 | Daily Bible Reflections
for May 4, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Wednesday, may you hear His voice in your heart!
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Bo Sanchez
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| | NANAY’s healing “Everyone who believes in Him might not perish...” – John 3:16 Nanay’s blood sugar was so high that we had to go back and forth to the hospital. To make matters worse, she vomited and moved blood profusely. It was difficult for me to care for her all by myself but I had to act quickly. She was already malnourished and looking like a scarecrow! We were refused admission to the charity ward many times so I decided to have her admitted in the pay ward. She underwent endoscopy and colonoscopy, which made me nervous remembering the same procedures were done on the late ex-President Cory Aquino before her death. Will my mother die, too? I asked myself. Other worrisome incidents also happened but God mercifully took care of them. Despite the erroneous entry of my mother’s name as my dependent, we were able to claim Philhealth benefits. Then we didn’t have a discharge clearance due to non-payment of the doctors’ professional fees. But the doctor’s secretary said, “Ma’am, God heard your prayers. My bosses gave you a bigger discount than what you asked for!” REFLECTION: Jesus loves me that much – you, too! He will give whatever is best for you and me. Nothing is impossible with You, Lord. Thank You for Nanay’s healing. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING It seems remarkable that the leaders of the Jewish people failed to recognize that something extraordinary was going on with the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus. That men could “escape” from prison through doors that remained locked seems to be a good indicator that they should have heeded more carefully. Yet, as there is no point worrying about something we cannot change, the question that we have to ask ourselves is, “How are we going to respond to the story as it is presented to us today?” It is the nature of the Gospel proclamation and all that goes with it that it demands from the hearer a response. To ignore the Gospel is a risky business as we will all eventually have to give an account for our actions. Acts 5:17-26 17 The high priest rose up and all his companions, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and, filled with jealousy, 18 laid hands upon the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19 But during the night, the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said, 20 “Go and take your place in the temple area, and tell the people everything about this life.” 21 When they heard this, they went to the temple early in the morning and taught. When the high priest and his companions arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin, the full senate of the Israelites, and sent to the jail to have them brought in. 22 But the court officers who went did not find them in the prison, so they came back and reported, 23 “We found the jail securely locked and the guards stationed outside the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” 24 When they heard this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss about them, as to what this would come to. 25 Then someone came in and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are in the temple area and are teaching the people.” 26 Then the captain and the court officers went and brought them in, but without force, because they were afraid of being stoned by the people. P S A L M Psalms 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 R: The Lord hears the cry of the poor. 1 [2] I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. 2 [3] Let my soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will hear me and be glad. (R) 3 [4] Glorify the LORD with me, let us together extol his name. 4 [5] I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. (R) 5 [6] Look to him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. 6 [7] When the poor one called out, the LORD heard, and from all his distress he saved him. (R) 7 [8] The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8 [9] Taste and see how good the LORD is; blessed the man who takes refuge in him. (R) G O S P E L It is important that we remember that God does not have an intention to condemn us for our sins but to offer us forgiveness if we want it. These two options are at the opposite end of the spectrum of possibilities. Let us be thankful that our God is merciful and compassionate and that we can be sure that He does all in His power to help us follow Him as His disciples. 2 Chronicles 21-22 ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life. R: Alleluia, alleluia John 3:16-21 16 God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. 21 But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God. my reflections t h i n k : We can be sure that He does all in His power to help us follow Him as His disciples. 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 2 Chronicles 21-22 | |
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| | SABBATH | LIVING THE TRUTH AND COMING TO THE LIGHT The national elections held last year are a case study on truth and the coming to the light of many things about the lives of candidates. We saw a lot of muckraking, mud-slinging, and a whole lot more in the dirty tricks department coming to the fore in the run-up towards election day. In a very real sense, what was hidden often came to light and, thanks to the often close (and biased) scrutiny of either a hostile or friendly media outfit, the fates of certain candidates were either sealed or seared. But this refers to nothing more than superficial “truth” co-opted for shallow political ends. The saints give ample testimony to the power of a higher brand of truth — evangelical and moral truth, and how it ultimately leads to the light. No earthly power has yet managed to upstage what even Gandhi calls the “force of truth” (satyagraha). Envy and jealousy temporarily knocked out” individuals like St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, St. Benedict Menni and many others. But you can’t keep a good man down forever. One of my favorite biographies of saints is precisely that of Benedict Menni, the founder of the Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Hearts. Entitled KO in Terra; OK in Cielo (KO on Earth; OK in Heaven), it tells of the heroic moral sufferings that St. Benedict endured in his lifetime, even in his exile in France where he died. But in the end, the truth prevailed. His detractors are now forgotten, but his name has come to the light of earthly and heavenly glory. This is the truth that also comes to light in the stories that we read daily from the Acts of the Apostles, including today’s first reading. The apostles did many signs and wonders. The Sanhedrin and the authorities were at their wits’ end, trying to quell their rising popularity, to no avail, “because they were afraid of being stoned by the people.” We all have our own stories to tell of bitter undeserved pain. But today’s readings, along with the examples of the saints, ought to convince us of this: living the truth is never far from coming to the light. Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB Reflection Question: How do I handle criticisms against me that are not founded on truth? Lord, grant me the grace to always seek to live in the truth. St. Venerius, pray for us. | |
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