 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 13, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Saturday, follow the Spirit of God leading you.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | MEET THE BETT ER COMMUNITY MEMBERS “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled…” – Luke 9:14 Our community often holds prayer meetings, seminars and other events in Quezon City and because we live there, my husband Ed and I hardly miss the gatherings. I must admit, there were times that I thought we impressed the Lord with our commitment to community life and wondered how others could not be so committed. Then one time, the community announced that our Caring Group Heads Conference would be held in Alabang. Alabang! That’s about 20 kilometers from where we live. Very far, Ed and I groaned. And we groaned some more as we negotiated the traffic jam going to the conference venue. Then it occurred to me: We have many members from Alabang — or from Rizal and Bulacan — who come all the way to Quezon City every time we have a gathering. They spend money on gas, they suffer through the traffic, they brave the danger of going home late at night when our events wrap up at 10 p.m. And I thought we were the better community members. The Pharisee in today’s Gospel also thought that he was a lot better than the tax collector. Cynthia Santiago (boses2go@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Are you really committed to Jesus? Lord, may I boast only of my true love for You. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING God can turn all experiences of our lives to good if we will entrust ourselves into His loving mercy. God wants to touch our lives with His grace and make us His own through His love. Too often we refuse His generous offer of love and consign ourselves to the barren wasteland of our own making rather than the beauty of the life of faith. Hosea 6:1-6 1 “Come, let us return to the LORD, For it is he who has rent, but he will heal us; he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds. 2 He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, to live in his presence. 3 Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD; as certain as the dawn is his coming, and his judgment shines forth like the light of day! He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.” 4 What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your piety is like a morning cloud, like the dew that early passes away. 5 For this reason I smote them through the prophets, I slew them by the words of my mouth; 6 For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. P S A L M Psalm 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab R: It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice. 1 [3] Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. 2 [4] Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me. (R) 16 [18] For you are not pleased with sacrifices; should I offer a burnt offerings, you would not accept it. 17 [19] My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. (R) 18 [20] Be bountiful, O LORD, to Zion in your kindness by rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem; 19 [21] then shall you be pleased with due sacrifices, burnt offerings and holocausts. (R) G O S P E L If you happen to be a virtuous person, it is only because the grace of God is active in your life. Let us face the truth and acknowledge that we cannot save ourselves, nor could we even hope to be able to save ourselves. Let us admit that we need God’s grace and that it is only in His love that we are redeemed. Luke 18:9-14 9 Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. 10 “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’ 13 But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ 14 I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” my reflections t h i n k : If you happen to be a virtuous person, it is only because the grace of God is active in your life. _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Genesis 22-24 | |
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| | SABBATH | The Trouble with Our Retreats Reading and re-reading our Gospel lesson, I am led to recall candid instances in a good number of retreats and recollections that I have facilitated for various groups. Aside from giving conferences, celebrating the liturgy, making myself available for arduous sessions of “confessioncum- counseling,” there were times when I was also asked to host an open forum that was purportedly for the “greater enlightenment of the retreat participants.” To facilitate the open forum, I often asked the participants to write their questions and concerns in pieces of paper, so we could avoid duplication of questions. I have, in turn, kept a good number of those pieces of paper for deeper thought. In retrospect, I realize that the majority of the questions and concerns raised by the persons on retreat — persons who were supposed to be focused on their lives and their spiritual walk — is about the lives and life-complications of other people around them: their family members, their next-door neighbors, their officemates, and their friends among many others. Jesus, in our Gospel, calls our attention to this human tendency that we all suffer from. Many times, we tend to make ourselves feel better by comparing ourselves with others. Many times, we tend to ask questions and make a lot of observations about others’ lifestyles, more than about our own. Lent comes from the Old English word “lencten,” which means “springtime.” The aim of all our sacrifices and rituals is renewal, repentance, renovation. For this to happen, we have to shift our focus from criticism of others to self-critique.Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP Reflection Question: Do you have the tendency to while away time sitting by your window or by your balcony while paying attention to all that your neighbors are doing? Make a Lenten discipline of cutting much of these moments. Help me during this time of Lent, Lord, to have the courage to look deep inside myself through Your eyes and resolve to change anew. Blessed Agnello of Pisa, pray for us. | |
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