 | Daily Bible Reflections
for November 10, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Never lose sight of Jesus this Thursday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | | IN ME “The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed... For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.” – Luke 17:20-21 My friend said once, “Why do we always look up when we pray? Is heaven really up there? Or is it something we’ve just been accustomed to because of movies and books?” This thought struck me. And I must admit, it makes a lot of sense. When God made man, He was the only one among all creation of whom God said to be made in His image and likeness. God, being invisible, has made Himself visible through the people around us. In that sense, His kingdom is among us. I often give people great books or cool Christian CDs or invite them to prayer gatherings. But I’ve realized that before they read, listen to or attend any of those things, they should be able to see, hear and experience God through me. George Tolentino Gabriel (george.svp@gmail.com) REFLECTION: Are you aware of God’s presence in the people around you? Lord, let Your kingdom come in me. | |
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| | COMPANION | | 1st READING It often seems that those with power and authority in government and business can do whatever they like and get away with it. Yet each one will ultimately stand before God and be judged by Him. Let us continue to pray for those in authority that they will have a respect for God and His law. Wisdom 7:22-8:1 22 In Wisdom is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, agile, clear, unstained, certain, not baneful, loving the good, keen, unhampered, beneficent, 23 kindly, firm, secure, tranquil, all-powerful, all-seeing, and pervading all spirits, though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle. 24 For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion, and she penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity. 25 For she is an aura of the might of God and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nought that is sullied enters into her. 26 For she is the refulgence of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the power of God, the image of his goodness. 27 And she, who is one, can do all things, and renews everything while herself perduring; and passing into holy souls from age to age, she produces friends of God and prophets. 28 For there is nought God loves, be it not one who dwells with Wisdom. 29 For she is fairer than the sun and surpasses every constellation of the stars. Compared to light, she takes precedence; 30 for that, indeed, night supplants, but wickedness prevails not over Wisdom. 8: 1 Indeed, she reaches from end to end mightily and governs all things well. P S A L M Psalms 119:89, 90, 91, 130, 135, 175 R: Your word is forever, O Lord. 89 Your word, O LORD, endures forever; it is firm as the heavens. (R) 90 Through all generations your truth endures; you have established the earth, and it stands firm. (R) 91 According to your ordinances they still stand firm: all things serve you. (R) 130 The revelation of your words sheds light, giving understanding to the simple. (R) 135 Let your countenance shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes. (R) 175 Let my soul live to praise you, and may your ordinances help me. (R) G O S P E L Jesus heals 10 lepers but only one of them, a non-Jew, returns to give Him thanks. This almost seems unbelievable. After such a great healing, the other nine do not even thank or praise God for His goodness to them. Yet it says something that is often true of us — we do not give to God the thanks that is due Him, for everything comes from His hands, even life itself. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I am the vine, you are the branches, says the Lord: whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit. R: Alleluia, alleluia Luke 17:20-25 20 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, 21 and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.” 22 Then he said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. 23 There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in pursuit. 24 For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.” my reflections t h i n k : Let us continue to pray for those in authority that they will have a respect for God and His law. 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 Mark 1-4 | |
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| | SABBATH | | THE NATURE OF WISDOM In his quest for wisdom, Solomon gives us a very poetic account of the nature of wisdom. She is similar to that of the pagan goddess of wisdom, Isis. He seeks to intertwine the Greek wisdom with that of the Hebrew understanding of the Logos, the Word, being the personification of wisdom. Some have understood wisdom as the Spirit. Notice that wisdom is absolute perfection in the real sense since there are seven qualities of the nature of our wisdom, in groups of three. Seven was the perfect number and three being the divine number in Hebrew thought. Wisdom is personified as spirit; in other ways, justice or Word. Certain characteristics are mentioned: intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, unstained, certain, clear, not baneful, loving, good, keen, unhampered, beneficent, kindly, secure, firm, tranquil, all-powerful, all-seeing and all-pervading. It seems we could be almost describing a person with such qualities. Wisdom is described in feminine form as the one who reflects the purity of God, the aura of God, the spotless mirror of the power of God. Her work involved making friends of God and prophets. God loves the one whom she has possessed. She is light eternal, renews all things and passes into souls in every generation. In this meditation on wisdom, one can almost see parallels with the sequence given to us at Pentecost. In the sequence of Pentecost, the Church puts upon our lips the invocation of the Holy Spirit. “Shed your ray of light divine…the soul’s welcome guest… our inmost being fill… heal our wounds, our strength renew… guide the steps that go astray.” The sages of old gave practical advice on living. They were men and women of wisdom, aged with experience and powerful in their insight. Let us invoke these women and men of old so that we, too, would be filled with wisdom. Let us act wisely in our life for in this we shall find God’s favor. Fr. Brian Steele, MGL Reflection Question: Pray for the gift of wisdom. Lord, grant me wisdom of heart that I may please You all my life. Amen. St. Monitor, pray for us. | |
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