Daily Bible Reflections
for October 8, 2012;

Dear Friend,

Conquer this new week with God's Word in your heart!

Praying for you,

Bo Sanchez

8
 October
Monday
TODAY'S READINGS:

DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH
DIDACHE

 

At Your Service, Lord!
 
If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. – Galatians 1:10
 
I glanced at the clock on my computer monitor. It was 5:40 PM. I shut down my computer, packed my things and hurriedly went down. I felt relieved as I settled in my seat inside our shuttle service. I thanked God for helping me accomplish all that I needed to do that day.
I used to work in a multinational company in Parañaque. A coaster leaves at exactly 5:45 PM every day to bring northbound employees to the Ayala MRT station. While most of our co-employees worked long hours, I was one of those who worked hard every day to finish my tasks within eight hours.
It was challenging to go against the norm. Not all my officemates understood and agreed with my reasons. But I persevered each day for more than five years because I had a burning “yes.” That “yes” was my response to Jesus’ invitation to commune with Him every day in the Holy Mass and to serve Him through a community of single, working professionals. If I had chosen to please my bosses and my officemates then, I won’t be able to offer the prime of my youth to God. Teresa Gumap-as Dumadag (teregmps@yahoo.com)
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REFLECTION:
Who are you trying to please?
 
Lord Jesus, help me remember that Your approval is more important than men’s approval.
 
St. John Leonardi, priest, pray for us.
 

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COMPANION

 

1ST READING
 
The Galatians struggle to remain faithful to God’s calling. This may bring comfort to us, knowing that we are not alone in our struggles. However, this does not give us any excuse to be tardy in dealing with our struggles. We must take action against sin as soon as we are aware of it because to give sin the slightest leeway is a very big mistake. Paul is worried for the Galatians that they will not find their way back to the true faith.
 
Galatians 1:6-12
6 Brothers and sisters: I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you by the grace of Christ for a different gospel 7 (not that there is another). But there are some who are disturbing you and wish to pervert the Gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than the one that we preached to you, let that one be accursed! 9 As we have said before, and now I say again, if anyone preaches to you a gospel other than the one that you received, let that one be accursed! 10 Am I now currying favor with human beings or God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. 11 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the Gospel preached by me is not of human origin. 12 For I did not receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
 
P S A L M
 
Psalm 111:1-2, 7-8, 9, 10
R: The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
1 I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart in the company and assembly of the just. 2 Great are the works of the Lord, exquisite in all their delights. (R) 7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; sure are all his precepts, 8 reliable forever and ever, wrought in truth and equity. (R) 9 He has sent deliverance to his people; he has ratified his covenant forever; holy and awesome is his name. 10 His praise endures forever. (R)
 
GOSPEL
 
The parable of the Good Samaritan reminds us of the universal call to love one another. We do not choose whom we love. We must love all people with the love that human dignity demands. Of course, we will love some people more, like our family, friends and so on. But we must remember that we are called to have a basic love for all people. It does not matter who that person is. Their humanity gives them dignity and that dignity demands that we love them.
 
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you.
 
Luke 10:25-37
25 There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” 27 He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as  yourself.” 28 He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” 29 But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. 32 Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. 33 But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. 34 He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn and cared for him. 35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’ 36 Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the  robbers’ victim?” 37 He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
 
think: We must take action against sin as soon as we are aware of it because to give sin the slightest leeway is a very big mistake.
BLESSING
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
Thank You Lord for: ___________________________
 
____________________________________________
 
God’s special verse/thought for me today_________
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Wisdom 5-8
 

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SABBATH

 

GO AND DO THE SAME
 
The question asked by the lawyer is a good one. We all want to inherit eternal life. However, the lawyer’s motive in asking Jesus was wrong. His motive was to disconcert Him. Jesus answers the question simply. We all know the first commandment: to love the Lord our God with all our heart and mind and strength. Yet the motivation of the question shines through when Luke tells us that the lawyer wants to justify and assert himself against Jesus. The man is charged to “do this and live.” The lawyer’s next question is in order to clarify his fulfillment of these commandments.
Jesus cleverly inserts a parable for the lawyer himself to come to his own conclusion. In the end, Jesus restates the force of the command to love God. Not only must one show love but “do” love, that is, put it into action. The parable ends by teaching the man that love must be shown in action to all, even one’s enemy. Samaritans were repugnant in the eyes of the Jews. They were judged as half-caste and not followers of the Law of God. There was rivalry between the Jews and Samaritans as to the place and origin of the Messiah. But the one who took pity on the half-dead man was a Samaritan. The man is challenged to go and do the same: to reach out to the unloved, unacceptable and rejected by others. Whether he does it or not, we do not know!
We can settle down to an easy living out of the commandments. However, the Lord will always call us forward to embrace the better way. It’s easy to say, “I love you, God,” but it is harder and involves more effort to show that love. There are always those whom we would rather not entertain, the ones we easily reject and leave half-dead on the side of the road. We don’t want to get involved. But Jesus calls forth a response of love that hurts, that goes beyond our comfort zone, that makes us become involved. It is a love that stretches us as it did with Jesus on the Cross. Jesus expects from us an agape kind of love — a love that sacrifices for the good of the other.Fr. Brian Steele, MGL
 
REFLECTION QUESTIONS: Do you show your love to others outside of your comfort zone? Or do you love only those whom you know would love you in return?
 
Lord, You call me to love with all my mind and heart and strength. Fill me with the fire of Your love that reaches beyond sacrifice and selflessness. Amen.
 
 

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