens?” I replied, “Then that’s the time you worry. But until you actually get the bad news, you just have to believe that all of us are all right.” She looked at me with a bemused smile and said, “That’s not the way we think.” I don’t know if my assurance is born out of being a Christian or because I just happen to be optimistic. But I do know that as I grow older and have more responsibilities, I make it a point to lift all my troubles to God. I find that if I want to be free of my worries, I turn my thoughts to the next life and what do you know? Everything else becomes trivial. Cecilia Lim (cez_lim@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: “Do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings.” (Matthew 6:34) Deliver us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of Your Son, Jesus Christ. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The unfaithfulness of the People of Israel and Judah to the commands of the Lord and the Commandments of Moses directly leads to the destruction of their nation. This is the nature of sin; it destroys lives and the people with them. This is why we need to work to live righteously, in order that the power of sin is kept at bay from our lives and our communities and that holiness and goodness can flourish in our midst. 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 17 After the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the King Joash, and the king then listened to them. 18 They forsook the temple of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and began to serve the sacred poles and the idols; and because of this crime of theirs, wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem. 19 Although prophets were sent to them to convert them to the LORD, the people would not listen to their warnings. 20 Then the spirit of God possessed Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He took his stand above the people and said to them: “God says, ‘Why are you transgressing the LORD’s commands, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have abandoned the LORD, he has abandoned you.’” 21 But they conspired against him, and at the king’s order they stoned him to death in the court of the LORD’s temple. 22 Thus King Joash was unmindful of the devotion shown him by Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, and slew his son. And as he was dying, he said, “May the LORD see and avenge.” 23 At the turn of the year a force of Arameans came up against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, did away with all the princes of the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. 24 Though the Aramean force came with few men, the LORD surrendered a very large force into their power, because Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers. So punishment was meted out to Joash. 25 After the Arameans had departed from him, leaving him in grievous suffering, his servants conspired against him because of the murder of the son of Jehoiada the priest. They killed him on his sickbed. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. P S A L M Psalm 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34 R: For ever I will maintain my love for my servant. 3 [4] “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant: 4 [5] Forever will I confirm your posterity and establish your throne for all generations.” (R) 28 [29] “Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him, and my covenant with him stands firm. 29 [30] I will make his posterity endure forever and his throne as the days of heaven.” (R) 30 [31] “If his sons forsake my law and walk not according to my ordinances, 31 [32] if they violate my statutes and keep not my commands.” (R) 32 [33] “I will punish their crime with a rod and their guilt with stripes. 33 [34] Yet my mercy I will not take from him, nor will I belie my faithfulness.” (R) G O S P E L I wonder what the competing masters are in your life? What is it that distracts you the most easily and the most often from your life as a disciple of Jesus? This is the power that you must overcome and place in submission to the will of God. You cannot serve it and God at the same time; one must take priority. We have to make choices and these choices define our lives. What sort of person are you? Matthew 6:24-34 24 Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? 27 Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span? 28 Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. 29 But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. 30 If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? 31 So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ 32 All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. 34 Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.” my reflections t h i n k: What are the competing masters in your life? _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR 1Chronicles 13-14 | |
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| | SABBATH | GOD, MAMMON and ME There is something about a threesome that gives the impression of stability, security and steadfastness. In rural Philippines, before LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) and La Germania cooking ranges came to the scene, earthen stoves always had three stones placed right next to each other to form a triangle. By experience, I know that the triangular form constituted the most stable among several options. Two is too little; and four would be too much. Three is just right. But in family systems theory, a threesome is not exactly seen as a picture of stability. Technically called “triangulation,” a three-pronged temporary arrangement in unstable systems might initially give a sense of security and balance, but in the long run, the system will show the innate instability attached to a triangular relationship. In the long haul, all three parties will see-saw from one dyad to another, and the ensuing process would be characterized by a fluid and constantly shifting situation of two against one, depending on the matter at hand, depending on the current source of anxiety that needs resolution at the moment. I would like to think that the readings of today call for an honest, straightforward declaration of a simple act of loyalty, not to a shifting object of allegiance, but a simple and unadulterated commitment to the Lord — and nothing more, nothing less and nothing else besides. Athaliah dabbled with two masters: the true God and the false god. She resorted to sinful machinations to get rid of the rightful ruler. So did Ahab whose story we read last week, who plotted to kill Naboth and pillaged a vineyard not his own. Both cases are similar to a story that could be entitled as “God, Mammon and Me” — a triangulated relationship marked by shifting allegiances. Today, the readings remind us that a stable and solid spirituality is one marked by radicality and fidelity. “Forever, I will keep my love for Him [alone]!” “No man can serve two masters… You cannot give yourselves to God and money.” It ought to be God and me. Period. Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB Reflection Question: In ordinary times and in times of crisis, where does my allegiance lie — in God or in mammon? Lord Jesus, help me to trust in Your promise that You will provide for all our needs. St. Gervase, pray for us. | |
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