 | Daily Bible Reflections
for June 9, 2011 |
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| | ACTS OF BRAVERY “Take courage!” – Acts 23:11 Whenever I think of that day, I still get the chills. In the more than two decades I’ve lived in our home, I’ve always slept through the rains and found security in the fact that it never floods in our area of the village. Tropical storm Ondoy changed all that. That Saturday morning found me watching the water rise warily up the street, praying hard that the rain would stop and the flood would not come into our house. I was still pretty calm when water started coming into our garage. But when it made its way inside our house, I fought back my tears to focus on what I could do to help. I was trying to be brave, you see, because I didn’t want to start a panic in my family. Looking back, I now realize that courage is not up to a single person. When my courage failed me during the flood, other people’s bravery — my family,neighbors and friends — gave me enough determination to move forward and trust God that He would see us through this. REFLECTION: When was the last time you took courage? When my courage fails me, Father, help me to remember that You won’t. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Paul is not beyond playing a few games with his adversaries so he sets the Pharisees against the Sadducees to see what will happen. Perhaps he does this to make it clear to the Roman authorities in Jerusalem that he will not get a fair trial here. At least then he will have another forum in which to give testimony to the Gospel. I think Paul realizes that his life is coming to an end but he is not willing to give up on preaching the Gospel if he can find a way to do it. Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 30 Wishing to determine the truth about why he was being accused by the Jews, he freed him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene. Then he brought Paul down and made him stand before them. 23: 6 Paul was aware that some were Sadducees and some Pharisees, so he called out before the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; I am on trial for hope in the resurrection of the dead.” 7 When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the group became divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, while the Pharisees acknowledge all three. 9 A great uproar occurred, and some scribes belonging to the Pharisee party stood up and sharply argued, “We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” 10 The dispute was so serious that the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered his troops to go down and rescue him from their midst and take him into the compound. 11 The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage. For just as you have borne witness to my cause in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome.” P S A L M Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 R: Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope. 1 Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge; 2 I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.” 5 O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold fast my lot. (R) 7 I bless the LORD who counsels me; even in the night my heart exhorts me. 8 I set the LORD ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. (R) 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices, my body, too, abides in confidence; 10 because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world, nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption. (R) 11 You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever. (R) G O S P E L Jesus specifically prays for unity amongst believers. He knows that the first task of any enemy is to divide an opposition in order to conquer them. It is much easier to defeat two groups of 100 people one at a time than one group of 200 who are united in a cause! Let us never allow the seeds of division, little resentments and jealousies to be sown in the lives of our communities because it is precisely these things that ultimately lead to the disaster of division and the victory of the enemy. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia May they all be one as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that the world may believe that you sent me, says the Lord. R: Alleluia, alleluia John 17:20-26 20 Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. 22 And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. 24 Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. 26 I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.” my reflections t h i n k: Let us never allow the seeds of division to be sown in the lives of our communities. 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 Maccabees 9-10 | |
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| | SABBATH | A PRAYER FOR UNITY Today’s concluding installment of Jesus’ beautiful prayer focuses on the unity which He so desires of His disciples, as well as of “those who will believe in [him] through their word.” Unfortunately, such a unity continues to be a sore point in the life of the Church, with so many conflicts and divisions. But at the same time, it continues to be an ideal to aspire for, with the grace of God. In our present-day efforts for ecumenism, we should never forget that, in the very first place, it was Jesus Christ Himself who has so desired and willed “that all may be one.” Sad as it may be, conflicts and disunity within the Church or among Christians are nothing really new. Not to mention the persecutions and hardships which Christians very often have to undergo for their faith. Paul himself knew that very well and was no stranger to conflict, as evidenced in today’s first reading. We have a curious incident wherein as He testified before the Sanhedrin (the 70-member Jewish senate), He in turn sparked a dispute among the members by His fearless declaration of the resurrection of the dead. There was a loud uproar, the dispute grew worse, and Paul was nearly torn to pieces. The very commander who arrested Paul turned out to be his savior and defender. But that night, Paul received a vision from the Lord, who told him, “Keep up your courage! Just as you have given testimony to me here in Jerusalem, so must you do in Rome.” The prayer of Jesus concludes with a mention of His revelation to His disciples: “To them I have revealed your name, and I will continue to reveal it so that your love for me may live in them, and I may live in them.” Such a revelation, together with the consecration from yesterday’s passage, is indeed evidence of God’s extraordinary love — the love which overpowers conflicts, persecution, and hardships. May the love of God sustain and strengthen us, most especially in our efforts to overcome division and to remain ever united: God and us, and we among ourselves.Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB Reflection Question: Am I a person of unity or division? Lord, help me to be always aware of how my actions and words foster unity or division in my own world. St. Columba, pray for us. | |
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