 | Daily Bible Reflections
for September 30, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Friday, work with Him at your side.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | OJT “Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” – Luke 10:16 When I was in college, I had an on-the-job training for a TV program that was a course requirement. One time, the executive producer asked me to call the young actors who were resting in their van. I did as I was told. I told them the boss was calling them and they said OK. After calling them two more times, they still didn’t come. On the third time, the boss personally went to the vehicle and, in a way, scolded the young celebrities. She told them that even if I was just a student and wasn’t part of their staff, she sent me and I was representing her. If they didn’t follow me, it meant they were disrespecting her who had sent me. Today’s Gospel speaks about Jesus sending out 70 men to represent Him. They were sent to heal and proclaim that the kingdom of God was at hand. It didn’t matter if they were inexperienced, unimportant or uninfluential. They carried His authority. And whoever rejected them meant they were rejecting Jesus as well. 30 REFLECTION: Do I ignore or subtly reject people who share the Good News or who witness to God’s presence in their lives simply because they don’t seem credible enough? Do I reject the message because I feel the sender doesn’t have enough authority or influence over me? Holy Spirit, I ask You to help me understand and listen to Your messages regardless of who the messenger is. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The people of God have been taken into captivity in Babylon because of their unfaithfulness to the covenant they made with God. In exile they reflect back on the reasons for their captivity and realize that they had broken the law of God and hence had suffered the consequences of their infidelities. God’s desire is to bless His people but if they disobey Him and serve other gods, then they will not receive the blessing but suffer a curse instead. Baruch 1:15-22 15 During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed: “Justice is with the LORD, our God; and we today are flushed with shame, we men of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem, 16 that we, with our kings and rulers and priests and prophets, and with our ancestors, 17 have sinned in the LORD’s sight 18 and disobeyed him. We have neither heeded the voice of the LORD, our God, nor followed the precepts which the LORD set before us. 19 From the time the LORD led our ancestors out of the land of Egypt until the present day, we have been disobedient to the LORD, our God, and only too ready to disregard his voice. 20 And the evils and the curse which the LORD enjoined upon Moses, his servant, at the time he led our ancestors forth from the land of Egypt to give us the land flowing with milk and honey, cling to us even today. 21 For we did not heed the voice of the LORD, our God, in all the words of the prophets whom he sent us, 22 but each one of us went off after the devices of our own wicked hearts, served other gods, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, our God. P S A L M Psalms 79:1-2, 3-5, 8, 9 R: For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us. 1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 2 They have given the corpses of your servants as food to the birds of heaven, the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth. (R) 3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. 4 We have become the reproach of our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us. 5 O LORD, how long? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? (R) 8 Remember not against us the iniquities of the past; may your compassion quickly come to us, for we are brought very low. (R) 9 Help us, O God our savior, because of the glory of your name; deliver us and pardon our sins for your name’s sake. (R) G O S P E L Here, Jesus speaks out against the cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida where He had performed many miracles yet they had not believed His message. Jesus makes it clear that to whom much is given, much will be required. As these two towns received so many blessings from God, they would be judged more severely than Tyre and Sidon. This is a sobering message that reminds us not to take for granted the blessings of God because with each comes a responsibility to respond. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. R: Alleluia, alleluia Luke 10:13-16 13 Jesus said to them, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And as for you, Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the netherworld.’” 16 Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” my reflections t h i n k : Let us not take for granted the blessings of God because with each comes a responsibility to respond. 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 Ezekiel 29-32 iel 29-32 | |
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| | SABBATH | WITH PRIVILEGE COMES RESPONSIBILITY From these words of Jesus, we can easily deduce that He has performed great wonders in Chorazin and Bethsaida. The people of Tyre and Sidon were known to be hard of heart, but Jesus knew that if these same miracles were performed in these towns they would have easily repented. So even if Scripture is silent about these great miracles, we can take it to mean that Jesus’ works there were so spectacular that He was offended by their lack of positive response to Him. “How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida!” These are strong words — words of a God who has given much, who has offered much, but whose offer was not received and reciprocated. We, Christians, are lucky and blessed. While other religions are still employing different strategies and means to search for what is true and perfect, we already know what we need to do in order to achieve it. We know, too, what awaits us at the end of our lives. Jesus has already given us God’s words to this effect. Through the Spirit, we are able to continue discerning God’s Word spoken to us through our tradition and through our life situations. Today’s Gospel deals with how we are to handle the great responsibility of receiving this much privilege from Him. We are so privileged because we already know the truth from the very mouth of the Son of God at that. With great privilege comes great responsibility. Just as Jesus expected much from the people of Chorazin and Bethsaida for His many gifts to them, so will He expect much from us. We better take stock and see how much we have been graced with and move ourselves to deliver accordingly. Fr. Sandy V. Enhaynes Reflection Question: Take stock of the many gifts and privileges God has given you. What are you doing with them? Lord, thank You for the gifts You have given us, Your Church. Thank You for the talents You have bestowed on me. Grant me a willing spirit to use them all for Your glory and for the building of Your Kingdom here on earth. St. Laurus, pray for us. | |
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