Lordie, God's Message For You Today, November 1, 2011

Daily Bible Reflections for November 1, 2011 Dear Lordie, You Are One Of Them. Better get comfortable with that title. Happy All Saints Day! You really are a saint because Jesus calls you to live for love each day. God has a great plan for your life?including this Tuesday. Praying for you, Bo Sanchez PS. Do you live in the Philippines? Sign up for Bo's weekly  cellphone message. This is FREE. (That is why you have to live in the Philippines to sign up for this service.) Text:   BOSEZ_<your full name>_ <your email address> and send to any of the following numbers: Globe (09178494444); Smart (09088949999); Sun (09228945555) And you'll start receiving Bo's inspiring message to encourage you, guide you, and bless your week.   1 November Tuesday TODAY'S READINGS: DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH DIDACHE   Solemnity of All Saints A BLESSING MAGNET   “Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.” – Matthew 5:4   Many of my friends lost many things in the major floods that hit our country two years ago. They lost homes, businesses and properties. With tears, my auntie said, “Bo, I lost all the material things I’ve collected over the past 50 years of my life!” Some friends said that the most painful was losing all their photographs — the memories of a lifetime. Many years ago, I, too, lost a lot of money in a business venture. At that time, I lost almost my entire net worth. I was tempted to mope, sulk and carry a heavy burden for a long time. Actually, I allowed myself to grieve for a while, which was healthy. But I decided not to grieve for too long, or I would be stuck forever. After some time, I declared, “God has something better for me.” I chose to believe that better businesses would come my way. I even began declaring the unbelievable. I said, “I’ll earn 10 times what I lost!” And that’s what happened. With my loss, God was able to create room for something better to come my way. Better things happen when you become grateful for what you still have. When you become grateful, you attract more of what you’re grateful for. And gratitude is a blessings magnet. Bo Sanchez (bosanchez@kerygmafamily.com) 1 REFLECTION: Have you experienced some loss lately? Focus on what you still have.   Lord, grant me a grateful heart — to be thankful for what I still have despite my losses, and for the blessings that are yet to come.     Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top COMPANION   1st READING   In his vision of heaven, John the Beloved sees a huge multitude of saints holding palm branches and worshipping the Lamb who was slain for their sins. We are told there were 144,000 of them. Some have thought this was an actual number. However, in the Book of Revelation, numbers have a symbolic, not literal, meaning. The number 12 relates to the 12 tribes of Israel and also the 12 Apostles. So, 144, being 12 x 12, means the totality of the people of God. On this special feast, we honor all the hidden saints who are now in heaven, glorified and worshipping the Lamb.   Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 2 I. John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, 3 “Do not damage the land or the sea or the trees until we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” 4 I heard the number of those who had been marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand marked from every tribe of the children of Israel: 9 After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. 10 They cried out in a loud voice:  Salvation comes from our God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb.” 11 All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshipped God, 12 and exclaimed: “Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving, honor, power, and might be to our God forever and ever. Amen.” 13 Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?” 14 I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”   P S A L M Psalms 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R: Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. 1 The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. 2 For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. (R) 3 Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD? Or who may stand in his holy place? 4 One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain. (R) 5 He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, a reward from God his savior. 6 Such is the race that seeks for him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob. (R)   2nd READING   One of our greatest blessings as Christians is that we are now children of our Heavenly Father. As St. John points out, this is a wonderful and awesome privilege — one that we should meditate on often so that our hearts may be filled with gratitude and joy. This knowledge, if it enters deeply into our hearts, will give us a quiet and deep confidence that we are truly precious and loved by God.   1John 3:1-3 1 Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.   G O S P E L   The Beatitudes set forth the interior disposition and attitude that we should cultivate if we are to truly imitate Jesus. It may be helpful to just take one of them for a week’s contemplation and seek each day to grow in that virtue. For instance, “blessed are the pure of heart,” then strive to keep your heart and mind pure this week and avoid all pornography and crude conversations.   ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. R: Alleluia, alleluia   Matthew 5:1-12 1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 He began to teach them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. 6 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.”   my reflections think: Take one of the virtues in the Beatitudes and contemplate on it for a week. Seek each day to grow in that virtue.   