 | Daily Bible Reflections
for September 17, 2011 |
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| | NO GLORY WITHOUT SACRIFICE “For the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance.” – Luke 8:15 As medical students, we all went through the stage of having so many things to do in so little time. But time flew by so fast that before we knew it, we were done with medical school. In hindsight, it’s a good thing we didn’t give in to being disheartened or distraught. All those struggles, after all, were just part of being a medical student. My elementary school teacher was right when she said, “We always start from A-B-C, 1-2-3, or do, re, mi. There’s no glory without sacrifice.” This applies to every stage of one’s life. Look back at your life and recall the severe trials you went through. Didn’t they help you become what you are now? God has a mission for our lives when He allowed us to become what we are today. He uses all our experiences, even our negative ones, to shape us into better persons. It may take time before we see the good emerge from it all, but as we persevere, we will soon enjoy the good fruit of our efforts.Dr. Henry Yu (henrio_md@yahoo.com) 17 REFLECTION: The road tovbecoming what we are today was long and arduous. Truly, “there’s no glory without sacrifice.” Lord, help us in our struggles. Show us hope when we are down. Grant us perseverance. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING St. Paul uses the courage and example of Jesus’ testimony under Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, to inspire Timothy to also bear courageous witness for his faith. The lives and examples of the saints and martyrs are inspiration for us as well to not deny our faith even when being true to our beliefs would upset people and cause us to suffer. 1 Timothy 6:13-16 13 Beloved: I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession, 14 to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ 15 that the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, and whom no human being has seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal power. Amen. P S A L M Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 4, 5 R: Come with joy into the presence of the Lord. 1 Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; 2 serve the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful song. (R) 3 Know that the LORD is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends. (R) 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; give thanks to him; bless his name. (R) 5 For he is good: the LORD, whose kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations. (R) G O S P E L Jesus often used images from everyday life to illustrate a spiritual truth. Here, He uses the familiar image of a sower sowing seeds. The seed, or the Word of God, is good and, as Isaiah tells us, will always bear fruit. However, it needs the right soil if it is to be really fruitful. Our hearts can become hardened at times and we need to turn it over to God if we want His Word to enter in and bear fruit. By repentance we allow our hearts to become receptive to God’s Word and to be fertile soil. Luke 8:4-15 ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance. R: Alleluia, alleluia 4 When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable. 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. 6 Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture. 7 Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8 And some seed fell on good soil, and when it grew, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” After saying this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear.” 9 Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be. 10 He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’ 11 This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God. 12 Those on the path are the ones who have heard, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, but they have no root; they believe only for a time and fall away in time of trial. 14 As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit. 15 But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance.” my reflections t h i n k : By repentance we allow our hearts to become receptive to God’s Word and to be fertile soil. 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 Jeremiah 43-46 | |
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| | SABBATH | BE A WILLING SEED This parable is commonly known as the Parable of the Sower. But while the main character is the sower, it’s the soil that received the seeds that the sower scattered that assume the major role. It mentions that there are different kinds of soil that receive the seeds. This parable gets the distinction of being one of the very few whose meaning was clearly explained by Jesus. The seeds are the words of God and the soil represents the hearers of God’s Word. There are different kinds of soil that receive the seeds as there are many kinds of hearers of the Word. The parable is therefore really about the soil, or about us who hear the Word of God. When I give retreats, I always remind my listeners to allow the Word of God to penetrate their hearts. Being participants in a spiritual exercise, you might expect that they would be already receptive to what they hear. But you’d be surprised that some are like cushions or trampolines. Something touches them but the message just bounces off them. They hear great teachings about forgiveness and say, “This is applicable to my neighbor whose heart is as hard as stone.” Or a teaching about love and say, “I wish my friend would hear this so she can be filled with love.” Instead of allowing God’s Word to speak to them, they see others as needing them more than they do. The Word of God is like seeds. They can grow and bear fruit when the soil receives them. Unless we develop a great amount of openness to God’s Word, we will never see it bear fruit in our lives. We need to be humble in recognizing that when His words are sown in us, we need them. Instead of simply dismissing or thinking that others need them more than we do, we have to allow His words to really come and take root in our hearts and eventually bear fruit. Fr. Sandy V. Enhaynes Reflection Question: How open is your heart to receive God’s Word? Do you bounce it off to other people? Or do you allow it to sink in your heart? Father, make me a good soil to receive Your Word and let it bear fruit in my life. St. Justin, pray for us. | |
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