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| | comfort in tragedy “I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.” – John 16:20 My good friend Jopet was a straight “A” student, an athlete and a health buff. He didn’t smoke or drink. He was a loyal friend and a dutiful son. He dreamt of studying and working in the US. He was close to fulfilling this when, in his early 20s, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and was given a slim chance of survival. He prayed for the chance to live a full life, and with great faith in the Lord, he won his battle with cancer. He went to the US. I thought from then on, all would be well. But at the age of 38, Jopet collapsed and died of a heart attack. The news of his passing shocked me. I asked, “Why would the Lord heal him, only to allow him to die at the prime of his life?” His wife wrote something that gave peace to my heart: “Jopet was given the opportunity to live a full and abundant life in the little time that he had.” In the 12 years he had after conquering cancer, he lived with great purpose and passion. He served tirelessly in community. He married and had a godly, loving family. I grieved, but looking at how he lived for the Lord, I rejoiced. The Lord answered his prayer and blessed him with a full and abundant life. Jay Catral (jaycatral@yahoo.com) 2 REFLECTION: In the Lord’s loving plan for us, the sadness of a tragic event is always surpassed by the Lord’s comfort and the joy of His promise fulfilled. Lord, I pray, in the midst of sadness and confusion, help me to faithfully see Your promise of peace and joy in our lives. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING It seems that the Corinthians are far more ready to accept the Gospel than the people of Athens. Paul begins his mission in Corinth in the synagogue and continues there until thrown out by the Jews who do not believe Christ is the Messiah. He then goes somewhere else to preach and to continue the work of evengelization. Acts 18:1-8 1 Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. He went to visit them 3 and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 Every sabbath, he entered into discussions in the synagogue, attempting to convince both Jews and Greeks. 5 When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to occupy himself totally with preaching the word, testifying to the Jews that the Messiah was Jesus. 6 When they opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your heads! I am clear of responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” 7 So he left there and went to a house belonging to a man named Titus Justus, a worshiper of God; his house was next to a synagogue. 8 Crispus, the synagogue official, came to believe in the Lord along with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized. P S A L M Psalm 98: 1, 2-3, 3-4 R: The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; his right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm. (R) 2 The LORD has made his salvation known: in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice. 3 He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. (R) All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God. 4 Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; break into song; sing praise. (R) G O S P E L Jesus prophesies that there are times of hardship and suffering ahead for His disciples and indeed all people. When we encounter suffering and trials let us not lose heart but remember these words of the Lord, reflecting the sentiment of the psalmist, that eventually our sorrow will turn to joy! This is the promise of the Lord to His people, one that we can rely upon forever, that He, Jesus, will ultimately vindicate our faithfulness to His will and the Gospel. 1 Maccabees 11-12 ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord; I will come back to you, and your hearts will rejoice. R: Alleluia, alleluia John 16:16-20 16 Jesus said to his disciples: “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.” 17 So some of his disciples said to one another, “What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they said, “What is this ‘little while’ [of which he speaks]? We do not know what he means.” 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing with one another what I said, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? 20 Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.” my reflections think: Jesus will ultimately vindicate our faithfulness to His will and the Gospel. 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 11-12 | |
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| | SABBATH | A RIDDLE OF SORTS? It’s as if our Lord Jesus is giving us a riddle of sorts with His statement to His disciples in today’s Gospel: “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.” (Note that in the entire passage, this is even repeated three times — and once also partially. Such a repetition seems to only add more to the enigma.) No wonder, they couldn’t figure it out at all. In any case, Jesus assures them. Not with a solution or explanation to the riddle, mind you. Instead He solemnly promises His disciples that their “grief will become joy.” Notwithstanding the opposite stance of the world (“you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices”), in the end everything will be settled and put straight. How often do we also fail to grasp Jesus’ inscrutable words to us? Surely, it is not something intentional on the part of Jesus anyway. Perhaps He just wants us to use our intellect. After all, it has been given as a gift to us by God, and using it always honors the Giver. Apart from that, it is also like a reminder from our Lord that He, as always, is the one who “calls the shots,” the one who is in control of everything. To grasp everything fully and completely (as though it was just like a simple 1+1=2) would leave no room anymore for God to act. No, His is a “style” that allows even for misunderstanding perhaps and, of course, for reflection and discussion. Actually, as we often find it indicated in the Gospels, like in the “Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him...” of today, the Lord already knows way ahead man’s thinking. And He will surely be there to console us, to assure us, to comfort us. “A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me.” In that case, we say to the Lord, “Go, O Jesus, do as You please. We await Your ‘little while’ with much longing, for we know that our grief will eventually be turned into joy.”Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB Reflection Question: Do I try to get help from a spiritual elder when I encounter difficulties in understanding passages in the Bible? God of wisdom, enlighten me with Your Word. St. Blandina, pray for us. | |
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