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 John 13-16       Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top SABBATH   CALLED TO HOLINESS   We begin this month of “prayers for the dead” by celebrating the lives of saints who have gone before us. Each year, the Church gives us the Gospel of the Beatitudes. Jesus is the New Moses who ascends the mountain to speak out the necessary attitudes to be able to follow Him. Every saint has followed Jesus in his lifetime and now receives his just reward. Where they go, we hope to follow. The Beatitudes are the very heart of Jesus expressed to us in His life and ministry. As Jesus declares the blessedness of such people, He is stating that those who are obedient and live out these beatitudes are deeply joyful and experience well-being. It is more than just being happy. Blessedness points to an interior attitude of heart, mind and body. As Rabbi, Jesus takes His seat and teaches the disciples the following beatitudes — a common position of the Jewish Rabbi. As we reflect upon His words, it seems a tall order to follow. Being poor, meek, mournful, hungry, thirsty and persecuted are, in fact, ways of blessedness or fullness of well-being. It is a stark contrast to what the world teaches us to follow. The world teaches us to compete, strive, achieve and succeed. These are all exceptional qualities of a human being. However, we must consider these in the light of Jesus’ teaching. Otherwise, they are folly. All of us are called to be saints. The saints we remember today were very normal people like us. However, the saint is a sinner open to the transcendent grace and power of the Lord. Their weakness is transformed and sanctified. They seek to follow Jesus not counting the cost. Think of your own patron saint. Did they fit these criteria of the Beatitudes? Seek their intercession today so that you would be a person of the Beatitudes. Fr. Brian Steele, MGL   Reflection Question: You are a saint by virtue of your baptism. How do you live up to that privilege?   God, our Father, You called us to be saints. Sanctify our lives and let us live the way of holiness. Grant this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.   Blessed Paul Navarro, pray for us.   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top

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Lordie, God's Message For You Today, October 31, 2011

Daily Bible Reflections for October 31, 2011 Dear Lordie, Conquer this new week with God's Word in your heart! Praying for you, Bo Sanchez PS. Do you live in the Philippines? Sign up for Bo's weekly  cellphone message. This is FREE. (That is why you have to live in the Philippines to sign up for this service.) Text:   BOSEZ_<your full name>_ <your email address> and send to any of the following numbers: Globe (09178494444); Smart (09088949999); Sun (09228945555) And you'll start receiving Bo's inspiring message to encourage you, guide you, and bless your week.   31 October Monday TODAY'S READINGS: DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH DIDACHE   ulterior motives   “Blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” – Luke 14:14   Dodong and Boyet are both account executives. They handle the promotion of different products including shows and launches. During lunch breaks, Dodong would often sit with the bosses, sometimes even volunteer to treat them. But he was cold to the utility personnel. After all, what could he get from rubbing elbows with them? Boyet, on the other hand, was pleasant to everyone. He would even treat the utility men at times. When the performance evaluation came, Boyet scored a lot higher than Dodong and qualified for a raise. Both didn’t know the bosses consult even the utility men when evaluating. During events, it turned out, Boyet was more efficient, the great working relationships he had with everyone established a better productive atmosphere. Today’s Gospel spoke of Jesus’ message to the Pharisees who invited people to dine with them because they had ulterior motives. They wanted to impress them and benefit from them in some way. Jesus told them instead to invite those who couldn’t repay them for their reward would be in heaven. That was true for Boyet who didn’t have to wait for heaven for his reward. Carlo Lorenzo (carloflorenzo@yahoo.com) 31 REFLECTION: Are my kind acts tainted with ulterior motives? Am I being sincere or is there something I expect in return?   Holy Spirit, search my heart and whisper to me if my good deeds for others are done with a conscious or unconscious motive to gain.     Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top COMPANION   1st READING   The English philosopher Hume thought that if God was truly loving, He would intervene in all human affairs to prevent us from experiencing the bad effects of our wrongdoings. Yet here St. Paul shows us the very opposite.  God not only allows us to experience the bad effects of our sins but hands us over to be its slave. This is so that we will realize the seriousness of sin and so cry out to God for His deliverance. It is often only when a person has hit rock bottom that he realizes his true need and then turns wholeheartedly to God.   Romans 11:29-36 29 Brothers and sisters: The gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. 30 Just as you once disobeyed God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they have now disobeyed in order that, by virtue of the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy. 32 For God delivered all to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all. 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Or who has given him anything that he may be repaid?” 36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To God be glory forever. Amen.   P S A L M   Psalms 69:30-31, 33-34, 36-37 R: Lord, in your great love, answer me. 29 [30] But I am afflicted and in pain; let your saving help, O God, protect me. 30 [31] I will praise the name of God in song, and I will glorify him with thanksgiving. (R) 32 [33] “See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, may your hearts be revive! 33 [34] For the LORD hears the poor, and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.” (R) 35 [36] For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. They shall dwell in the land and own it, 36 [37] and the descendants of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall inhabit it. (R)   G O S P E L   This is one of the most challenging passages in the New Testament. Jesus is dining at the house of a leading Pharisee, a man of prestige, wealth and political power. He tells him that he should not invite his friends to dinner but the poor, homeless, lame and blind — people who smell bad, have ragged and dirty clothes and not know the right table manners. If we want to be rewarded by God in the next life for our hospitality, this is what  we should put into practice.   ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, says the Lord. R: Alleluia, alleluia   Luke 14:12-14 12 On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. He said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. 13 Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; 14 blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”   my reflections think: If we want to be rewarded by God in the next life for our hospitality, this is what we should put into practice.   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 John 9-12     Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top SABBATH   About Generosity   The words of Jesus in today’s Gospel make us reflect on the motives behind our generosity. What is generosity? It is the habit of giving freely without coercion. But there can be different motives behind our generosity. We can be generous because we hope to get something back or we can be generous to be praised by others. But this is selfishness. We can be generous to feel superior. We can be generous because it is in our nature and we cannot help giving and sharing. We can be generous out of gratitude that God was so generous to us — and this is the best kind of generosity. After all, God gave first. He gave Himself unselfishly for us in and through His Son Jesus Christ. The mystery of the Incarnation is the ultimate demonstration of generosity. God is the model of all generosity. Acts of giving help focus people’s hearts on the evidence of God’s grace and offer the world a new reason to praise Him. God gave first and because His gifts are boundless, eternal and beyond all earthly measure, God will give forever. Generosity is sharing of one’s self and love to influence the world around us for the better. Already a small gift, the sharing of something little can have a tremendous effect on the people around us. Gautama Buddha rightly expressed this when he said, “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” And Mohammed wrote, “A person’s true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.” On the last day of this month, let us join St. Ignatius of Loyola and pray his prayer for generosity: “Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve You as You deserve; to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the  wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward, save that of knowing that I do Your will. Amen.”Fr. Rudy Horst, SVD   Reflection Question: Am I a generous person? What are my motives for being generous?   Lord, all that I am and all that I have, I owe it all to You. Help me to share what I am and what I have because these all belong to You.   St. Bega, pray for us.   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top

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Lordie, God's Message For You Today, October 30, 2011

Daily Bible Reflections for October 30, 2011 Dear Lordie, This Sunday, remember that you are hidden in His heart. Praying for you, Bo Sanchez PS. Do you live in the Philippines? Sign up for Bo's weekly  cellphone message. This is FREE. (That is why you have to live in the Philippines to sign up for this service.) Text:   BOSEZ_<your full name>_ <your email address> and send to any of the following numbers: Globe (09178494444); Smart (09088949999); Sun (09228945555) And you'll start receiving Bo's inspiring message to encourage you, guide you, and bless your week.   30 October Sunday TODAY'S READINGS: DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH DIDACHE   PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTS   “So you must obey and follow everything they tell you to do; do not, however, imitate their actions, because they don’t practice what they preach.”  – Matthew 23:3   It is said that a priest touches the lives of a minimum of 5,000 people in his lifetime. What a sacred duty and an awesome responsibility to be the Lord’s messenger of His great love and mercy to his people. One parish priest wisely said that “a holy priest would mean a holy community” and earnestly asked to “please pray for us.” Being human themselves, we know that our priests today are subjected to many temptations, perhaps even more than the ordinary person will experience in his life. It is our duty to pray for them that they may remain steadfast and true to their calling, to bring us to God and not lead us astray. Instead of spreading gossip and scandals, we must turn to heaven and earnestly pray to the Father and Teacher of us all, that they may have the strength and grace to be faithful to their King.Marjorie Duterte (marjorie.travels@gmail.com)   30 REFLECTION: Remember your parish priest today. Offer a prayer on his behalf.   Father, be close to our priests today as You were to the apostles of old. Pour Your holiness upon them that they may always be true to You, priests after Your own heart. Amen.   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top COMPANION   1st READING   God speaks through Prophet Malachi, to the priests who had not been faithful to the covenant and who had taught the people false doctrines. Since priests are entrusted by God to be the teachers and shepherd of His people, they have a solemn obligation to fulfill this sacred mission with all integrity and faithfulness. When priests do not reverence the things of God and begin to teach false doctrines, they lose the respect of the people and undermine their own authority.   Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10 14 A great King am I, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations. 2: 1 And now, O priests, this commandment is for you: If you do not listen, 2 and if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will send a curse upon you and of your blessing I will make a curse. 8 You have turned aside from the way, and have caused many to falter by your instruction; you have made void the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts. 9 I, therefore, have made you contemptible and base before all the people, since you do not keep my ways, but show partiality in your decisions. 