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|  Dear Lordie,
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| | FULL-TIME MINISTRY “You were a guest in the home of uncircumcised Gentiles, and you even ate with them!” – Acts 11:3 I’m privileged to be part of a caring group of Kerygma preachers and their wives. When I joined this group, I had been in the corporate world for almost 20 years and in business with my wife for more than 10 years. While they gave retreats, I spoke in business seminars. While they counselled people to forgive, I asserted my opinions or even argued on how to handle difficulties in our organization. It was a totally different world from the one that my caring group moved in. It was easy for me to doubt if I was walking the right path with the Lord. Peter must have had the same temptation when he was criticized for associating with the Gentiles. But God made it clear to him that He was expanding his mission field to include non-Jews. Now it’s clear to me that I am as much in the forefront of ministry as my brothers who serve Him in a full-time capacity. I am in the middle of my mission field and I am called to witness in my worldly circumstances. If you have decided to follow Jesus, you are in full-time ministry. Ariel Driz (adriz77@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Where is your mission field? Are you in full-time ministry? Lord Jesus, help me to see the great big harvest for Your kingdom before me! Amen. St. Pius V, pope, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1ST READING Peter needs an intervention from God to be convinced that the Gospel is truly meant for the Gentiles as well as the Jews. This radical idea, present in the ministry of Jesus but never explicitly stated in an unequivocal manner, is one we have to be grateful for as we would never have received the Gospel without it. We need to remember that our evangelical activity must include presenting and proclaiming the truths of the Gospel to all men and women. If they choose to reject it, that is their choice. It is our duty and responsibility to make sure we proclaim it to those God places before us. Acts 11:1-18 1 The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted him, 3 saying, “You entered the house of uncircumcised people and ate with them.” 4 Peter began and explained it to them step by step, saying, 5 “I was at prayer in the city of Joppa when in a trance I had a vision, something resembling a large sheet coming down, lowered from the sky by its four corners, and it came to me. 6 Looking intently into it, I observed and saw the four-legged animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky. 7 I also heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Slaughter and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘Certainly not, sir, because nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 But a second time a voice from heaven answered, ‘What God has made clean, you are not to call profane.’ 10 This happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into the sky. 11 Just then three men appeared at the house where we were, who had been sent to me from Caesarea. 12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without discriminating. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. 13 He related to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, saying, ‘Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, 14 who will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.’ 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them as it had upon us at the beginning, 16 and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, ‘John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then God gave them the same gift he gave to us when we came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to hinder God?” 18 When they heard this, they stopped objecting and glorified God, saying, “God has then granted life-giving repentance to the Gentiles too.” P S A L M Psalm 42:2-3; 43:3-4 R: Athirst is my soul for the living God. 1 [2] As the hind longs for the running waters, so my soul longs for you, O God. 2 [3] Athirst is my soul for God, the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God? (R) 43:3 Send forth your light and your fidelity; they shall lead me on and bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling place. (R) 4 Then will I go in to the altar of God, the God of my gladness and joy; then will I give you thanks upon the harp, O God, my God! (R) GOSPEL The desire of God is that all men and women be saved. The reality of this desire is that God has chosen to use us to bring the Gospel to those who have never heard it. We have all experienced the restlessness within that can only be sated with the truth of the Gospel. This restlessness is in all people. Let us do what we can to bring the truth of the Gospel to them so that they can know and experience the peace that only God can give. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me. John 10:1-10 1 Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. 2 But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. 5 But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.” 6 Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them. 7 So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” READING 2nd READING LIST think: God has chosen to use us to bring the Gospel to those who have never heard it. 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 Numbers 29-33 | |
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| | SABBATH | LIFE TO THE FULL This is one of the most beautiful self-descriptions of Jesus in the Bible. A common image was that of the shepherd in Ancient Palestine. Many have tried to recapture the image of Jesus the Good Shepherd in art and song. The sheep of the Ancient East were called by name and given special treatment. Sheep are known to be fussy animals; they do not like cold weather. They don’t even like stirred water; they only follow familiar sounds. One interesting technique of the shepherds is to lie across the passage of the sheepfold at night. The sheep are all called in to the sheepfold, away from the dangers of the night in the form of wolves and thieves. Jesus here calls Himself the gate — the passage through which the sheep enter. He has given us access to His life and He wants to give us life to the full. The thief, namely Satan, wants to destroy us and keep us away from the benefits that Jesus offers. The resurrection of Jesus that we celebrate these days focuses on the life that Jesus offers us. For 40 days, we celebrate Jesus who has risen, conquered death and sin, and shows us the way to eternal life. All of us are looking for life. This Easter season teaches us that there is life eternal in Jesus alone. In Him we find pasture, that is, goodness for our souls, mercy and peace, justice and love. However, we tend to think that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. The first thing we want to do when we encounter problems is to escape to the other side. We want to avoid pain, suffering and death. However, in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, we see that there is a way out of every sin and every problem that we encounter. The sheep in the story takes no notice of the thief or brigand. They do not recognize his voice. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, speaks and we hear His voice. We need to learn to hear that voice, not those of others that cause confusion and disorder in our lives. There are many voices but only one is the voice of the Good Shepherd. Let us learn to listen to the voice, a voice that speaks of peace for His people and friends (Psalm 122). Fr. Brian Steele, MGL REFLECTION QUESTION: Are you living a life of grace or living a state of sin and death? Lord, send Your light and Your truth, and let these be my guide. Amen. | |
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