DAILY- HOMILY

JULY 1, 2011
SOLEMNITY, SACRED HEART OF JESUS
FRIDAY 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR I

Dt 7:6-11 / Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10 / 1 Jn 4:7-16 / Mt 11:25-30

DEUTERONOMY 7:6-11
You are a people consecrated to Yahweh, your God. Yahweh has chosen
you from among all the peoples on the face of the earth, that you may
be his own people. Yahweh has bound himself to you and has chosen you,
not because you are the most numerous among all the peoples (on the
contrary, you are the least). Rather, he has chosen you because of his
love for you and to fulfill the oath he made to your fathers.
Therefore, with a firm hand Yahweh brought you out from slavery in
Egypt, from the power of Pharaoh. So know that Yahweh, your God, is
the true and faithful God. He keeps his covenant, and his love reaches
to the thousandth generation for those who love him and fulfill his
commandments, but he punishes in their own persons those who hate him
and he repays them without delay. So keep the commandments, the norms
and the laws that today I command you to practice.

1 JOHN 4:7-16
My dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God.
Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Those who do not love
have not known God, for God is love. How did the love of God appear
among us? God sent his only Son into this world that we might have
life through him. This is love: not that we loved God but that he
first loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Dear friends, if such has been the love of God, we, too, must love one
another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God
lives in us, and his love comes to its perfection in us. How may we
know that we live in God and he in us? Because God has given us his
Spirit. We ourselves have seen and declare that the Father sent his
Son to save the world. Those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God,
God remains in them and they in God. We have known the love of God and
have believed in it. God is love. The one who lives in love, lives in
God and God in him.

MATTHEW 11:25-30
On one occasion Jesus said, "Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I
praise you, because you have hidden these things from the wise and
learned and revealed them to simple people. Yes, Father, this is what
pleased you. "Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father. No one
knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except
the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. "Come to me,
all you who work hard and who carry heavy burdens and I will refresh
you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and
humble of heart; and you will find rest. For my yoke is good and my
burden is light."

REFLECTION
Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What is
meant by Sacred Heart of Jesus? We can be sure that the heart of
Jesus, the son of God, possesses the same love for men as the heart of
his Father. In the second reading, St. John says that God's love for
us was manifested when he sent Jesus to save the world. He gave us the
best gift of all – His son. When Jesus loves us, he always gives us
the best of himself, never holding back anything for himself. Why?
Because the nature of God is love, is self-giving, is always thinking
of the other. This is an attitude very different from ours. By nature,
man is selfish, or if he gives of himself, he tends to hold back
something for himself. God, on the other hand, gives wholeheartedly
and totally. Jesus freely and willingly gave up his life to show us
the love of the Father. With this we can now understand a bit what
Sacred Heart of Jesus means.

In the Gospel, Jesus tells us to "shoulder his yoke." What is this
yoke of Christ which he says is easy and light? It is to do the will
of God in our lives. And what is God's will for us? It is basically to
love God first and foremost, and to love our neighbors as we love
ourselves. Concretely, God invites us to be like Him, to be unselfish,
to give our best to others without reserve. We can do this if we
realize how much God has loved us in Jesus Christ and how much He
continues to love us every day. Happiness is in doing things for God,
for Jesus, because we love him. This is our vocation as Christians –
to love as Jesus has loved us. Brothers, truly his yoke is easy and
his burden light.

PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
… for the speedy recovery and healing of
- Fr. Luis Sierra, OP
- Bert Monay and Rorie Monay
- Rolando Madrona
- Julie Manzon
- Estelita Escamilla
- Ditas dela Paz
- Jo Marcelo
- Wally Torres
… for the personal intentions of
- Pauline
- Julie and Glenn Manzon
- Glenn Bisco
- Estelita Escamilla
- Ma. Fe De Castro
- Mary Ann Castro
- Domingo Barayoga Jr.
- Churchill Barayoga
- Edwin and Jeremy Victorino
- Marites Pinon
…In Thanksgiving: Manzon and Barayoga Family
… for the eternal repose of the souls of
- Domingo Barayoga Sr., Lourdes Barayoga, Charlie Castro, Ms. Fely
Dumaran
- Aladino Dasas, Jr.
Eternal rest grant unto them and may perpetual light shine upon them.
May they and all the dearly departed rest in peace.
… for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Birthday: Chito Gomez
… for world peace and reconciliation.

Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers
and for those who need our prayers the most.

Have a good day!

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