 | Daily Bible Reflections
for February 28, 2012 |
|  Dear Lordie,
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| | NO BROKEN PROMISES So also will be the word that I speak – it will not fail to do what I plan for it; It will do everything I send it to do. – Isaiah 55:11 On February 19, 2011, we had a one-day silent recollection entitled “In the Eye of the Storm.” This gave attendees insights on how to pass through their problems and go beyond them with peace, more faith and hope in their hearts. During the sharing, a widow related how she called on God at her husband’s deathbed. She questioned Him, “Why didn’t You come? Why did You take him away? He was the only one who always stuck by me.” God made her experience His loving embrace through the recollection. During her reflection, He assured her that He was with her throughout her ordeal. He also showed her the new life ahead of her. As a result, she decided to resume her studies in Education. Her hope was renewed. So was her faith in God. God said He loves us so much. He promised He will not abandon us, He will take care of us. No matter how much we don’t understand God’s ways or how long we wait for His answer, let’s keep on believing and hoping that God will see us through. God’s promises will never be broken. Ma. Luisa A. De la Cruz (theessence_byluisa@yahoo.com) 28 REFLECTION: Do you believe that what’s written in the Bible is true? Then why do you still worry? Dearest God, thank You so much for Your promises written in the Bible. May I remember always to trust fully in Your Word. Blessed Daniel Brottier, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING Isaiah prophesied that God’s will and word do not return without accomplishing their intention. Sometimes it may be difficult for us to see how this is true, but in faith we must learn to trust in the promises of God, or all will be lost. Jesus never said it would be easy or that we would always understand everything. I suppose this is why we call it a life of faith. Isaiah 55:10-11 10 Thus says the Lord: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, 11 So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it. P S A L M Psalm 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 R: From all their distress God rescues the just. 3 [4] Glorify the Lord with me, let us together extol his name. 4 [5] I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. (R) 5 [6] Look to him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. 6 [7] When the poor one called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress he saved him. (R) 15 [16] The Lord has eyes for the just, and ears for their cry. 16 [17] The Lord confronts the evildoers, to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. (R) 17 [18] When the just cry out, the Lord hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them. 18 [19] The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. (R) GOSPEL It is not the words of our prayers that are important but the intentions and conviction with which we pray them. Words come easily and may represent very beautiful and noble ideals. However, if we do not put them into practice daily, they mean nothing. Jesus, You tell us in John’s Gospel that they will know we are Christians by the love we have for each other (John 13:35). Help me to live the truths I both believe and proclaim. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION One does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Matthew 6:7-15 7 Jesus said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, 10 thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread; 12 and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; 13 and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 14 “If you forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.” think: It is not the words of our prayers that are important but the intentions and conviction with which we pray them. 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 Hebrews 1-4 | |
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| | SABBATH | THE END FOR WHICH HE WAS SENT The writer Matthew Kelly makes a good point when he says that most young people nowadays are missing a whole lot for the simple reason that they don’t know what they want. They don’t have singleness of purpose. And if one does not have a sense of purpose, it doesn’t matter much what happens. Anything will do. “Que sera, sera,” as the old song goes. Whatever will be, will be! Kelly argues further that people who have a sense of purpose and are focused on what they want go a step farther. They eventually develop the virtues, habits and skills needed to propel that dream. Bill Gates knew what he wanted, and he lost no time developing whatever it would take to make him reach his dream. Blessed Mother Teresa also had it. So did Blessed Pope John Paul II. Little Johnny Bosco also nurtured what he euphemistically called a dream. At nine years old, he already nurtured a vision that accrued from a dream about wolves becoming sheep. Almost 175 years after, that dream has become, and still is, a reality in more than 130 countries all over the world. But apart from Mother Teresa of Calcutta, John Paul II, John Bosco and many other saints, there was someone else who had a dream for humanity, for the world, for all men and women of good will — God! Today, the First Reading gives us a glimpse of that divine dream. Using the images of rain and snow that does not come down and return up without first producing good results, God’s Word, Isaiah tells us, does not return to Him void but achieves the end for which God sent it. Our faith in the power of the same Word leads us to do as God’s Son did. We pray and talk to the Father in the words our Lord Himself taught us. And how do we know this prayer is efficacious? We know it through the example of the Son. He had singleness of purpose: to do the Father’s will, the end for which He was sent. Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB REFLECTION QUESTION: Have you found your life’s purpose? If you haven’t, avail of the grace of the Lenten Season to listen to God and know the purpose for which He created you. Grant me, Lord, a singleness of purpose that I may fulfill Your will for my life. | |
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