 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 5, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Saturday, let God give you rest in His Spirit.
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| | MY IRAQ EXPERIENCE He saved me from evil of every kind and preserved me in time of trouble. – Sirach 51 : 12 I volunteered for assignment to Baghdad, Iraq in 2001. Some of my colleagues in the Department of Foreign Affairs asked me if I knew what I was doing. Yes, I said that I wanted to go back to the basics of our faith. The biblical rivers in Genesis 2, the Tigris and Euphrates, are in Iraq. Supposedly, the Garden of Eden is also believed to be in Basrah, south of Iraq. Some 100 kilometers away from there is Ur, the birthplace of “Papa” Abraham. One hour away from the capital city is Babylon, where the Israelites were exiled. Present-day Mosul, north of Baghdad, was the capital of Jonah’s Nineveh. Since I tried to seek Him first by trying to understand more of our faith beginnings (Matthew 6:33), He protected me from the possible troubles of my foreign assignment there. As the only lady Charge d’Affaires before and after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, He spared my family and other loved ones from the dangers of evacuating and trying to protect the Filipinos there. Grace Princesa (grprincesa@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: God carries us in some of the most difficult, challenging and dangerous moments of our lives. Dear Lord, indeed, Your promises are true. If I only seek You first in my life, everything else will be given unto me. Safety from harm and some bonuses, too. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The wisdom of God is always attached to truth and holiness. In fact, I do not believe it can be separated from these two aspects of the spiritual life. Until we are willing to embrace the truth and surrender ourselves to the call of holiness, the fullness of the wisdom of God will remain an elusive concept that we chase from left to right and back again! To be a disciple of Jesus means forsaking the ways and glamor of the world and embracing the truth as God delivers it to us in the moral law. The world is not willing to accept this sort of truth – I hope and pray you are ready to accept it. Sirach 51:12-20 12 I thank him and I praise him; I bless the name of the LORD. 13 When I was young and innocent, I sought wisdom. 14 She came to me in her beauty, and until the end I will cultivate her. 15 As the blossoms yielded to ripening grapes, the heart’s joy, my feet kept to the level path because from earliest youth I was familiar with her. 16 In the short time I paid heed, I met with great instruction. 17 Since in this way I have profited, I will give my teacher grateful praise. 18 I became resolutely devoted to her — the good I persistently strove for. 19 I burned with desire for her, never turning back. I became preoccupied with her, never weary of extolling her. My hand opened her gate and I came to know her secrets. 20 For her I purified my hands; in cleanness I attained to her. At first acquaintance with her, I gained understanding such that I will never forsake her. P S A L M Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 11 R: The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart. 7 [8] The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul; the decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple. (R) 8 [9] The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the command of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eye. (R) 9 [10] The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, all of them just. (R) 10 [11] They are more precious than gold, than a heap of purest gold; sweeter also than syrup or honey from the comb. (R) G O S P E L Jesus can see straight through their loaded question and so gives them one in return! This is a case where the best response is to fight fire with fire! Sometimes we are not obliged to answer questions posed to us because of the nature of the situation or the question itself might be nonsensical. Whatever answer Jesus might give could be construed against Him if one so intended, and thus the question lacks merit. Sometimes our best response to a question of this nature is to follow Jesus’ example and not answer it. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; giving thanks to God the Father through Him. R: Alleluia, alleluia Mark 11:27-33 27 Jesus and his disciples returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him 28 and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do them?” 29 Jesus said to them, “I shall ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 Was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me.” 31 They discussed this among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘Of heavenly origin,’ he will say, ‘[Then] why did you not believe him?’ 32 But shall we say, ‘Of human origin’?” — they feared the crowd, for they all thought John really was a prophet. 33 So they said to Jesus in reply, “We do not know.” Then Jesus said to them, “Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.” my reflections think: The wisdom of God is always attached to truth and holiness. God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________
T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Joshua 13-16 Joshua 13-16 | |
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| | SABBATH | WHAT IN REALITY IS TRULY WISE? There are all sorts of authorities in today’s world that claim to be sources of wisdom. Are they truly such, or are they merely pretenders placing the crown of wisdom on their own heads without any real objective reference point? I think the latter is more likely to be the case. We live in a world where there is very little attention given to objective moral truth unless it is to reject it as “old fashioned and past its use-by date.” This is very unfortunate, especially when it comes to moral issues, for unless there are absolute moral values that we can rely upon, then there is no such thing as a morality that is binding upon all. People today tend to want to be their own source of authority on virtually everything that affects them. Unfortunately this is not conducive to either seeking wisdom or recognizing it once it is discovered. In fact, it is merely a recipe for emotive arguments that are based on a person’s feelings, which, more often than not, lead to erroneous judgment regarding truth. I am a firm believer in objective moral truths and the relevant truths that relate to any independent sphere of study, and thus believe that there is wisdom to be learned. This wisdom is immutable and available to all who are willing to sort it out from the multitude of erroneous positions presented to us by society and individuals. True wisdom consists in coming to the understanding of the truth inherent in any aspect of our lives or the world; inherent because it is essential to its existence. God placed the truths relevant to us and the ways of the universe in our respective beings when He created us. We do not create wisdom – rather we come to an understanding of it. Even so-called breakthroughs in science does not create wisdom. It reveals what has always been there but hidden through error, sin or something else that bars us from recognizing the truth. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: Who or what do I consider as sources of wisdom in my life? Are these people or things truly worthy to be considered sources of wisdom? Father in Heaven, from whom all truth comes, help me to open my mind to the truth of the Holy Spirit so that He can lead and guide me in Your ways every day of my life. St. Gerasimus, pray for us. | |
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