 | Daily Bible Reflections
for April 11, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Thank God for your loved ones this Sunday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | “OH, REALLY?” “Do not be unbelieving but believe.” – John 20:27 One morning, I hurried into the church where I pray every day before going to work. I was surprised to bump into a friend I hadn’t seen for a long time since my release from prison. Ate Susan was just as excited to see me as we embraced each other. “Beth, our meeting is not accidental,” she exclaimed.“God confirmed His message to me. You are called to evangelize more,” she shared. “Oh, really?” I replied doubtfully. I didn’t give much importance to what Ate Susan had “ prophesied” although, subconsciously, I had been longing and praying for another ministry where I could serve the Lord more. Not long after that, I was invited to give my life testimony and talks on brokenness and empowerment in Bangad, Talim Island and in different communites in Visayas and Mindanao. These people who were downtrodden and hopeless were also involved in prison ministry. God really is an answering God — He gave me a new service — prison ministry (again) but this time all over the Philippines. Who knows? I may be destined to go around the world proclaiming the good news of Jesus. Beth Corral (bethcorral_0330@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Nothing is accidental. Everything works out for good according to God’s will especially for those who love and obey the Lord (Romans 8:28). Lord, continue to use me mightily where You will be glorified and Your name be always exalted. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The same signs that accompanied Jesus’ proclamation of the Gospel are evident as the apostles follow Jesus’ command to proclaim the Gospel to the ends of the earth. I wonder if we are seeing the same miracles and dramatic conversions in our own faith communities. I know that dramatic conversions are not the be-all and end-all of Christian life but they certainly encourage us to persevere in our faith. I firmly believe that we should be seeing the same sorts of miracles that Jesus and His apostles performed 2,000 years ago today. Acts 5:12-16 12 Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s portico. 13 None of the others dared to join them, but the people esteemed them. 14 Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord, great numbers of men and women, were added to them. 15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or another of them. 16 A large number of people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem also gathered, bringing the sick and those disturbed by unclean spirits, and they were all cured. P S A L M Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 R: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting. 2 Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.” 3 Let the house of Aaron say, “His mercy endures forever.” 4 Let those who fear the LORD say, “His mercy endures forever.” (R) 13 I was hard pressed and was falling, but the LORD helped me. 14 My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. 15 The joyful shout of victory in the tents of the just: (R) 22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 23 By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. 24 This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it. (R) 2nd READING The Book of Revelation is more than mysterious. It is often difficult to know what it is saying. One principle that helps me understand it is the simpler the understanding of a given passage, the more likely it is to be the right one. It is also important to know that there may be more than one correct or legitimate understanding. Such is not beyond the power of the Holy Spirit when He inspired John to write the Book. Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 9 I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus. 10 I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, 11 which said, “Write on a scroll what you see.” 12 Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lamp-stands 13 and in the midst of the lamp-stands an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest. 17 When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead. He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, 18 the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld. 19 Write down, therefore, what you have seen, and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards.” G O S P E L Doubts are always going to be with us, whether about God or our own ability to take up the call of a disciple. It is what we do with them that is important. They can paralyze us and stop us from growing in our faith if we allow them to. If we dismiss them as mere doubts that we do not have to succumb to, as we should, then they will cause us little grief. John 20:19-31 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.” 24 Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail-marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 26 Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” 28 Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of [his] disciples that are not written in this book. 31 But these are written that you may [come to] believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name. my reflections t h i n k : Dramatic conversions are not the be-all and end-all of Christian life but they certainly encourage us to persevere in our faith. _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Leviticus 19-21 SABBATH PAUSE My weekly time with God THANK YOU LIST Things to be grateful for from the past week ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL NEEDS Things to ask God for in the coming week ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ HIDDEN TREASURE Most important word God told me this week ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ | |
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| | SABBATH | THE AUTHORITY GIVEN TO THE APOSTLES I get a bit tired defending the Catholic Church’s position on the authority given to the apostles against any of the Protestant Churches as, after all, they are the ones who insist on taking the Word of God literally. It is quite plain and simple to see that Jesus gives the apostles the authority to forgive and retain sins. I do not see how the text in today’s Gospel can be interpreted in any other manner. It is not just this text but there are many other texts that support the fact that the Sacrament of Reconciliation is instituted based on a theological point of view. If this is not enough, the undisputed evidence of Church history for the first 1,500 years after Christ also supports the Catholic Church’s position. If the Protestants want to do away with the Sacrament, they will have to do a lot better than merely asserting that they are developmental mistakes of the Catholic Church. Like nearly all of the Protestant theological positions, we are ultimately left with supporting arguments that pick and choose those pieces of evidence that give vague support to what they want to establish and reject anything that remotely disagrees with their position no matter how well attested the evidence may be. There is no intellectual credibility, let alone integrity in such a position. As Catholics we need to better understand our faith so that we can live it more faithfully. Ironically it is the converts who are in the forefront of renewal here. There are many recent converts to Catholicism who witness to the fact that it is precisely when they take history seriously and search for what the early Church believed and why, that they become convinced of the authenticity and correctness of the Catholic Church’s position. One of them, Scott Hahn, echoes another of them, Cardinal John Henry Newman, when he says words to the effect that you cannot remain a Protestant if you take the study of Church history seriously. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: How well informed am I about my own faith? Have I seriously attempted any sort of study as to what the Catholic Church teaches on many of the pressing issues in today’s world? Holy Spirit, guide me in the truth and help me to discover more about my faith as a Catholic so I will be better able to defend what I believe. St. Godebertha, pray for us. | |
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