 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 10, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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| | YOUR CHOICE “Here, then, I have today set before you life and prosperity, death and doom.” – Deuteronomy 30:15 Someone who belonged to a conservative church once asked a guest preacher, “Brother, how much makeup should a Christian woman wear on her face if she really loves the Lord?” The preacher answered, “I don’t know, it depends on her face.” One thing I’ve learned about giving advice is — as much as possible — we’re not supposed to tell the person what to do outright. We give them choices, explain the options, help shed light on what may happen if they choose this or that, and let them decide in the end. Ultimately, the choice is theirs. God has made it very clear: the price of sin is death; following Him leads to eternal life. When we obey His commands, we are simply walking the path that leads to heaven — the path set for us in the first place. But when we choose sin, we step off that path and take another road — one that leads to death. He longs so much for us to be with Him that He set it up this way. But He also respects our free will and won’t force us to choose Him. Ultimately, it’s our decision. George Tolentino Gabriel (george.svp@gmail.com) REFLECTION: Are you faced with a choice today? Which option leads to life, which one leads to destruction? Lord, open my eyes to the possible consequences of my future actions. Help me to always make the best decision. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Fasting is one of the common penances advocated by the Church. The symbolism of fasting is very important as we take authority over one of the most insistent of our appetites (for food) and regulate our intake thereof. This helps us to understand the dynamic of overcoming sin and temptation in our lives, teaching us that denial, while a little uncomfortable at first, will neither kill us nor is it an impossible goal. Isaiah 58:1-9 1 Thus says the LORD God: Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; tell my people their wickedness, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2 They seek me day after day, and desire to know my ways, like a nation that has done what is just and not abandoned the law of their God; they ask me to declare what is due them, pleased to gain access to God. 3 “Why do we fast, and you do not see it? afflict ourselves, and you take no note of it?” Lo, on your fast day you carry out your own pursuits, and drive all your laborers. 4 Yes, your fast ends in quarreling and fighting, striking with wicked claw. Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high! 5 Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance that a man bow his head like a reed, and lie in sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? 6 This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; 7 sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own. 8 Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer, you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am! P S A L M Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6, 18-19 R: A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. 1 [3] Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. 2 [4] Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me. (R) 3 [5] For I acknowledge my offense, and my sin is before me always: 4 [6] “Against you only have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight.” (R) 16 [18] For you are not pleased with sacrifices; should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it. 17 [19] My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. (R) G O S P E L There are right times and sensible times to fast and do penance. Basically these are determined by common sense. If you have a day of heavy work before you, it is unwise to fast. However, we must be careful that we do not excuse ourselves from all obligation to do penance. I am sure that once we get into the habit of doing penance for our sins we will very quickly experience the benefits for our spiritual lives. As the old saying goes: There is no gain without a little pain. Judges 13-16 VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and the Lord will be with you. Matthew 9:14-15 14 The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast [much], but your disciples do not fast?” 15 Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” my reflections t h i n k : Once we get into the habit of doing penance for our sins we will very quickly experience the benefits for our spiritual lives. As the old saying goes: There is no gain without a little pain. 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 Judges 13-16 | |
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| | SABBATH | PROSPERITY OR DISASTER: YOUR CHOICE? Like so many things in life, both prosperity and disaster rest to a large degree upon the choices we make. No one becomes wealthy by complaining of their plight and doing nothing. There are a multitude of rags to riches stories of people who refused to accept the fact that having been born poor, they were destined to remain poor. I am not saying that all who are poor are destined to become rich. This simply will not happen. Jesus Himself tells us that we will always have the poor with us. At the same time, the rich cannot simply ignore the plight of the poor with the attitude that it is the latter’s fault or that it is their destiny to be poor. It is the choices we make in life that will determine, first, our attitude towards poverty and wealth, and second, our capacity to improve our own economic situation. It will not be without hard work or a brilliant idea, but mostly the former. The other aspect of this question is the relation of wealth and poverty to the gift of eternal life. Jesus clearly implies that it is easier for the poor to enter heaven in His teaching about wealth where He states that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Should we then desire to be rich? Well, it is up to you. What Jesus reminds us is that there are far more pitfalls when we are wealthy than if we are not as wealthy. Of course, there is probably a sensible middle road where we have sufficient for a reasonably comfortable life but not so much that the responsibility of riches weighs so heavily upon us. However, there are very few people I know who are satisfied with the wealth they have — there always seems to be a desire for a little bit more and more. All in all, we should aspire to lift ourselves from poverty if that is our situation. Conversely, the rich have a responsibility to do what they can for the poor. If they fail in this they will not enter heaven. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: What is my attitude towards wealth and riches? Do I have a good and balanced attitude or does my attitude need some work? Father, You will judge harshly those who do not share their wealth with the needy. I pray that all people learn to share better all they have with another. St. Sedna, pray for us. | |
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