 | Daily Bible Reflections
for August 22, 2011 |
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| | Memorial of the Queenship of the Virgin Mary A MOTHER’S CALL We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers... knowing, brothers loved by God, how you were chosen. – 1 Thessalonians 1:2, 4 I found myself in church, seated at the back, staring at the image of the Blessed Mother. A small voice in my heart spoke to me. It felt like a gentle touch from heaven. It was a time of spiritual darkness in my life. I was deep in sin and I didn’t have a clear direction in my life. Though I looked normal from the outside, I was dead inside. I did not want to approach God again. I tried more than once but I fell into sin over and over. I just gave up. But that day, for some reason, I felt a different grace. I suddenly stood up, drove around and looked for a priest I could talk to and who would hear my confession. I found a saintly old priest who gave me Spirit-filled advice — unlike any other I’ve had in the past. Not long after that, a friend of mine invited me to a spiritual seminar. There, I accepted Jesus in my heart and received a renewal in the Holy Spirit. Life was never the same after that. I am eternally grateful to Mama Mary who led me to my Savior. Ariel Driz (adriz77@yahoo.com) 22 REFLECTION: Do you honor and love Mary as the Lord Jesus honors and loves her? Lord Jesus, thank You for giving us Your mother to be our Mother. Grant me the grace to heed her voice and follow her example. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING In this letter, Paul writes to the church at Thessalonica and encourages the Christians there to persevere in their faith. He reminds them how they received the Good News and how the Holy Spirit worked powerfully in their lives. St. Paul, as a true spiritual father, continues to pray for his spiritual children just as the Blessed Virgin Mary prays for us as her beloved children. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-5, 8-10 2 Paul, Silvanus and Timothy to the Church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly 3 calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father, 4 knowing, brothers and sisters loved by God, how you were chosen. 5 For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction. You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake. 8 In every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. 9 For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 10 and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath. P S A L M Psalms 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9 R: The Lord takes delight in his people. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song of praise in the assembly of the faithful. 2 Let Israel be glad in their maker, let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. (R) 3 Let them praise his name in the festive dance, let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp. 4 For the LORD loves his people, and he adorns the lowly with victory. (R) 5 Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their couches; 6 let the high praises of God be in their throats. 9 This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia! (R) G O S P E L In this Gospel passage, we see Jesus speaking harsh words to the Pharisees who were a very strict and pious group of Jews seeking to obey all the laws with great exactitude. Jesus, as a true teacher and prophet, seeks to correct their errors so that they can follow the true path and not get sidetracked into a legalistic and self-righteous religion. We see in Jesus that truth and love can coexist and serve each other. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 23:13-22 13 Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. [14] 14 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You traverse sea and land to make one convert, and when that happens you make him a child of Gehenna twice as much as yourselves. 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If one swears by the temple, it means nothing, but if one swears by the gold of the temple, one is obligated.’ 17 Blind fools, which is greater, the gold, or the temple that made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If one swears by the altar, it means nothing, but if one swears by the gift on the altar, one is obligated.’ 19 You blind ones, which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 One who swears by the altar swears by it and all that is upon it; 21 one who swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it; 22 one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who is seated on it.” my reflections t h i n k : In Jesus, we see that truth and love can coexist and serve each other. 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 Isaiah 9-12 Isaiah 9-12 | |
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| | SABBATH | LET’S FOLLOW HER EXAMPLE The Church honors Mary under all sorts of different titles. In this we recognize the extraordinary broadness of her appeal to people. Some will honor her for one particular trait in her life and others will choose something else or be inspired by yet another. The thing that appeals to me most about Mary is her conviction to see through her call to the end without faltering in faith. We live in a world where the goal of society seems to be for more and more comfort. Mary’s life speaks of exactly the opposite — pregnant out of wedlock, not welcome anywhere in Bethlehem to give birth, and many other situations. Her constancy of faith, whether in trial or not, is very inspiring to me. As I reflect on my own life and recognize within a reluctance to embrace a deeper call of sacrifice and self-denial, my mind often moves to think of Mary’s life. And then it becomes clearer to me that it is possible to embrace the deeper call if I am willing to surrender more deeply in faith to God’s will as she did. Mary’s life is a standout among all examples of discipleship for the way in which she surrenders to God’s will, something that must have seemed almost ridiculous as well as impossible on first hearing it from the angel. However, all that the angel said happened, and more besides that, and Mary’s life of surrender to God deepened each day to the point that she was able to endure His passion and death. I have a suspicion that she had an inkling that Jesus’ death was not the end. I am sure she did not have secret access to God’s will, but with a mother’s intuition, she may have realized there was more to His life than death; that Jesus’ death was not the final word in this chapter of her life.Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: As we seek to embrace God’s call on our lives, let us open our hearts in surrender to God’s mercy and love for this is the only way we can receive the grace we need to follow His will. And we need all the grace and help we can get! Jesus, You were born of the womb of the Virgin Mary. Your whole life is caught up in the mystery of God’s love for His people. Help me to embrace His will so that I may live in imitation of You. St. John Kemble, pray for us. | |
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