 | Daily Bible Reflections
for September 21, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Wednesday, may you hear His voice in your heart!
Praying for you,
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| | Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist GPS: God’s Positioning System “Follow me.” – Matthew 9:9 “I don’t understand why it wants us to go to that route,” my husband said, frustrated about the GPS (Global Positioning System) we were using while we were traveling. The GPS is a helpful tool that provides driving directions to our destination. It gives us the option of taking a shorter route or one that will bring us to our destination at a faster time. But it can’t detect if the roads are rough in those routes. This is why my husband isn’t too crazy about the GPS especially when he feels he knows a better way of getting us safely to our destination. Unlike the GPS, God’s guidance is foolproof. Through the Church’s teachings and Scripture, He shows us how we are to live our lives. At the same time, He gives us the freedom to choose the path we want to take. Along the way, we may encounter challenges that could lead us into making bad choices, thus requiring a detour. Or sometimes, the challenging situations may bring about an opportunity to become a better person. It is all a matter of how we handle life’s crossroads and road blocks, and making sure that we are always in touch with God who leads us to eternal life. Jane Gonzales-Rauch (mjsg2468@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: It is essential to know where we need to go, but it is as important to prepare well for the journey, knowing that there will be many hurdles. Dear God, lead me to the way that I need to go and help me overcome the obstacles along the way. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING One thing that St. Paul constantly emphasized to his communities was that they should maintain unity. This is an important sign of the action of the Spirit as the evil spirit is always seeking to bring about conflict and division. Jesus, too, prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane for us to be one as He and the Father are one. Unfortunately, Church history is a sad tale of divisions and conflicts. Let us pray and work for reconciliation between all communities that believe in Jesus as God’s Son and Savior of the world. Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 1 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, 3 striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: 4 one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 11 And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ. P S A L M Psalms 19:2-3, 4-5 R: Their message goes out through all the earth. 1 [2] The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2 [3] Day pours out the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge. (R) 3 [4] Not a word nor a discourse whose voice is not heard; 4 [5] through all the earth their voice resounds, and to the ends of the world, their message. (R) G O S P E L Jesus calls Matthew who had a rather unsavory job as a tax collector for the Roman authorities. Matthew responds to the call of Jesus and holds a banquet so that all his friends can meet Jesus as well. Many dishonest and questionable characters gather at Matthew’s house and the Pharisees complain that Jesus is sharing a meal with them, seemingly condoning their evil behavior. Jesus responds that He is there as a doctor for the sick — He comes not to condemn but heal them by His acceptance and love. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the glorious company of Apostles praise you. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 9:9-13 9 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10 While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. 11 The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 He heard this and said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. 13 Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” my reflections t h i n k : Let us pray and work for reconciliation between all communities that believe in Jesus as God’s Son and the Savior of the world. 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 Baruch 1-3 | |
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| | SABBATH | FAITH IN WHAT WE CAN BECOME If I am going to form my own organization, I will carefully choose its members. They have to be among the cream of the crop, the most respected ones in society, people whom I will definitely be proud to be with and who could contribute much to the stature that I wish my organization would be known for. As regards their qualification, they should be men who would be real assets to my organization, people who probably even have connections in high places to facilitate easy access to bureaucratic procedures. I would even consider people who are well-loved, or at least easy to love, so that they won’t cause interpersonal conflicts within our organization. Those who wish to join my organization must have a good moral and educational background, people who have no skeletons hiding in their closets so that whenever their characters are checked, they would pass muster. But then, that’s me. Good thing Jesus chose to have different standards. Had He used mine, then we would have no Matthew to begin our present Scripture compilation. We would never know the genealogy of Jesus. We would never have known the most important book that anyone would ever read. The reason is simple. Jesus’ ways are different from mine or yours. We judge on peripherals, He discerns the potentials. So instead of being bogged down by who Matthew was, He was inspired by the great disciple that Matthew would become. Now, just look at how the church has been because of him. Fr. Sandy V. Enhaynes Reflection Question: Do you judge people by their external appearances? Or do you have faith in what they can become? Lord, may I be worthy of Your trust in what I can become and may I also not lose hope in the good that can come out of even the worst of situations or people. Amen. St. Alexander, pray for us. | |
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