 | Daily Bible Reflections
for August 19, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
May you be guided by His directions this Friday!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | MY PAPA LOVED JESUS “Wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge, your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” – Ruth 1:16 Many people ask me why I became Catholic even though my father was Hindu. Well, my answer is plain and simple: because Papa made us feel that he loved Jesus even though he was not Catholic. How did he love Jesus? When I was six years old, my dad pointed out to me a crucifix. He said, “Arun, follow this God who died for you.” During my first communion years later, to our surprise, my dad received communion, too. Papa was so happy the day my mom, my older brother and I joined a Charismatic community. He drove us to outreaches, missions and community activities. He picked us up anywhere when we came home late because of our ministry work. He prayed with us. He loved all those that Jesus loves. We felt God’s love through him. On his death bed, my Papa received the Sacrament of Baptism. REFLECTION: How willing are you to share and care for the people you love the most? Jesus, Lover of my soul, please show me the people around me who need my love today. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING In Ruth’s loyalty to her mother-in-law, Naomi, we see a beautiful image of a soul who desires to cleave to and serve God. Ruth desires to worship the God of Naomi, not the pagan gods of her people. This devotion leads her to a journey of true discipleship where she leaves her own people to join with the people of God. God rewards Ruth’s faithfulness by arranging her marriage to Boaz, the great grandfather of King David. Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14-16, 22 1 Once in the time of the judges there was a famine in the land; so a man from Bethlehem of Judah departed with his wife and two sons to reside on the plateau of Moab. 3 Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons, 4 who married Moabite women, one named Orpah, the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Chilion died also, and the woman was left with neither her two sons nor her husband. 6 She then made ready to go back from the plateau of Moab because word reached her there that the LORD had visited his people and given them food. 14 Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye, but Ruth stayed with her. 15 Naomi said, “See now!” she said, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her god. Go back after your sister-in-law!” 16 But Ruth said, “Do not ask me to abandon or forsake you! for wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge, your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 22 Thus it was that Naomi returned with the Moabite daughter-in-law, Ruth, who accompanied her back from the plateau of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. P S A L M Psalms 146:5-6, 7, 8-9, 9-10 R: Praise the Lord, my soul! 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD, his God, 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. (R) The LORD keeps faith forever, 7 secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets captives free. (R) 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those that were bowed down; the LORD loves the just. 9 The LORD protects strangers. (R) The fatherless and the widow he sustains, but the way of the wicked he thwarts. 10 The LORD shall reign forever; your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia. (R) G O S P E L The Pharisees had taken the 10 commandments of the law and from there came up with 613 laws that one should keep. It was common for people to try to simplify this and each rabbi would be asked what of the 613 laws was the most important. Jesus shows that He is the greatest of all the teachers as He simplifies the laws to two. If we fulfill these two, Jesus tells us, we have fulfilled the whole law. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Teach me your paths, my God, guide me in your truth. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 22:34-40 34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them a scholar of the law tested him by asking, 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 The second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. 40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” my reflections t h i n k : If we fulfill the two greatest commandments, we have fulfilled the whole law. 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 Sirach 46-51 | |
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| | SABBATH | THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT We are all well aware that the greatest commandment of all is to love. The call to love is at the heart of the Christian calling. It is important that we consider this call a commandment and not just a choice that we may or may not make. The call to love is a commandment central to the life of a disciple of Jesus. This means that any disciple of Jesus needs to focus on learning how to live unselfishly. It is only in living a selfless life that we are able to focus on loving God and others. Maybe the greatest sin of today’s society is selfishness; maybe not. Whatever the case, one of the greatest hindrances to holiness is selfishness. Selfishness does not allow a person to look beyond his desires, his felt needs and wants. It is this preoccupation with felt needs that can cripple a person’s capacity to give themselves in love for another person. It is not that all felt needs or emotions are bad or even wrong, but when they are allowed to govern a person’s life over and above the principles of love and self-giving, they become the essential foundation for the things that distract us all from our true calling to love God and our neighbor. Even a distraction is not yet a sin provided we work diligently to overcome it. Here arises the need for discernment to help us know when a mere distraction takes on the character of sin as we succumb to it. If we can keep distractions from moving down this path, we will find it far easier to follow the command to love. One of the greatest aids to Christian discernment is the Scriptures. This is why we need to commit to read and learn from it. If we meditate on the Word of God regularly, we will be able to form our minds according to the mind of God. This will serve us in good stead as we seek to follow wherever Christ’s calling takes us. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: What is the biggest challenge I face in following the command to love? Jesus, help me to get to know the true meaning of selfless love by first receiving it from You and then sharing it with others. St. Sebald, pray for us. | |
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