 | Daily Bible Reflections
for April 17, 2012 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Reflect God?s love to every person you meet this Tuesday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | IS IT YOURS? “So that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life.” – John 3:15 In American football, if the quarterback throws the ball to one of his teammates, and the receiver caught it only with his hands and it falls to the ground, it is ruled as an incomplete pass. But if the receiver, with both feet within the inbounds of the playing field, caught the ball and hugged it closely to his chest for a number of seconds before he was tackled to the ground by his opponents and he loses the ball, he is declared to have possession of the ball. The receiver must demonstrate to have possession for it to be declared a complete pass. The same is true with our faith. Anybody can call Jesus his Savior, sing about it every day or write poems about it. But unless he has a personal encounter with Jesus saving him, then the Jesus he knows will be no different than the icon on his altar. Oswald Chambers wrote, “Faith must be tested because only through conflict can head faith be turned into a personal possession.” The faith that you have is your own. If you don’t have it, then you can’t share it. Only Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit, can really make you believe the things written about Him at certain times in your life that He has appointed.Ronna Ledesma (ronnaledesma@email.com) 17 REFLECTION: Always be excited in the midst of a trial because God is about to reveal Himself to you again in a different way. My Jesus, there is nothing in this world that can ever steal from my heart the knowledge that You are my Shepherd. Blessed Katéri Tekakwitha, virgin, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1ST READING Sometimes I wonder whether it is true that none of the members was ever in want? Maybe this was more truly the expression of the desire of the community at the time and the strength of their commitment to share all they possibly could with their fellow Christians? Whatever the case, the call is there for us to share what we have with others in order to try and alleviate poverty and hardship from our society. How we do this is not so easy to determine. Handouts do not help change people’s overall situations; we need to build the capacity of the poor and destitute so that they can help themselves. Acts 4:32-37 32 The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common. 33 With great power the Apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all. 34 There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale, 35 and put them at the feet of the Apostles, and they were distributed to each according to need. 36 Thus Joseph, also named by the Apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”), a Levite, a Cypriot by birth, 37 sold a piece of property that he owned, then brought the money and put it at the feet of the Apostles. P S A L M Psalm 93:1, 1-2, 5 R: The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. 1 The Lord is king, in splendor robed; robed is the Lord and girt about with strength. (R) And he has made the world firm, not to be moved. 2 Your throne stands firm from of old; from everlasting you are, O Lord. (R) 5 Your decrees are worthy of trust indeed: holiness befits your house, O Lord, for length of days. (R) GOSPEL It is the power of God’s love for us, manifested in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, that will transform society. All Christians have experienced the power of this love and have a moral and religious responsibility to share it with those who do not know Jesus. This ”bearing witness to the Gospel” is the animating principle of the Church, indeed of all Christian communities. When the imperative of preaching the Gospel is lost or neglected, so is the integrity of the faith and Church. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. John 3:7-15 7 Jesus said to Nicodemus: “‘You must be born from above.’ 8 The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, “How can this happen?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this? 11 Amen, amen, I say to you, we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. 12 If I tell you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” think: All Christians have experienced the power of His love and have a moral and religious responsibility to share it with those who do not know Jesus. 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 Leviticus 19-213 | |
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| | SABBATH | BORN IN, BORN OF OR BORN FROM? In a world saddled with all forms of inequalities, where social status counts as most important for anybody to become somebody, it pays to be born in a particular city, town, or socio-economic status. In a class-conscious society such as ours, being born in the city means being light years ahead of someone born in the boonies, far from good and reputable schools, far from opportunities, and far from the world of the literati and the “glitterati.” But if that is not bad enough, the question of “pedigree” even makes it tougher for the overwhelming majority of our people, who are automatically disenfranchised for the simple reason that they are not born of one of the 127 or so families whose names all but assure them forever of the three Ps: power, privilege and prestige. In our country, the less letters you have in your name, or the more Spanish or American sounding it is, or the more “hyphenated” your pedigree is, the greater are your chances of making it big in the world of business, especially in the glitzy world of Philippine show business. To be born into a particular family and social status is something one takes as a given. To be born of a particular lineage, a clan, or a minority tribe, or just be one of the teeming hoi polloi is something that one simply accepts, or eventually comes to terms with. But the good news today cuts into and upsets this wide spectrum of societal distinctions and differences in status. One has no choice about the circumstances surrounding one’s birth, or on what type of pedigree each one of us has. One’s place of birth and the particular lineage we fall into, noble or plebeian, is not for anyone of us to choose or decide for. But not so when it comes to God’s call and God’s love. One is simply called and loved by God. Period! One is called to salvation, with only one basic condition — to be born again from above! The choice is ours. Is your choice clear? Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB REFLECTION QUESTION: Do you limit who and what you think you can be by your social and economic status? Think again. You are God’s beloved child. Your possibilities are endless; just follow Him. Lord Jesus, I surrender to Your call and to Your love. Do with me as You please. | |
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