 | Daily Bible Reflections
for October 20, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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| | | ABLAZE FOR GOD! “I have come to light a fire on the earth. How I wish the blaze were ignited!” – Luke 12:49 Kathryn Kuhlman was a well-known faith healing evangelist who conducted healing crusades from 1940 to 1970. She began preaching at the age of 15. Thousands would flock to her crusades because when she led people to worship, they were ushered into the presence of God. Her powerful anointing came from her pure passion for Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Until she fell in love with a married man. That was the start of the dwindling of her awesome ministry. Sources said she was never the same again after that because she knew that she grieved God deeply but could not give up the affair. She ran away with him, got married, but eventually divorced. We were created by a passionate God to be passionate beings like Him. But sin has corrupted our original design. If God is not at the core of our passion, then our nature will always look for a substitute. If we will allow something or someone else to occupy our thoughts and our emotions other than God, then that will eventually be our passion. Remember what St. Paul said about God: “In Him we live and move and have our being.” Be vigilant. Always check where the flames of your passion is burning. Ronna Ledesma (ronnaledesma@email.com) 20 REFLECTION: “Stay sober and alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him…” (1 Peter 5:8-9) Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, give me strength… | |
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| | COMPANION | | 1st READING The Apostle Paul makes it very clear that as human beings we are slaves either to sin or to righteousness. We have to choose whom to serve. Many think that they are free to do whatever they desire without any thought to the will of God. They are, in fact, not free at all but slaves to their own passions and desires. True freedom is found only in obedience to the will of God for us. Romans 6:19-23 19 Brothers and sisters: I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your nature. For just as you presented the parts of your bodies as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness for sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. 21 But what profit did you get then from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been freed from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit that you have leads to sanctification, and its end is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. P S A L M Psalms 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6 R: Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. 1 Blessed the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, 2 but delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on his law day and night. (R) 3 He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade. Whatever he does, prospers. (R) 4 Not so the wicked, not so; they are like chaff which the wind drives away. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes. (R) G O S P E L Jesus often used some strange expressions and said the opposite of what one may expect. Here is one example. Jesus wants to bring fire to the earth. What kind of fire is this? It is the fire in the heart of God that also burned in the heart of Jesus, His Son. It is the fire that descended upon the Apostles on the day of Pentecost. It is the fire that burns in the hearts of the martyrs and saints. Let us open our hearts to be filled with this fire, too. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I consider all things so much rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him. R: Alleluia, alleluia Luke 12:49-53 49 Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! 50 There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two against three; 53 a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” my reflections t h i n k : True freedom is found only in obedience to the will of God for us. 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 Nahum 1-3 | |
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| | SABBATH | | The Prince of PeacE who causes Division I am often asked by a Catholic young man or woman whether it would be alright to marry a non-Catholic partner. I know several couples who live a harmonious married life even though they belong to different Christian denominations. But, to be honest, these cases are rare. I cannot forget Scott Hahn’s book, Rome Sweet Home. He and his wife had taken academic degrees in theology and were very active in their ministry as Evangelicals. But Scott began to question Protestantism and felt attracted to Catholicism; he finally converted and became a devout Catholic. His wife followed later but before she converted their marriage nearly broke up. “Days and weeks would pass without us sharing anything spiritual,” he writes. “As my spiritual life surged forward, my marriage tumbled backward… Most attempts to deal forthrightly with our differences would end in grief and frustration.” After Mrs. Hahn’s conversion to the Catholic Church, most of their former Evangelical friends broke away from them. This is just one example that illustrates Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel. While working in one parish, I witnessed the pain of parents whose son or daughter joined another Christian group or religion. The division can be even worse when a married couple belongs to a completely different faith. St. Francis of Assisi met strong resistance from his father when he decided to live a life of poverty. Some young people who answer God’s call to the religious life often find strong resistance from their parents. Yes, a decision for Christ and His values can cause division. Jesus, the “Prince of Peace,” surely came to bring peace. Yet, since conformity, compromise and popularity are not accepted values by Christ, our loyalty to Jesus’ Word can cause the loss of friendship and lead to quarrels and even ostracism. Do we have the strength to face such tensions? Fr. Rudy Horst, SVD Reflection Question: Am I afraid of division or rejection and so compromise when it comes to Christ’s teaching and values? Lord, so many times I was torn between following Your Word and upholding Your values, and following what friends and family member say and expect. Inflame me with the fire of the Holy Spirit to remain always loyal to You! St. Martha, pray for us. | |
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