 | Daily Bible Reflections
for November 3, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Thursday, remember that He knows you and loves you.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | | who ’s the judge? Why then do you judge your brother?... For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. – Romans 14:10 “We live below our means. We wear inexpensive suits and drive American-made cars. Only a minority of us drive the current-model-year automobile.” This is one of the portraits of the American millionaire found in the book, The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko. The book profiled actual millionaires in the US based on focus group interviews and questionnaires that they answered. The authors said that actual millionaires won’t get a primetime spot on TV since they live dull normal lives, far from what we think about them. In the same manner, the Church has all sorts of canonized saints. While there are St. Therese of Lisieux-types, who was said to have never committed a mortal sin, there are also saints that had a history of sin like St. Augustine who said, “Lord, make me pure, but not yet.” What am I trying to say? That it is better for us to give others the benefit of the doubt. People don’t necessarily fit a pattern. Besides, the only pattern that we need to follow is Jesus’ example and command to love others. After all, the final judgment is His. And we, too, will be judged. Joy Sosoban (jsosoban@gmail.com)
REFLECTION: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged.” (Matthew 7:1) Lord, help me to see with Your eyes so that I will not easily judge others. | |
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| | COMPANION | | 1st READING St. Paul reminds the Roman Christians that we will all stand one day before the judgment seat of God and receive from Him the reward for our works. The souls in purgatory are in a state of purification from the stains of sin and the temporal punishment for sins they had not done penance for. Through our prayers, we can assist them to come to perfection and enter fully into the glory of heaven. Romans 14:7-12 7 Brothers and sisters: None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. 8 For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 Why then do you judge your brother and sister? Or you, why do you look down on your brother and sister? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.” 12 So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God. P S A L M Psalms 27:1-4, 13-14 R: I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? (R) 4 One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, that I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD and contemplate his temple. (R) 13 I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD with courage; be stout-hearted, and wait for the LORD. (R) G O S P E L The good shepherd always seeks the absolute best result possible. Unless he knows that the lost sheep is dead, he will continue to look for it until he finds it. This is the attitude God has towards us. He continues to seek us wherever we may be in order to try and win us back to His love. He does not give up! However, the choice is ours — will we surrender to Him or will we continue to fight against the work of His grace in our lives? 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 Luke 15:1-10 1 The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, 2 but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 So Jesus addressed this parable. 4 “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? 5 And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy 6 and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. 8 Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ 10 In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
my reflections think: God continues to seek us wherever we may be in order to try and win us back to His love. 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 Matthew 1-4 | |
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| | SABBATH | | LOST AND FOUND Like any good teacher, Jesus will always be quick to put analogies to His teaching so His listeners would easily understand the message He wants to convey. Often, when people ask Him questions, He responds by giving a parable. Today’s Gospel is one of those instances. Many people are drawing closer to Jesus and this fact offends the Pharisees and scribes. They begin to complain. Why is this man of respect, a so-called miracle worker, in fellowship with these sinners? In answer to their complaint, Jesus tells two parables: the lost sheep and the lost coin. The shepherd image is a very familiar one to the Jews. There is a close relationship between shepherd and sheep. The shepherd would go so far as to travel mountains and ravines to seek the lost. Once found, joy and celebration would follow. The woman who loses her coin would painstakingly search the house to find it. The house is swept; lamps are lit in order to make a thorough search for the one lost coin. Again, joy and celebration would follow after finding the coin. Both parables speak about the joy one discovers in finding a lost object. Sinners and tax collectors are the lost ones whom Jesus celebrates with joy upon their entrance in the Kingdom of God. God is like the shepherd or the woman making that thorough search for the stray and lost. The search does not end until it has been found again. The very ones who draw near to Jesus have found the treasure. The complainants are still searching! In our lives, we know what joy there is when we find something we have been looking for, usually after a thorough search. Once found we do not want to let it go. Jesus searches for us. Have we allowed Him to find us and bring us home? There will be great rejoicing in heaven over one who repents. Fr. Brian Steele, MGL Reflection Question: Have you found the Lord? Lord, You search me and You know me. Give me the joy of being found by You again. Amen. St. Winifred, pray for us. | |
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