 | Daily Bible Reflections
for August 30, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
This Tuesday, never forget how important you are to God.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | SPEAK UP “What kind of words are these? With authority and power this man gives orders to the evil spirits, and they come out.” – Luke 4:36 When I was in college, I was walking along a street in Manila and saw an old Caucasian man talking to a very young girl and her teenage brother. It appeared like the old man and the teenager were haggling. I wasn’t sure but something in my gut felt that they were bargaining over the price of the child. I felt bad I couldn’t do anything about it. Looking back today, I know I should have spoken up against evil that day. I realize now that there was nothing to be shy or afraid about standing up against injustice, against people who abuse and disrespect human dignity. Someone said that for evil to triumph in this world, all you need is for good men to do nothing. I think evil endures when good men say nothing, when we keep quiet and tolerate it. As children of the light, we have the duty to speak up when we see evil happening in our midst. Jesus gives us the same power and authority He exercises in today’s Gospel to stand up against the evil in this day through the sword of the Holy Spirit which is in our hands. Scripture gives us the power, wisdom and courage to stop darkness in its tracks. Marjorie Duterte (marjorie.travels@gmail.com) 30 REFLECTION: “When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me…” (Acts 1:8) Father, fill me with Your Holy Spirit that I may have the strength and courage to confront evil and fight it for others’ sake. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Christ’s return will be sudden and unexpected. As Christians, we should be alert and busy doing His work so that when He does come, we will not be ashamed to face Him. Paul tells us to put on the breastplate of faith and love. This will protect our hearts and ensure we are ready when Christ returns. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11 1 Concerning times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. 3 When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. 5 For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. 6 Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. 9 For God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with him. 11 Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do. P S A L M Psalms 27:1, 4, 13-14 R: I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? (R) 4 One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek, to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, that I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD and contemplate his temple. (R) 13 I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD. (R) G O S P E L When the scribes and Pharisees taught the people, they often quoted famous scholars and rabbis to support what they were saying and to impress their audience. Jesus, in contrast, spoke with great simplicity and power, supporting what He taught with miracles and signs. He did not quote other authorities as He was Himself God, and so He said, “But I say unto you.” He even placed His teaching above that of Moses, the greatest of all the Jewish prophets. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia A great prophet has arisen in our midst and God has visited his people. R: Alleluia, alleluia Luke 4:31-37 31 Jesus then went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, 32 and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. 33 In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, 34 “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!” 35 Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet! Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. 36 They were all amazed and said to one another, “What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” 37 And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region. my reflections t h i n k : Christ’s return will be sudden and unexpected. 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 41-44 Isaiah 41-44 | |
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| | SABBATH | THE MIRACLES OF JESUS The miracles of Jesus are not just God showing off His power. They are signs of the in-breaking of the Kingdom of God into our world. With the birth of Jesus, we have something of heaven, something of the divine coming into the world. When the divine encounters the human, there is often some sort of fireworks, so to speak. This is what we witness when God works miracles. It is not just the authority of Jesus that the people marvel at; it is far more than this. Furthermore, the miracles of Jesus are signs that God wants to engage with us in our lives. Yes, they are rather extraordinary signs but we have not left God with much of a choice. In over 2,000 years of working with the Jewish people, their hardness of heart and stubbornness of spirit barely changed. God has decided that He needs to intervene in a more spectacular way in order to convince us of His love and inspire faith within our hearts. As we read about the miracles of Jesus in the Scriptures, let us remember they are meant to inspire awe and wonder to build our faith in God. It is good to ask the Holy Spirit to increase our faith as we reflect on the Word of God. The Word of God is powerful and we need to do all we can to harness its power. We do not have the luxury of having Jesus physically present to work His miracles today as the Apostles did, but we do have the blessing of the Word of God to bring life to the miracles of Jesus. Let us seek to activate our faith and allow its inherent dynamic to draw us closer to and more deeply in love with our God. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: Do I believe in the miracles of Jesus? What role do I think they have in my faith? Jesus, many times You exercised authority over evil and the elements to demonstrate Your divinity and encourage our faith in You. Help me to believe more in You today. St. Loaran, pray for us. | |
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