Daily Bible Reflections
for March 4, 2010;

Dear Friend,

Be blessed by His Creative Word this Thursday!

Praying for you,

Bo Sanchez

4
 March
Thursday
TODAY'S READINGS:

DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH
DIDACHE

 

IS IT I? OR IS IT THEy?
 
“If they will not listen... neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” – Luke 16:31
 
After The Feast, our prayer gathering, a friend approached me and gushed, “Sister, because of you I attend The Feast regularly.”
“Me? What did I do?” I asked her, thinking I must have treated her so bad, she had no recourse but to surrender to God. My friend replied, “Don’t you remember? Once, you told me The Feast made you a better person. So I decided to attend The Feast, too.” I could hardly believe her because, really, I can count with my fingers those I’ve invited and who have become members of the Light of Jesus. There had been dozens though who had rejected me.
I was convinced it was I that was being rejected, so I struggled to change my ways. But often, I’d tell the Lord, “I am incorrigible!” This had been my mindset until I once came across Luke 16:31, the verse in today’s reading. And I realized even Jesus was also rejected — by His own people!
There are 101 reasons why people can’t join prayer communities. Today, I am no longer alarmed when people decline my invitations to the prayer meeting. I now just pray to the Lord to continue changing me, or them — or both.Cynthia Santiago (boses2go@yahoo.com)
 
REFLECTION:
What do I need to do so that people may be attracted to Jesus more through me?
 
Lord, help us to change our ways so that we may faithfully shine Your light to others.
 

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COMPANION

 

1st READING
 
In whom do we trust? It is quite clear that Jeremiah believes the only person worthy of trust is God Himself. This does not mean that we should not trust our fellow human beings; however, we must do so with prudence, recognizing that our sinfulness makes us somewhat not trustworthy.
 
Jeremiah 17:5-10
5 Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season, but stands in a lava waste, a salt and empty earth. 7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD. 8 He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream. It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green; in the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit. 9 More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it? 10 I, the LORD, alone probe the mind and test the heart, to reward everyone according to his ways, according to the merit of his deeds.
 
P S A L M
 
Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6
R: Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
1 Blessed the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, 2 but delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on his law day and night. (R) 3 He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade. Whatever he does, prospers. (R) 4 Not so the wicked, not so; they are like chaff which the wind drives away. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes. (R)
 
G O S P E L
All of us are given opportunities to be generous and to grow in holiness. It is up to us to take them and demonstrate our commitment to loving others in the way Jesus has loved us. It is not just a question of ambivalent choice when it comes to the rich sharing with the poor. Most of the time, it is a question of justice. If so, we must act to share what we have with those who have nothing or much less than ourselves.
 
Luke 16:19-31
19 Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. 20 And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores. 22 When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.’ 25 Abraham re plied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented. 26 Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.’ 27 He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’ 30 He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’ ”
 
my reflections
think: In whom do we trust?
 
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God’s special verse/thought for me today________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST
Thank You Lord for: ____________________________________
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Revelation 15-18  
 

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SABBATH

 

Listening : The Basic Spiritual Attitude
 
Social and ethical debates about the great divide between those who “have” and those who “have not”; religious statements and theological reflections about “preferential option” for the poorest of the poor; corporate seminars on “social awareness and social responsibility.” All these have their merits. They temper the tide of consumerism and materialism that often goes with the technological and economic advances of our age.
Jesus’ parable about the rich man and Lazarus, however, should not simply be reduced to a study about the Jewish-Christian stand on the rich and the poor. For one, on the side of morality, there is no indication that the rich man obtained his material wealth through dishonest or corrupt ways. Nor did Jesus hint that the rich man’s surplus treasures led him to a condemnable and loose way of living.
The greater lesson of the parable is this: true religiosity is having a listening heart to God’s will and challenge for the moment. This is where the rich man failed. He could have been very pious and prayerful. He could have been meticulous with the various ritual disciplines of Judaism as most affluent Jews were. However, the rich man failed to listen on the simple and practical demands of having a poor fellow at the gates.
Listening to the concrete challenge of having so many poor people living in the sidewalks of Calcutta made Mother Teresa see: being a nun in a religious school is good, but there is something more urgent to do. Listening to the challenge of Albigensian heretics made Dominic de Guzman realize: being a priest in the parish is a godly task, but becoming a mendicant preacher is more relevant. And so he went on to establish the Order of Preachers or Dominicans. Listening to the sorry tales about lepers who were exiled in an island without the benefit of a pastor made Fr. Peter Damien realize: here is greatness and ultimate sacrifice — to be a lifetime pastor of lepers in Molokai. Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP
 
Reflection Question:
What radical, unexpected and life-changing options were you empowered to make after listening to the call of the moment? How do you now feel about these options?
 
Lord, it is easy to put everything in a box. Let me be constantly open to You and Your leading. Let me be willing to obey.
 
Blessed Humbert, pray for us.
 

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