 | Daily Bible Reflections
for July 14, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Thursday, remember that He knows you and loves you.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | TIRED “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11: 28 Thea (not her real name) was sobbing when she phoned me one day. “Do you know a priest I can talk to?” she asked, “I’m so tired.” I later learned that she was pregnant, and that the baby’s father was not her husband. She had been trying to save her marriage since she learned of her husband’s philandering. And when she didn’t succeed, she ended up making wrong decisions that led her to a very sticky situation. I was happy enough to hear from Thea that she longed to talk to a priest. She wanted to confess her misdeeds and seek advice on how to turn her life around. She longed for rest and peace, and she knew where to find it. It took Thea a lot of humility and courage to acknowledge her helplessness. And I’m positive that the Lord jumped for joy when He heard Thea say that she wanted to find rest in Him. For the Lord never ceases to invite us to come to Him when our souls, like Thea’s, are tired and weary from life’s battles. He is, after all, our resting place as He says. And you can count on His word. Nova Arias (nova.svp@gmail.com) 14 REFLECTION: Are you tired? Wounded? Bored? Fed up? You know whom to call on. You, O God, are our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress (Psalm 46:1). | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING When God reveals Himself to Moses, He reveals Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. What God is saying is that He is the God who is faithful to His promises and His covenants. Just as He was with the Patriarchs through all their trials, so He will be with Moses and the children of Israel in their distress and until He leads them to their freedom. Exodus 3:13-20 13 “But,” said Moses to God, “when I go to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ if they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?” 14 God replied, “I am who am.” Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: I AM sent me to you.” 15 God spoke further to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the children of Israel: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever; this is my title for all generations. 16 Go and assemble the elders of Israel, and tell them: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I am concerned about you and about the way you are being treated in Egypt; 17 so I have decided to lead you up out of the misery of Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 Thus they will heed your message. Then you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent us word. Permit us, then, to go a three days’ journey in the desert, that we may offer sacrifice to the LORD, our God. 19 Yet I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless he is forced. 20 I will stretch out my hand, therefore, and smite Egypt by doing all kinds of wondrous deeds there. After that he will send you away.” P S A L M Psalms 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-25, 26-27 R: The Lord remembers his covenant forever. 1 Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the nations his deeds. 5 Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought, his portents, and the judgments he has uttered. (R) 8 He remembers forever his covenant which he made binding for a thousand generations — 9 which he entered into with Abraham and by his oath to Isaac. (R) 24 He greatly increased his people and made them stronger than their foes, 25 whose hearts he changed, so that they hated his people, and dealt deceitfully with his servants. (R) 26 He sent Moses his servant; Aaron, whom he had chosen. 27 They wrought his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. (R) G O S P E L Jesus reveals the face of God as one who is meek and humble of heart. So often, we view God as a harsh and demanding taskmaster who is never satisfied with what we do. Let us see the truth — that God is not the one who is demanding and driving us, but it is our own compulsions and anxieties. Psalm 111-115 ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 11:28-30 28 Jesus said: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” my reflections t h i n k : God is not the one who is demanding and driving us, but it is our own compulsions and anxieties. 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 111-115 | |
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| | SABBATH | An Art Call ed Empathy Pastoral Psychology was a subject we had to take as part of our Theological studies at the Loyola School of Theology in Ateneo. It helped us learn about non-directive techniques in counseling which is becoming more and more a part of the priestly ministry. People now tend to come to confession with the expectation that priests counsel them, too. On the pastoral side, the subject provided candidates for the priesthood with candid awareness on the dangers of counseling. Among these dangers are transference and counter-transference. That is, problematic penitents may end up being hooked on a manipulative and co-dependent relationship with their confessors. On a positive note, Pastoral Psychology, especially in the way Jesuit Fr. Ruben Tanseco taught it to us, made us see the importance not of sympathy but of empathy. Empathy teaches us to genuinely understand the other person’s experience and various feelings by making us bracket out our personal thoughts, biases and feelings. Empathy is an art of understanding people, with great respect to their personhood. Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel are words of empathy. Jesus does not mean to simply cuddle and comfort the weak and the weary. What Jesus wants to do is to lighten these people’s burdens by making them aware that He is with them. Jesus was able to empathize with those who labor because He was Himself raised up in a laborer’s family. Jesus was a carpenter like His legal father, Joseph. He was able to genuinely understand the variety of human situations because, although he is God, He became truly human. He can feel with us, the sheep of His flock, because even though He was the Good Shepherd, He is the Lamb of God! The art of empathy flows not from learned principles and techniques. It is the product of immersion and transcendence. One has to go through with the other person. One has to live out the path of Jesus’ own incarnation and redemptive life with us. Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP Reflection Question: What particular human experiences have you personally gone through that now provide you with the emotional maturity to accompany others in their moments of difficulty? Look back and thank God for all these. “Grant me compassion, that I may be Your heart today.” St. Phocas, pray for us. | |
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