 | Daily Bible Reflections
for March 8, 2011 |
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| | WHO NEEDS A BEAUTY MAKEOVER ? “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.” – Mark 12:14 When she was growing up, Precy (not her real name) was told she was ugly, and thus she felt rejected. She didn’t realize the feeling of rejection was ingrained in her until she attended the Sunday Feast led by Bo Sanchez, especially his teachings about obstacles to being happy in life. “One of them,” Bo said, “is the negative stuff that we hear when we were children,” Precy told me. All her life, Precy labored to look beautiful, putting on heavy makeup, multi-coloured dresses and wearing fake fashion jewelry and other accessories. But since we’ve become friends, Precy and I worked on our hang-ups — including how we looked. Eventually, we developed our own beauty and fashion statements. Precy decided her style is light makeup, simple — a little expensive — but elegant clothes, bags and shoes and genuine jewelry she could afford. “ I am no longer fake,” she said. Just like our Lord Jesus, we will feel rejected even by people close to us. I pray I will always remember today’s Gospel— and Precy’s example — whenever I feel rejected. Cynthia Santiago (boses2go@gmail.com) REFLECTION: God has made us like Him — and He loves us even when others don’t. Lord, may I always love and appreciate the real me — even when others don’t. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING This is truly a bizarre story to remind us that when it comes to things of faith, there is no such thing as a ‘mere ordinary.’ When God is involved virtually anything is possible, even something as bizarre as we read about today! Let us not exclude the possibility that God can work in our situation no matter how hopeless it may seem. God likes to surprise us just when we think there is no answer to our problem. Tobit 2:9-14 9 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead, I Tobit, went into my courtyard wall. My face was uncovered because of the heat. 10 I did not know there were birds perched on the wall above me, till their warm droppings settled in my eyes, causing cataracts. I went to see some doctors for a cure, but the more they anointed my eyes with various salves, the worse the cataracts became, until I could see no more. For four years I was deprived of eyesight, and all my kinsmen were grieved at my condition. Ahiqar, however, took care of me for two years, until he left for Elymais. 11 At that time my wife Anna worked for hire at weaving cloth, the kind of work women do. 12 When she sent back the goods to their owners, they would pay her. Late in winter she finished the cloth and sent it back to the owners. They paid her the full salary, and also gave her a young goat for the table. 13 On entering my house the goat began to bleat. I called to my wife and said: “Where did this goat come from? Perhaps it was stolen! Give it back to its owners; we have no right to eat stolen food!” 14 But she said to me, “It was given to me as a bonus over and above my wages.” Yet I would not believe her, and told her to give it back to its owners. I became very angry with her over this. So she retorted: “Where are your charitable deeds now? Where are your virtuous acts? See! Your true character is finally showing itself!” P S A L M Psalms 112:1-2, 7-8, 9 R: The heart of the just one is firm, trusting in the Lord. 1 Blessed the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commands. 2 His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed. (R) 7 An evil report he shall not fear; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. 8 His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear till he looks down upon his foes. (R) 9 Lavishly he gives to the poor; his generosity shall endure forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory. (R) G O S P E L A Christian lives a life ‘betwixt and between.’ That is, we live in the world but we do not belong to it; we are subject to so many of the world’s vicissitudes, but we never lose hope in the fact that we have the victory through Christ! This is what it means to be a disciple – to live in the world such that others are able to see that we are separate from its vices and passions. We live for God’s Kingdom and not the pleasures and attractions of the world. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts, that we may know what is the hope that belongs to his call. R: Alleluia, alleluia Mark 12:13-17 13 Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. 14 They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion. You do not regard a person’s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?” 15 Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.” 16 They brought one to him and he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They replied to him, “Caesar’s.” 17 So Jesus said to them, “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” They were utterly amazed at him. my reflections t h i n k : L et us not exclude the possibility that God can work in our situation no matter how hopeless it may seem. 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 1-4 Judges 1-4 | |
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| | SABBATH | TAXATION: THE MORALITY OF IT ALL Paying taxes is one thing that people most commonly complain about. In the time of Jesus, this was also the case. Given the nature and type of society we live in and the demands we make upon our governments, then taxation is here to stay. Government bashing is common everywhere. Nearly everyone has something to say in the way their government is failing to deliver what they think it should provide to its citizens. Most of the time it boils down to complaining about how much tax one has to pay and the perception that the return is somehow lacking. Jesus does not condemn the practice of paying taxes. In Romans 13, Paul tells us to be good citizens of our countries, obedient in all things, provided that the state is not asking us to do anything immoral. It seems to me that we will be left with the logical conclusion that as far as the Scriptures are concerned, we should pay our taxes. Why? The answer is simple: If we do not pay our taxes, the services that the government provides will cease. Without taxes, the government would not be able to provide the service by which we get a passport and we therefore could not travel abroad. This would be more than just a minor inconvenience in a country where something like 40 percent of the GNP comes from the remittance of wages of foreign workers. The road system upon which we drive and travel would fall into disrepair, and so on. We have a moral responsibility to help the government provide these services. We would be among the first to complain if they no longer exist. The government also has a moral responsibility to give a proper accounting of how the taxes are spent. The judgment of God will lie heavily upon those who participate incorruption, especially endemic corruption, because it is theft, a mortal sin that deprives a person of the possibility of gaining eternal life. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: Do I pay my taxes promptly and fairly? If in government, do I use the money of the people for their good or my own? Father in Heaven, Your generosity to me has known no bounds in terms of the gift of salvation. Help me to give generously in return, including doing my duty in paying tax. St. Rhian, pray for us. | |
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