 | Daily Bible Reflections
for December 12, 2011 |
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| | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 12 Spirit –filled The spirit of God came upon him, and he gave voice to his oracle. – Numbers 24: 2-3 Years ago, we conducted a weekend Life in the Spirit Seminar for school personnel. I was assigned to give a sharing on Day 2. As it was my first time, I prepared by praying intensely and writing down my talk. My care group head, Myrna, gave her sharing on the first day. Her delivery was flawless and touching. She didn’t even have notes to look at! After her talk, I asked her to coach me. That night, I practiced. But all my preparations seemed useless: my delivery was awful, my tongue tripped over words and I forgot some points. The next day, I was a bunch of nerves. I told my co-facilitator to just read my notes if I faint. At my pre-talk pray over, I surrendered completely to the Holy Spirit. When the mic was handed to me, I felt a strange calm — as if my body with all its jitters went to sleep and a divine power took over. I delivered my sharing smoothly, glanced at my notes briefly and felt the words flowing out of my mouth. It was an exceptional experience — like being slain in the Spirit and speaking in tongues rolled into one. Lella Santiago (mirellasantiago@yahoo.com) REFLECTION: Let go, let God, let good rule your life. Spirit of God, take control of me. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The Apostle John sees a vision of heaven and there sees the Virgin Mary giving birth to Christ. He sees that Satan attempts to kill the child, as did King Herod who slaughtered all the infants in Bethlehem in a mad effort to kill the child Jesus. So it was through the simplicity and weakness of a woman that God thwarts the evil intentions of Satan and brings about His own reign and kingdom. In a similar way, when the Virgin appeared to Diego, she also destroyed the pagan religion there and established the reign of Christ among the people. Revelation 11:19, 12:1-6, 10 (or Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17) 19 God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. 12: 1 A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. 4 Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. 6 The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed. P S A L M Judith 13:18-19 (or Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9) R: You are the highest honor of our race. 18 “Blessed are you, daughter, by the Most High God, above all the women on earth; and blessed be the Lord God, the creator of heaven and earth. (R) 19 Your deed of hope will never be forgotten by those who tell of the might of God. (R) G O S P E L When Mary, pregnant with the child Jesus, greets Elizabeth, the child in her womb leaped for joy and Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit. This is a wonderful image of the ministry of the Virgin Mary. Her presence in our lives enlarges the Word of God in our hearts and enlivens our faith and joy in receiving it. Let us journey each day in the company of the Blessed Virgin Mary who is our spiritual mother. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary, deserving of all praise; from you rose the sun of justice, Christ our God. R: Alleluia, alleluia Luke 1:39-47 (or Matthew 21:23-27) 39 Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” 46 And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; 47 my spirit rejoices in God my savior.” my reflections t h i n k : The Virgin Mother’s presence in our lives enlarges the Word of God in our hearts and enlivens our faith and joy in receiving it. 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 1 Thessalonians 1-5 1 Thessalonians 1-5 | |
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| | SABBATH | Life is Beautiful Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, secondary patron of the Philippines and Patroness of the Pro-life Movement. Abortion continues to be the modern-day scourge of the Pro-life advocacy. Many countries have long legalized abortion. With the passage of the Health Care Reform in America, the scope of abortion is expanded and even given increased Federal funding in the U.S. and beyond. The worldwide effort to pass the Reproductive Health Bill (which is nothing but a universal password for the right to abortion), especially in countries where abortion is still illegal, remains atop the agenda of many lawmakers. In line with this, I remember an experience I had several years ago. I was in the U.S. and a friend of mine brought me to the beach. I noticed a secluded area with a warning sign, “No Trespassing: Restricted Area, protected by Federal Law.” I learned from my friend that the area was where turtles lay their eggs. It is punishable by law if you step on them even inadvertently. Something was not right. Federal law protects turtle eggs while human infants are legally aborted. Proponents of abortion even lobby for partial birth abortion, arguing that an infant not yet fully delivered is technically not yet a person and thus is still outside the scope of the protection of the law on the basic right to life. They even go to the extent of challenging pro-lifers to prove that the infant has a soul. But how do you prove the existence of a human soul which is a spiritual reality? Philosophically and theologically it can be proven but not in the empirical sense that abortion proponents want. And if we pretend that the infant aborted does not have a soul yet, how come a turtle egg, which obviously will never have a soul, gets federal protection? GK Chesterton prophesied about this contemporary malady so accurately. He said, “Whenever there is animal worship, there will surely be human sacrifice.” That trees, dogs, cats and other mammals nowadays get more federal protection to live than the human infant, is a perfect confirmation that this prophesy has come to pass. Fr. Joel O. Jason Reflection Question: In what way can I support and promote the culture of life? May Mary, pro-life patroness, continue to inspire us and the pro-life movement in promoting the consistent ethic and Gospel of Life. St. Corentin, pray for us. | |
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