Daily Bible Reflections
for May 6, 2011;

Dear Friend,

May you be guided by His directions this Friday!

Praying for you,

Bo Sanchez

6
 May
Friday
TODAY'S READINGS:

DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH
DIDACHE

 

AND GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH
 
For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. – Acts 5:38
 
“Sister, I’m afraid to take it up as a career,” I told my retreat directress when I realized that I have the gift of writing.
When she asked why, I said, “Because I feel that I’d dry up. I fear that I won’t be able to sustain it.”
“That’s where you are wrong. If it indeed is God’s gift to you, He will see you through.”
And so it came to pass. After 10 years of writing part-time, here I am now, writing full-time for the Lord.
In the same way, after 20 years, Kerygma is still around — changing people’s lives, bringing more souls closer to God and giving birth to Kerygma Conference, the biggest Catholic event of its kind in the country.
It has not been an easy journey — my 10 years or Kerygma’s 20 years — but God certainly writes straight with crooked lines. There were financial difficulties, relationship problems and all sorts of trials, but when God is behind the task, nothing can destroy it.
It’s true what my directress said. God will see you through when you’re doing His work. I’m glad I trusted in her wisdom. Tess V. Atienza (svp_tvatienza@yahoo.com)
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REFLECTION:
Do you strongly believe that God is behind what you are doing right now?
 
Lord, affirm me in what I’m doing if it’s according to Your will.
 

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COMPANION

 

1st READING
 
Gamaliel is obviously a man well versed in the theories of logic or perhaps very knowledgeable about history, or even both. When it comes to faith — and here the new Christian religion is not really repudiating Judaism, just taking it another step further — the Jewish authorities ought to have been happy to adopt a wait-and-see attitude and then evaluate Christianity on the basis of its fruits in a few years’ time. As it appened, they tended to adopt an adversarial attitude that inevitably led to an either-or situation. People were eventually forced to choose between Judaism and Christianity.
 
Acts 5:34-42
34 A Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up, ordered the men to be put outside for a short time, 35 and said to them, “Fellow Israelites, be careful what you are about to do to these men. 36 Some time ago, Theudas appeared, claiming to be someone important, and about four hundred men joined him, but he was killed, and all those who were loyal to him were disbanded and came to nothing. 37 After him came Judas the Galilean at the time of the census. He also drew people after him, but he too perished and all who were loyal to him were scattered. 38 So now I tell you, have nothing to do with these men, and let them go. For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. 39 But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them; you may even find yourselves fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him. 40 After recalling the apostles, they had them flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them. 41 So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. 42 And all day long, both at the temple and in their homes, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Christ, Jesus.
 
P S A L M
 
Psalms 27:1, 4, 13-14
R: One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? (R) 4 One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek, to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, that I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD and contemplate his temple. (R) 13 I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD with courage; be stout-hearted, and wait for the LORD. (R)
 
G O S P E L
 
This miracle of the feeding of the many is the only one that occurs in all four Gospels. I do not believe that this is an accident: it is the miracle that reflects to us the fourfold action in the Eucharist of taking, blessing, breaking and giving bread; it is the miracle that assures us that God provides for our needs as a community; it is the miracle that emphasizes the compassion of God in that He does not want the people to go hungry.
 
ALLELUIA
R: Alleluia, alleluia
One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
R: Alleluia, alleluia
 
John 6:1-15
1 Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. 2 A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish feast of Passover was near. 5 When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” 6 He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. 12 When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” 13 So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat. 14 When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.” 15 Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.  
 
my reflections
t h i n k : The miracle of the feeding of the many is the miracle that assures us that God provides for our needs as a community.
 
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 2 Chronicles 25-26
nicles 25-26
 

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SABBATH

 

FOR THE SAKE OF THE NAME
 
There are names that people of every race and culture simply never forget. They are names that stand for great, magnanimous or heroic deeds done by individuals in the history of peoples and nations. Whole populations rally behind such names; they find common cause and common ground all because of the names, and they muster enough strength and courage because of the same.
I remember as a child how my father used to tell me about great names in our small town, Mendez, Cavite. To date, I still have not forgotten those names: the founder of the town, the first town mayor, names of prominent individuals such as the Aure brothers, who cut out, or at least dreamt, of a bright future for our small fledgling town as it began taking baby steps and it weaned itself away from its mother town, Alfonso.
Today, the first reading speaks about the name “above every other name.” We know that biblically speaking, the name stands for the person. To speak of The Name, therefore, is to speak about God, whose name in the Old Testament tradition is unutterable. Those few names I remember who plotted out our small town’s future did not exactly find everything slick and easy. They sure suffered. They paid dearly for their vision. And all this on account of a dream.
But in the case of the apostles, they suffered on account of The Name — on account of their Lord, God and Master. The famous Gamaliel himself tried to dissuade them from “speaking in the name of Jesus,” but despite the flogging and the warning, we are told that “they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Messiah, Jesus.” Unlike in my case, the apostles did not just get to hear about a great name passed on for posterity. They did not just receive a quick glance at History for Dummies. They knew The Name first hand. They lived with Him, suffered and even died with Him, as Peter and James eventually did. They “knew Him in whom they believed” … and did everything “for the sake of the Name!”  Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB
 
Reflection Question:
How do I want people to remember me when they hear my name long after I’m gone?
 
Lord, You gave me my name. At the end of my life, may I be worthy enough to see You face to face and thank You for it.
 
St. Lucius of Cyrene, pray for us.
 

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