 | Daily Bible Reflections
for September 22, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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| | O=E+R Consider your ways! – Haggai 1:5 A friend once said that we continuously attract the situation we are in because of the habits or patterns that we have. Jack Canfield wrote an interesting formula in relation to this: OUTCOME = EVENT + REACTION (O=E+R). In the formula above, the outcome of any situation is within my control since my reaction is totally up to me. Events are not within my control but my attitude and actions toward it dictate the result of the situation. At times, I would get annoyed when a vehicle would cut me from out of the blue. I’d take my imaginary gun and shoot his tires and bring him to submission. Sometimes I’d chase him and would give him the stare. If I don’t shift my thinking, chances are, the rest of my day gets ruined because of a petty event. The Scripture in Haggai may have been directed towards the Israelites in building the temple. However, the principle of “considering our ways” applies even to the smallest situation in our life. God’s grace is there to empower us to respond positively instead of reacting to external happenings that may disturb us. Spending time alone with Him in prayer allows us to access this grace as we ponder on these events.Ariel Driz (adriz77@yahoo.com) 22 REFLECTION: Do you spend time to consider your ways in His presence? Lord Jesus, thank You for being always present when we approach Your throne of grace. May we prioritize time with You above all each day. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING When the children of Israel returned to their land after their exile in Babylon, they had to rebuild their houses and establish their livelihood in order to begin their lives again. However, this became their sole preoccupation and so God sent His prophet, Haggai, to call them to reassess their priorities and to make the building of His Temple a priority. He indicates to them that many of their endeavors have not gone well because of their neglect to make His work a top priority. We, too, need to reassess our priorities to ensure that we give priority to our service to God. Haggai 1:1-8 1 On the first day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak: 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people says: “The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.” 3 (Then this word of the LORD came through Haggai, the prophet:) 4 Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? 5 Now thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways! 6 You have sown much, but have brought in little; you have eaten, but have not been satisfied; you have drunk, but have not been exhilarated; have clothed yourselves, but not been warmed; and he who earned wages earned them for a bag with holes in it. 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways! 8 Go up into the hill country; bring timber, and build the house that I may take pleasure in it and receive my glory, says the LORD. P S A L M Psalms 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9 R: The Lord takes delight in his people. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song of praise in the assembly of the faithful. 2 Let Israel be glad in their maker, let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. (R) 3 Let them praise his name in the festive dance, let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp. 4 For the LORD loves his people, and he adorns the lowly with victory. (R) 5 Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their couches; 6 let the high praises of God be in their throats. 9 This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia. (R) G O S P E L Herod was a tetrach (meaning, he ruled over a fourth part of a Roman region) and was totally dependent on the good opinion of Rome for his position. Hence he was paranoid about his position and so anxious to maintain it. Having put to death John the Baptist, who had challenged his adulterous relationship with his brother’s wife, Herod is concerned that he may have risen from the dead and come to take revenge. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the father except through me. R: Alleluia, alleluia Luke 9:7-9 7 Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; 8 others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.” 9 But Herod said, “John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him. my reflections t h i n k : W e need to reassess our priorities to ensure that we give priority to our service to 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 Baruch 4-6 | |
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| | SABBATH | CONSCIENCE CHECK The thought of Him bothered his working days, but He disturbed his sleep as well. Herod just couldn’t dismiss this man and put Him out of his mind. He must have heard people talking about Him, or he may have heard Him himself. He couldn’t help but be drawn to Him, so he sought Him. “Who is this man?” Then he thought of something he had done in the past — about another man who gained illustriousness and renown because of his lifestyle and preaching, someone who spoke against his immoral ways, someone he silenced. Could He be the same one? “But John I myself beheaded,” he said as he dismissed the thought of the baptizer going back to life. According to John Ayto, conscience comes from the Latin prefix com, meaning “with or together” and scire, meaning “to know.” Hence, “to know something with oneself,” or “a moral awareness, a mental differentiation between right and wrong.” Herod may have escaped the rule of law by going scot-free or even guilt-free with his execution of John. But what the rule of law was not able to reach, his conscience was able to invade. It had finally caught up with him. Joseph Donders wrote, “Herod can be our example in one way: his bad conscience makes him want to see Jesus. When we are in bad conscience it would be a good thing for us to have the same desire—not for the reason Herod had, but in view of an admission of sin, orgiveness, conversion, and also to get rid of the constant anxiety of that bad conscience.” How’s your conscience? Fr. Sandy V. Enhaynes Reflection Question: Is your conscience bothering you? Consider what it is saying to you. Is it a sin, or guilt, or a need to forgive someone? Listen to it. Lord, speak more loudly in my conscience when I need to repair something that I have done or failed to do. Sts. Digna & Emerita, pray for us. | |
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