 | Daily Bible Reflections
for December 16, 2011 |
|  Dear Lordie,
May others see Jesus in you this Friday.
Praying for you,
Bo Sanchez
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| | ANSWERED! The Lord says to his people, “Do what is just and right, for soon I will save you.” – Isaiah 56:1 Ronald was first introduced to the Kerygma Family when he got an email from a friend in June 2006. Two years after, he was able to attend the Feast in Pasig where he got his own Novena to God’s Love booklet. He wrote his seven dreams in the booklet and would regularly pray that they be granted. Since he was living in Laguna, it was a challenge to go to Pasig every week. But he persevered and tried to attend every week. Five months after attending his first Feast, he was offered a job by a multinational company. This job allowed him to use his talents and skills to help out his co-employees. Because of his exemplary performance he was promoted to the position after a couple of months. The promotion also came with his desired compensation and benefits. His job also gave him the opportunity to be more active in the Feast and also invite some officemates to attend the Kerygma Conference. He realized that in less than two years God had granted him most of the dreams he had listed down! Let us always put our complete trust that the Lord will save us. Alvin Fabella (alvinfabella@yahoo. com) 16 REFLECTION: God wants to bless us always. Continue to do what is right and good so that God may be glorified! Lord, I look to You for help in time of need. Blessed Raynald de Bar, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING In this passage, God tells His people that those who are not of the Jewish race will also become the people of God and offer Him sacrifices that are pleasing to Him. We see here God’s universal plan of salvation. Yes, the Jews were His specially chosen people and through them the Messiah has come into our world, but now God is revealing to His people that His plan is bigger than they ever imagined it to be. Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-8 1 Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, the son of man who holds to it; who keeps the sabbath free from profanation, and his hand from any evildoing. 3 Let not the foreigner say, when he would join himself to the LORD, “The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.” 6 The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants — all who keep the sabbath free from profanation and hold to my covenant, 7 them I will bring to my holy mountain and make joyful in my house of prayer; their holocausts and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. 8 Thus says the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, others will I gather to him besides those already gathered. P S A L M Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 7-8 R: O God, let all the nations praise you! 1 [2] May God have pity on us and bless us; may he let his face shine upon us. 2 [3] So may your way be known upon earth; among all nations, your salvation. (R) 4 [5] May the nations be glad and exult because you rule the peoples in equity; the nations on the earth you guide. (R) 6 [7] The earth has yielded its fruits; God, our God, has blessed us. 7 [8] May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth fear him! (R) G O S P E L John the Baptist was a voice crying out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” He was a signpost pointing to Jesus, the Word Incarnate. Jesus was not a Word of God, nor did He give us the messages of God like the other prophets. No, Jesus was the Word of God made flesh. He embodied the whole revelation of God to us. Hence, Jesus can say, “I have a testimony greater than John’s.” Not only that, but Jesus does the works of His Father in heaven and these bear testimony to Him and His divine nature. John 5:33-36 33 Jesus said to the Jews: “You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth. 34 I do not accept testimony from a human being, but I say this so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.” ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Come, Lord, bring us your peace that we may rejoice before you with a perfect heart. R: Alleluia, alleluia my reflections t h i n k : Jesus embodied the whole revelation of God 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 2 Timothy 1-4 | |
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| | SABBATH | How Great Thou Art! When the Pope goes around Rome or visits neighboring cities in Italy, a Swiss guard drives him in a papal car with a special plate and a Vatican state flag. Here’s a fictional story about Pope Benedict XIV. One day, he decided to sneak into the papal car and drive it himself. Excited, he stepped on the gas pedal and cruised at a very high speed. An Italian police flagged him down and when the Pope rolled down the window, the police immediately called his superior. “Give him a ticket. I don’t care who it is. The law is the law,” the superior said. “Sir, we have a situation here. I caught someone over-speeding, but I think he’s more than a VIP.” “Why, is it the President of Italy?” the officer dared. “No, I think it’s God,” the officer countered, “because his driver is the Pope.” If you are human, there will be someone higher than you. Yesterday, Jesus gave John the greatest tribute ever given to man. But even with the highest of compliment, John is still a man and someone is higher than him — Jesus. Today, Jesus puts things in perspective. Still speaking of the witness of John, Jesus paints him as the light that illumines the people who are in darkness. But John is described by Jesus in the Gospel only as a lamp. A lamp by itself is useless. It needs a flame to set it burning. By saying that “I have a testimony greater than John,” Jesus sets Himself as the flame that sets the lamp burning. Jesus is greater than John, and John knows this. Of Jesus, John can only say, “Someone greater than me is coming. I am not even worthy to untie the strap of his sandals.” Every Christian is called to be a lamp that lights. Just like John the Baptist, we are called to be light — not a spotlight but a flashlight. Spotlights call attention to the individual. Flashlights are always pointed away, illuminating the way for others. Yes, God wants us to flourish and to shine, and we are to shine not like spotlights but flashlights. Let us call attention, not to ourselves but to Christ and His message of love. Fr. Joel O. Jason Reflection Question: In what areas of your life is self-glorification a very strong temptation? Do you have what they call “diva” moments? “Lord what is man that you care for him? Mortal man that you keep him in mind? Man who is merely a breath, whose life fades like a passing shadow?” Blessed Raynald de Bar, pray for us. | |
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