 | Daily Bible Reflections
for June 4, 2011 |
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| | PAIL ON THE LEDGE “You have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive…” – John 16:24 We ran out of water this morning. Our regular water supply wasn’t sufficient and would take 24 hours for our tanks to fill up. Until then we’d have to stretch three pails of water for all our morning chores. Around mid-afternoon, I noticed that it was getting cloudy. A fog came in. Then it rained. It was frustrating not to have water from our faucets while it was raining cats and dogs outside. So I got a pail, put it out on a ledge and collected rain water. It was raining so hard, the pail soon overflowed. My story about water also happens in my faith walk. Sometimes, my funds are so low, I’m on panic level. And I really, really worry. But God’s perspective is different from mine. Panic level for me is miracle time for God. He provides. He has never let me down. And I know He never will. Coupled with hard work and an expectant faith, I know that the Lord wants me to ask from Him during my time of need and trust in His provisions. Just like the pail on the ledge, if I put my needs before Him, He will fill me up to overflowing.Marisa Aguas (jojangaguas@yahoo.com) 4 REFLECTION: Do we always rely on ourselves to solve all of life’s problems? Dear Lord, in the hustle and bustle of life, oftentimes I forget You. Grant me the grace to always seek You first in my life. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The Church is a messy reality – it is not as organized as we would like it to be at times. Here we encounter a man who has heard only a part of the Gospel; he has not heard about the Holy Spirit. Paul sets this right and we presume that his preaching became even more powerful now that he had the full truth to proclaim, not to mention the power of the Holy Spirit to help him. Acts 18:23-28 23 After staying in Antioch some time, Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence through the Galatian country and Phrygia, bringing strength to all the disciples. 24 A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and, with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the Way of God more accurately. 27 And when he wanted to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. After his arrival he gave great assistance to those who had come to believe through grace. 28 He vigorously refuted the Jews in public, establishing from the scriptures that the Christ is Jesus. P S A L M Psalms 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 R: God is king of all the earth. 1 [2] All you peoples, clap your hands, shout to God with cries of gladness, 2 [3] for the LORD, the Most High, the awesome, is the great king over all the earth. (R) 7 [8] For the king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise. 8 [9] God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne. (R) 9 [10] The princes of the peoples are gathered together with the people of the God of Abraham. For God’s are the guardians of the earth; He is supreme. (R) G O S P E L In order to ask anything in the name of Jesus, we have to know that it is according to His will. Jesus is not going to put His name to anything that is contrary or irrelevant to the Gospel. Therefore forget about asking for the next set of lotto numbers or the winning ticket in a car raffle unless you have specific knowledge that it is God’s will for you to win such things. This is why it is so important to discern the will of God for our lives. We will know what God asks us and we can ask Him to provide for our needs. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I came from the Father and have come into the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father. R: Alleluia, alleluia John 16:23-28 23 Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. 24 Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. 25 “I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father. 26 On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you. 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” my reflections think: This is why it is so important to discern the will of God for our lives. We will know what God asks us to do and we can ask Him to provide for our needs. 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 15-16 | |
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| | SABBATH | THE JOY THAT COMES AFTER THE HARDSHIPS Perhaps we notice by now that for the most part during this Easter season, we have been reading from the Acts of the Apostles in the first reading of the weekday liturgies. Whereas for the Gospel readings in these last weeks of Easter, they are from Jesus’ so-called Farewell Discourse (Chapters 14-17 of the Gospel according to John). Today’s pair of passages is interesting for the connection we can make between them. In Jesus’ very tender and consoling words in the Gospel, He speaks of the post-Resurrection joy by using the metaphor of a woman’s birth pangs. He assures His disciples (and us, too), “You are sad for a time, but I shall see you again; then your hearts will rejoice with a joy no one can take from you.” These words seem to find an excellent application and fulfillment in the adventure of Paul, narrated in today’s episode from the Acts of the Apostles. The Lord, in a vision, spoke to him, assuring and encouraging him to go on preaching without fear. It turns out that Paul stayed in that place (the notorious dock city of Corinth) for 18 months, with the help of supportive laypersons such as Priscilla and Aquila. Moreover, what immediately follows is the incident of Paul being accused before the Roman proconsul Gallio. Strangely (and, we should say, fortunately for Paul), the case is at once dismissed. We can only imagine Paul’s joy — an interior joy, surely, for it is not without trials and difficulties. Nevertheless it has with it a deep contentment coming from the fulfillment of God’s will. Yes, there may be hardships left and right, but if deep within we believe and we know that we are heeding God’s holy will, then we can look forward to that joy that no one can take away from us. Whatever pains and sufferings besetting us will certainly give way to the happiness that God assures us. Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB Reflection Question: In the midst of suffering, do I easily give up? Or do I hold on to the promise of God that He is with me always and that He is leading me to joy at the end of my trials? Lord, strengthen my faith that You will turn my pain into joy when the tough times are over. St. Gonzaga Gonza, pray for us. | |
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