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|  Dear Lordie,
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| | Cum Mission Shepherd your people with your staff… – Micah 7:14 My Christian life moved on despite transferring to another Christian community because a mission had been planted in my heart. I was without a formal community for five years but the mission lingered on. The mission to spread His Good News burned in me. During my sabbatical, I had wondered where my apostolate would be and why I had so much Christian training and where I could use my Christian experiences. When asked to shepherd a group of businessmen, I readily said yes. When asked to take on more pastoral responsibility, again I had no hesitation. It was the mission planted in my heart that predisposed me in answering the call to shepherd His flock. My experience in the corporate and business world and how it related to my faith made my shepherding more interesting. I was a business and a Christian mentor at the same time. I realized that God looked at the disposition of my heart and knew what to do with me. Taking on the mission has given an eternal perspective on my outlook in life. Rolly España (rnespana@nwineskin.com) REFLECTION: Are you involved in the Great Commission? Or do you have a mission at all? Thank You for the mission that consumes my heart. Continue to let it burn until the time that I am able to see You face to face. St. Dominic Savio, pray for us. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING The Jews live in hope of the fulfillment of the promises made to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3. In fact, these three promises — land, blessing and progeny — are what the Old Testament is all about. We see that they are partially fulfilled during the time of Jesus, which implies a partial non-fulfillment. The Jews expect the Messiah to fulfill these promises definitively. And Jesus did but in a spiritual sense. Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, that dwells apart in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old; 15 as in the days when you came from the land of Egypt, show us wonderful signs. 18 Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; who does not persist in anger forever, but delights rather in clemency, 19 and will again have compassion on us, treading underfoot our guilt? You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins; 20 you will show faithfulness to Jacob, and grace to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from days of old. P S A L M Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 R: The Lord is kind and merciful. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits; (R) 3 He pardons all your iniquities, he heals all your ills. 4 He redeems your life from destruction, he crowns you with kindness and compassion. (R) 9 He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath forever. 10 Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes. (R) 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our transgressions from us. (R) GOSPEL The Parable of the Prodigal Son is probably one of the most well-known texts of the Scriptures. So let us be content with a challenge to reflect on the parable and ask ourselves which of the characters we strongly identify with. Having done this, let us ask ourselves what response we should make to our reflection. Let us ask God to give us the grace to do it. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION I will get up and go to my father and shall say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 1 Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, 2 but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 So to them Jesus addressed this parable. 11 “A man had two sons, 12 and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them. 13 After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. 14 When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. 15 So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. 16 And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. 17 Coming to his senses he thought, “How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. 18 I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.’” 20 So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. 21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son.’ 22 But his father ordered his servants, ‘Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast, 24 because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ Then the celebration began. 25 Now the older son had been out in the field and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing. 26 He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. 27 The servant said to him, ‘Your brother has returned and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ 28 He became angry, and when he refused to enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. 29 He said to his father in reply, ‘Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends. 30 But when your son returns who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’ 31 He said to him, ‘My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours. 32 But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’” John 19-21 LIST think: Which of the characters in the parable do you strongly identify with? Why? Ask for the grace to make an appropriate response to your reflection. TODAY’S 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 Revelations 11-14 BLESSING LIST | |
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| | SABBATH | Prodigal People Welcome the three prodigal persons: a father and two sons. The younger son takes the money and runs. He wastes all that he has on partying and fast living. He was happy — for a while. After all, what is sinful initially looks good. Remember Eve in Paradise? It says that she looked up and saw that the fruit was good to eat, pleasing to the eyes. And so he squandered his birthright in loose living. He represents every sinner because in sin we squander our human and divine birthright. Sin promises a life of happiness, satisfaction and excitement, but in the end, all one gets are misery, dissatisfaction, discouragement, depression, and a loss of the sense of personal dignity that belongs to us as God’s children. Enter the father who so loves that he lets his rascal son have whatever he wanted. In fact, we can say he even spoiled the boy. This makes us change our common image of God whom we usually think as a very stern, demanding father, always ready to whip us into line. This is very far from the image of God that Jesus gives us in this parable. Here, God is presented as a tender loving father who is easy on his children and always ready to forgive, no matter what. And there is the older brother who cannot forgive his younger brother. Do you realize that the story is open-ended? Did the older brother go inside and join the celebration? Jesus does not tell us. Open-ended stories want the reader or listener to provide his own ending. That means that Jesus is asking you and me: Are you ready to forgive like the father, or are you like the self-righteous older brother? As Christians we believe in a God of love and compassion. The challenge for us is to be people of love and compassion, to be like the prodigal father in the parable and not like the uncompromising older brother in a world full of prodigal sons and daughters. Fr. Rudy Horst, SVD REFLECTION QUESTIONS: Do you easily forgive? Do you approach God trusting in His limitless love and compassion? Lord Jesus, Your words give me courage to approach God, despite my wrongdoings. Help me also to be as forgiving towards my fellowmen as the Father is. | |
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