 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 30, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Get empowered by His message to you this Tuesday!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | HOLY TUESDAY FEELING ALONE “Will you lay down your life for me?” – John 13:38 When I was in my fourth grade, the teacher asked us to write down and submit to her the names of our top two best friends in class. After doing that she made a nice chart of how everybody linked up. Guess what? None of them wrote my name. Although it was not an emotional experience, I did feel quite alone. Having experienced Jesus in a personal way, I found myself devouring His Word, changing my ways and serving Him but intimidating people at home. Because of this, conflicts around me began. I felt quite alone. After selflessly devoting my time to serving the Lord in a community, its leaders asked me to stop participating in ministries for unclear reasons. It hurt and I really felt alone. In today’s Gospel, Jesus foretold betrayals and denials of people close to Him; people who ate, laughed and cried with Him, who witnessed and benefitted from His miracles! The Lord experienced deep loneliness. He felt alone. At the cross, He felt a total loss of connection, enough for Him to say, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” He paid the price to endure and conquer so we can go through the pain of “being alone” with Him… and enjoy His company. Ariel Driz (adriz77@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Have I turned to Jesus in my loneliness? Lord Jesus, thank You for allowing Yourself to be lonely at Calvary so that I may share the joy of being with You. Let me reach out to others who are going through the same. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The Second Servant Song of Isaiah places the origin of this man of God in God Himself. It is God who begets Him, the Messiah, Jesus Christ. We, too, in one sense, are also begotten by God, but through faith. It is through faith that we enter into the fullness of our being and who we truly are in the eyes of God. Sometimes we need to stop and reflect upon this so that we will realize our divine origins go with our divine destiny — unity with God forever in heaven. Isaiah 49:1-6 1 Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. 2 He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me. 3 You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory. 4 Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is with my God. 5 For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD, and my God is now my strength! 6 It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. P S A L M Psalm 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15, 17 R: I will sing of your salvation. 1 In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. 2 In your justice rescue me, and deliver me; incline your ear to me, and save me. (R) 3 Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety, for you are my rock and my fortress. 4 O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked. (R) 5 For you are my hope, O Lord; my trust, O God, from my youth. 6 On you I depend from birth; from my mother’s womb you are my strength. (R) 15 My mouth shall declare your justice, day by day your salvation. 17 O God, you have taught me from my youth, and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds. (R) G O S P E L Jesus understands that the time for His vindication is near; the time for His baptism (Luke 12:48ff) is near. I do not really think He is afraid — just naturally apprehensive at what is to come. After all, He has perfect trust in His Father and I am sure He knows that His Father will see that all is right in the end. It is just a matter of overcoming that human apprehension that comes from the element of the unknown that exists at least a little in all of us. Exactly what will it all mean; How will it turn out in the end? John 13:21-33, 36-38 21 Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant. 23 One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus’ side. 24 So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant. 25 He leaned back against Jesus’ chest and said to him, “Master, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I hand the morsel after I have dipped it.” So he dipped the morsel and [took it and] handed it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot. 27 After he took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” 28 Now none of those reclining at table realized why he said this to him. 29 Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or to give something to the poor. 30 So he took the morsel and left at once. And it was night. 31 When he had left, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once. 33 My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ so now I say it to you. 36 Simon Peter said to him, “Master, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later.” 37 Peter said to him, “Master, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” 38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times.” my reflections t h i n k : It is through faith that we enter into the fullness of our being and who we truly are in the eyes of God. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | Trouble inside the Circle St. John’s Gospel has the longest coverage about the last supper and the last night of Jesus with the Twelve (cf. John 13–18). Our specific Gospel story for this day, in a way, reflects to us the climate within the circle of the Twelve. Up to the last night of Jesus, they did not seem to understand everything that was happening, and perhaps even everything that was going to happen. They were busy guarding themselves against each other; they seemed very much into their raw element as selfish human beings. When Jesus began revealing to them about the upcoming betrayal that one of them would commit, they did not try to help resolve the issue. Instead, each one was simply interested in extricating himself from the issue. Each one was busily deflecting the possibility that the betrayal will involve him. Peter himself was trying to gain some positive points over the others, and tried to pledge his loyalty to Jesus who was quick to warn him about his own denial of Jesus “before the cock crows.” The disciples were not listening to Jesus, nor were they paying attention to one another. They were engrossed with their individual selves. Honoring the Passion and Cross of Jesus during these holy days challenges us: the Christian disciple is one who can forget about his convenience, his issues, indeed forget about himself and, like Jesus, sacrifice oneself for others. Jesus on the Cross is not just the lesson of saving death that the Son of God underwent for us. Jesus on the Cross is the icon of genuine self-gift, service, self-effacement. Jesus on the Cross is the highest illustration of Jesus’ own teaching of “washing another’s feet.” Jesus on the Cross is the icon of genuine love and friendship. The Cross contains the wisdom of authentically being inside the circle of Jesus’ friends. Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP Reflection Question: Whenever tight situations in the family, in the office, in school, in the friendship circle arise, what is your first usual reaction? Do you tend to bring everyone in and together resolve issues? Do you tend to move away and disappear from the scene? Whichever is your option, what are your reasons for doing so? Talk to Jesus about this. Lord Jesus, help me to be like you in my relationships. Give me wisdom to know the right thing to do. Blessed Amadeus IX of Savoy, pray for us. | |
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