 | Daily Bible Reflections
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| | WHO ’S TELLING THE TRUTH? “He will guide you to all truth.” – John 16:13 One day, I was preaching about the power of our words. I asked my audience to say out loud, “I’m beautiful!” After the talk, I saw a young beautiful woman waiting for me at the foot of the stage. But I sensed deep sadness in her eyes. She asked me, “Bro. Bo, if one says I’m beautiful but I feel ugly, isn’t she lying?” I asked, “Why do you think you’re ugly?” She told me her story. When she was a little child, her father would tell her, “Dorothy, you’re ugly.” And he’d laugh the meanest laugh. She said, “Since then, I’ve always felt ugly.” I asked her, “Define lying.” “When I say something that’s not true.” “We’ve got a problem here. You say you’re ugly. Your father said you were ugly. But today, I announce to you that God says you’re beautiful. Who is telling the truth? You, your father or God? Only one of you claimed, ‘I Am the Truth.’” She broke down. Dorothy allowed the words of her father to create ugliness in her life. She jumped from one lover to another, searching for someone to tell her that she was beautiful. 1 REFLECTION: Are you allowing lies to rule your life? Lord, help me to always trust in Your truth. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The argument that Paul uses here to try to convince Athenians to believe the Gospel is somewhat disingenuous, but if it works, what does it matter? Some believe him, but because we do not have mention of an Athenian community, I think we can conclude that the Gospel failed to take root there in a strong way. We will not necessarily succeed every time we proclaim the Gospel – there will be times when people are simply not interested even though we know what we say is the truth! Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 15 After Paul’s escorts had taken him to Athens, they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible. 22 Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said: “You Athenians, I see that in every respect you are very religious. 23 For as I walked around looking carefully at your shrines, I even discovered an altar inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ What therefore you unknowingly worship, I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and all that is in it, the Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands, 25 nor is he served by human hands because he needs anything. Rather it is he who gives to everyone life and breath and everything. 26 He made from one the whole human race to dwell on the entire surface of the earth, and he fixed the ordered seasons and the boundaries of their regions, 27 so that people might seek God, even perhaps grope for him and find him, though indeed he is not far from any one of us. 28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being,’ as even some of your poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ 29 Since therefore we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divinity is like an image fashioned from gold, silver, or stone by human art and imagination. 30 God has overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he demands that all people everywhere repent 31 because he has established a day on which he will ‘judge the world with justice’ through a man he has appointed, and he has provided confirmation for all by raising him from the dead.” 32 When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We should like to hear you on this some other time.” 33 And so Paul left them. 34 But some did join him, and became believers. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Court of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others with them. 18: 1 After this he left Athens and went to Corinth. P S A L M Psalms 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 R: Heaven and earth are full of your glory. 1 Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights; 2 Praise him, all you his angels, praise him, all you his hosts. (R) 11 Let the kings of the earth and all peoples, the princes and all the judges of the earth, 12 young men too, and maidens, old men and boys. (R) 13 Praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. (R) 14 He has lifted up the horn of his people. Be this his praise from all his faithful ones, from the children of Israel, the people close to him. Alleluia. (R) G O S P E L Sometimes God has to break the truth to us slowly so that we are not frightened or receive too much in one go. Let us always have anopenness to learning something new from the Holy Spirit so that we will readily accept new directions in the way that He leads us to eternal life. John 16:12-15 12 Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. 13 But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. 14 He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.” ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I will ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always. R: Alleluia, alleluia my reflections t h i n k: Sometimes God has to break the truth to us slowly so that it is not too much for us to receive in one go. 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 1 Maccabees 9-10 | |
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| | SABBATH | CUTTING-EDGE AND FAITHFUL AT THE SAME TIME Our first reading today narrates the well-known incident of Paul preaching in the Aeropagus of Athens. He boldly proclaims — somewhat diplomatically so as not to offend the Athenians with their many philosophies and ideologies, their gods and goddesses — the Resurrection of the Lord. The results were mixed, meager for the most part. The Gospel, on the other hand, speaks of still another proclamation or announcement. As Jesus carries on with His farewell discourse, He somewhat concedes, “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.” Nevertheless, He assures us that “the Spirit of truth... will announce to you the things to come.” Such an announcement is not necessarily a new revelation. It is really more of making the revelation of Jesus Christ relevant for each future age, which is, come to think of it, what Paul does in the Aeropagus. The freshness of our faith truly consists not so much in novelties or in a fanatical adaptation of the latest fads and gimmicks. As society surely evolves and meanders through trends and tendencies, we are continuously challenged to “repackage” time and again the timeless Gospel message. Why, also catechists and youth ministers can and should be cutting-edge in their methods and approaches, for instance. All this, while remaining loyal to God as the very Source of that message. Through it all, the Holy Spirit is the one who will accompany and assure us. We cannot even be sure if our Gospel proclamation will automatically produce positive results. But with the Spirit right behind us, we will be certain that the centrifugal force of our proclamation will be stably anchored on the centripetal force of our fidelity to God. Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB Reflection Question: How confident am I in proclaiming the Good News to the people I meet? Give me, Lord, the boldness and the courage to proclaim Your message not just through my words, but most importantly through my actions. St. Eneco, pray for us. | |
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