 | Daily Bible Reflections
for October 27, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Wednesday, may you hear His voice in your heart!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | GOOD ENOUGH IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH Willingly serving the Lord and not human beings . . . – Ephesians 6:7 Excellence is one thing my late friend, Greg Caro, taught me by example. We worked on numerous advertising projects, oftentimes working until the wee hours of the morning. Once, he asked me to listen to the mix of a jingle he was finalizing. Feeling tired after a long day’s work and longing to sleep, I said, “Puwede na ‘yan.” (That’s good enough.) He smiled and told me,“Hindi puwedeng ‘pwede na.’” (Good enough is not good enough.) His statement has stayed with me to this day. It’s a good reminder that mediocrity can never lead one to excellence.This, among others, should also guide our acts of service — in the workplace, family, community or parish. For what good is service if it is not done wholeheartedly and excellently? Our God is not a mediocre god. He is perfect. When He blesses us, He doesn’t give us blessings that are just good enough; He gives us the best! Thus, we must also give our best to Him, and serve our fellowmen the way we should serve the Lord. Strive for excellence in everything that you do, and do it wholeheartedly. Nova Arias (nova.svp@gmail.com) REFLECTION: Was there a time in your life that you didn’t do something excellently? What consequences came out of it? O God, You are the author of perfection. Fill me with the Holy Spirit that I may do Your work perfectly so that You may be glorified. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Obedience to rightfully exercised authority is what we are talking about here. No one has the responsibility to obey abusive authority. There may be a blurred line where people disagree upon how exactly we should define the abuse of authority. So be it, things in life are rarely clean cut all the time. We have to work together as responsible adults in this area to ensure that no individual is abused by anyone and abusers are challenged and reformed. Ephesians 6:1-9 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise, 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord. 5 Slaves, be obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ, 6 not only when being watched, as currying favor, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 willingly serving the Lord and not human beings, 8 knowing that each will be requited from the Lord for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free. 9 Masters, act in the same way toward them, and stop bullying, knowing that both they and you have a Master in heaven and that with him there is no partiality. P S A L M Psalm 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14 R: The Lord is faithful in all his words. 10 Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you. 11 Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might. (R) 12 Making known to men your might and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. 13 Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations. (R) The LORD is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works. 14 The LORD lifts up all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. (R) G O S P E L We live in a world that does not even believe there is a door to enter the Kingdom of God — it believes we have a right to be there no matter how we live. We know differently. The path to God’s Kingdom is the path of holiness, a path of obedience to the word and will of God for our lives. Unless we are willing to take on this discipline we may well find ourselves separated from the Kingdom of God come Judgment Day. Luke 13:22-30 22 Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” He answered them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. 25 After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ He will say to you in reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ 26 And you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.’ 27 Then he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!’ 28 And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out. 29 And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God. 30 For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.” my reflections t h i n k : The path to God’s Kingdom is the path of holiness. _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Isaiah 17-20 Isaiah 17-20 | |
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| | SABBATH | God Recognizes The Repentant The one who asked the Lord regarding how many people will be saved was on the right track. Salvation is anyone’s foremost concern. But he missed the point when he became more concerned about the number of people who would be saved. Jesus did not answer the question. Rather, He dwelt on the more important question: How can one be saved? For indeed, what can the knowledge of our chances of being saved do if we do not know the way to be saved? This will not effect what we want to achieve. The Lord said that the gate is narrow. The way to salvation is not easy. But if we do right, we can inch our way in no matter how hard it is. Jesus corrected the thinking of some who believed that by being associated with Him, salvation is guaranteed. In our present context, He refers to those who worship on Sundays, do acts of charity, make sacrifices, but are unrepentant. It is incongruent but it is true. There are people who can do pious acts but are internally not in union with God. We have heard of people who gave donations to charities but you wonder where the money came from; people who join religious activities but do not extend them to their families, friends and clients; people who know the Bible well but fail to put it into action with the right intention. The Pharisees were the perfect examples. Jesus called them hypocrites, which means “to act out” or “to play a part.” Particularly, it means “to preach a certain belief but, in fact, not holding those beliefs by oneself.” The surprise will come when they meet the Lord for judgment. He will not recognize them. He will deny even their origin. To be recognized by Him, we must have a repentant heart. Repentance is the “how” of salvation. When all that we do comes from a sincere and repentant heart, then we have gained the key to the door of the Kingdom. Responding to the grace of humility and repentance is the apple of God’s merciful eyes. Zacchaeus, Matthew and Peter were all sinners who repented. Judas Iscariot, had he repented instead of hanging himself, could have gained salvation, too. Jesus might have said that the last will be first and the first will be last, but the bottom line is, all who repent will make it.Fr. Benny Tuazon Reflection Question: Do you complement your prayers with corresponding actions? Are you sincere in doing good deeds to others or you just do them out of recognition of God’s goodness to you? Bless me with a contrite heart, O God. I long to be with You in Your Kingdom. May my deeds of goodness come from the sincerity of my heart. St. Namatius, pray for us. | |
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