10 Have we not all the one Father? Has not the one God created us? Why then do we break faith with each other, violating the covenant of our fathers?   P S A L M   Psalms 131:1, 2, 3 R: In you, Lord, I have found my peace. 1 O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor are my eyes haughty; I busy not myself with great things, nor with things too sublime for me. (R) 2 Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child. Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me. (R) 3 O Israel, hope in the LORD, both now and forever. (R)   2nd READING   In contrast to the false priests that Malachi spoke against, we see here the ministry of a faithful priest, the Apostle Paul. We see in St. Paul an example of selfless and diligent pastoral ministry in which he served the people and tenderly cared for them like a mother cares for her child. He did not even expect any payment for his services but worked with his own hands to support himself while ministering. Because of this loving and maternal ministry, the people revered Paul and his message as one from God Himself.   1 Thessalonians 2:7-9, 13 7 Brothers and sisters: We were gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children. 8 With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our very selves as well, so dearly beloved had you become to us. 9 You recall, brothers and  sisters, our toil and drudgery. Working night and day in order not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 13 And for this reason we too give thanks to God unceasingly, that, in receiving the word of God from hearing us, you received not a human word but, as it truly is, the word of God, which is now at work in you who believe.   G O S P E L   While Jesus respected the authority of the teachers of the law, He was critical of their lives, which did not reflect what they were teaching. Jesus did not want His followers to seek honors and preferential treatment that would elevate them above the ordinary people, but to be as servants just as He said, “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to lay down his life for the people.”   ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia You have but one Father in heaven and one master, the Christ. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 23:1-12 1 Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. 3 Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. 4 They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. 5 All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. 6 They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, 7 greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’ 8 As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’ You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 Call no one  on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. 10 Do not be called ‘Master’; you have but one master, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you must be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”   my reflections t h i n k : Jesus did not want His followers to seek honors and preferential treatment that would elevate them above the ordinary people.   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 John 5-8 SABBATH PAUSE My weekly time with God THANK YOU LIST Things to be grateful for from the past week ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL NEEDS Things to ask God for in the coming week ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ HIDDEN TREASURE Most important word God told me this week ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________           Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top SABBATH   “Our father” and “Father”   Today’s Gospel has been misunderstood by many who take every word and sentence in the Bible literally. For example, since Jesus said, “You must call no one on earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven,” some claim that priests should not be called “Father.” As usual, Jesus teaches in a typical Jewish way, exaggerating a point to get the message through to His audience. What He wants to say is that God is our real Father, more powerful, more loving, more caring, more compassionate than our earthly fathers can ever be. Ultimately, it is from this heavenly Father that we receive our life and everything we  have and are. In a way, Jesus points back to the Ten Commandments where the first commandment stresses God’s uniqueness and superiority, while it is only in the fourth  commandment that we are told to honor our father and mother. We have to get our priorities right and never ever put anything or anybody before God whom we are called to love with all our heart, mind and soul. God must remain the center of our lives — something we easily forget. Of course, it is easier to focus on and love our physical parents whom we see, hear and with whom we live since our birth. After all, we have not seen our heavenly Father; we have not heard directly His voice; we know Him only through the words of Jesus which we find in the Bible. Even though we pray countless times, “Our Father in Heaven,” it often is just a formula we recite without thinking what it actually means. Too often we pray, “Our Father in Heaven,” but do not behave like His children. And yet, this heavenly Father is our origin and destination. From Him we come, to Him we go. Our physical fathers will probably not be with us until the end of our life. But our heavenly Father remains with us and will be with us for all eternity. Isn’t that reason enough to honor and love our heavenly Father more? Fr. Rudy Horst, SVD   Reflection Question: Do I have a devotion to God the Father? Who is God the Father to me?   Lord, thank You for directing my attention more on Your and our Father in Heaven. I pray to You, to Mary and to the saints but forget to pray to God the Father. Even during Mass, I pray to You and do not realize that practically all prayers are addressed to Your Father. Thank You for the reminder.   St. Herbert, pray for us.   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top

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