Wednesday, October 10, 2012
THURSDAY 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR II
OCTOBER 11, 2012
THURSDAY 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR II
Gal 3:1-5 / Lk 11:5-13
GALATIANS 3:1-5
How foolish you are, Galatians! How could they bewitch you after Jesus Christ has been presented to you as crucified? I shall ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by the practice of the Law, or by believing the message? How can you be such fools: you begin with the Spirit and end up with the flesh! So you have experienced all this in vain! Would that it were not so! Did God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you, because of your observance of the Law or because you believed in his message?
LUKE 11:5-13
Jesus said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to his house in the middle of the night and says, `Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived, and I have nothing to offer him.' Maybe your friend will answer from inside, `Don't bother me now; the door is locked, and my children and I are in bed, so I can't get up and give you anything.' But I tell you, even though he will not get up and attend to you because you are a friend, yet he will get up because you are a bother to him, and he will give you all you need. And so I say to you, `Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For the one who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to him who knocks the door will be opened. If your child asks for a fish, will you give him a snake instead? And if your child asks for an egg, will you give him a scorpion? If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."
REFLECTION
Today, Jesus encourages us to pray with perseverance and without stopping until God answers our prayers. He also tells us that God listens to our yearnings in life. His response may be different at times from what we expect or ask from him, but what is important is the knowledge that He cares for us and gives us what we need. When we pray, our attitude toward God should be one of a trusting child to his Father. We continue on even if we sometimes feel that we don't receive any response.
Do we relate like a little child to God in our prayer life? Do we pray with perseverance or are we discouraged immediately when there seems to be no answer to our prayer?
PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the unborn.
… for the speedy recovery and healing of
- Mon Torres
- Fleur Torres
- Ditas dela Paz
- Rex Hoisington, Pat White
… for the personal intentions of Pauline
… for the eternal repose of the souls of
- Fr. Ismael Zuloaga, SJ
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.
… for families who are in need of healing
… 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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THURSDAY 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR II
Gal 3:1-5 / Lk 11:5-13
GALATIANS 3:1-5
How foolish you are, Galatians! How could they bewitch you after Jesus Christ has been presented to you as crucified? I shall ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by the practice of the Law, or by believing the message? How can you be such fools: you begin with the Spirit and end up with the flesh! So you have experienced all this in vain! Would that it were not so! Did God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you, because of your observance of the Law or because you believed in his message?
LUKE 11:5-13
Jesus said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to his house in the middle of the night and says, `Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived, and I have nothing to offer him.' Maybe your friend will answer from inside, `Don't bother me now; the door is locked, and my children and I are in bed, so I can't get up and give you anything.' But I tell you, even though he will not get up and attend to you because you are a friend, yet he will get up because you are a bother to him, and he will give you all you need. And so I say to you, `Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For the one who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to him who knocks the door will be opened. If your child asks for a fish, will you give him a snake instead? And if your child asks for an egg, will you give him a scorpion? If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."
REFLECTION
Today, Jesus encourages us to pray with perseverance and without stopping until God answers our prayers. He also tells us that God listens to our yearnings in life. His response may be different at times from what we expect or ask from him, but what is important is the knowledge that He cares for us and gives us what we need. When we pray, our attitude toward God should be one of a trusting child to his Father. We continue on even if we sometimes feel that we don't receive any response.
Do we relate like a little child to God in our prayer life? Do we pray with perseverance or are we discouraged immediately when there seems to be no answer to our prayer?
PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the unborn.
… for the speedy recovery and healing of
- Mon Torres
- Fleur Torres
- Ditas dela Paz
- Rex Hoisington, Pat White
… for the personal intentions of Pauline
… for the eternal repose of the souls of
- Fr. Ismael Zuloaga, SJ
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.
… for families who are in need of healing
… 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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WEDNESDAY 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR II
OCTOBER 10, 2012
WEDNESDAY 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR II
Gal 2:1-2, 7-14 / Lk 11:1-4
GALATIANS 2:1-2, 7-14
After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and Titus came with us. Following a revelation, I went to lay before them the Gospel that I am preaching to the pagans. I had a private meeting with the leaders—lest I should be working or have worked in a wrong way. They recognized that I have been entrusted to give the Good News to the pagan nations, just as Peter has been entrusted to give it to the Jews. In the same way that God made Peter the apostle of the Jews, he made me the apostle of the pagans. James, Cephas and John acknowledged the graces God gave me. Those men who were regarded as the pillars of the Church stretched out their hand to me, and Barnabas as a sign of fellowship; we would go to the pagans and they to the Jews. We should only keep in mind the poor among them. I have taken care to do this. When later Cephas came to Antioch, I confronted him since he deserved to be blamed. Before some of James' people arrived, he used to eat with non-Jewish people. But when they arrived, he withdrew and did not mingle anymore with them, for fear of the Jewish group. The rest of the Jews followed him in this pretense, and even Barnabas was part of this insincerity. When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas publicly: If you who are Jewish agreed to live like the non-Jews, setting aside the Jewish customs, why do you now compel the non- Jews to live like Jews?
