 | Daily Bible Reflections
for May 5, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Thursday, remember that He knows you and loves you.
Praying for you,
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| | SIN The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree.” – Acts 5:30 Lenten season is just over. Whenever I go through the Way of the Cross, I feel guilty for the times I give in to temptation and for the many times I commit sin. Then I pray, “Lord, I am sorry because my sins have added weight to Your suffering and have caused You to die on the Cross.” Sometimes, despite the prompting of the Holy Spirit, I still give in to tempting circumstances. In spite of regular spiritual nourishment, I find it easy to sin — giving false judgments, being sarcastic, mismanaging my finances, putting off for the next day what I can do today, eating food that would trigger pain, harbouring false pride, telling lies, giving in to laziness, committing sins of omission, and the list goes on and on. I just can’t imagine if I have to go through the same ordeal that Jesus went through whenever I sin! I couldn’t bear it. May I always see the consequences of sin, more so the fact that I sadden God’s heart whenever I sin. I’m sorry, Lord. Sol Saura (sol_saura@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Do you realize the consequences whenever you sin? Have mercy on me, O God, in Your goodness; in Your compassion, blot out all my sins. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING conflict between earthly authorities and their faith beliefs. As the Church understands it today according to the notion of freedom of religion, the Apostles have the right to express and propagate their faith. No one has the right to deprive a person of freedom of religion unless that religion happens to infringe the rights or human dignity of others. Every individual has the right to choose their own expression of faith as long as it does not harm others. We should respect this right when we evangelize and recognize that coercion has no place in the work of evangelization. Acts 5:27-33 27 When the court officers had brought the Apostles in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, the high priest questioned them, 28 “We gave you strict orders did we not, to stop teaching in that name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring this man’s blood upon us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles said in reply, “We must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him at his right hand as leader and savior to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins. 32 We are witnesses of these things, as is the Holy Spirit that God has given to those who obey him.” 33 When they heard this, they became infuriated and wanted to put them to death. P S A L M Psalms 34:2, 9, 17-18, 19-20 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. 8 [9] Taste and see how good the LORD is; blessed the man who takes refuge in him. (R) 16 [17] The LORD confronts the evildoers, to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. 17 [18] When the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them. (R) 18 [19] The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. 19 [20] Many are the troubles of the just man, but out of them all the LORD delivers him. (R) G O S P E L The only way we can really assure ourselves of eternal damnation is to deliberately choose to reject having anything to do with Jesus. If we choose to cut Jesus out of our lives then we place ourselves in the mortal peril of damnation. Let us pray that we will never be so crass to do such a thing and that, on the contrary, we will always open our hearts to the presence of Jesus and welcome Him into our lives each day. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me, says the Lord; blessed are those who have not seen, but still believe! R: Alleluia, alleluia John 3:31-36 31 The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven [is above all]. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy. 34 For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him. my reflections think: Every individual has the right to choose their expression of faith as long as it does not harm others. 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 23-24 | |
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| | SABBATH | FILLING THE WORLD WITH GOD’S TEACHINGS The 2010 elections proved one thing among many others: that ads have a way of influencing people’s choices and decisions. Huge spending for media exposure does pay handsomely in terms of survey ratings and potential victory. Small wonder then that EDSA, the foremost artery that interconnects several Metro Manila cities from south to north, is filled with billboards and humongous tarpaulins every inch along the way. Commercial “teachings” fill the entire metropolis, enough to sway people’s preferences. Teresa Tomei, a savvy media practitioner and communications expert, speaks about the “noise” that fills our daily lives 24/7. We are literally filled to the brim with the “teachings” of post-modernity and elite globalization. We, Church people, may not be expected to be able to go against the tide of what Elaine Robinson calls the “media moment,” but we are called to do something similar. We are called to do as the apostles did soon after the Lord rose and ascended to heaven. They did it well enough as to merit a complaint from the Sanhedrin: “We gave you strict orders to stop teaching in that name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring this man’s blood upon us.” Last year, the mainstream media had the time of their lives analyzing to death the failings of one celebrity golf player. Last year, too, on the home front, we were barraged with so much noise of the political kind — ads that build up candidates and destroy their opponents. There is power and efficacy when the whole city and the world are filled consistently with focused “teachings” and ideologies. Too bad, too sad, that the rousing call made by the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines still remains to be done — the late Pope John Paul II’s very same passionate call for a “new evangelization.” Today’s first reading reminds us of precisely this — the need to fill “all of Jerusalem” with God’s teachings.Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB Reflection Question: Whose teachings influence my life — God’s or the world’s? Lord, help me to tune in more to Your teachings than to the world’s. St. Hilary, pray for us. | |
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