 | Daily Bible Reflections
for August 27, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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| | Small Beginnings His master said to him, “Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.” – Matthew 25: 21 The priest heard the commotion. He asked the sacristan to call back “his friend,” the cause of the ruckus, to stay on. After the Mass, he gave the ruffian his first catechism. A week later, Bartholomew Garelli returned with his companions to know God more and to play with his new friend. That priest was St. John Bosco. His Salesians are all over the world. They bring the young to Jesus through education and play. Great things come from small beginnings; a house is built brick by brick. Don Bosco started his ministry with one boy and now, countless kids benefit from his system. Our life is our masterpiece for God, our greatest achievement for Him. Every good word we say, every good deed we do is a small step. Even when it seems that we fall and fail, we must rise up and persevere. Despite not noticing anything substantial, we must strive to become holy. Like Don Bosco, we start with small things — praying, not swearing and telling the truth — and keep at it. 27 REFLECTION: Are we growing tired of doing the small things for God? Are we too impatient with God’s masterpiece in us? Lord, grant me the grace to walk each small step towards Your greatest masterpiece in me. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING At the beginning of his Pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI reminded us all of the paramount importance of charity (love) and that this is the distinguishing mark of a Christian. To be loving, we do not have to be wealthy, beautiful or smart. It is within our reach. It is a daily choice to seek the good of others and to serve them generously and joyfully. 1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 9 Brothers and sisters: On the subject of fraternal charity you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. 10 Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Nevertheless we urge you, brothers and sisters, to progress even more, 11 and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. P S A L M Psalms 98:1, 7-8, 9 R: The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; his right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm. (R) 7 Let the sea and what fills it resound, the world and those who dwell in it; 8 let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains shout with them for joy. (R) 9 Before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to rule the earth; he will rule the world with justice and the peoples with equity. (R) G O S P E L This parable reminds us that it does not matter that we do not have all the same gifts and abilities. What God expects is that we use the gifts that He has given us and if we do that, then He will entrust more to us. If we selfishly keep the gifts God has given us to ourselves and do not share them with others, eventually we will lose even these few gifts. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you. R: Alleluia, alleluia Matthew 25:14-30 14 Jesus told to his disciples this parable: “A man who was going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. 15 To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one — to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately 16 the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five. 17 Likewise, the one who received two made another two. 18 But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master’s money. 19 After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. 20 The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ 22 Then the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ 24 Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; 25 so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’ 26 His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter? 27 Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return? 28 Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten. 29 For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’” my reflections t h i n k : W hat God expects is that we use the gifts that He has given us and if we do that, then He will entrust more to us. 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 Isaiah 29-32 | |
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| | SABBATH | GOING ABOUT OUR BUSINESS St. Paul reminds the Thessalonians to live faithfully and quietly, not seeking to stir up trouble in their city. The Christians would have been a very small minority in these cities of the Roman Empire and, generally speaking, religions other than the Roman ones were not encouraged. Indeed, people were often persecuted and killed if they refused to follow the Roman gods. St. Paul knows all about persecution and while prudence will not stop him from proclaiming and living the Gospel, there is no point of stirring up persecution for the sake of it. We celebrate today the Feast of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine. The Church has much to thank Monica for her tireless intercession, at least in part, for arguably the greatest mind that Christianity has seen. Augustine is the most quoted of all the saints in the Catechism of the Catholic Church by a long way. Monica is the epitome of what Paul encourages the Thessalonians to do when he tells them to go about their business quietly. She was faithful to her role as mother of Augustine in the best way possible, never giving up on her wayward son until he repents and is baptized. Even then I am sure she continued to pray for him. This is what we need in the Church today — men and women who will remain faithful to their calling even through trials and difficulties that can last for decades. Augustine was about 34 when he finally settled into his Christian calling. We will never be able to measure the power and efficacy of prayer in an empirical manner, but in faith we know that the Lord hears the cry of the poor and He will always give answer to our needs. Again, we do not know the form His answer will take or its timing, but we can be sure that He does answer in His own way and time. We only have to learn to trust Him. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: Am I committed to praying unceasingly for those things the Lord puts in my heart? Holy Spirit, inspire me to be more faithful in praying for the needs of the Church and my own spiritual life. St. Decuman, pray for us. | |
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