 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 26, 2012 |
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| | Two Reassuring Rainbows “ I set my bows in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” – Genesis 9:13 It was an important Sunday in 1999, the day before my momentous Career Minister’s exam at the Department of Foreign Affairs. If I pass it, then I will only be one step away from getting a promotion as Chief of Mission. This rank will qualify me to be an ambassador not only for God but also for the country. While walking around to rest my mind, I looked up to the skies and saw two colourful rainbows. I smiled at God’s reminder of His promise for me not to worry. I will pass and have a full life as His ambassador after I go through the dark valleys in my life. He reassured me that after Good Friday comes Easter Sunday — always. I passed in 2000. I am now blessed to be an ambassador for God and Philippine Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates since 2009. 26 REFLECTION: Do I still doubt God’s love and faithfulness? Look at the rainbow and be reassured. Lord, let me not forget Your forgiving love to us whenever I see bows in the clouds. St. Porphyry of Gaza, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING God promises Noah that He will never send a flood like this one again. It is a promise we need to consider, as it reveals to us that God desires the best for us in an unequivocal way. Sin is the flood that threatens our existence; the resurrection is the power that will roll back the flood. God promised not to send a destructive flood to fight sin. He sent His Son to die for us and put an end to the power of sin and death. Genesis 9:8-15 8 God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you: all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals that were with you and came out of the ark. 11 I will establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood; there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth.” 12 God added: “This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come, of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you: 13 I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds, 15 I will recall the covenant I have made between me and you and all living beings, so that the waters shall Never again become a flood to destroy all mortal beings.” P S A L M Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 R: Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant. 4 Your ways, O Lord, make known to me; teach me your paths, 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. (R) 6 Remember that your compassion, O Lord, and your kindness are from of old. 7 In your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, O Lord. (R) 8 Good and upright is the Lord; thus he shows sinners the way. 9 He guides the humble to justice, he teaches the humble his way. (R) 2nd READING Peter is reflecting upon the nature of baptism in this text. Through baptism we enter into the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus. It is in baptism that we are reborn into a new life. Eternal life is beckoning to us through the generous offer of Jesus. Are we going to accept it or consign ourselves to being a footnote in history because of either our pride or sheer stupidity? 1 Peter 3:18-22 18 Beloved: Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit. 19 In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison, 20 who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water. 21 This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him. GOSPEL Jesus spent some time in the desert reflecting upon the seriousness of the mission He was about to begin. The Gospel of Luke describes a number of temptations. After coming back to civilization the ministry of the Gospel began with full intent. He knew that the message He had to bring to the world was a watershed moment for human history; the news of the coming salvation of humanity could be nothing less. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Mark 1:12-15 12 The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, 13 and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. 14 After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: 15 “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” think: Eternal life is beckoning us through the generous offer of Jesus. 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 2 Timothy 1-4 N 19-21 SABBATH PAUSE My weekly time with God THANK YOU LIST Things to be grateful for from the past week ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL NEEDS Things to ask God for in the coming week ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ HIDDEN TREASURE Most important word God told me this week ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ | |
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| | SABBATH | THE TIME OF FULFILLMENT Mountain trekkers and climbers are familiar with the experience — that moment when one either retraces his steps back down, or decides to make that “final assault” to conquer the peak. But in order to face the “time of fulfillment,” one needs to make difficult decisions and hard choices. One has to travel light, to say the least. One has to leave behind all other accoutrements and pare oneself down to the bare essentials. And there is no tarrying, no bargaining, no ifs and buts. One simply has to choose and decide wholeheartedly. In my much younger years, I remember a time we took the longer and more difficult route from Pulag, via the Kabayan trail. We had a guest climber from abroad who hoodwinked us into believing that he had training and experience. At a particularly precipitous and dangerous part of the climb down, he panicked. He froze. And he wouldn’t budge, shaking with fright. The fear was contagious and paralyzing. As team leader, I knew I had to act swiftly and decisively, as there was no turning back at that point. I would like to think that after the massive floods that Noah experienced, there was also no turning back. They just had to move on with life and move up to a higher plane. They were being invited by the Lord Yahweh to a covenant. It was a moment of fulfillment, something akin to what anthropologists refer to as a liminal moment, a threshold experience that leads one to something bigger, better, nicer and nobler. God did His part of the bargain. He promised no more floods ever. But Noah and his companions were taken to task, with a huge reminder for everyone to see — a “bow in the clouds to serve as a sign.” That sign gives way now to a bigger one — that of the Son of Man who came down from the clouds, bringing a multiplicity of other signs. It is now the “time of fulfillment,” He says. And our end of the bargain is: “Repent and believe in the Gospel.” Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB REFLECTION QUESTION: Where do you find fulfillment? Lord God, my soul longs to find fulfillment in You. | |
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