 | Daily Bible Reflections
for September 14, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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| | Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross 14 NEWFOUND FAITH “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” – John 3:17 I read a book about an American agnostic woman’s near-death experience in 1973. There she narrated what she experienced in what seemed to be heaven. An angel brought her to a room where her entire life flashed before her. She cried upon realizing how many people she had hurt along the way. “Why are you crying?” asked the one she referred to as the Divine Being. “Because I can now feel how I made them feel,” she replied. She also told the Divine Being that she deserved punishment for that. “Why are you too hard on yourself? I am not here to condemn you,” said the Divine Being. Do you want to go back and make things right?” She did go back, and has since lived with a newfound Christian faith and purpose. The author now travels the world preaching about life after death. Jesus came to us to save us from sin, and to give us hope that in Him we shall live. The God of love and forgiveness changes lives — for real. Let Him do wonders in yours. Nova Arias (nova.svp@gmail.com) REFLECTION: Never underestimate God’s mercy and love. Lord Jesus, thank You for seeing the good in me at all times. When I am too hard on myself, remind me of Your forgiving love. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The image of a bronze serpent on a pole foreshadowed the true cross of Christ, which would become the source of all our healing from the bites of Satan and his kingdom. Yet as the children of Israel only had to look to the bronze serpent on the pole to be healed, so we need only to look with faith to Christ crucified to be healed of our sins. Numbers 21:4-9 4 With their patience worn out by the journey, 5 the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!” 6 In punishment the LORD sent among the people seraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of them died. 7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people, 8 and the LORD said to Moses, “Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover.” 9 Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. P S A L M Psalms 78:1-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38 R: Do not forget the works of the Lord! 1 Hearken, my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable, I will utter mysteries from of old. (R) 34 While he slew them they sought him and inquired after God again, 35 remembering that God was their rock and the Most High God, their redeemer. (R) 36 But they flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues, 37 though their hearts were not steadfast toward him, nor were they faithful to his covenant. (R) 38 But he, being merciful, forgave their sin and destroyed them not; often he turned back his anger and let none of his wrath be roused. (R) 2nd READING Because of Jesus’ great humility in subjecting Himself to death for our sake, God has exalted Him above every other name in heaven and on earth. This way, we can have absolute confidence in the power of the name and the blood of Jesus to free us from all evil. Satan and all the powers of hell tremble at the name of Jesus and must submit themselves to His will. Philippians 2:6-11 6 Brothers and sisters: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. 7 Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, 8 he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. 9 Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. G O S P E L Jesus reveals to the member of the Sanhedrin, Nicodemus, that he cannot enter the reign of God unless he is born again. It is to the Son, who has come down from heaven, that the Father has entrusted His plan of salvation. Only with faith in Him can we be saved. In Jesus, God the Father reveals His heart of mercy and love. Jeremiah 31-34 ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Cross you have redeemed the world. R: Alleluia, alleluia John 3:13-17 13 Jesus said to Nicodemus: “No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. my reflections think: As the children of Israel only had to look to the bronze serpent on the pole to be healed, so we need only to look with faith to Christ crucified to be healed of our sins. 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 Jeremiah 31-34 | |
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| | SABBATH | Th e Cross Is Victory Today’s feast brings meaning not only to the recovery of the parts of the Cross but to its real essence as the main symbol God used in saving us. The Cross, representing the most scandalous, absurd, painful and difficult way to die, had become a symbol of love, life and salvation. A miracle (at least for the faithful of St. Alphonsus Parish in Magallanes Village, Makati City) happened when our parish church got burned. The fire gutted everything except for the wooden cross at the church entrance. The cross wasn’t spared by the fire but its main features were still visible. Many saw it as a miracle, another triumph of the cross against destruction. It was the triumph of the cross for the faith! While the new church was being constructed, the cross was placed in the bahay kubo, our makeshift church. It served as our cross for all the Masses held there. Everyone going to Mass, recognizing what it had gone through, would pass by it, utter some prayers, kiss it, or hold it. It has become a source of strength for everyone, an inspiration for all the challenges and sufferings we encounter in life. The cross is a living testimony to the power of God! When the new church was finished, it was placed on the side where people can have access to it. It was hard to decide where to put it, but where it is now seems to be the perfect place. People continue to visit it and others, in fact, had developed a devotion to it. Today, whenever I look at that cross, I remember the difficulties we had in the reconstruction of our church. Sometimes I ask myself how I was able to go through them. The cross gave me the answer. Sufferings, challenges and even death are not the ultimate destiny of life. We will all go through them and more. In the same way that the Lord Jesus defeated death on the cross, we, too, in faith and with the Lord, will also be victorious over all. The cross no longer represents defeat but triumph, not death but life, not hate but love, and not damnation but salvation! Fr. Benny Tuazon Reflection Question: What does the Cross of Christ mean to me? Lord, we cannot bear our life’s crosses without You. With You, we know we will always be victorious. St. Crescentian, pray for us. | |
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