Daily Bible Reflections
for February 1, 2017
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Dear Friend,

God will never leave you. This Wednesday is no different.

Praying for you,

Bo Sanchez


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1
February
Wednesday
TODAY'S READINGS:

DIDACHE | COMPANION | SABBATH
DIDACHE

 

RISE FROM AGONY
 

Make straight paths for your feet…– Hebrews 12:13

 

       I met a single woman who complained, “Bo, my boyfriend and I have been a couple for seven years now. But I don’t see him making plans for us. Whenever I bring up the topic, he avoids it. What should I do?”

      I asked a very delicate question. “Do you go to bed with him?” She looked down and nodded.

        I said, “There’s your answer. He already has what he wants. Why will he hurry marrying you if he already enjoys the benefits of marrying you?”

       So I told her to tell her boyfriend, “Bro. Bo says that from now on, my entire body is off-limits to you until you bring me to the altar.” Once you cut supply, his demand for you will grow. If he really loves you, he’ll realize that he needs to hurry up.

      I don’t care if you’ve made many mistakes in the past. Virginity is essentially spiritual, not physical. Consecrate your body and soul to God. Claim secondary virginity. And promise that you won’t give your body except to a guy who is man enough to marry you.

      Rise from your suffering. Rise from your agony. Rise from your slavery. Bo Sanchez (bosanchez@kerygmafamily.com)

 

Reflection:What area of your life do you need to straighten out so you can please God more?

 

Dearest Lord, grant me courage to follow Your ways, no matter how much I’ve sinned in the past. Amen.

 

St. Ansgar, bishop, pray for us.

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COMPANION

 

1ST READING
 

We need discipline to follow the Lord and become His disciples. Today’s reading reminds us that to follow Jesus means we will be chastised and will experience suffering. Let us pray and think about our response to Jesus’ call to become His disciples.

 
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15

4 Brothers and sisters: In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. 5 You have also forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children: My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him; 6 for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he acknowledges. 7 Endure your trials as “discipline”; God treats you as his sons. For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline? 11 At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it. 12 So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. 13 Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed. 14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one be deprived of the grace of God, that no bitter root spring up and cause trouble, through which many may become defiled.

 
P S A L M
 
Psalm 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18

R: The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. (R) 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him, 14 For he knows how we are formed; he remembers that we are dust. (R) 17 But the kindness of the Lord is from eternity to eternity toward those who fear him, and his justice toward children’s children 18 among those who keep his covenant. (R)

 
GOSPEL
 

Let us be open to God’s surprises. Let us appreciate what God has given to others and not focus on what we perceive are their limitations. He calls us to work together in the proclamation of the Gospel. He can do more than what we could imagine when we respond to His call.

 
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me.

 
Mark 6:1-6

1 Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. 2 When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! 3 Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. 4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.” 5 So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.

 

think: What is your experience when you share Jesus to your family, friends and neighbors?

 
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Read the Bible in one year  Acts 13-14

 

T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST

thank You, Lord, for: ______________________________________________________

 
 

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SABBATH

 

NO TO HOMECOMINGS TURNING

SOUR
 

This February, we start with the Gospel from Mark. And what we have today is an interesting episode. It’s about Jesus’ visit to His hometown.

       Homecomings are generally happy occasions, but somehow, they can also open old wounds and trigger past issues. In the case of Jesus, His town mates’ initial reaction of seeming amazement turned out to be really one of derision or contempt. A barrage of questions on their part reveals insulting insinuations. Then, instead of the typical Jewish tradition of being called after one’s father, they gave Him the label “Son of Mary.” Reading between the lines, they even seemed to cast doubts about Jesus’ legitimacy.

       Worse still, they apparently disdained the fame of Jesus, His reputation which at that time was already spreading. Their familiar knowledge of Him worked against His favor. Truly, as the saying goes, “Familiarity breeds contempt.”

       Now, can this also be said of us, “familiar” as we might already be with the Lord? It may be good for us to examine our  relationship with Him. Could we have somewhat lost our respect for Him, treating Him as an ATM-like dispenser of graces which we can conveniently avail of just because we have problems? Or is He more just like a “buddy” for us?

       What a pity that Jesus worked no miracles in Nazareth itself, apart from healing a few who were sick. The neighboring villages, instead, were the ones who benefitted.

       Let us not be dismayed if others, who are more respectful and receptive of Jesus than we are, will be the ones to enjoy Jesus’ favor more. Let us make Jesus’ homecoming into our hearts the joy-filled event that it is meant to be. Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB

 

---------- REFLECTION QUESTIONS ----------

How is your relationship with Jesus now? Are you too familiar with Him that you have lost the respect due Him?

Lord Jesus, I welcome You once more into my life. My heart rejoices in You. Amen.

 

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