 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 26, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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| | BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME “Anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” – Mark 10:15 My four-year-old son Lance is so hard to feed. My husband has tried bribes and threats to no avail. Yesterday, he changed tactics. Lance woke up from a nap in an unfamiliar place. My husband said, “Lance, I’m going to give you away because you don’t eat. I’m going to leave you in this place and Mama and I will go home.” Lance gave a confident reply, “You won’t leave me,” and with a smile, added, “because you love me.” What audacity! And yet I admired his confidence in his papa’s love and his presumption that he will always be wanted, no matter what his previous transgressions were. I, too, have a long list of sins but I still believe that God will forgive and accept me back into His kingdom. This is not boasting or wishful thinking on my part. Rather, it’s because I see the evidence of His love so clearly that it leaves no room for any doubt that He will pardon my repentant heart. Thank God I have the same audacity as Lance in trusting my Father! Yes, I am wanted. Forever, I am loved.Cecil Lim (cez_lim@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong. They are weak but He is strong. Thank You, Father, for Your steadfast love. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING One of the key ways in which humanity reflects the image of God is in our capacity to choose well. We are the only moral beings in Creation. Our capacity to reflect upon the meaning of life is what sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. Let us be sure to put this capacity to good use. Socrates reminds us that “the unreflected life is not worth living!” This is very true and yet it seems the majority of the world spends very little time reflecting upon the meaning of life. Sirach 17:1-15 1 God from the earth created man, and in his own image he made him. 2 Limited days of life he gives him and makes him return to earth again. 3 He endows man with a strength of his own, and with power over all things else on earth. 4 He puts the fear of him in all flesh, and gives him rule over beasts and birds. 5 He forms men’s tongues and eyes and ears, and imparts to them an understanding heart. 6 With wisdom and knowledge he fills them; good and evil he shows them. 7 He looks with favor upon their hearts, and shows them his glorious works, 8 that they may describe the wonders of his deeds and praise his holy name. 9 He has set before them knowledge, a law of life as their inheritance; 10 an everlasting covenant he has made with them, his commandments he has revealed to them. 11 His majestic glory their eyes beheld, his glorious voice their ears heard. 12 He says to them, “Avoid all evil”; each of them he gives precepts about his fellow men. 13 Their ways are ever known to him, they cannot be hidden from his eyes. 14 Over every nation he places a ruler, but the LORD’s own portion is Israel. 15 All their actions are clear as the sun to him, his eyes are ever upon their ways. P S A L M Psalms 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18 R: The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those who fear him. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him, 14 for he knows how we are formed; he remembers that we are dust. (R) 15 Man’s days are like those of grass; like a flower of the field he blooms; 16 the wind sweeps over him and he is gone, and his place knows him no more. (R) 17 But the kindness of the LORD is from eternity to eternity toward those who fear him, and his justice toward children’s children 18 among those who keep his covenant. (R) G O S P E L Jesus welcomes everyone who wants to come to Him to enter His Kingdom. Here He reminds us that we need to develop a childlike attitude towards accepting the gifts that God has given us if we truly want to benefit from them. A child has little hesitation in learning how to use a new toy or gift – similarly we should try out the many spiritual gifts we have been given as sons and daughters of the Father. Deuteronomy 19-22 ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. R: Alleluia, alleluia Mark 10:13-16 13 People were bringing children to Jesus that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” 16 Then he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them. my reflections think: We should try out the many spiritual gifts we have been given as sons and daughters of the Father. 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 Deuteronomy 19-22 | |
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| | SABBATH | BE CHILDLIKE Jesus says, “Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” One day, a famous lawyer visited his former classmate who dropped out from law school and ended up in a farm. When he arrived, his classmate was out in the field, tilling the land. Upon seeing him, the lawyer loudly spoke, “Classmate, if only you finished law school just as I did, you would not have to work out here under the scorching heat of the sun. Look at me, I am always well groomed, my clothes are clean and I have my own car!” “My friend,” replied the farmer, “do you see those rice stalks? Think well, those stalks are standing straight because they have no grain, but the stalks heavy with grain cannot help but bend.” I remember once, someone approached me and said, “Father, I have misgivings against you.” “Why?” I asked, for I sincerely did not know what I did to offend her. And she said, “You did not mention my name in the Mass when you thanked those who made the fiesta a success. I am one of the major sponsors, have you forgotten?” Honestly, I felt pity for her. It seems that many of us want to appear great in the eyes of other people. Thus, Jesus warns us that unless we become like little children, we cannot enter God’s Kingdom. But why a child? First, aside from being cute, a child is weak. A child becomes strong only when somebody helps him. This is precisely the point Jesus is making in the Gospel: We have nothing to boast — we are weak and sinful but loved by no less than God Himself. Second, a child is truly disarming because he is simple and honest with himself. A child is not naturally judgmental. The same is true with God. He does not discriminate between saints and sinners, good and bad, rich and poor. Despite our sins, God still sees the goodness He has planted in our hearts. Third, a child is a growing possibility. A child is a sign of hope. Only he whose hope never dies enters God’s Kingdom. Let us be childlike, but never childish.Fr. Bobby Titco Reflection Question: Am I childlike or childish? Dear God, I am Your child. Let me always live as Your child. Increase my faith in Your Fatherly care. Never allow self-conceit to reign in me, but let me continue growing into what You intend me to become. I want to be home with You forever someday. Amen. St. Nestor, pray for us. | |
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