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for May 24, 2011 |
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| | wasting time Then they spent no little time with the disciples. – Acts 14:31 We don’t have regular Sunday family lunches but when we do, we sure make up for lost time. After a protracted meal consisting of appetizers, soup, salad, main course and dessert, we proceed to an even longer course of chatting. After all, we are four loquacious sisters with endless stories to tell. Long before we’ve moved on from dessert to merienda, you’ll notice that our husbands and Dad have retreated to their own peace and quiet. Dad will be upstairs snoozing on his La-Z-boy. A brother-in-law will be dozing on the sofa and my husband will be doing his best to keep his yawning to a minimum. All the while, the sisters keep the stories rolling. This is my favorite part of our lunches. It’s what I call “wasting time” with each other. For me, it’s where relationships are cemented. And it doesn’t apply only to the family. This was discipleship, Jesus’ style. He never taught in a classroom or had scheduled conferences with His followers. Instead, He picnicked, took boat trips and went mountain climbing with them. And as He “wasted time” with them, He taught them lessons that they would remember for eternity. Rissa Singson-Kawpeng (justbreatherissa@gmail.com) 24 REFLECTION: Take the time to know the Lord. Jesus, I want to abide in You 24/7. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Preaching the Gospel is not for the fainthearted. Today we hear about the stoning of Paul. I wonder what it was that the people objected to that led them to want to kill Paul? The Gospel seems to me to be harmless enough such that if you do not want to accept it, then you can ignore it. If others want to accept it, then that is their prerogative to do so. I do not have a right to stop them from doing it. Acts 14:19-28 19 In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. 21 After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. 22 They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” 23 They appointed presbyters for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith. 24 Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. 25 After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia. 26 From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished. 27 And when they arrived, they called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 Then they spent no little time with the disciples. P S A L M Psalms 145:10-11, 12-13, 21 R: Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom. 10 Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you. 11 Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might. (R) 12 Making known to men your might and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. 13 Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations. (R) 21 May my mouth speak the praise of the LORD, and may all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. (R) G O S P E L It is interesting to reflect upon the fact that Jesus could have called a stop to what He was doing at any stage of its progress. After all, He is the Son of God! At the same time it is almost impossible to conceive of Him making that choice because I know that His entire being is united with the Father’s will and we know that the Father desires our salvation. It makes sense that Jesus will do anything to bring about His Father’s will! ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead and so enter into his glory. R: Alleluia, alleluia John 14:27-31 27 Jesus said to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. 28 You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. 30 I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me, 31 but the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me.” my reflections think: Jesus will do anything to bring about His Father’s will! 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 Judith 13-16 | |
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| | SABBATH | PEACE, NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES Emperor Augustus brought about “peace” in the first two centuries A.D. It was, of course, a peace that the world gives, a peace that meant absence of military conflict for the simple reason that the greatest military power had succeeded to keep everyone at bay. It was peace achieved at a great cost. It was peace that was negative but deceptively attractive to most people who don’t know any better. Curiously and paradoxically enough, the Lord has claimed in a hyperbolical manner that He “has come, not to bring peace, but war.” Today though, He says: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.” There you have it. It is not the deceptive and artificial “pax romana” imposed by Augustus. It is not the peace that the world gives, but His own brand of peace. It is the peace that reigned in the heart of the martyrs. Though they were victims of extreme violence, they were at peace with God and harbored no hatred for their persecutors. For this, the Lord calls them blessed. It is the peace that was etched in the face of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. Though a victim of false accusations and a humiliating punishment from people in high places, he kept his sense of inner truth and inner peace. It is the same peace that made St. Benedict Menni endure the ordeal of exile, again, because of envious clerics who made life miserable for him. That peace brought out the best in him as shown by his beautiful lifetime motto: “rogar, trabajar, sufrir, amar a Dios y al projimo, y callar!” (Pray, work, suffer, love God and neighbor, and keep silent). I spoke some days back about a particularly low point in my life, when I got more than my fair share of pain owing to something similar. It was tough. But by God’s mercy, I experienced peace after I read the biography of St. Benedict Menni. I then knew that God was calling me to pray, endure, suffer, love Him and neighbor, and keep silent. It was peace, not as the world gives, but Christ’s own. Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB Reflection Question: Can you honestly say now that you are at peace? What kind of peace do you have? Lord, grant me Your peace as I walk through life. St. Jessica, pray for us. | |
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