 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 9, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
See Him beside you this whole Wednesday!
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | FOLLOW YOUR HEART “For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts...” – Mark 7:21 It’s a popular saying: follow your heart. I’ve read a lot of books and watched a lot of movies that always had that same central message. Because, as they say, the heart knows where it’s going and it could lead you to where you really want to be. For a long time, I believed that I shouldn’t trust my heart, because I couldn’t trust my desires. I always thought that whatever the heart wants was selfish — only for me, me, me and not for the greater good of other people. I didn’t believe in the saying “follow your heart” because I felt that whenever someone follows his or her heart alone, it would always lead into trouble. It would be something out of God’s will. Right now I’m trying to unlearn that. In the past couple of years, I’ve learned that my deepest desires are the same desires that has God planted in me. These are the things He planted deep in my heart, the ones in line with His will. And for me to know what these true God-given desires are, I’ve got to work to make my heart more like His. Tina Matanguihan (tina.matanguihan@gmail.com) REFLECTION: What is the state of your heart? Make my heart more like Yours, Lord. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING This second account of Creation is more relational than the first. The author wants us to see that men and women exist in relation to and with one another as well as in distinction from one another. This gives rise to our recognizing that man and woman, though different, complement one another. Both man and woman are needed to fully recognize the reality we call “God.” Without either men or women, we would be left with a deficient view of God. Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17 4 At the time when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens — 5 while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the soil, 6 but a stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground — 7 the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. 8 Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and he placed there the man whom he had formed. 9 Out of the ground the LORD God made various trees grow that were delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 15 The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. 16 The LORD God gave man this order: “You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden 17 except the tree of knowledge of good and bad. From that tree you shall not eat; the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die.” P S A L M Psalm 104:1-2, 27-28, 29-30 R: O bless the Lord, my soul! 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD, my God, you are great indeed! You are clothed with majesty and glory, 2 robed in light as with a cloak. (R) 27 All creatures look to you to give them food in due time. 28 When you give it to them, they gather it; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. (R) 29 If you take away their breath, they perish and return to their dust. 30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. (R) G O S P E L Jesus affirms that the intentions behind our actions are important. It is from within us that sin comes forth. The list of sins is not exhaustive but it certainly suffices to show that much of sin is the result of inner choices in our hearts and minds. Let us pray to God and ask Him to purify all our thoughts and actions. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Your word, O Lord, is truth: consecrate us in the truth. R: Alleluia, alleluia Mark 7:14-23 14 Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. 15 Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” 16 17 When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable. 18 He said to them, “Are even you likewise without understanding? Do you not realize that everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile, 19 since it enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the latrine?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 “But what comes out of a person, that is what defiles. 21 From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. 23 All these evils come from within and they defile.” my reflections think: Let us pray to God and ask Him to purify all our thoughts and actions. 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 Numbers 1-3 | |
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| | SABBATH | WHAT’S WITHIN Under the cruel rule of Antiochus IV in the year 170 B.C., the Syrians conquered Israel. Antiochus relentlessly persecuted the Jews in his desire to completely erase Judaism from the face of the earth. An example of Antiochus’ merciless persecution of Jesus is the story of seven brothers who were murdered in the presence of their mother. They had only one crime: they refused to eat food that the Jews considered unclean. The Gospel today reveals the gravity of the issue. Jesus seemed to have little or no regard at all for the Judaic dietary law. Their ancestors paid with their blood for this law. Knowing this, it should be easier to understand why the Pharisees were very angry at Jesus. Two things are worth noting as regards Mark’s writing of the Gospel today. First, he remembered well what Jesus said: “Whatever goes into a man from outside cannot make him unclean….” Second, Mark even inserted a commentary: “Thus, He (Jesus) pronounced all foods clean.” I believe that the early Christians were very much disturbed to readily accept the freedom that Jesus offers, freedom from the enslaving “don’ts” of the Old Testament Law. That was too difficult for the Jewish Christians. This challenges not only their piety but their emotional, cultural and even psychological peace. Nonetheless, there is an opposite side in this issue. If a man cannot be rendered unclean by what comes from the outside, nothing from the outside can also make him clean. If what goes in us cannot make us evil, it cannot also make us saints. Therefore, just as what comes out of us can make us unclean, the same can make us clean. Spiritual renewal must start from deep within. The outward manifestation of piety can never substitute for the internal transformation of man. In our life, there comes the sacred moment when we must honestly face our self and answer from deep within. It is the moment when we are judged clean or unclean. Does it hurt? Let your answer come from deep within you. Fr. Bobby Titco Reflection Question: Am I hurt? Cleanse me, O Jesus. Make me clean within and without. Humbly I come to You. Your words convict me. Have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen. St. Michael Febres Cordero, pray for us. | |
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