 | Daily Bible Reflections
for December 3, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Be filled with God?s joy this Saturday.
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| | MOST WONDERFUL TIME He will be gracious to you when you cry out, as soon as he hears he will answer you. – Isaiah 30:19 Thirteenth month pay. Bonus. Christmas gifts. Opportunities to give. Simbang Gabi. Cool weather. Shopping. Parties. I find December a gracious month in so many ways. Perhaps that’s why it’s my favorite month. Not everyone, of course, agrees with me. Some feel pressured by the unspoken need to give. There is loneliness if you’re single or your loved ones are away from you. Being a part of all the activities is also strenuous. As we face the coming days, let us remind ourselves that Christmas is not any of those things. The things that I mentioned earlier that I love are just really icing on the cake, so to speak. Because essentially and fundamentally, Christmas is about Jesus. It is the presence of Emmanuel, God with us, that makes Christmas a beautiful month. It is the remembrance of His great sacrifice and the joy that we have because of Him that makes this time special. And it is recalling all the many blessings, graces and mercies that He has shown and continues to show to us throughout the year that makes Christmas “the most wonderful time of the year.” So, to quote Tiny Tim of A Christmas Carol, “God bless us every one!”Joy Sosoban (jsosoban@gmail.com) 3 REFLECTION: How can I remember and act daily on God’s graciousness this Christmas? Lord Jesus, show me the way to spend this time wisely. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives is like having a personal trainer in our spiritual life who is always with us to counsel and guide us. He speaks into our hearts and suggests what we should do in different situations. We can either ignore this gentle voice or obey Him. If we ignore Him, His voice will get weaker and weaker until we fail to hear Him. He never makes demands on us but invites us to respond to Him. Let us be attentive and obedient to His voice so that we can benefit from His counsel. Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 19 Thus says the LORD, Go, the Holy One of Israel: O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem, no more will you weep; he will be gracious to you when you cry out, as soon as he hears he will answer you. 20 The Lord will give you the bread you need and the water for which you thirst. No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher, 21 while from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears “This is the way; walk in it,” when you would turn to the right or to the left. 23 He will give rain for the seed that you sow in the ground, and the wheat that the soil produces will be rich and abundant. On that day your cattle will graze in spacious meadows; 24 the oxen and the asses that till the ground will eat silage tossed to them with shovel and pitchfork. 25 Upon every high mountain and lofty hill there will be streams of running water. On the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall, 26 the light of the moon will be like that of the sun and the light of the sun will be seven times greater like the light of seven days. On the day the LORD binds up the wounds of his people, he will heal the bruises left by his blows. P S A L M Psalms 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R: Blessed are all who wait for the Lord. 1 Praise the LORD, for he is good; sing praise to our God, for he is gracious; it is fitting to praise him. 2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem; the dispersed of Israel he gathers. (R) 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4 He tells the number of the stars; he calls each by name. (R) 5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power to his wisdom there is no limit. 6 The LORD sustains the lowly; the wicked he casts to the ground. (R) G O S P E L Jesus came to proclaim the coming of the Kingdom of God into our world — a world that through sin had allowed evil to reign. Now Satan’s kingdom was being progressively challenged and overturned. Jesus, with His deep spiritual perception and insight, sees clearly the deep distress and pain of the people lost in sin and is filled with compassion for them. Let us also carry in our hearts the compassion of Christ for those lost in sin and darkness. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia The Lord is our Judge, our Lawgiver, our King; he it is who will save us. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5, 6-8 35 Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. 36 At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; 38 so ask the master of the harvest to send out labourers for his harvest.” 10: 1 Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. 5 Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, 6 “Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” my reflections think: Let us also carry in our hearts the compassion of Christ for those lost in sin and darkness. 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 1 Corinthians 9-12 | |
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| | SABBATH | God’s Manual Filipino Efren Peñaflorida made headlines in 2009 when he was chosen among many others as the CNN Hero of the Year. Embodying the spirit of Filipino volunteerism, Efren, fondly called “Kuya F,” bested nine other finalists worldwide for his advocacy of free education for the urban poor as an alternative to gang membership and idleness on the streets. He pioneered the idea of a “pushcart classroom.” He and his group would go out every day and, with a wooden pushcart carrying school supplies, go to the poorest of the poor and conduct classes wherever they would find poor children. In one interview he said, “If the poor children cannot go and even see a classroom because of poverty, I will bring the classroom to them.” In our first reading Isaiah prophesied about the coming Messiah. Alluding to the mystery of Incarnation, i.e., the Word made flesh, we read in Isaiah: “No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes, you shall see your Teacher.” This is a beautiful analogy from Isaiah. The teacher is no longer distant from his students. The teacher does not only teach with a manual. The teacher himself becomes the manual (from the Latin manus, i.e., hand). A manual is something we can hold, see and touch. A manual is something we can learn from. Isn’t that what the Advent season is all about? Advent calls our attention to the mystery of the Incarnation — God becoming man. The God we cannot see, hear and touch became man that we might see, hear and touch Him. Jesus became man that we might learn how to live our humanity. That is also what Efren Peñaflorida did. The classroom which the poor kids cannot see, touch and feel became a reality with his pushcart classroom. In a very real sense, Efren became the manual of God. He became the hand of God reaching out to the poorest of the poor. Be God’s gift to others this Christmas. Be the manual of God this Advent season and beyond. Fr. Joel O. Jason Reflection Question: Is your love visible, tactile, audible? Is God’s love visible, tactile and audible through you? Lord Jesus, Emmanuel, You are the Father’s manual. I am yours as well. Amen. St. Eloque, pray for us. | |
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