 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 26, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Offer your hardships and trials to the Lord this Friday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | Missing Your Step “All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine.” – Jeremiah 20:10b The priest at the Sunday Mass was limping as he went to the altar and had to sit down to give his homily. He explained that he had missed a step on the way down the stairs of their rectory and sprained his leg. He added that he had been taking those steps for many years; but this time, because he was not focused, he made a mistake. The devil in the same manner is always on the prowl like a roaring lion ready to attack us (1 Peter 5:8) when we lack spiritual focus. Our Christian foundation would be strong if we are anchored on these four spiritual disciplines — studying God’s Word in the Bible, regular prayer times, Christian service and joining a congregation in church. Being strong in these four areas of our spiritual life would make our defenses impregnable against the “devouring” lion. We will be less likely to miss our step on the narrow ladder to heaven.Rolly España (rolly@homeliving.com.ph) REFLECTION: When God comes looking for you, where will He find you? Reading God’s Word or praying? At a church congregation or at places serving other people? Lord God, You are my firm foundation. In You, I find strength and refuge. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING God sees everything that we do. We may be able to hide our actions from those around us but we cannot hide anything from God. We need to seek the grace of God so that we will choose only to do those things that are in accord with God’s will and to reject any temptation to sin. Jeremiah 20:10-13 10 I hear the whisperings of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce! Let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on him.” 11 But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion. 12 O LORD of hosts, you who test the just, who probe mind and heart, let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause. 13 Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, for he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked! P S A L M Psalm 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 R: In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice. 1 [2] I love you, O LORD, my strength, 2 [3] O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer. (R) My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold! 3 [4] Praised be the LORD, I exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies. (R) 4 [5] The breakers of death surged round about me, the destroying floods overwhelmed me; 5 [6] the cords of the nether world enmeshed me, the snares of death overtook me. (R) 6 [7] In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried out to my God; from his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. (R) G O S P E L The Jews want to stone Jesus because they say He has committed blasphemy. The only reason they think He has committed blasphemy is that they refuse to listen carefully to His message. So many misunderstandings in our lives result from the failure to listen carefully. Let us resolve to eliminate this error in our lives so that we will understand one another better and be always ready to communicate if there are disagreements between us. John 10:31-42 31 The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? 35 If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be set aside, 36 can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me; 38 but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize [and understand] that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power. 40 He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. 41 Many came to him and said, “John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” 42 And many there began to believe in him. my reflections think: So many misunderstandings in our lives result from the failure to listen carefully. _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Exodus 10-12 | |
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| | SABBATH | Religion Can Be Dangerous Jolo is one place where you don’t need to set your alarm clock when you wish to wake up early. At exactly 5:30 a.m., the small town comes alive with the chanting of the Muslim prayer “God is Great.” Around six mosques simultaneously wake the town up with the prayer being broadcasted over the loudspeakers that are perched on their minarets. Then around 6:00 a.m., the bells of the Carmelite Monastery announces the start of the Eucharistic Celebration in their chapel. In Jolo, one never misses to think of his God upon waking up. The call to prayer envelops the town first thing in the morning. After the morning prayers of Muslims and the morning Eucharist of Christians, the whole day is however dominated with the drone of army helicopters doing the usual reconnaissance flights around the town. When I was there for input talks to the less than three percent Catholic residents, I was told that the army helicopters were being augmented by American crafts that were there for the “Balikatan (Cooperation) Exercises.” Then I was reminded — I was in a crisis town. Sad, but true. Muslims, Jews and Christians all believe and pray to One God: Allah, or Yahweh or the Father of Jesus. This God is the Creator, the Almighty, the Beginning and End, the One who controls all times and seasons. But these religions also figure out in all the known conflicts and struggles that make it to national and international headlines. Their religions have encased their respective beliefs in God in unbending, fossilized dogmas and doctrines. So, they quarrel and find it hard to talk and relate as brethren for their religions have chosen to highlight differences, rather than bonds and ties of convergence. In today’s Gospel, the doctrine of God becomes an issue that divided the Jews and Jesus. Today’s conflicts are not too different: religion has become an issue that raises arms in conflict. Jesus must be lamenting; Mohammad must be shaking his head; Moses must be covering his face.Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP Reflection Question: What are your own biases with other faiths and beliefs? How have these biases limited and negatively influenced your attitude with persons of a different faith? What is Jesus telling you today from the Gospel story? Father in heaven, help us see what binds us together instead of what separates us. Enable us to work towards that end. St. Basil the Younger, pray for us. | |
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