 | Daily Bible Reflections
for June 1, 2012 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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Bo Sanchez
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| | Thanksgiving on Credit “Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.” – Mark 11:24 Over the years, I’ve been changing how I pray. As I get older, more and more, I ask out of deep trust, not out of extreme anxiety. Because of this, most of my prayers are now grateful prayers. I love thanking God for what He has given me and for what He will give to me. So when I need something, I now usually say, “Thank You for giving it to me.” If I feel sick, instead of asking, “Lord, heal my sickness,” I say, “Thank You, Lord, for healing me, making me strong and healthy in body, soul and spirit.” If I need P2.2 million for our ministry, instead of asking, “Lord, I’m desperate, please give me money,” I say, “Thank You that I now have more than P2.2 million flowing to me for our ministry’s projects.” Praying in this way is beautiful. And usually, this kind of asking comes with something else: action. To me, prayer and action are one. Both are fueled by God’s love. When you ask with deepened trust, you’ll also act in deepened trust. Not driven by panic, or worry, or anger. Then things will fall into place. You create your miracles. Bo Sanchez (bosanchez@kerygmafamily.com) 1 REFLECTION: How do you pray? Is it with gratitude and trust, or with panic and worry? Grant me the right disposition when praying, Lord. St. Justin, martyr, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1ST READING God has given us minds by which we can understand the truth of who we are as beings created in His image and likeness. St. Peter reminds us to use our minds soberly when making decisions, that is, not to allow our emotions to overrule them. Our emotions are great servants when put in submission to the truth as we execute or plan our next step of action. 1 Peter 4:7-13 7 Beloved: The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober-minded so that you will be able to pray. 8 Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Be hospitable to one another without complaining. 10 As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace. 11 Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God; whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 12 Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as if something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly. P S A L M Psalm 96:10, 11-12, 13 R: The Lord comes to judge the earth. 10 Say among the nations: The Lord is king. He has made the world firm, not to be moved; he governs the peoples with equity. (R) 11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound; 12 let the plains be joyful and all that is in them! Then shall all the trees of the forest exult. (R) 13 Before the Lord, for he comes; for he comes to rule the earth. He shall rule the world with justice and the peoples with his constancy. (R) GOSPEL The story of the fig tree is a parable about the fruitfulness of our lives. God gives us numerous opportunities to respond to the gift of His grace. However, we will come to a point when we will run out of time. We must respond and show God that we appreciate the gift of salvation He has given us. How? Through the good deeds we perform. They do not save us, but they certainly express our thanks that God has saved us. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION I choose you from the world, to go and bear fruit that lasts, says the Lord. Mark 11:11-26 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve. 12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry. 13 Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs. 14 And he said to it in reply, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again!” And his disciples heard it. 15 They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. 16 He did not permit anyone to carry anything through the temple area. 17 Then he taught them saying, “Is it not written: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples’? But you have made it a den of thieves.” 18 The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching. 19 When evening came, they went out of the city. 20 Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” 22 Jesus said to them in reply, “Have faith in God. 23 Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours. 25 When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions.” think: Our good deeds do not save us, but they certainly express our thanks that God has saved us. 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 2 Samuel 5-8 | |
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| | SABBATH | GO BACK TO THE SANCTUARY A priest I met at a seminar in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, once said, “Gabaldon used to be a place where people found rest and recreation because of so many trees around. But now, it looks as if the place was raped.” He was really saying the place was desecrated. The once-upon-a-time sanctuary and watershed was no more. How many more mountains, forests and rivers have lost their sense of sanctuary due to illegal logging, mining and pollution? When Jesus was angry because people turned the Temple into a den of thieves, wasn’t He mourning the loss of sanctuary? Are there other violations, scandals and trespassing that happen at present that desecrate also the temple of our bodies? The powerful persons during Jesus’ time were so blinded and numbed with their ways that they plotted to kill Jesus because He challenged their ways. In a prophetic gesture, Jesus overturned the tables of the moneychangers and merchants and lamented, “You have turned the Temple into a den of thieves.” What was stolen? What was taken away from the Temple? I suppose they lost their center and core values: God, simplicity, compassion. The Gospel of Mark reminds us that like the barren fig tree, we have not harvested any fruits. Have we become complacent and extravagant to the point of losing our sanctuary? Have we gained the world in exchange for the stolen soul? The psalmist reminds us: “The Lord comes to judge the earth.” There is a judgment that can challenge us to discern the consequences of our choices. The Spirit of the Lord can challenge our corrupt ways to restore the integrity of our lives. The Gospel challenges us to go back to the sanctuary of the temple: pray, believe, forgive. Fr. Teodulo P. Gonzales, S.J REFLECTION QUESTIONS: What radical change is Jesus calling you to do? What gifts are you being asked to offer? Lord, like the moneychangers in the Temple, I have sometimes desecrated Your temple. Help me to clean up my mess and restore the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in my life. | |
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