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| | WHO IS THE DOCTOR? He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. – Luke 24:35 Today’s Gospel reminds me of a puzzle from the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. It’s about a man and his son who meet an accident. The father dies and the son, alive but seriously injured, is taken to a hospital. At the ER, the attending physician looks at the boy and gasps, “This is my son!”Who is the doctor? Your answer will depend on your insights, biases or rituals that pop up at a blink of an eye, according to Gladwell. You know... or do you? Take the two disciples walking on the road to Emmaus. They didn’t recognize that the man they walked with on the road was Jesus because they knew He had died. He could not possibly be walking and talking to them. They recognized Him only when He broke bread with them because in the past they had seen Jesus doing the bread ritual. I’ve often been like the two disciples — unable to recognize what’s real about people or about certain situations because I rely on only what I know. But Gladwell’s book has taught me to be careful about sizing up people or forming conclusions about situations I encounter in my daily grind. So who is the doctor? E-mail me and let’s compare answers.Cynthia Santiago (boses2go@gmail.com) 8 REFLECTION: What do you see at the blink of an eye? Is it real? Lord, open my eyes that I may recognize what’s real and what’s not — especially about You. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The Early Christian proclamation of the Gospel, while including some level of accusation as to who was to blame for the death of Jesus, seems to avoid focusing on this issue. Why? I think the answer to this rests largely with the nature of the Gospel in that it is a proclamation not just of the willingness of God to forgive our sins but also of our guilt due to sin and thus equally to blame for the death of Jesus. This idea is certainly implicit in the Gospel. We will do well to remember our universal guilt when we accuse others of sin. Acts 2:14, 22-33 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed: “You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem. Let this be known to you, and listen to my words. 22 You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know. 23 This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify him. 24 But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says of him: ‘I saw the Lord ever before me, with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. 26 Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted; my flesh, too, will dwell in hope, 27 because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’ 29 My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to this day. 30 But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses. 33 Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father and poured it forth, as you see and hear. P S A L M Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 R: Lord, you will show us the path of life. 1 Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge; 2 I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you. 5 O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold fast my lot. (R) 7 I bless the LORD who counsels me; even in the night my heart exhorts me. 8 I set the LORD ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. (R) 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices, my body, too, abides in confidence; 10 because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world, nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption. (R) 11 You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever. (R) 2nd READING In every task we take we should remember that the world is ultimately going to pass away and therefore we must avoid attachment to endeavors and projects as we will have to leave them behind eventually. The temporary nature of the world is difficult to accept at times as we become enmeshed into it for one reason or another. However, we need to remember that we will depart this world one day and what will be important then is not the worldly wealth we have accumulated but the depth of our relationship with God! 1 Peter 1:17-21 17 Beloved: If you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning, 18 realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold 19 but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb. 20 He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, 21 who through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. G O S P E L The story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus affirms that God walks with us on our life’s journey. Yes, there may be times when He seems to be distant, but He is always with us. The problem is we often fail to recognize His presence for one reason or another. Let us seek to keep our eyes, hearts and minds open to the work of the Holy Spirit so that we will more readily recognize the presence of Christ with us during each day. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us; make our hearts burn while you speak to us. R: Alleluia, alleluia Luke 24:13-35 13 That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, 14 and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. 15 And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, 16 but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?” 19 And he replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. 21 But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place. 22 Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning 23 and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive. 24 Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.” 25 And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! 26 Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures. 28 As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. 29 But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. 31 With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. 32 Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” 33 So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them 34 who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. my reflections t h i n k : L et us seek to keep our eyes, hearts and minds open to the work of the Holy Spirit so that we will more readily recognize the presence of Christ with us during each day. 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 2 Chronicles 29-30 SABBATH PAUSE My weekly time with God THANK YOU LIST Things to be grateful for from the past week ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL NEEDS Things to ask God for in the coming week ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ HIDDEN TREASURE Most important word God told me this week _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ | |
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| | SABBATH | STAND UP, RAISE ONE’S VOICE AND PROCLAIM Do you remember the first time you ever had to make a speech before a crowd? I do. I remember that sinking feeling, the lump in my throat, my eyes swooning like I was going to just melt down and disappear. It is hard to step up to the podium and be the object of everyone’s gaze, and speak, even for seasoned public speakers like priests and teachers. But it is even harder to stand up for what you say, let alone raise your voice about something unpopular. I remember delivering a homily about the sacredness of life in one parish in the affluent Western world. When you talk about being pro-life, you cut against the grain of those who call themselves pro-choice. But as a priest, I am called not just to give fancy talks that simply entertain and do not ruffle anyone’s feathers. As a preacher, I am called to stand up, raise my voice and proclaim. This is pretty much what Peter did — the same Peter who, just days earlier, could not even stand up to the truth about who he was vis-à-vis Christ when questioned by an insignificant and nameless servant girl. He chickened out and denied the Lord thrice. But there is something about “experiencing the power of Christ’s resurrection” that made him a changed man. He “stood up with the eleven.” He “raised his voice and proclaimed to them,” and in the process, he more than just undid his threefold denial of the Lord. The courage to stand up, raise one’s voice and proclaim one’s faith are the stuff out of which martyrdom is made. Peter did it. James, too, did the same. St. Lorenzo Ruiz claimed his rightful place in the roster of martyrs for proclaiming boldly: “I am a Christian, and if I had a thousand lives, I would be willing to die a thousand deaths.” Talk is cheap in our times. Remember all the promises made by politicians last year? We are inundated with words. But words alone would mean nothing unless we “stand up, raise our voice and proclaim” in God’s name, like Peter did.Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB Reflection Question: How bold am I in standing up and proclaiming my faith despite persecution? Lord, give me the courage to stand up and speak boldly for my faith when there is a need to. St. Acacius, pray for us. | |
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