LUKE 11:1-4
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples." And Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say this: Father, may your name be held holy, may your kingdom come; give us each day the kind of bread we need, and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive all who do us wrong; and do not bring us to the test."
REFLECTION
In today's Gospel, Jesus gives us the prayer we have traditionally known as the "Lord's Prayer." It's a very simple and short prayer of only 55 words, yet it covers just about every need we have in life, whether spiritual or material. In fact, in Matthew's version of this incident Jesus prefaces the prayer with an appeal to his disciples to avoid multiplying words when they pray. Unfortunately, Christians don't often take seriously this teaching of Jesus on prayer.
Multiplication of prayer isn't the way prayer works. We cannot by the sheer multiplication of words, nor by the performance of a set ritual, by any means, control God. Prayer has no magical power to effect that which we pray for; it does not bestow on us the magical power of controlling God so that he will without fail give us what we pray for.
When the Christian enters into any prayer of petition, his model should be Jesus our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane: Jesus did not attempt to control his Father. He begged his Father not to ask him to suffer passion and death. Nonetheless, he said, "Not my will but yours be done." The simplicity of the petition in the Lord's Prayer: "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." This is how the Christian is to pray: simply.
PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the unborn.
… for the speedy recovery and healing of
- Antoinetta Sterner
- Mon Torres
- Fleur Torres
- Ditas dela Paz
- Rex Hoisington, Pat White
… for the personal intentions of Pauline
… for the eternal repose of the souls of
- Fr. Ismael Zuloaga, SJ
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: Manny Garcia
- Birthday: Uly Tabije
- Birthday: Bishop Francisco C. San Diego, D.D.
- Birthday: Francisco Lumibao
- Wedding Anniversary: Wilson & Annabelle Ching
WEDNESDAY 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR II
Gal 2:1-2, 7-14 / Lk 11:1-4
GALATIANS 2:1-2, 7-14
After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and Titus came with us. Following a revelation, I went to lay before them the Gospel that I am preaching to the pagans. I had a private meeting with the leaders—lest I should be working or have worked in a wrong way. They recognized that I have been entrusted to give the Good News to the pagan nations, just as Peter has been entrusted to give it to the Jews. In the same way that God made Peter the apostle of the Jews, he made me the apostle of the pagans. James, Cephas and John acknowledged the graces God gave me. Those men who were regarded as the pillars of the Church stretched out their hand to me, and Barnabas as a sign of fellowship; we would go to the pagans and they to the Jews. We should only keep in mind the poor among them. I have taken care to do this. When later Cephas came to Antioch, I confronted him since he deserved to be blamed. Before some of James' people arrived, he used to eat with non-Jewish people. But when they arrived, he withdrew and did not mingle anymore with them, for fear of the Jewish group. The rest of the Jews followed him in this pretense, and even Barnabas was part of this insincerity. When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas publicly: If you who are Jewish agreed to live like the non-Jews, setting aside the Jewish customs, why do you now compel the non- Jews to live like Jews?
LUKE 11:1-4
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples." And Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say this: Father, may your name be held holy, may your kingdom come; give us each day the kind of bread we need, and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive all who do us wrong; and do not bring us to the test."
REFLECTION
In today's Gospel, Jesus gives us the prayer we have traditionally known as the "Lord's Prayer." It's a very simple and short prayer of only 55 words, yet it covers just about every need we have in life, whether spiritual or material. In fact, in Matthew's version of this incident Jesus prefaces the prayer with an appeal to his disciples to avoid multiplying words when they pray. Unfortunately, Christians don't often take seriously this teaching of Jesus on prayer.
Multiplication of prayer isn't the way prayer works. We cannot by the sheer multiplication of words, nor by the performance of a set ritual, by any means, control God. Prayer has no magical power to effect that which we pray for; it does not bestow on us the magical power of controlling God so that he will without fail give us what we pray for.
When the Christian enters into any prayer of petition, his model should be Jesus our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane: Jesus did not attempt to control his Father. He begged his Father not to ask him to suffer passion and death. Nonetheless, he said, "Not my will but yours be done." The simplicity of the petition in the Lord's Prayer: "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." This is how the Christian is to pray: simply.
PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the unborn.
… for the speedy recovery and healing of
- Antoinetta Sterner
- Mon Torres
- Fleur Torres
- Ditas dela Paz
- Rex Hoisington, Pat White
… for the personal intentions of Pauline
… for the eternal repose of the souls of
- Fr. Ismael Zuloaga, SJ
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: Manny Garcia
- Birthday: Uly Tabije
- Birthday: Bishop Francisco C. San Diego, D.D.
- Birthday: Francisco Lumibao
- Wedding Anniversary: Wilson & Annabelle Ching
- Thanksgiving: PNB Gen. Insurers Co.
- In Memoriam (+): Tomas Uy Tan
… for families who are in need of healing
… 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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-- - In Memoriam (+): Tomas Uy Tan
… for families who are in need of healing
… 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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