Lordie, God's Message For You Today, August 29, 2011

Daily Bible Reflections for August 29, 2011 Dear Lordie, Conquer this new week with God's Word in your heart! Praying for you, Bo Sanchez PS. Do you live in the Philippines? Sign up for Bo's weekly  cellphone message. This is FREE. (That is why you have to live in the Philippines to sign up for this service.) Text:   BOSEZ_<your full name>_ <your email address> and send to any of the following numbers: Globe (09178494444); Smart (09088949999); Sun (09228945555) And you'll start receiving Bo's inspiring message to encourage you, guide you, and bless your week.   29 August Monday TODAY'S READINGS: DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH DIDACHE   Memorial of Beheading of St. John the Baptist, martyr   lost your head?   Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him. – Mark 6:20   The priest read through the story of St. John’s beheading at Mass. As he finished reading the passage, he said, “In the end everyone had lost their heads except John.” He went through each of the figures in the story to see if we could relate with anyone. Herod was the one with the most political power but he was careless with his decisions and had no backbone to live out his values. He even married his brother’s wife! Herodias, Herod’s wife, condemned herself as cunning, selfish and manipulative even to the point of making a child ask for what is evil. Their daughter, who pleased Herod with her dance, lost her head by following someone else’s misguided decisions. And lastly, even the executioner lost his head by putting a holy man to death. Someone once said, “It’s easier to die for principles rather than to live up to them.” In John’s case, he was able to do both despite the hardships and all because of his love for God. Rod Velez (rod.velez@gmail.com)   REFLECTION: There is a potential to do good in every situation. In every role we play in life, have we ever been ashamed to show that we are Christians?   Today, Lord, as in every day, I resolve to live my life according to Your Holy Will. May I always do what is pleasing in Your sight.     Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top COMPANION   1st READING   Paul assures the Thessalonian Christians that their dead relatives who had faith in Jesus would one day be resurrected from the dead so there was no need to grieve like the pagans who had no hope of seeing their relatives again. Those who are alive when Christ returns will not taste death but will be transformed at Christ’s appearing in glory.   1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (or Jeremiah 1:17-19) 13 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore, console one another with these words.   P S A L M   Psalms 96:1, 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13 (or Psalms 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15, 17) R: The Lord comes to judge the earth. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all you lands. 3 Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds. (R) 4 For great is the LORD and highly to be praised; awesome is he, beyond all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are things of nought, but the LORD made the heavens. (R) 11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound; 12 let the plains be joyful and all that is in them! Then shall all the trees of the forest exult. (R) 13 Before the LORD, for he comes; for he comes to rule the earth. He shall rule the world with justice and the peoples with his constancy. (R)   G O S P E L   Jesus teaches us that God, our Heavenly Father, will care for us and provide for our needs so there is no need to be anxious and worry about the necessities of life. If God cares for the birds and plants, will He not also care for us, His children? We should use our time and energy here on earth in building up a store of treasure in heaven rather than in acquiring earthly riches that will all pass away.   ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor. R: Alleluia, alleluia   Luke 4:16-30 (or Mark 6:17-29) 16 Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to  read 17 and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, 19 and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.” 20 Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. 21 He said to them, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” 23 He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb, ‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’ ” 24 And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. 25 Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. 26 It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. 27 Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. 29 They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. 30 But he passed through the midst of them and went away.   my reflections t h i n k : If God cares for the birds and plants, will He not also care for us, His children?   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 Isaiah 37-40   Isaiah 37-40   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top SABBATH   TRUTH   Truth is a fascinating reality as it can cause a great deal of trouble when opposing sides cannot agree on a common foundation from which to start an argument. We live in a world that challenges the idea of universal truth. People do not seem to realize that such a position, if strictly adhered to, is absurd as ultimately it means that we can never agree on anything because what is true for you may not be true for me, depending on how either of us feel at the particular time. Truth is necessary in dialogues and relationships. Without it there is no base position from which to build an argument. It is a bit like working out the pronunciation of a language but allowing everyone to choose what sound goes with what letter. Clearly, any conversation cannot take place and thus relationships will be impossible. When we admit that we are in relationships with others, it means that there are some foundational truths that underpin the way we live. The reason I mention this is that we need to make a stand in our faith with regards to truth and not allow the world’s relativism to dictate to us what we should or should not believe when it comes to morality. If we allow the world to lead us in morality, we will end up in a mess as there is no way of recognizing right from wrong if we do not have basic truths to guide us. No matter how inconvenient truth may be, we still have to be committed to it unto death if necessary. We know that our faith is a serious matter when we consider the long line of saints that we venerate. Jesus tells us that He is the Truth that sets us free from relativism and sin. Let us embrace Him more closely today as we seek to deepen our lives as disciples of Jesus. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL   Reflection Question: Have I given in to the secular powers that try to weaken my faith by presenting life to me as something whose truth is determined by me?   Father, help me to look to Jesus, Your Son, when I face trials and difficulties. Please make me attentive to where He leads me.   St. Sebbi, pray for us.   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top

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Lordie, God's Message For You Today, August 28, 2011

