Saturday, February 01, 2014
Saturday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time
February 1, 2014
-- Saturday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time
2 Sm 12: 1-7a, 10-17/ Ps 51: 12-13, 14-15, 16-17/ Mk 4: 35-41
Reading: 2 Sm 12: 1-7a, 10-17
So Yahweh sent the prophet Nathan to David. Nathan went to the king and said to him, "There were two men in a city: one was rich; the other, poor. The rich man had many sheep and cattle, but the poor man had only one little ewe lamb he had bought. He himself fed it and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and slept on his lap. It was like a daughter to him. Now a traveler came to the rich man, but he would not take from his own flock or herd to prepare food for the traveler. Instead, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared that for his visitor." David was furious because of this man and told Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves death! He must return the lamb fourfold for acting like this and showing no compassion." Nathan said to David, "You are this man! It is Yahweh, God of Israel, who speaks: 'I anointed you king over Israel and saved you from Saul's hands; 1Now the sword will never be far from your family because you have despised me and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite for yourself. 1Thus says Yahweh: Your misfortune will rise from your own house! I will take your wives from you and give them to your neighbor who shall lie with them in broad daylight. What you did was done secretly, but what I do will be done before Israel in broad daylight." David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan answered him, "Yahweh has forgiven your sin; you shall not die. However, because you have dared to despise Yahweh by doing such a thing, the child that is born to you shall die." Then Nathan left and went to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David and it became sick. David entreated God for the child; he kept a strict fast and lay on the ground the whole night. The elders of his house asked him to rise from the ground but he refused. Nor did he join them to eat.
Gospel: Mk 4: 35-41
On that same day when evening had come, Jesus said to them, "Let's go across to the other side." So they left the crowd and took him away in the boat he had been sitting in, and other boats set out with him. Then a storm gathered and it began to blow a gale. The waves spilled over into the boat so that it was soon filled with water. And Jesus was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. They woke him up and said, "Master, don't you care if we sink?" As Jesus awoke, he rebuked the wind and ordered the sea, "Quiet now! Be still!" The wind dropped and there was a great calm. Then Jesus said to them, "Why are you so frightened? Do you still have no faith?" But they were terrified and they said to one another, "Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"
Reflection:
Your faith will save you. The moment you lose faith, all else will fail. In the Gospel reading, the fact that Jesus remained calm and assuring to his followers that nothing terrible would happen at that particular moment should be a sign to his people that with him, they were safe. As long as they believed in his power, they would be kept away from harm.
We should continue to believe and we will be saved. The normal reaction if we are faced with a terrible situation is to panic and lose our cool. We are not used to our leader sleeping and taking things easy. All we see are the waves about to overcome us and we are very fearful for such imagined tragedy to strike. We plead to God to come to our aid right away.
Our human understanding is that God might be sleeping leaving us to face the elements by ourselves. Perhaps, Jesus is instructing us to take a deep breath and let the situation unfold on its own. We need to calm our spirits so that the outside forces can quiet down as well. Let us keep praying to build our trust in God. He always knows best and we need to let our hearts find true peace and rest in him. The craziness of the outside world may just be a manifestation of the turmoil we feel inside ourselves. Maybe God is also asking us to take it easy. He created the universe and he's in control. We only need to hold on to that and we'll be okay in God's time.
Prayer Requests:
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the unborn.
… 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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2 Sm 12: 1-7a, 10-17/ Ps 51: 12-13, 14-15, 16-17/ Mk 4: 35-41
Reading: 2 Sm 12: 1-7a, 10-17
So Yahweh sent the prophet Nathan to David. Nathan went to the king and said to him, "There were two men in a city: one was rich; the other, poor. The rich man had many sheep and cattle, but the poor man had only one little ewe lamb he had bought. He himself fed it and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and slept on his lap. It was like a daughter to him. Now a traveler came to the rich man, but he would not take from his own flock or herd to prepare food for the traveler. Instead, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared that for his visitor." David was furious because of this man and told Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves death! He must return the lamb fourfold for acting like this and showing no compassion." Nathan said to David, "You are this man! It is Yahweh, God of Israel, who speaks: 'I anointed you king over Israel and saved you from Saul's hands; 1Now the sword will never be far from your family because you have despised me and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite for yourself. 1Thus says Yahweh: Your misfortune will rise from your own house! I will take your wives from you and give them to your neighbor who shall lie with them in broad daylight. What you did was done secretly, but what I do will be done before Israel in broad daylight." David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan answered him, "Yahweh has forgiven your sin; you shall not die. However, because you have dared to despise Yahweh by doing such a thing, the child that is born to you shall die." Then Nathan left and went to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David and it became sick. David entreated God for the child; he kept a strict fast and lay on the ground the whole night. The elders of his house asked him to rise from the ground but he refused. Nor did he join them to eat.
Gospel: Mk 4: 35-41
On that same day when evening had come, Jesus said to them, "Let's go across to the other side." So they left the crowd and took him away in the boat he had been sitting in, and other boats set out with him. Then a storm gathered and it began to blow a gale. The waves spilled over into the boat so that it was soon filled with water. And Jesus was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. They woke him up and said, "Master, don't you care if we sink?" As Jesus awoke, he rebuked the wind and ordered the sea, "Quiet now! Be still!" The wind dropped and there was a great calm. Then Jesus said to them, "Why are you so frightened? Do you still have no faith?" But they were terrified and they said to one another, "Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"
Reflection:
Your faith will save you. The moment you lose faith, all else will fail. In the Gospel reading, the fact that Jesus remained calm and assuring to his followers that nothing terrible would happen at that particular moment should be a sign to his people that with him, they were safe. As long as they believed in his power, they would be kept away from harm.
We should continue to believe and we will be saved. The normal reaction if we are faced with a terrible situation is to panic and lose our cool. We are not used to our leader sleeping and taking things easy. All we see are the waves about to overcome us and we are very fearful for such imagined tragedy to strike. We plead to God to come to our aid right away.
Our human understanding is that God might be sleeping leaving us to face the elements by ourselves. Perhaps, Jesus is instructing us to take a deep breath and let the situation unfold on its own. We need to calm our spirits so that the outside forces can quiet down as well. Let us keep praying to build our trust in God. He always knows best and we need to let our hearts find true peace and rest in him. The craziness of the outside world may just be a manifestation of the turmoil we feel inside ourselves. Maybe God is also asking us to take it easy. He created the universe and he's in control. We only need to hold on to that and we'll be okay in God's time.
Prayer Requests:
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the unborn.
… 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!
**************************************************
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:
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| priests, laity and friends of Mary the Queen Parish
| http://www.marythequeen.org
| Distributed free and for personal use only.
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