Daily Bible Reflections
for October 8, 2016
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Dear Friend,

This Saturday, let God give you rest in His Spirit.

Praying for you,

Bo Sanchez



8
October
Saturday
TODAY'S READINGS:

DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH
DIDACHE

 

ACQUIRED DISCIPLINE
 

Consequently, the law was our disciplinarian for Christ that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian. – Galatians 3:24-25

 

          I am the middle child and the only girl of three siblings. We shared a single room and bed. Every 5:30 a.m., my mom would come in and nudge me awake. “Take a bath.”

        I used to complain about being the first to wake up but she never relented. I was forced to be the first in the shower while my brothers had their extra 30 minutes of sleep every morning.

        Eventually, getting up early became a habit. I found myself more alert and productive right before sunrise. I managed to handle a part-time job every morning when I started college. I beat traffic every day when I started to work. And when I had my own family, I realized that waking up before the rest of the household allowed me to prepare so that we wouldn’t be rushed when it was time for everyone else to get up. It took years, but I learned to trust my mother’s manner of discipline. It did not make sense at the time but there were good intentions behind it.

         Similarly, I believe that whatever challenge we face is God’s way of strengthening our resiliency so that we can grow with greater character and a healthier spirit. Eleanore Teo (elyo.lee@gmail.com)

 

Reflection:Do you follow God’s will because you are obeying an order or are you acting in faith?

 

Lord, I will gladly walk with You through this darkness. If this is Your will, I am not afraid.

 
 
St. John Leonardi, priest, pray for us.
 

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COMPANION

 

1ST READING
 

Without the Spirit of God, the law can never be fulfilled. The law cannot empower us to keep it. Only the Holy Spirit has the power to do this. As Christians, we need to surrender our lives to the power of the Spirit and allow the grace of God to make us His disciples and to make us holy.

 
Galatians 3:22-29

22 Brothers and sisters: Scripture confined all things under the power of sin, that through faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe. 23 Before faith came, we were held in custody under law, confined for the faith that was to be revealed. 24 Consequently, the law was our disciplinarian for Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian. 26 For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendant, heirs according to the promise.

 
P S A L M
 

Psalm 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

R: The Lord remembers his covenant forever.

2 Sing to him, sing his praise, proclaim all his wondrous deeds. 3 Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord! (R) 4 Look to the Lord in his strength; seek to serve him constantly. 5 Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought, his portents, and the judgments he has uttered. (R) 6 You descendants of Abraham, his servants, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones! 7 He, the Lord, is our God; throughout the earth his judgments prevail. (R)

 
GOSPEL
 

Jesus challenges us to become people of action when it comes to our faith. God hears a lot of words every day. But He wants to see those words inspire us to action. John teaches that the people around us will know we are Christians by the love we have for one another. This means that our faith must be expressed in concrete acts of love and mercy every day, giving life to the truths of the Gospels through our actions.

 
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.

 
Luke 11:27-28

27 While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” 28 He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

 

think: Our faith must be expressed in concrete acts of love and mercy every day, giving life to the truths of the Gospels through our actions.

 
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST

Thank You Lord for: __________________

 
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God’s special verse/thought for me today_
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Joel 1-4

 

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SABBATH

 

LIVING FAITH

 

Forrest Gump’s mother was right in some way. She used to remind the young boy Forrest: “Stupid is as stupid does.” One earns a label after repeated patterns of behavior. One gets the title only after proving oneself deserving of it — through consistent action. The ancient Romans knew it their own way: “Verba movent; exempla trahunt.” (Words move people; examples draw them in.)

       Faith can be alive or it can be lifeless. No matter what theologians say about it, the bottom line truth is that there is faith that is nominal and faith that is real and actual; faith that is static and faith that is dynamic. There, too, is faith that remains only a matter of theoretical assent, and faith that matters which impinges on the concrete aspects and issues of one’s daily life. St. Paul reminds us that living faith is not a mere certificate to tuck on walls, as a museum artifact or a specimen to pin onto a board, devoid of any influence on real life.

       Through faith, we are all children of God in Christ Jesus. And having been baptized into Christ, we have clothed ourselves with Christ. But this is where the rubber hits the road, where the otherwise static title becomes dynamic for appropriate behavior. No more discrimination for one: “There is neither Jew nor Greek.” No more divisions into classes: “Neither slave nor free person.” No more artificial and man-made barriers between human beings.

       Faith, if real and genuine, relates to life. Lifeless faith has no bearing on love and compassion. It does not bloom into action or a life of blessedness. Living faith practices what it proclaims. It lives what it believes.

    Mrs. Gump was wise in her own way. Labels are validated by consistent patterns of behavior. The Lord Himself said pretty much the same. Blessedness comes not from privilege. “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB

 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS: Would you consider your faith a dynamic one? Do you practice what your faith teaches?

 

Thank You for teaching me, Lord, to live my faith. Help me to put it into action every day. Amen.

 

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