 | Daily Bible Reflections
for December 29, 2010 |
|  Dear Lordie,
God will never leave you. This Wednesday is no different.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | A PRESENT FOR GOD …They took him up to Jerusalem to present the child Jesus to the Lord. – Luke 2:22 My wife, Thelma, and I believe that parenting’s goal is to give up our children in the end after having prepared them properly for life. And we consider our mission as done when we accompany them to the altar and give them away to their future spouse on their wedding day. Come to think of it, maybe we can also look at this giving away of a child in marriage as the parents’ presentation of their child to the Lord and saying: “Here he/she is now, dear God. We have done our part to prepare him/her for life. Our mission is done. Take him/her with you as he/she leads a new life with his/her spouse.” We will soon give up another child in marriage. This lesson on giving her up as a present to God on her wedding day makes the letting go lighter and easier for us. Danny G. Mendiola (dmendiola22@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: How are we preparing our children for life? Is it for our own selfish ends or for God? Lord God, help us parents to realize that our goal in raising our children is to give them back to You as a present. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Abiding in the light is an important aspect of discipleship. On our own, it is impossible to be a disciple of Jesus. We are encouraged and protected when we share our lives with others — both the good and bad aspects. This sort of openness is essential in overcoming sin in our lives as the battle against sin is half-won when we honestly confess it. 1 John 2:3-11 3 Beloved: The way we may be sure that we know Jesus is to keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him: 6 whoever claims to abide in him ought to live [just] as he lived. 7 Beloved, I am writing no new commandment to you but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 And yet I do write a new commandment to you, which holds true in him and among you, for the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is nothing in him to cause a fall. 11 Whoever hates his brother is in darkness; he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. P S A L M Psalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 R: Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice! 1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all you lands. 2 Sing to the LORD; bless his name. (R) Announce his salvation, day after day. 3 Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds. (R) 5 The LORD made the heavens. 6 Splendor and majesty go before him; praise and grandeur are in his sanctuary. (R) G O S P E L The Nunc Dimitus, the Prayer of Simeon, are his parting words to the world and a great comfort on which to reflect. They are the words of a man who trusted in the Lord throughout his life. He believed in the coming Messiah and wanted to witness His advent. God blessed him with seeing the child Jesus, and thus Simeon’s desire was fulfilled. Simeon is now happy to leave this world for the next. Luke 2:22-35 22 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, 23 just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” 24 and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord. 27 He came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, 28 he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying: 29 “Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation, 31 which you prepared in sight of all the peoples, 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.” 33 The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; 34 and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted 35 (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” my reflections t h in k : Openness is essential in overcoming sin in our lives; the battle is half-won when we honestly confess it. God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________
T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Zechariah 9-11 | |
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| | SABBATH | THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. THOMAS BECKET Today is the memorial of St. Thomas Becket, a 12th-century English bishop and martyr. How fitting for this occasion are Simeon’s words to Mary (a prophecy, in fact) from today’s Gospel. Foretelling the thousands and thousands of Christians who across the centuries will eventually choose to risk their lives in “make-or-break” circumstances for the Lord (indeed to the point of martyrdom or death), the old prophet declared, “This child is destined to be the downfall and the rise of many in Israel, a sign that will be opposed . . . so that the thoughts of many hearts may be laid bare.” Thomas Becket was one of such martyrs. His thoughts of self-sacrifice and fidelity to Christ were “laid bare” by the knights who accused him of treason, in the backdrop of the struggle between Church and State. And also, in a way Thomas was like Simeon who, after having encountered the Lord Jesus in his life, could confidently meet death boldly (“Now, Master, you can dismiss your servant in peace...”). St. John (in the First Reading) states, “The way we can be sure we are in union with [God] is if one who claims to abide in him conducts himself just as he did.” If that is indeed the case, then we can be sure that Thomas Becket abided in the Lord simply because he conducted himself just as God did — that is to say, he lived and died in the manner of Jesus Christ. Elsewhere in the Gospel our Lord warned His disciples, “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first... If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you” (John 15: 18, 20). The martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket is a timely reminder of the futility of alliances for the sake of worldly power, and of the powerlessness from which genuine power ensues.Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB Reflection Question: Do you remain steadfast in your faith when people mock you for your love of God? Never leave my side, Lord. My strength to triumph over trials is in You. St. Trophimus of Arles, pray for us. | |
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