 | Daily Bible Reflections
for May 25, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Reflect God?s love to every person you meet this Tuesday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | don’t miss the blessing! Live soberly and set your hope completely on the grace… – 1 Peter 1:13 “Praise God! Prices of gasoline went down,” I once remarked to a friend. “Naah! Wait ‘til it goes up again next week. That’s just their gimmick before they double the increase in prices,” he quickly retorted. Many have become cynical these days. They think that every good thing that happens is just a façade or an intro to something worse that’s sure to come. As a result people anticipate the curse instead of the blessing. “It’s raining! Darn! I’m sure to catch a cold again.” “Haaay, it’s so hot! I’ll get a heat stroke with this!” “Oh no! It’s Christmas time again. Where do I get the money to spend?” With this attitude, you even see your birthday as yearly burdens. Why not try, “Wow, it’s raining, it’s gonna be a cool day!” Or, “The sun is up. What a great time for the beach!” Peter tells us to keep alert on setting our hopes completely on the blessings. Otherwise, the blessings might be staring us in the face and we completely miss it. God bless you!Alvin Barcelona (alvinbarcelona@gmail.com) REFLECTION: What are you setting your hopes on today — blessings or curses? Dear Lord, make me believe that You pour out blessings on me every day. Give me the eyes of faith, hope and love to see and receive them. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING This is a call to readiness. We have to be prepared in order to receive all that God offers us. It is not enough just to sit around and wait for everything to fall into our lap. The grace of the Gospel is an active grace that impels us to act in favor of the one who offers us salvation. Are you ready to receive the graces of the Kingdom of God? Are you ready to go to work for the Kingdom of God? 1 Peter 1:10-16 10 Beloved: Concerning the salvation of your souls the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and investigated it, 11 investigating the time and circumstances that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the glories to follow them. 12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you with regard to the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels longed to look. 13 Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance 15 but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct, 16 for it is written, “Be holy because I am holy.” P S A L M Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 R: The Lord has made known his salvation. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; his right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm. (R) 2 The LORD has made his salvation known in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice. 3 He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. (R) All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God. 4 Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; break into song; sing praise. (R) G O S P E L The principles of the Kingdom of God are often upside down when compared to those of the world. The world says earthly pleasures are everything, but God says that true fulfillment awaits us in eternity. I know where my focus is, the Kingdom of God, not the pleasures of the kingdom of this world. Mark 10:28-31 28 Peter began to say to Jesus, “We have given up everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel 30 who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come. 31 But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first.” my reflections t h i n k : The world says earthly pleasures are everything, but God says that true fulfillment awaits us in eternity. _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | NOT YET HOLY I want to be holy. But my desire to be holy is often easier said than done. The road to holiness is not only narrow; it is long and rough as well. It is God Himself who put in us the desire to be holy. He created us in His image and likeness, and He is utterly holy. We are destined to be holy. Until we are holy, we remain restless. Our peace rests on our being holy as God Himself is holy. To sin is not to be holy. It means to go against God who created us in His image and likeness. To sin is to destroy the self. Have you noticed that the word “live,” when spelled inversely, becomes “evil”? To live is to be holy. To do evil is to die. The Apostle Peter said that we should be holy because God is holy (cf. 1 Peter 1:10-16). The persecutions mentioned by Jesus in the Gospel today, together with the blessings for those who leave everything behind for the sake of the Gospel, are meant to polish the divine image in us. What we have to bear on account of the Gospel helps us become holy. I fear persecution. Sometimes, instinct makes me shy away, even run away, from persecution. Who wants persecutions anyway? Perhaps this why I am not yet holy. I often see myself escape from the demands of the cross that I need to bear for the sake of the Gospel of Christ. The virtue of Christian poverty is a great aid towards holiness. It is the virtue of personal and total freedom from all inordinate attachments for the purpose of being always completely available for God. Just like any virtue, poverty is a grace planted by God in our hearts that we need to take care of. Christian poverty is not destitution. Jesus blesses detachment, but He does not want us to be miserable. Jesus wants us to live simply. It is not sacrifice for the sake of sacrifice that Jesus desires; rather, it is sacrifice that sets us truly free so that we may free others from unnecessary sufferings. Such sacrifice is life-giving. The sacrifice of poverty should always be such. Are you holy already? Fr. Bobby Titco Reflection Question: Why am I not yet holy as I should be? Lord, grant that I may be holy as I should. Free me from all inordinate attachments and help me cling to You, only You, always You. Amen. St. Zenobius, pray for us. | |
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