 | Daily Bible Reflections
for October 1, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Offer your hardships and trials to the Lord this Friday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | SHOW IT OR COVER IT? …which is the way to the dwelling place of light, and where is the abode of darkness… – Job 38:19 One day, I went to Mass, looked at the altar, and smiled. The priest was as bald as my son’s marbles. Next to him was his sacristan. He, too, was bald but you won’t notice because he wore a toupee. I whispered to my wife, “In front of you is a vision of my future. What do you want — option A or option B? Option A is show it off in all its glorious splendor. Or option B: cover it up.” She giggled and slapped me. “Shhh! Attend Mass!” But I really was attending Mass. The Eucharist is the center of our faith — but when you think about it, it’s a celebration of the greatest defeat — Jesus hanging dead on a cross. Our faith doesn’t hide our blackest spot. Instead, it throws a party. Life is always a choice between exposing our weakness or covering it up, going into the light or remaining in darkness. And only those who have accepted their own humanness can expose it to others. People who haven’t accepted their brokenness will always cover it up. It is only when you celebrate your limits and expose your brokenness do you also open yourself to your own healing. The choice is yours.Bo Sanchez (bosanchez@kerygmafamily.com) REFLECTION: Are you still trying to hide something? Celebrate it and open yourself to healing. Lord, grant me the courage to accept my woundedness, to be open about it, so that Your healing power can take place in me. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING God asks Job what he has achieved on his own effort without any help in his life. The honest answer to this question is: nothing but sin. And that answer is just as true for you and me as it is for Job. We have no right to question God’s role in our lives; we ought simply to be thankful, for His mercy and love — whatever way God chooses to bring them to us. Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 1 The LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said: 12 Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place 13 for taking hold of the ends of the earth, till the wicked are shaken from its surface? 14 The earth is changed as is clay by the seal, and dyed as though it were a garment; 15 but from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm of pride is shattered. 16 Have you entered into the sources of the sea, or walked about in the depths of the abyss? 17 Have the gates of death been shown to you, or have you seen the gates of darkness? 18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell me, if you know all 19 which is the way to the dwelling place of light, and where is the abode of darkness, 20 that you may take them to their boundaries and set them on their homeward paths? 21 You know, because you were born before them, and the number of your years is great! 40: 3 Then Job answered the LORD and said: 4 Behold, I am of little account; what can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth. 5 Though I have spoken once, I will not do so again; though twice, I will do so no more. P S A L M Psalm 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab R: Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way. 1 O LORD, you have probed me and you know me; 2 you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. 3 My journeys and my rest you scrutinize, with all my ways you are familiar. (R) 7 Where can I go from your spirit? from your presence where can I flee? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I sink to the nether world, you are present there. (R) 9 If I take the wings of the dawn, if I settle at the farthest limits of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall guide me, and your right hand hold me fast. (R) 13 Truly you have formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. 14 I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made; wonderful are your works. (R) G O S P E L The supreme act of ingratitude would be failure to recognize and thank God for the gift of salvation won for us through the death of His Son. Unfortunately there are many people who both refuse to listen to and/or accept the gift of salvation. This saddens the heart of God and makes all the more urgent the proclamation of the Gospel in power so that people may be brought to their senses. Luke 10:13-16 13 Jesus said to them, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And as for you, Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the netherworld.’” 16 Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” my reflections think: 4- The supreme act of ingratitude would be failure to recognize and thank God for the gift of salvation won for us through the death of His son. _________________________________________________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Proverbs 24-27 27 . | |
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| | SABBATH | Simplicity is Perfection We celebrate today the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus whose following was considered one of the most impressive and significant religious phenomena of contemporary times. She was known for her “little way” (i.e. disposing her duties with perfection no matter how small they were). In our present times, she would be a perfect advocate for Pondo Ng Pinoy, which promotes that no matter how small an action may be, as long as it is good and made a habit, it will lead to salvation and perfection. That was not the case with the Galilean towns of Chorazin and Bethsaida. Jesus lamented their blindness to and rejection of the words He spoke before them and the miracles He worked. Those words and deeds were more than enough for them to recognize His power, authority and person. And yet, their appreciation of Him was limited to marveling on the newness and radicality of His Word, and the spectacle of His miracles. They failed to understand and accept the full importance of His ministry. Their expectation for the spectacular made them miss the simple and true. This attitude is prevalent in most of us. But St. Therese gave us a very good example of the beauty and effectiveness of simplicity. She discovered the “little way.” By doing little good deeds, we are perfecting ourselves, whether it is mopping the floor, washing the dishes, cooking, sewing, cleaning etc. The Lord Jesus said, “Whatever you do to the least of your brothers, you do unto Me!” For the world, small things may be small, but for God, everything you do is big! The Good News is that salvation is attained by doing simple good deeds; that perfection is attained by having small, holy successes; that eternal life is reached through a series of obedience to God. Forget about perfection, if you will. But always do good things as best as you can. Before you know it, perfection is attained. Fr. Benny Tuazon Reflection Question: What were the small, good things that you had done in your life? What were the small, good things that had been done to you by others? Do you value them as God values them? Lord, may we always take joy in doing little good deeds that glorify You. May we never forget to value the good deeds done to us by our neighbors. St. Ralph Crockett, pray for us. | |
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