 | Daily Bible Reflections
for June 15, 2011 |
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| | Quick Harvest Formula Let me say this much: he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will reap bountifully. – 2 Corinthians 9:6 He was my real estate client and became a friend. I bumped into him in one of the shopping malls and he asked if I could visit him to ask for advice. It was the Christmas season and our calendar was full and our meeting schedule somehow could not fit. But a few days before Christmas, I gave him a call and he told me about his financial problems. He wanted to give his employees bonuses but his cash position was tight. He requested for a personal loan. My husband and I prayed for discernment. I called him back to say that we were willing to loan him money and we had peace with our decision. Not more than five minutes after I called my friend, the phone rang and the lady on the other line told me that I could pick up a commissions check the next day. This receivable had been overdue for more than two years and had been troublesome for me. God’s timing was impeccable! When I planted a good deed, the harvest came immediately.Donna España (donna.espana@yahoo.com) 15 REFLECTION: Do you want to be rich? Give and share. Be generous. Lord, thank You for teaching me how to give generously because I know that You will replenish with much more what I give and share. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING There is no way that anyone will be able to outgive God! He will always be known as the most generous giver of all time, after all, none of us would even be here if He did not give us the gift of life. Paul encourages us to be generous in the way we use our resources, time and talent for the sake of the Kingdom of God. He even reinforces the Old Testament belief that almsgiving is a good way to repair sin, as this will help keep alive the memory of the good deeds that we do. 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 6 Brothers and sisters: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work. 9 As it is written: “He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” 10 The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You are being enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God. P S A L M Psalms 112:1-2, 3-4, 9 R: Blessed the man who fears the Lord. 1 Blessed the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commands. 2 His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed. (R) 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house; his generosity shall endure forever. 4 Light shines through the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and merciful and just. (R) 9 Lavishly he gives to the poor; his generosity shall endure forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory. (R) G O S P E L There is no merit in making public our good deeds by our own means. If someone else makes our good deeds public through no assistance or encouragement from us, then that is a different matter. Jesus is very clear on this sort of thing – we need to trust that our heavenly Father sees all that we do and will act appropriately upon our good deeds. Knowledge that we have done a good deed ought to be enough reward for us. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my father will love him and we will come to him. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. 2 When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, 4 so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. 5 When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. 16 When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.” my reflections t h i n k: We need to trust that our heavenly Father sees all that we do and will act appropriately upon our good deeds. God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | THE REAL SELF The sin that our Lord Jesus targets in His Gospel teaching today is none other than hypocrisy. The British biblical scholar William Barclay points out, “In popular opinion there is no sin more universally detested, and in the New Testament there is no sin more strongly condemned.” A remarkable statement as that should make us more aware or extra careful of our own hypocritical attitudes and behavior and, of course, heed our Lord’s teachings. Originally (or etymologically), the word had no negative meaning at all. In classical Greek, the basic meaning of hupokritÄ"s is “one who answers.” In ancient Greece, stage plays followed a sort of questionand- answer format for the script; hence, an actor can be described as a hupokritÄ"s, an answerer. Now it is in this context that hupokritÄ"s develops its bad sense, as Barclay explains. It came to mean a “dissembler, one who is playing a part, putting on an act” (New Testament Words). Truly, a hypocrite (as we would say nowadays) is one who puts up a virtuous or holy external image, for example, but is in reality a morally reprehensible person deep inside. Just like in our Gospel today, the hypocrite is the one person who wants everyone to see him giving alms, praying and fasting. But as Barclay points out, “He is the man whose goodness is designed not to please God but to please men; the man who says not ‘To God be the glory’ but ‘To me be the credit.’” In today’s world of reality TV, celebrity culture, video game avatars and social networking websites, we ought to heed a lesson or two regarding this. We can easily put up fronts or masks and hide comfortably behind them. But what about the raw inner self deep within us? The transition to living double lives is much too easy and tempting. Jesus Christ invites to “go to our room, close the door” and do the hard task of confronting this raw inner self of ours. Unless we do, we will live our lives as though on a stage, in a movie world of sorts inhabited by makeup artists and actors. That is most certainly not the real self that Jesus asks of us to confront and to be. Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB Reflection Question: Who is the real you when no one is looking? Grant me courage, Lord, to be truly who I am, without fear of what people might say or think about me. St. Adelaide, pray for us. | |
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