 | Daily Bible Reflections
for October 21, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Thursday, remember that He knows you and loves you.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | Loving GOD — divisive, yet unifying “ I have come to bring fire on the earth and …division… family divided against each other…” – Luke 12: 49-53 Disturbing words from a God of peace. I know what it entails. Detached loving. A determination to love God with all my heart, my soul, my mind and my strength. To the exclusion of people and things that might take my focus away from Him. It means standing humanly alone opposite loved ones’ respective stances on issues and beliefs. It means fighting myself — my own desires and wants — not just those of others. God wants my soul to be purged and purified in the crucible of self-denial and attachment from anyone and anything. From out of this cleansing will emerge the slow steady fire of a heart finally stilled and rested in His presence. Warmed by His eternal passion and disciplined in obedience, only then can I become a potent instrument of unity and love: emptied of self-love, focused only on God and dedicated to service to others. Grace Princesa (grprincesa@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: I am warned not to have other “gods.” Dear Lord, please remind me always to seek You first, fight “ my possessions, carry my cross and then I will have everything. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING What more can I say other what the author has already said? He is adamant that we all ought to bow our knees and bend our heads to honor the Lord, our God. He is right. The best way we honor the Lord is by living according to His plan and promoting the Gospel with all that we say and do. There is a time for bowing our heads and there is a time to get on with the work of evangelization. Let us seek the right balance of these two things in our spiritual lives. Ephesians 3:14-21 14 Brothers and sisters: I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. P S A L M Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 R: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 1 Exult, you just, in the LORD; praise from the upright is fitting. 2 Give thanks to the LORD on the harp; with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises. (R) 4 For upright is the word of the LORD, and all his works are trustworthy. 5 He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full. (R) 11 But the plan of the LORD stands forever; the design of his heart, through all generations. 12 Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance. (R) 18 But see, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him, upon those who hope for his kindness, 19 to deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine. (R) G O S P E L Jesus knows what He has been sent to do and He is in a certain sense somewhat frustrated by the fact that He has not yet accomplished His mission. As He dies on the cross He tells His Father, “It is accomplished.” Here we listen to Jesus long for the day when He can speak those words. Let us pray that the desire in our hearts for the fulfillment of the will of God in our lives will grow stronger each day and motivate us to persevere in obedience through all our experiences in life. Luke 12:49-53 49 Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! 50 There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; 53 a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” my reflections t h i n k : T he best way to honor the Lord is by living according to His plan and promoting the Gospel in all that we say and do. _________________________________________________________
God’s special verse/thought for me today________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Sirach 41-45 | |
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| | SABBATH | Jesus, The Rock That Makes Me Roll Two statements here are un-Jesuslike: “I have come to bring fire on earth and how I wish it were already kindled,” and, “Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? No. I tell you, rather, division.” Was He not a peacemaker and an advocate of forgiveness and kindness? Why did He say these? Jesus’ messages were strong. If we reflect closely on these, we will see that He really meant well. He said them to stress a point. Fire may be a devastating element but it has good uses (e.g. for cooking, for disinfecting). And fire is also used to purify, to separate the impurities from valuable elements like gold. Thus, the saying, “A test of fire is a test of gold.” And that is the point Jesus was stressing in the Gospel. He challenged His followers to make a stand. Christian life calls for absolute faithfulness and commitment to God. No compromises. Lukewarm faith is unacceptable. Either you are fully committed and passionately faithful or not. There is only one Kingdom — that of God’s; and only one king — Christ the King. The only way He could make them commit themselves was to challenge them with His Word and deed. And the best way was to test them, i.e., to see themselves in the light of what He preached and bore witness to. It is in this context that He spoke of division. Following Him puts relationships to the test. His teachings of forgiveness, repentance, morality, detachment etc. Create tension in all relationships. It is His hope that everyone will embrace Him. Otherwise, division will prevail. For Him, living in civility, lukewarmness and toleration meant merely allowing a peaceful co-existence among men. Jesus would rather encourage people to willingly abandon everything and everyone for Him. And Christian peace is attained only in unity with God. Again, it is not the Lord’s intention to rock the boat for the sake of rocking it. He rocks it to put everyone where they should be. His ultimate purpose is to recover all of us to His fold. He will do everything to fulfil this. That is how much He cares for us. He will not settle for one, ten, hundreds or thousands of us. He wants everyone. That was His promise to His Father: “No one was lost!” Fr. Benny Tuazon Reflection Question: Do you get going even when the going gets rough? Do you find company in the Lord during these times? Do you accept challenges as opportunities to prove your faith in God? By Your grace, Lord, let me not compromise my faith when life gets tough. You are my strength and my shield. St. Viator, pray for us. | |
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