 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 23, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
God has a great plan for your life?including this Tuesday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | what you can handle “… where I am going you cannot come.” – John 8:21 Our son Jac loves playing with Lego toys. This is the toy which allows you to build cars, houses and other things by attaching plastic pieces to one another. A simple object like a car may require less than 20 pieces but the complex ones — like a castle with multiple towers — can have more than 100 pieces. One of the reasons why he enjoys Lego is because I make it a point to ask him to build the simple items first, like a car, while I handle the more complex ones. When I see that he is already familiar in building cars, then I give him something which is a bit more challenging. I believe our Heavenly Father also applies the same concept when He deals with us. He only allows trials in our life when He is sure that it’s something we can handle. He also allows us to undergo such trial because He knows it will help us grow more as a person. Alvin Fabella (alvinfabella@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: “God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13). Lord, thank You for allowing me to undergo trials which You know I can handle. I offer back to You the trials I face today for I know that Your love alone is more than enough for me to overcome them. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Sin brings judgment upon the sinner. It is not so much a matter of God judging us than that we are our own judges when it comes to the matter of sin. Each time we sin, we choose to place ourselves outside the bounds of God’s grace and protection. If this is the case, then it is obvious that bad things will happen to us. After all, we have rejected the proposition that God has a place in our lives. Numbers 21:4-9 4 From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to by-pass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey, 5 the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!” 6 In punishment the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of them died. 7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people, 8 and the LORD said to Moses, “Make a saraph and mount it on a pole, and if anyone who has been bitten looks at it, he will recover.” 9 Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole, and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. P S A L M Psalm 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21 R: O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you. 1 [2] O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you. 2 [3] Hide not your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily. (R) 15 [16] The nations shall revere your name, O LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory, 16 [17] when the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in his glory; 17 [18] when he has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and not despised their prayer. (R) 18 [19] Let this be written for the generation to come, and let his future creatures praise the LORD: 19 [20] “The LORD looked down from his holy height, from heaven he beheld the earth, 20 [21] To hear the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die.” (R) G O S P E L The Jews are confused at what Jesus is telling them largely because they hesitate to put their faith in Him. Thus they lack a sound basis on which to make a judgment as to His message. It is hard to understand the word of God at times but that is mostly due to our sin and stubbornness than the difficulty of the concepts of which God is speaking. Therese of Lisieux had it right with her open and trusting attitude to the will of God. Let us pray that we can simplify our lives and our faith like she did. John 8:21-30 21 Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. 24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.” 25 So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What I told you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.” 27 They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. 29 The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.” 30 Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him. my reflections t h i n k : Therese of Lisieux had it right with her open and trusting attitude to the will of God. Let us pray that we can simplify our lives and our faith like she did. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | Faithfulness begets Greater Faithfulness With the superabundance of God’s grace, I have been sustained in my priesthood for a little over two decades now. I have been blessed to celebrate the Eucharist for couples who have spent 25 years and even 50 years of married life. I have also joined in celebrating the Eucharist for fellow priests who are thankful for 25 years of ministry. In all these, I kept telling myself: “You are fast growing old, Domie!” The landmark celebrations of priesthood and marriage that I have observed also brought me a wonderful lesson. Fidelity to commitment is not easy, especially in our world where a promiscuous lifestyle seems easily tolerated and “understood.” Fidelity to commitment also, even without the cultural burden and conditioning of our time, has its built-in demands and difficulties. Being married and staying happily married means the daily routine of looking after the upkeep of each member of the family, going to work to find ways and means to support the family, sacrificing one’s convenience and comforts for others. Similarly, perseverance in ministry entails waking up for daily Mass schedules, preparing homilies and talks, making oneself available for the celebration of the sacraments at all sorts of hours. It may mean forgoing some moments of rest and recreation for some real emergencies. Yes, one does not have to seek out martyrdom and danger at some distant frontiers. It is a great feat to be consistent and constant, and to survive just where one is! Above all these demands and challenges of fidelity is this big word of Jesus from our Gospel: “He (the Father) who sent me is with me and has not left me alone; because I always do what pleases him.” God is Faithful, Faithful among the Faithful, Faithful of all the Faithful. He is Faithful, even for Israel who has been repeatedly unfaithful. Let not our faltering steps discourage us then. Let us lift up all our efforts, all our best intentions to God who is able to guard everything with His Great Faithfulness! Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP Reflection Question: Confess in prayer before God your difficulties regarding your life commitment. Mention to Him your great resolve to be faithful. Renew in prayer today your marriage vows or religious vows. Lord, I want to be faithful to my commitments until the end. I especially want to be faithful to You until I see You face to face. Help me to live out my resolve. St. Fidelis, pray for us. | |
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