 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 3, 2012 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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| | WITH EVERY DEED With his every deed he offered thanks to God Most High, in words of praise. With his whole being he loved his Maker and daily had his praises sung. – Sirach 47: 8 For St. Therese of Lisieux, it was the way of simplicity and perfection in doing small things and daily duties. For Brother Lawrence, it was cooking in the kitchen. Dr. Joseph Moscatti’s way was practicing medicine. Rod is an IT Manager. Renato is financial consultant. Regina is a housewife. Elma is a teacher. The saints and the lay people have one thing in common. For each one, everything they do is for the Lord, an offering, a means to praise God. We usually take our routines for granted, those daily things we do. We dismiss them as irrelevant, even unspiritual. That is why you often see people who grumble and complain about what they do. They feel miserable and make those around them feel gloomy, too. But, as many saints and everyday people have discovered, every little thing that we do can be our own form of worship. When we do our best with the task at hand, we honor God. When we offer our efforts and work, we adore God. 3 REFLECTION: What is my attitude toward my work and duties? Lord, take the work of my hands as my gift to You. May they sing out the love I feel in my heart for You. St. Blasé, bishop and martyr, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING It seems that God blesses particular individuals in extraordinary ways. However, there is another way to look at this. Perhaps it is the openness and depth of surrender of these particular individuals that determine the extraordinary way grace is at work in their lives. In other words, I believe that God wants to use us in ways beyond our understanding and expectation. The problem is that we are not willing to surrender our lives to His will sufficiently. Sirach 47:2-11 2 Like the choice fat of the sacred offerings, so was David in Israel. 3 He made sport of lions as though they were kids, and of bears, like lambs of the flock. 4 As a youth he slew the giant and wiped out the people’s disgrace, when his hand let fly the slingstone that crushed the pride of Goliath. 5 Since he called upon the Most High God, who gave strength to his right arm to defeat the skilled warrior and raise up the might of his people, 6 Therefore the women sang his praises, and ascribed to him tens of thousands. When he assumed the royal crown, he battled 7 and subdued the enemy on every side. He destroyed the hostile Philistines and shattered their power till our own day. 8 With his every deed he offered thanks to God Most High, in words of praise. With his whole being he loved his Maker and daily had his praises sung. He set singers before the altar and by their voices he made sweet melodies. 9 He added beauty to the feasts and solemnized the seasons of each year 10 So that when the Holy Name was praised, before daybreak the sanctuary would resound. 11 The Lord forgave him his sins and exalted his strength forever; he conferred on him the rights of royalty and established his throne in Israel. P S A L M Psalm 18:31, 47, 50, 51 R: Blessed be God my salvation! 30 [31] God’s way is unerring, the promise of the Lord is fire-tried; he is a shield to all who take refuge in him. (R) 46 [47] The Lord live! And blessed be my Rock! Extolled be God my savior. (R) 49 [50] Therefore will I proclaim you, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing praise to your name. (R) 50 [51] You who gave great victories to your king and showed kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever. (R) GOSPEL This is a horrible story to reflect upon in that John’s beheading is the result of a woman’s anger who was chastised because of sin. It is an ugly reflection of where sin leads if we do not cut it off when we can. The longer we play around with sin, the greater the danger we will find ourselves in. Sin is a horrible way to express our love for God – it is the antithesis of love. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance. Mark 6:14-29 14 King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is why mighty powers are at work in him.” 15 Others were saying, “He is Elijah”; still others, “He is a prophet like any of the prophets.” 16 But when Herod learned of it, he said, “It is John whom I beheaded. He has been raised up.” 17 Herod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. 18 John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” 19 Herodias harbored a grudge against him and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so. 20 Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him. 21 Herodias had an opportunity one day when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers, his military officers, and the leading men of Galilee. 22 His own daughter came in and performed a dance that delighted Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you.” 23 He even swore many things to her, “I will grant you whatever you ask of me, even to half of my kingdom.” 24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” Her mother replied, “The head of John the Baptist.” 25 The girl hurried back to the king’s presence and made her request, “I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” 26 The king was deeply distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests he did not wish to break his word to her. 27 So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders to bring back his head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison. 28 He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl. The girl in turn gave it to her mother. 29 When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb. think: God wants to use us in ways beyond our understanding and expectation. The problem is that we are not willing to surrender our lives to His will sufficiently. John 19-21 T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Acts 17-20 LIST | |
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| | SABBATH | TAKING OUR PICK AMONG GREAT MEN Our liturgy for today presents to us various men whom we can hold as paragons of virtue and value. Whether it is King David (as praised in the book of Sirach in the First Reading), or John the Baptizer (as narrated in the Gospel), or Saints Blaise or Ansgar (from the optional liturgical memorials of today) — they all deserve our admiration and emulation. The diversity among such men gives us more access and possibility to venerate and imitate them. David was of royalty while John the Baptist was like a revolutionary in the desert. St. Blaise was a bishop in Armenia while St. Ansgar evangelized the Scandinavian countries. This variety only shows that righteousness and holiness know no bounds, and that the call to holiness is for all, regardless of state of life, social ranking, ethnicity, etc. It’s as though we can take our pick! In the end, it all redounds to God’s greatness and glory, anyway. As our Responsorial Psalm today puts it, “The Lord lives! And blessed be my Rock! Extolled be God my savior... You who gave great victories to your king and showed kindness to your anointed...” Having such brilliant models is reason enough to praise and magnify Him: “Therefore I will proclaim you, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing your praise to your name.” Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB REFLECTION QUESTIONS: Who among the saints do you want to imitate? Which of their virtues do you want to develop in your life? Lord Jesus, grant me perseverance to pursue a life of holiness in the midst of sinfulness around me. Amen. | |
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