 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 6, 2012 |
|  Dear Lordie,
Be God?s blessing to the world this Monday!
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| | Sunday Best “I have truly built you a princely house, a dwelling where you may abide forever. “ – 1 Kings 8:13 “Wearing your Sunday best” was an oft-repeated term when I was young. Back then, it meant wearing your newest and best clothes when you go to church. Today, the phrase no longer applies. Most of the time, we wear our “Sunday most comfortable.” While I don’t expect that we’d ever go back to the external compliance of “Sunday best,” I do pray that we all will try to wear our finest where it counts — in our hearts. Like observing the Eucharistic fast, for example. That’s just one hour before communion, which is the least that the Church asks of us. Or how about setting aside a few minutes before going to Mass in order to prepare ourselves to receive Jesus? It’s not really looking our best that I miss as much as the sense of significance and respect that we used to give to church and to God. I don’t think it’s idealistic to hope that all of us try to do our best whenever we come to worship the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Joy Sosoban (jsosoban@gmail.com) 6 REFLECTION: How can I prepare well for the Holy Mass? Awesome and mighty God, make me realize Your greatness in the Holy Mass. Sts. Paul Miki and Companions, martyr, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Temples, churches and other religious edifices are important for the practice of religion. However, nothing can substitute for the true care and love of one’s neighbor. There is absolutely no point in building a magnificent church if the members of the congregation do not love each other. It is our relationships with God and one another that will dictate our level of holiness and build true community. 1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13 1 The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David, which is Zion. 2 All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). 3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark; 4 they carried the ark of the Lord and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels that were in the tent. (The priests and Levites carried them.) 5 King Solomon and the entire community of Israel present for the occasion sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen too many to number or count. 6 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place beneath the wings of the cherubim in the sanctuary, the holy of holies of the temple. 7 The cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark, sheltering the ark and its poles from above. 9 There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets which Moses had put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel at their departure from the land of Egypt. 10 When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord 11 so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the Lord’s glory had filled the temple of the Lord. 12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord intends to dwell in the dark cloud; 13 I have truly built you a princely house, a dwelling where you may abide forever.” P S A L M Psalm 132:6-7, 8-10 R: Lord, go up to the place of your rest! 6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar. 7 Let us enter into his dwelling, let us worship at his footstool. (R) 8 Advance, O Lord, to your resting place, you and the ark of your majesty. 9 May your priests be clothed with justice; let your faithful ones shout merrily for joy. 10 For the sake of David your servant, reject not the plea of your anointed. (R) GOSPEL The word has got out that Jesus is a healer and that He has some interesting ideas upon which to reflect. People come from all directions to see Him for one reason or another. I hope we are all aware of the reasons why we come to church and live out our faith. Let us always pray that these reasons are good and holy, worthy of a relationship with our Lord and Redeemer. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom and cured every disease among the people. Mark 6:53-56 53 After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. 54 As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. 55 They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed. 1st READING 2nd READING GOSPEL PSALM LIST think: It is our relationships with God and one another that will dictate our level of holiness and build true community. T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________ _______________________________________________________ God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________ READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Romans 5-8 | |
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| | SABBATH | GOD’S ABIDING PRESENCE In today’s Gospel, Mark gives us an idea of the celebrity status of Jesus. “People immediately recognized him.” And more than just that, the crowds acknowledged His extraordinary healing power: “Wherever he put in an appearance, in villages, in towns, or at crossroads, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him to let them touch just the tassel of his cloak. All who touched him got well.” Such an astonishing outpouring of zeal for Jesus (on the part of the people) isn’t really surprising, especially when you consider their acute need for healing. The First Reading, on the other hand, has a similar outpouring of enthusiasm from the Israelites, this time for the Ark of the Covenant during the solemn dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem. While there was the appearance of a cloud manifesting God’s glorious presence, the dedication of the Temple represents man’s attempt to bring such a divine presence into a definite, tangible locus. A concrete dwelling, after all, is essential — even perhaps for God. There, God’s presence abides forever. Paradoxically, such presence of God can never be confined in a box. Why, in Jesus’ case, the mere tassel of His cloak could already bring about His healing power! His appearances (in other words, His presence) in various villages, towns or at crossroads turned out to be not just crowd-drawers or traffic-stoppers. They were veritable encounters with God’s efficacious and loving presence. Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB REFLECTION QUESTION: Do you feel the presence of God within you? Jesus, may Your abiding presence in my life help see me through both good and bad times. | |
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