 | Daily Bible Reflections
for August 16, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Tuesday, never forget how important you are to God.
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| | leave it to him The Lord answered, “You can do it because I will help you….” – Judges 6:16 Our prayer group decided to visit Anawim, a home for the abandoned elderly, in 2009. My wife and I used to be regular visitors there so we were requested to lead the event. However, with just a few days before our scheduled visit, we still did not have a firm plan on what to do. I suggested to our pastoral leader that we just bring some food and talk with the elderly. In the morning of our scheduled visit, I said a short prayer for God to be with us. We arrived at the site safely. We were able to bring some food for sharing with everyone. We shared stories with the elderly. We talked with the volunteers. We prayed in their chapel. And most of all we had fun! We felt God’s guidance in all the things we did. We came there with no firm program and yet everything fell into place. We can truly do a lot of things because we have God by our side. Alvin Fabella (alvinfabella@yahoo.com) 16 REFLECTION: Are you faced with a daunting task today? Just do it, pray for God’s help, and trust that God is with you. Lord, take over all the plans I have for this day. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Gideon is filled with fear so he hides in the wine press to beat the wheat. Yet when the angel greets him, he says, “The Lord is with you, O champion.” By His calling and anointing, God transforms Gideon from a fearful and timid man into a champion who will deliver His people from the Midianites. By responding to the call of God, we, too, can be transformed and become champions in the Kingdom of God. Judges 6:11-24 11 The angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. While his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to save it from the Midianites, 12 the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “The LORD is with you, O champion!” 13 Gideon said to him, “My lord, if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are his wondrous deeds of which our fathers told us when they said, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ For now the LORD has abandoned us and has delivered us into the power of Midian.” 14 The LORD turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have and save Israel from the power of Midian. It is I who send you.” 15 But Gideon answered him, “Please, my lord, how can I save Israel? My family is the meanest in Manasseh, and I am the most insignificant in my father’s house.” 16 “I shall be with you,” the LORD said to him, “and you will cut down Midian to the last man.” 17 Gideon answered him, “If I find favor with you, give me a sign that you are speaking with me. 18 Do not depart from here, I pray you, until I come back to you and bring out my offering and set it before you.” He answered, “I will await your return.” 19 So Gideon went off and prepared a kid and an ephah of flour in the form of unleavened cakes. Putting the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out to him under the terebinth and presented them. 20 The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and unleavened cakes and lay them on this rock; then pour out the broth.” When he had done so, 21 the angel of the LORD stretched out the tip of the staff he held, and touched the meat and unleavened cakes. Thereupon a fire came up from the rock which consumed the meat and unleavened cakes, and the angel of the LORD disappeared from sight. 22 Gideon, now aware that it had been the angel of the LORD, said, “Alas, Lord GOD, that I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!” 23 The LORD answered him, “Be calm, do not fear. You shall not die.” 24 So Gideon built there an altar to the LORD and called it Yahweh-shalom. P S A L M Psalms 85:9, 11-12, 13-14 R: The Lord speaks of peace to his people. 8 [9] I will hear what God proclaims; the LORD — for he proclaims peace. To his people, and to his faithful ones, and to those who put in him their hope. (R) 10 [11] Kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss. 11 [12] Truth shall spring out of the earth, and justice shall look down from heaven. (R) 12 [13] The LORD himself will give his benefits; our land shall yield its increase. 13 [14] Justice shall walk before him, and salvation, along the way of his steps. (R) G O S P E L Jesus always seemed to say the unexpected and shocking thing. In the mind of the Apostles, being rich was a sure sign that one was blessed by God just as poverty was seen as a curse. Yet Jesus reveals that riches can blind one to the reality of our true poverty and complete dependence on God, and seduce us into thinking that because we are rich we are somehow better than others. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Jesus Christ became poor although he was rich so that by his poverty you might become rich. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 19:23-30 23 Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?” 26 Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” 27 Then Peter said to him in reply, “We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?” 28 Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” my reflections t h i n k : Jesus reveals that riches can blind one to the reality of our true poverty and complete dependence on God. 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 Sirach 31-35 | |
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| | SABBATH | IS GOD REALLY AGAINST THE RICH? When Jesus says that it is harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, He is not saying anything against the rich per se but merely making a statement regarding the difficulty they will face in pursuing a life of discipleship. Why is this the case? A simple answer to this question is the distraction that worldly riches give if people are not wary of them. The world is given over to the accumulation of material possessions. This is the motivation that lies at the root of modern western democracy and there is no way that an individual can totally dissociate himself from this underlying reality. What the Christian needs to discover is how to live within the framework without being governed by it. That is, the overwhelming challenge we face is the struggle to maintain the focus on our Christian values over and above the pressures provided by the world. We cannot control the way the world works, so we have to find ways to work with the world in which we live. This challenge is one that Christians have faced from the beginning and one that will be with us probably until Jesus comes again. It is the challenge of discipleship — maintaining a chosen lifestyle within the context of one that is often antithetical to the chosen one. One of the things we can do to help ourselves in our Christian calling is to avoid whatever will hamper our goals. This is where Jesus’ thoughts about the rich fit in. Worldly riches require an enormous amount of time and attention to maintain and will not necessarily add anything to our spiritual development. Thus, more often than not, they will be a distraction to our spiritual goals. Riches are not the only things that can distract us. Commitment to any career can derail our spiritual lives. We need to be aware of these problems as we seek to grow spiritually. Awareness of the temptations of the world is a very big step in keeping them from unduly affecting our Christian commitment to grow in holiness.Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: Have I allowed the distractions of the world into my life to the detriment of my faith? Jesus, help me to recognize the dangers that the values of the world pose to my spiritual life so that I can put measures to combat them. St. Uguzo, pray for us. | |
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