Daily Bible Reflections
for June 28, 2016
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28
June
Tuesday
TODAY'S READINGS:

DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH
DIDACHE

 

I’VE GOT
EVERYTHING UNDER
CONTROL
 

“Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” – Matthew 8:26

 

       I have many plans in life. I want to open my own craft shop. I want to teach. I want to have a beautiful home with a big garden. I want to get married and have kids. I want to treat my dad to expensive things. I want to sponsor children to school. I want to see the world.

       Where am I now? I’m slowly building my craft business. I freelance as a managing editor, trying to make ends meet. I still can’t treat Dad to an expensive dinner date without checking my budget. I get anxious sometimes. The fear of what ifs creep in. What if I can’t make everything work out? What if I’m too idealistic? What if I should have pursued something else?

       In today’s Gospel, I’m reminded that when nothing is happening, it doesn’t mean God is not doing anything. I have shouted to God many times, trying to wake Him up. This time, I imagine Him looking at me with a smile on His face saying, “Why are you shouting again, Pia? I told you, I’ve got everything under control.”

       I choose to surrender to His timing because what God wants in my life is more important. This takes my fear away. Pia Angelica J. Suiza (piasuiza@yahoo.com)

 

Reflection: What are you anxious about? Lift it all up to God.

 

Thank You, Lord, for being in control of my life. Amen.

 

St. Irenaeus, bishop and martyr, pray for us.

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COMPANION

 

1ST READING
 

Amos describes his marching orders from the Lord. He is a poor provincial boy who was called by God to go to the big city of Bethel to preach repentance to the elite of society. It is amazing that they do not throw him out of the city sooner. Perhaps it is because the truth he speaks pricks their consciences and causes them to ponder their ways. When it comes to sin and corruption, we need action. If people refuse to repent and change their ways, they are on the path to hell.

 

Amos 3:1-8; 4: 11-12

1 Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the Lord pronounces over you, over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt: 2 You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your crimes. 3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed? 4 Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den unless it has seized something? 5 Is a bird brought to earth by a snare when there is no lure for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground without catching anything? 6 If the trumpet sounds in a city, will the people not be frightened? If evil befalls a city, has not the Lord caused it? 7 Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets. 8 The lion roars — who will not be afraid! The Lord God speaks — who will not prophesy! 4:11 I brought upon you such upheaval as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah: you were like a brand plucked from the fire; yet you returned not to me, says the Lord. 12 So now I will deal with you in my own way, O Israel! and since I will deal thus with you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.

 
P S A L M
 
Psalm 5:4-6, 6-7, 8

R: Lead me in your justice, Lord.

3 [4] At dawn I bring my plea expectantly before you. 4 [5] For you, O God, delight not in wickedness; no evil man remains with you; 5 [6] the arrogant may not stand in your sight. (R) You hate all evildoers; 6 [7] you destroy all who speak falsehood. The bloodthirsty and the deceitful the Lord abhors. (R) 7 [8] But I, because of your abundant mercy, will enter your house; I will worship at your holy temple in fear of you, O Lord. (R)

 
GOSPEL
 

The disciples are afraid; Jesus is not. The disciples are panicking; Jesus calms the winds and the seas. Our faith should bring us peace and calm the storms in our lives so that we can follow Jesus. If our lives are always stormy and chaotic, we will be unable to follow Him.

 
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

I trust in the Lord; my soul trusts in his word.

 
Matthew 8:23-27

23 As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. 25 They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” 26 He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm. 27 The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?”

 

think: Our faith should bring us peace and calm the storms in our lives so that we can follow Jesus.

 
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST

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God’s special verse/thought for me today_
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR 1 Chronicles 27-29 
 

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SABBATH

 

MORE THAN AMAZEMENT

 

The miraculous calming of the storm at sea by Jesus results in a dramatic turnaround. “There was a great calm,” as the Gospel reports it, and “the men were amazed....”

      Today’s saint, aptly named Irenaeus, which means serene or peaceful in Greek, is a good illustration. True to his name, Irenaeus lived at the time when persecutions and heresies were on the attack against the Catholic Church. Irenaeus rose to Her defense, doing so mostly through his theological writings. At the same time, his doctrine gave a strong intellectual and apologetic foundation to our faith.

       It was also faith that was the game changer during that terrifying boat trip in the Gospel episode. Our Lord Jesus was quick to berate His disciples: “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”

       With St. Irenaeus as a man of peace and a defender of the faith, we have someone whom we can count on to intercede for us in our moments of crisis and difficulty. The boat of our life may be rocked and tossed about by the stormy seas of hardship and tribulation, but with our steadfast faith in God we need not fret.

       In the end, we can only marvel at the person of Jesus, just as the disciples did: “What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?” But on second thought, we shouldn’t really wonder anymore. More than amazement, our faith in Jesus is what’s simply needed. Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS: What causes your faith to weaken? How do you handle such moments?

 

Give me Your peace, Lord, that I may not be troubled by the winds of adversity in my life. Amen.

 

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