Daily Bible Reflections for August 28, 2011 Dear Lordie, Each Sunday is a Mini-Easter. Show that Jesus is alive today! Praying for you, Bo Sanchez PS. Do you live in the Philippines? Sign up for Bo's weekly  cellphone message. This is FREE. (That is why you have to live in the Philippines to sign up for this service.) Text:   BOSEZ_<your full name>_ <your email address> and send to any of the following numbers: Globe (09178494444); Smart (09088949999); Sun (09228945555) And you'll start receiving Bo's inspiring message to encourage you, guide you, and bless your week.   A Note from Tina: Thank you for your decision to support the work and ministry of your KerygmaFamily. 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I was letting go of something precious to me. But I was happy. I obeyed God. And I’m excited for the new experiences I’ll have with Him and the people He called to join us. Dying to oneself happens as we follow God. It’s difficult to lose ourselves and submit our will to His, but it’s a small price for living in His divine will, enjoying freedom from selfishness and trusting in God. We become great blessing to others! Ma. Luisa A. De la Cruz ma_luisa2004@yahoo.com)   REFLECTION: What is it that you have to surrender to God now? Will you let go and let Him bless others through you?   Dearest God, please humble me and help me to detach so I  can surrender to Your will for me.     Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top COMPANION   1st READING Jeremiah, the prophet, had to bring a message to God’s people that they did not want to hear — that they had to surrender to the King of Babylon and not to trust in an alliance with Egypt. Jeremiah suffered because of the message God asked him to bring and decides not to speak of it anymore, but he cannot remain silent as the message is a fire in his soul.   Jeremiah 20:7-9 7 You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped; you were too strong for me, and you triumphed. All the day I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me. 8 Whenever I speak, I must cry out, violence and outrage is my message; the word of the LORD has brought me derision and reproach all the day. 9 I say to myself, I will not mention him, I will speak in his name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it.   P S A L M   Psalms 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 R: My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. 1 [2] O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water. (R) 2 [3] Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory, 3 [4] for your kindness is a greater good than life; my lips shall glorify you. (R) 4 [5] Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name. 5 [6] As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied, and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you. (R) 7 [8] You are my help, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy. 8 [9] My soul clings fast to you; your right hand upholds me. (R)   2nd READING   Paul tells us that the way to personal transformation is to allow the Word of God to renew our minds. Often our minds are filled with unbelief, complaining, critical and negative thoughts. These make us sad and sap our energy for life. By memorizing Scripture verses, we can replace these negative thoughts with faith-filled ones and so reap a harvest of good fruit in our lives.   Romans 12:1-2 1 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. 2 Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.   G O S P E L   From the beginning, Jesus had no doubt as to His mission and what would be the inevitable outcome of His ministry. He would be rejected by the elders and rulers of the Temple and be handed over to the Romans to be crucified. He knew that by submitting Himself to death for love of us, He would redeem and save mankind. Peter wants Jesus to be a conquering hero, not a crucified one, and so opposes the idea of the cross. However, Jesus sees past the pain and suffering of the cross to the resurrection and new life that would result.   ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts, that we may know what is the hope that belongs to our call. R: Alleluia, alleluia   Matthew 16:21-27 21 Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. 22 Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” 23 He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.”   my reflections t h i n k : The way to personal transformation is to allow the Word of God to renew our minds.   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 Isaiah 33-36   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 ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________       Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top SABBATH   TRANSFORMATION   The goal of our spiritual life is the transformation of our lives such that Jesus becomes the center of who we are and what we do. Human beings are somewhat reluctant to embrace change as it means moving into unknown and often uncharted waters. This is never an easy task as it means facing up to our fears and anxieties so that the Holy Spirit can deal with them and show us the way to a deeper life of faith. St. Paul knows the challenge of having to humble himself and submit his life to a new reality, one that he had spent a considerable amount of time and effort trying to destroy. Humility is a necessary part of the process. There will be times when the task seems easy. What is important here is to examine why it has become easy so that in identifying what helps us surrender, we can embrace this method or path more often. Each person has to learn to navigate his or her way through the spiritual journey of faith. Yes, we can learn a lot from the lives of others but they will never provide us with all the answers. We are individuals and part of the joy and mystery and excitement of life is knowing that one’s journey is indeed one’s own and it is up to us to walk it. This can be a daunting reality that we could shrink back and refuse to enter it. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage us all to embrace the call and the challenge to discover what sort of life God calls us to share with Him. We will never know the fullness of life; we will never fill that hole in the depth of our beings unless we embark on the journey of a lifetime that we call faith in God. And as a journey it can be treacherous and perilous; it can be exciting and enjoyable; it can be boring and challenging. Whatever our experience, the goal of eternal life will keep us focused. Let us never allow our lives to wander from our vision of the Lord. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL   Reflection Question: What is my experience of the journey of faith? Am I tired of it? Am I excited by it? Where is it going? What am I doing to grow in my faith?   Father in heaven, You desire that we all enter into a life of faith and so discover that the fulfillment of our lives is found in the gift of salvation.   St. Gorman, pray for us.   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top

