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|  Dear Lordie,
This Wednesday, may you hear His voice in your heart!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | CLARITY “We are going up to Jerusalem where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests…” – Mark 10:33 The US gymnastics team failed to win a medal at the World Championships in 1983. Still, they set a goal to win the gold at the 1984 Olympics. They trained hard and, with utmost clarity, even rehearsed the Olympic award ceremonies at every practice session. In 1984, they took home the gold. Young Les Brown was clear in his mind that he would someday be a popular Miami disc jockey. Every night, he would set up his imaginary DJ booth and practice. Against all odds, his dream to be a DJ came true. Today, he is one of the most sought after motivational speakers helping people to achieve their goals. When Jennifer Sharpe was in third grade, somebody sold 10,176 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. “Someday that will be me!” she said. Seven years later, at 15, Jennifer sold 17,323 boxes and holds the Guinness world record. In today’s Gospel, the Lord told His disciples what He would have to go through when they arrive in Jerusalem — the suffering and pain, the price He would pay for our salvation and the ultimate victory. From day one, His mission was clear. May the Lord grant us clarity of purpose and resolve in our hearts. Ariel Driz (adriz77@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Have you prayed to the Lord about your mission? Have you prayed for clarity? Lord Jesus, grant me absolute clarity to know and pursue Your purpose and mission for me. Amen. St. Gregory VII, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1ST READING Peter reminds us that a ransom was paid to free us from sin. It was Christ’s life that was given for this reason. This image of a ransom to make us understand the work of salvation helps to some degree, but we must remember that all images fall short of the full truth of the matter. In this case, the image does not provide an answer to the question, “Who was paid?” God is certainly not paying the devil. 1 Peter 1:18-25 18 Beloved: Realize that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold 19 but with the precious Blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb. 20 He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, 21 who through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22 Since you have purified yourselves by obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another intensely from a pure heart. 23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and abiding word of God, 24 for: “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the field; the grass withers, and the flower wilts; 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” This is the word that has been proclaimed to you. P S A L M Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 R: Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. 12 Glorify the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. 13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. (R) 14 He has granted peace in your borders; with the best of wheat he fills you. 15 He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word! (R) 19 He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 20 He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia. (R) GOSPEL Seeking places of honor in the Kingdom of God is anathema to Jesus. James and John, or at least their mother, ought to have known this. However, what can you do with a mother’s aspiration for greatness for her children? Let us learn from this story the need to be humble if we are going to pursue a life of holiness. That we are on the way to heaven will be sufficient for us; we do not need to aspire to particular places at the feast of eternal life. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION The Son of Man came to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:32-45 32 The disciples were on the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went ahead of them. They were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them what was going to happen to him. 33 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles 34 who will mock him, spit upon him, scourge him, and put him to death, but after three days he will rise.” 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 He replied, “What do you wish me to do for you?” 37 They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” 38 Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the chalice that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” 39 They said to him, “We can.” Jesus said to them, “The chalice that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; 40 but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared.” 41 When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John. 42 Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles Lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. 43 But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; 44 whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. 45 For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” READING 2nd READING TODAY’S BLESSING LIST think: We need to be humble if we are going to pursue a life of holiness. 1st READING 2nd READING 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 1 Samuel 29-31 TODAY’S BLESSING LISTE w | |
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| | SABBATH | THE ONE WHO DRANK THE CUP OF JESUS Jesus challenged James and John that if they are to sit with Him in glory, to His right or to His left, they ought to be able to “drink the cup” that He Himself will drink. This expression of Jesus refers to His saving Passion and Death in Jerusalem (cf. Mark 14:36). The Lord corrects the popular thought among many Israelites who held the belief that the coming Messiah will be a Son of David who will continue the tradition of freeing the nation by political and military might. Also, among the circle of the Twelve Apostles, Jesus would like to underline that triumphalism is never His way. Instead, grace and blessings will flow through hardships and through the mystery of the Cross. While preparing my talks and reflections that I wanted to share to various groups seeking retreats and recollections during the Lenten Season of 2011, I came to understand that Jesus’ words about the way of perfect discipleship were realized to the letter by the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was the one who was able to really “drink the cup” of Jesus’ Passion and Death. She did this when she stood calmly and faithfully at the foot of the Cross of Jesus in Calvary. She was not just there as a true mother to her Son Jesus. She was there, united with Jesus in her suffering, for the salvation of the world. She was there to immolate herself as Jesus also immolated Himself. Hence, a well-known theologian in the Church once said that next to Jesus, Mary was and is the only creature who understood not the theology of the Cross but the reality of the Cross. There can be no complete picture of Christianity then without Mary. The Blessed Mother is not just the necessary conduit through whom the Mystery of Jesus’ Incarnation had to happen. The Blessed Mother is one with Jesus in His entire mission of doing the Heavenly Father’s will. Therefore, in His papal coat of arms, Pope John Paul II summarized Mary’s dignity not in terms of the story of Bethlehem but with consideration of her role during the Passion. Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP REFLECTION QUESTION: Is the Blessed Virgin Mary part of your own prayer and spirituality? Pray to her today for the grace to be able to “drink the cup” of Jesus. Lord Jesus, thank Your for giving us the Blessed Virgin Mary to be our Mother, too. Grant me the grace to imitate her example of faithfulness and generosity in following Your will. | |
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