 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 14, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Happy Valentines! May God fill your life with true love!
Don't be discouraged! God will be with you through this week.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
| | JUST LIKE CAIN “If you do well, you can hold up your head…” – Genesis 4:7 There’s a boy I know who tries so hard to get the approval of his parents. Thing is, he does foolish things to compete with his siblings for attention. He’s intelligent and street smart but, because of the trouble he gets himself into, what he gets is disfavor. He refuses to understand that approval is a prize for being good. Just like Cain, he has become bitter and jealous. To be competitive is a good thing. However, if it is motivated by jealousy and greed, it destroys one’s being. In the Gospel today, Jesus refused to give the Pharisees a miraculous sign. He did not give in to the pressure of proving His detractors wrong. His quiet confidence in doing the work of His Father spoke so loud that people flocked to and believed in Him. Oftentimes we need not try too hard to gain approval. That’s because good works will always earn us respect and favor. God said to Cain, “If you do well, you can hold up your head.” Now, wouldn’t it feel good to get a pat on the back for something you did well without having to compete for it?Nova Arias (nova.svp@gmail.com) 14 REFLECTION: Compete only with yourself, striving to be better than who you are. Father, teach me to trust in my ability to do well. May I always remember to please You and no one else. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING What do we have to gain from being jealous of someone else – who they are or what they have? Precisely nothing! So, why do we waste our time and energy on this emotion? I have no idea other than to suggest that we are sometimes too proud to accept the way things are and because we usually do not have the power to change these things directly, we stew in jealousy and envy of others’ good fortune. Genesis 4:1-15, 25 1 The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the LORD.” 2 Next she bore his brother Abel. Abel became a keeper of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the soil, 4 while Abel, for his part, brought one of the best firstlings of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not. Cain greatly resented this and was crestfallen. 6 So the LORD said to Cain: “Why are you so resentful and crestfallen? 7 If you do well, you can hold up your head; but if not, sin is a demon lurking at the door: his urge is toward you, yet you can be his master.” 8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.” When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the LORD asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He answered, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 The LORD then said: “What have you done! Listen: your brother’s blood cries out to me from the soil! 11 Therefore you shall be banned from the soil that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 If you till the soil, it shall no longer give you its produce. You shall become a restless wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the LORD: “My punishment is too great to bear. 14 Since you have now banished me from the soil, and I must avoid your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, anyone may kill me at sight.” 15 “Not so!” the LORD said to him. “If anyone kills Cain, Cain shall be avenged sevenfold.” So the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest anyone should kill him at sight. 25 Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son whom she called Seth. “God has granted me more offspring in place of Abel,” she said, “because Cain slew him.” P S A L M Psalms 50:1, 8, 16-17, 20-21 R: Offer to God a sacrifice of praise. 1 God the LORD has spoken and summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting. 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, for your burnt offerings are before me always. (R) 16 “Why do you recite my statutes, and profess my covenant with your mouth, 17 though you hate discipline and cast my words behind you?” (R) 20 “You sit speaking against your brother; against your mother’s son you spread rumors. 21 When you do these things, shall I be deaf to it? Or do you think that I am like yourself? I will correct you by drawing them up before your eyes.” (R) G O S P E L Saints Cyril and Methodius, whose feast we celebrate today, are two of the patron saints of Europe. Between them they created the Cyrillic alphabet in order to translate the Scriptures into the vernacular of the people of Eastern Europe. By the way, they were also very holy men and great preachers of the Gospel. Let us be inspired by their ‘Can do!’ spirit and not allow any difficulty to prevent us from proclaiming the Gospel in the situations we encounter. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father except through me. R: Alleluia, alleluia Mark 8:11-13 11 The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. 12 He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” 13 Then he left them, got into the boat again, and went off to the other shore. my reflections t h i n k : Let us not allow any difficulty to prevent us from proclaiming the Gospel in the situations we encounter. 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 16-18 Numbers 16-18 | |
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| | SABBATH | JESUS ON THE WITNESS STAND If we were always truthful, would there be a need to swear inside the courtroom? Is it the courtroom that makes us truthful? Is it the witness stand that makes us believable? Is it our oath that makes us credible? Had not the human race learned to fabricate stories, submit false evidence and twist the truth, we don’t have to swear at all. We would be able to make our word stand on its own. Jesus alone can make His word stand on its own. He is His word. Jesus alone consistently and constantly stands by His word. No sign is needed to prove that He is what He claims He is: the Son of God. No sign is needed to prove that He is what He does: the Messiah. No sign is needed to prove that He is what He promises Himself to be: the Resurrection and the Life. The Pharisees wanted a sign from Jesus for Jesus. They required Him to prove Himself when He Himself was already the proof. Thus, Jesus gave them no sign except Himself. Take Him or leave Him? Take Him. The Pharisees asked for a sign to test Jesus. They doubted Him because He did not belong to their clique. Neither did He fit into their expectation of what the Christ should be. Into whose expectations should Jesus then fit Himself? Trust Him or test Him? Trust Him. The Pharisees wanted a proof from Jesus against which they may test Him. A proof may be a sign but a sign is not necessarily a proof. The Pharisees were not at all candid about their demand. They looked at Jesus through their colored glasses. They were aching to have proof by which they could dismiss Jesus altogether. For those who believe, no sign is needed; for those who do not believe, no sign will be enough. Believe. Ask not for a sign from Jesus. It has already been given. Search for it. Demand not any proof from Jesus. It has already been provided. Discern it. If Jesus were to be called to the witness stand and swear, indeed His words would be: “I promise to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. So help me, Me.”Fr. Bobby Titco Reflection Question: How truthful am I? Lord, You do not only know the truth; You are also truthful. You are the Truth. In my desire to become like You, heal me from all my lies and make me more truthful than before. Let me be Your sign in the world by the kind of life I live. Amen. St. Nostrianus, pray for us. | |
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