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Lordie, God's Message For You Today, August 27, 2011

Daily Bible Reflections for August 27, 2011 Dear Lordie, Be inspired with His message to you this Saturday! Praying for you, Bo Sanchez PS. Do you live in the Philippines? Sign up for Bo's weekly  cellphone message. This is FREE. (That is why you have to live in the Philippines to sign up for this service.) Text:   BOSEZ_<your full name>_ <your email address> and send to any of the following numbers: Globe (09178494444); Smart (09088949999); Sun (09228945555) And you'll start receiving Bo's inspiring message to encourage you, guide you, and bless your week.   27 August Saturday TODAY'S READINGS: DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH DIDACHE   Small Beginnings   His master said to him, “Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.” – Matthew 25: 21   The priest heard the commotion. He asked the sacristan to call back “his friend,” the cause of the ruckus, to stay on. After the Mass, he gave the ruffian his first catechism. A week later, Bartholomew Garelli returned with his companions to know God more and to play with his new friend. That priest was St. John Bosco. His Salesians are all over the world. They bring the young to Jesus through education and play. Great things come from small beginnings; a house is built brick by brick. Don Bosco started his ministry with one boy and now, countless kids benefit from his system. Our life is our masterpiece for God, our greatest achievement for Him. Every good word we say, every good deed we do is a small step. Even when it seems that we fall and fail, we must rise up and persevere. Despite not noticing anything substantial, we must strive to become holy. Like Don Bosco, we start with small things — praying, not swearing and telling the truth — and keep at it. When all these things add up, God will see His masterpiece that we have become. Jun Asis (mabuting.balita@gmail.com) 27 REFLECTION: Are we growing tired of doing the small things for God? Are we too impatient with God’s masterpiece in us?   Lord, grant me the grace to walk each small step towards Your greatest masterpiece in me.   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top COMPANION   1st READING   At the beginning of his Pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI reminded us all of the paramount importance of charity (love) and that this is the distinguishing mark of a Christian. To be loving, we do not have to be wealthy, beautiful or smart. It is within our reach. It is a daily choice to seek the good of others and to serve them generously and joyfully.   1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 9 Brothers and sisters: On the subject of fraternal charity you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. 10 Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Nevertheless we urge you, brothers and sisters, to progress even more, 11 and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.   P S A L M   Psalms 98:1, 7-8, 9 R: The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; his right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm. (R) 7 Let the sea and what fills it resound, the world and those who dwell in it; 8 let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains shout with them for joy. (R) 9 Before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to rule the earth; he will rule the world with justice and the peoples with equity. (R)   G O S P E L   This parable reminds us that it does not matter that we do not have all the same gifts and abilities. What God expects is that we use the gifts that He has given us and if we do that, then He will entrust more to us. If we selfishly keep the gifts God has given us to ourselves and do not share them with others, eventually we will lose even these few gifts.   ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you. R: Alleluia, alleluia   Matthew 25:14-30 14 Jesus told to his disciples this parable: “A man who was going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. 15 To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one — to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately 16 the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five. 17 Likewise, the one who received two made another two. 18 But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master’s money. 19 After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. 20 The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ 22 Then the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’ 24 Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; 25 so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’ 26 His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter? 27 Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return? 28 Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten. 29 For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’”   my reflections t h i n k : W hat God expects is that we use the gifts that He has given us and if we do that, then He will entrust more 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 Isaiah 29-32       Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top SABBATH   GOING ABOUT OUR BUSINESS   St. Paul reminds the Thessalonians to live faithfully and quietly, not seeking to stir up trouble in their city. The Christians would have been a very small minority in these cities of the Roman Empire and, generally speaking, religions other than the Roman ones were not encouraged. Indeed, people were often persecuted and killed if they refused to follow the Roman gods. St. Paul knows all about persecution and while prudence will not stop him from proclaiming and living the Gospel, there is no point of stirring up persecution for the sake of it. We celebrate today the Feast of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine. The Church has much to thank Monica for her tireless intercession, at least in part, for arguably the greatest mind that Christianity has seen. Augustine is the most quoted of all the saints in the Catechism of the Catholic Church by a long way. Monica is the epitome of what Paul encourages the Thessalonians to do when he tells them to go about their business quietly. She was faithful to her role as mother of Augustine in the best way possible, never giving up on her wayward son until he repents and is baptized. Even then I am sure she continued to pray for him. This is what we need in the Church today — men and women who will remain faithful to their calling even through trials and difficulties that can last for decades. Augustine was about 34 when he finally settled into his Christian calling. We will never be able to measure the power and efficacy of prayer in an empirical manner, but in faith we know that the Lord hears the cry of the poor and He will always give answer to our needs. Again, we do not know the form His answer will take or its timing, but we can be sure that He does answer in His own way and time. We only have to learn to trust Him. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL   Reflection Question: Am I committed to praying unceasingly for those things the Lord puts in my heart?   Holy Spirit, inspire me to be more faithful in praying for the needs of the Church and my own spiritual life.   St. Decuman, pray for us.   Didache | Companion | Sabbath | Top

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