DAILY- HOMILY

JUNE 20, 2013
THURSDAY 11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YR I

2 Cor 11:1-11 / Ps 111: 1b-2. 3-4. 7-8 / Mt 6:7-15

2 Corinthians 11:1-11
May you bear with me in some little foolishness! But surely you will. I confess that I share the jealousy of God for you, for I have promised you in marriage to Christ, the only spouse, to present you to him as a pure virgin. And this is my fear: the serpent that seduced Eve with cunning could also corrupt your minds and divert you from the Christian sincerity. Someone now comes and preaches another Jesus different from the one we preach, or you are offered a different spirit from the one you have received, with a different Gospel from the one you have accepted— and you agree! I do not see how I am inferior to those super-apostles. Does my speaking leave much to be desired? Perhaps, but not my knowledge, as I have abundantly shown to you in every way. Perhaps my fault was that I humbled myself in order to uplift you, or that I gave you the Gospel free of charge. I called upon the services of other churches and served you with the support I received from them. When I was with you, although I was in need, I did not become a burden to anyone. The friends from Macedonia gave me what I needed. I have taken care not to be a burden to you in anything and I will continue to do so. By the truth of Christ within me, I will let no one in the land of Achaia stop this boasting of mine. Why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do!

Matthew 6:7-15
When you pray, do not use a lot of words, as the pagans do, for they believe that the more they say, the more chance they have of being heard. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need, even before you ask him. This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, holy be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, just as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us. Do not bring us to the test, but deliver us from the evil one. If you forgive others their wrongdoings, your Father in heaven will also forgive yours. If you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive you either.

REFLECTION
Every day we receive news about the realities of our society. What do we hear or read about? Murder, rape, kidnapping, hold up, human trafficking, corruption and many other human rights violations and injustices. As concerned citizens and Christians, we ask ourselves: "Why are these happening? What can we do?"

Through the Lord's prayer, Jesus teaches us how to pray. But some of us may complain to Jesus: "When is your kingdom going to come? Is it your will that we suffer?" Jesus is merciful and compassionate. He knows of our sufferings and trials. But are these realities a consequence of our sinfulness?

Jesus tells us to pray unceasingly and to trust in God. We are the symbols of hope, anticipating the coming of the glorious Kingdom to come. But Jesus reminds us that in this world we are like the wheat thrown in the fields together with bad seeds. When the servant asked to pull the bad seeds, the Lord says, "No, when you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat with them. Let them just grow together until harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the workers to pull up the weeds first and tie them in bundles and burn them. Then I will tell them to gather the wheat into my barn." Mt 13: 29-30

As Christians, we should always be generous with helping others ...."for if you keep going despite the circumstances, you will reap the rewards and be happy that you didn't give up." Gal 6:9

PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the unborn.
… for the speedy recovery and healing of
- Elizabeth Lim
- Lydia, Jennette & Kevin Francis Christian Pe
- Nick Lucena
- Cecilia Katigbak
- Rodel
… for the personal intentions of
- JP
- Pauline
- Donna
… for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Birthday: Heidi Ver
- Birthday: Bey Pacheco
- Wedding Anniversary: Boniface & Cecelia
- Presbyterial Ordination: Thomas O'Gorman, S.J.
- In Memoriam (+): Chester Gotiong
… 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!

**************************************************

These reflections are distributed free and are for personal use only. Feel free to send the Daily Prayer reflections to your friends, colleagues and relatives; however, if you do, please include the following:

+================================================+
| The Daily Prayer, a service and an apostolate of the
| priests, laity and friends of Mary the Queen Parish
| http://www.marythequeen.org
| Distributed free and for personal use only.
+================================================+

__._,_.___

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GoogleGroup Address: http://groups.google.com/group/daily_homily
Archive: http://biblereflection.blogspot.com/
To subscribe from this free mailing service, send email to: dailyhomily@earthlink.net
To unsubscribe: daily_homily-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
 
© 2013 Daily-Homily
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DAILY-HOMILY" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to daily_homily+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.