 | Daily Bible Reflections
for July 11, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
It's My Birthday Today! Every birthday, I thank the Lord for all the blessings He has given me. I just want you to know that yo're one of those fantastic blessings He has given me. Thank you for being there. Thank you for being my family.
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| | A GREAT HONOR “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” – Matthew 10:39 Corrie Ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who helped save the lives of Jews by hiding them in their home during the Nazi occupation of Holland. Unfortunately, Corrie and her family were arrested by the Gestapo in 1944. Corrie and her sister Betsie were imprisoned in Ravensbruck. It seemed to be the end of the family’s mission but it was where the mission was continued with much fervor. Corrie and Betsie held worship services attended by Catholic, Lutheran and Eastern Orthodox women prisoners. Even behind bars, Corrie reached out, risked her life and gave hope to those in need of it as much as she did. I believe that the Lord honored Corrie’s willingness to give up her life for others by saving her. Thanks to a clerical error, Corrie was released from Ravensbruck a week before all the women prisoners her age were killed. The Lord preserved Corrie’s life that she may continue her mission and share with the world what she learned from her imprisonment. As her sister Betsie exhorted Corrie, “We must tell them what we have learned here. We must tell them that there is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still. They will listen to us, Corrie, because we have been here.”Dina Pecaña (dpecana@yahoo.com) 11 REFLECTION: “I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.) Jesus, in obedience to the Father and out of Your great love for me, You died on the Cross in my place. May I have the grace to do the same for others if it will be for Your glory. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING “The more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread.” Although the evil seeks to thwart the work and purpose of God and His people, all his efforts are in vain and are ultimately used by God to bless and increase His Kingdom. Exodus 1:8-14, 22 8 A new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to power in Egypt. 9 He said to his subjects, “Look how numerous and powerful the people of the children of Israel are growing, more so than we ourselves! 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them to stop their increase; otherwise, in time of war they too may join our enemies to fight against us, and so leave our country.” 11 Accordingly, taskmasters were set over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. Thus they had to build for Pharaoh the supply cities of Pithom and Raamses. 12 Yet the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread. The Egyptians, then, dreaded the children of Israel 13 and reduced them to cruel slavery, 14 making life bitter for them with hard work in mortar and brick and all kinds of field work — the whole cruel fate of slaves. 22 Pharaoh then commanded all his subjects, “Throw into the river every boy that is born to the Hebrews, but you may let all the girls live.” P S A L M Psalms 124:1-3, 4-6, 7-8 R: Our help is in the name of the Lord. 1 Had not the LORD been with us — let Israel say, 2 had not the LORD been with us — when men rose up against us, 3 then would they have swallowed us alive. When their fury was inflamed against us. (R) 4 Then would the waters have overwhelmed us; the torrent would have swept over us; 5 over us then would have swept the raging waters. 6 Blessed be the LORD, who did not leave us a prey to their teeth. (R) 7 We were rescued like a bird from the fowlers’ snare; broken was the snare, and we were freed. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. (R) G O S P E L Jesus wants His disciples to have a realistic view of what it will mean to truly follow Him. It will inevitably cause conflicts even with those closest to us. If we choose to put God first in our lives, far from harming our families, it will ultimately be for their good and blessing. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 10:34-11:1 34 Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. 35 For I have come to set a man ‘against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 and one’s enemies will be those of his household.’ 37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 40 Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. 41 Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple — amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.” 11: 1 When Jesus finished giving these commands to his twelve disciples, he went away from that place to teach and to preach in their towns. my reflections think: I f we choose to put God first in our lives, far from harming our families, it will ultimately be for their good and blessing. 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 Psalm 96-100 Psalm 96-100 | |
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| | SABBATH | A Crash Course on Family Renewal For couples who have gone through the Marriage Encounter Weekend (MEW), a follow-through growth program is the Family Encounter Weekend (FEW). The FEW teaches fathers, mothers and their children the good fruits of openness and continuing dialogue, especially if carried out in the spirit of non-judgemental expression and acceptance of felt needs and emotions. During the talks, reflections and exercises during the weekend, fathers and mothers experience the reality that their children could actually be their great enemies and burdens in life, as the words of Jesus today reveal. Even practical human wisdom says that we are often hurt most deeply by those closest to us. The progress of the Family Encounter, however, opens us to liberating lessons that are parallel to today’s Gospel: Jesus says, “Those who try to gain their own life will lose it.” The more someone insists that family members satisfy his wants and expectations, the more he loses the beauty of family life. Jesus says, “Those who love their father or mother, or their son or daughter, more than me... are not fit.” Loving our family members too tightly can actually be a self-centered, selfish, possessive and manipulative way of loving. Family members will surely resent this. Jesus says, “Those who do not take up their cross... are not fit.” The cross of Jesus is a symbol of love that is willing to sacrifice beyond what is fair to reach out and save others. This is what the family needs: that each member does not simply relate with one another justly, like a 50-50 sharing, but that each one should be willing to fill up the gaps of another— up to a hundred percent. Jesus finally shares, “Whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me — God.” True family renewal happens when each member of the family begins to relate, to feel, to think, to act, to love in the pattern of true faith in God. There can be no truly human and humane values without religion and faith. Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP Reflection Question: Spend some time today applying the insights of our Gospel to your family’s situation and experience. What concrete and practical steps can you start applying in your relationship with your family? Lord, make me a better member of my own family — more loving, more humble, more giving. Amen. St. Olga, pray for us. | |
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