Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Wednesday Sixth Week of Easter
May 28, 2014
Wednesday Sixth Week of Easter
Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 / Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 / Jn 16: 12-15
Reading: Acts 17:15, 22-18:1
Paul was taken as far as Athens by his escort, who then returned to Beroea with instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible. Then Paul stood up in the Areopagus hall and said, "Athenian citizens, I note that in every way you are very religious. As I walked around looking at your shrines, I even discovered an altar with this inscription: To an unknown God. Now, what you worship as unknown, I intend to make known to you. God, who made the world and all that is in it, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands, being as he is Lord of heaven and earth. Nor does his worship depend on anything made by human hands, as if he were in need. Rather it is he who gives life and breath and everything else to everyone. From one stock he created the whole human race to live throughout all the earth, and he fixed the time and the boundaries of each nation. He wanted them to seek him by themselves, even if it were only by groping for him, succeed in finding him. Yet he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your poets have said: for we too are his offspring. If we are indeed God's offspring, we ought not to think of divinity as something like a statue of gold or silver or stone, a product of human art and imagination. But now God prefers to overlook this time of ignorance and he calls on all people to change their ways. He has already set a day on which he will judge the world with justice through a man he has appointed. And, so that all may believe it, he has just given a sign by raising this man from the dead." When they heard Paul speak of a resurrection from death, some made fun of him, while others said, "We must hear you on this topic some other time." At that point Paul left. But a few did join him, and believed. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus court, a woman named Damaris, and some others. After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
Gospel John 16: 12-15
I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now. When he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into the whole truth. He has nothing to say of himself but he will speak of what he hears, and he will tell you of the things to come. He will take what is mine and make it known to you; in doing this, he will glorify me. All that the Father has is mine; because of this I have just told you, that the Spirit will take what is mine and make it known to you."
Reflection:
This Gospel speaks about the arrival of the Paraclete. The Holy Spirit can come only when Jesus would have ascended. It is for our own good that Christ has to leave us, because without his departure, he cannot send us the Holy Spirit. We can see that the Holy Spirit exists today because we see the seven fruits of the Holy Spirit alive around us. We can all receive see the fruits of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord to help us be happy with the Lord. All our good deeds have the ultimate goal to give glory not to others or ourselves, but to God. Christ lived his life on earth for this moment - to give glory to God. And God glorified Christ in return by resurrecting Him from the dead. There is a perfect unity and communion with Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity acts together for our benefit.
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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-- Wednesday Sixth Week of Easter
Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 / Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 / Jn 16: 12-15
Reading: Acts 17:15, 22-18:1
Paul was taken as far as Athens by his escort, who then returned to Beroea with instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible. Then Paul stood up in the Areopagus hall and said, "Athenian citizens, I note that in every way you are very religious. As I walked around looking at your shrines, I even discovered an altar with this inscription: To an unknown God. Now, what you worship as unknown, I intend to make known to you. God, who made the world and all that is in it, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands, being as he is Lord of heaven and earth. Nor does his worship depend on anything made by human hands, as if he were in need. Rather it is he who gives life and breath and everything else to everyone. From one stock he created the whole human race to live throughout all the earth, and he fixed the time and the boundaries of each nation. He wanted them to seek him by themselves, even if it were only by groping for him, succeed in finding him. Yet he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your poets have said: for we too are his offspring. If we are indeed God's offspring, we ought not to think of divinity as something like a statue of gold or silver or stone, a product of human art and imagination. But now God prefers to overlook this time of ignorance and he calls on all people to change their ways. He has already set a day on which he will judge the world with justice through a man he has appointed. And, so that all may believe it, he has just given a sign by raising this man from the dead." When they heard Paul speak of a resurrection from death, some made fun of him, while others said, "We must hear you on this topic some other time." At that point Paul left. But a few did join him, and believed. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus court, a woman named Damaris, and some others. After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
Gospel John 16: 12-15
I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now. When he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into the whole truth. He has nothing to say of himself but he will speak of what he hears, and he will tell you of the things to come. He will take what is mine and make it known to you; in doing this, he will glorify me. All that the Father has is mine; because of this I have just told you, that the Spirit will take what is mine and make it known to you."
Reflection:
This Gospel speaks about the arrival of the Paraclete. The Holy Spirit can come only when Jesus would have ascended. It is for our own good that Christ has to leave us, because without his departure, he cannot send us the Holy Spirit. We can see that the Holy Spirit exists today because we see the seven fruits of the Holy Spirit alive around us. We can all receive see the fruits of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord to help us be happy with the Lord. All our good deeds have the ultimate goal to give glory not to others or ourselves, but to God. Christ lived his life on earth for this moment - to give glory to God. And God glorified Christ in return by resurrecting Him from the dead. There is a perfect unity and communion with Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity acts together for our benefit.
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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Thursday Sixth Week of Easter
May 29, 2014
Thursday Sixth Week of Easter
Acts 18: 1-8 / Ps 98: 1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 / Jn 16: 16-20
Reading: Acts 18: 1-8
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, following a decree of the Emperor Claudius which ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them and then stayed and worked with them because they shared the same trade of tentmaking. Every Sabbath he held discussions in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was able to give himself wholly to preaching and proving to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. One day when they opposed him and insulted him, he shook the dust from his clothes in protest, saying, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. I am not to blame if from now on I go to the non-Jews." So Paul left there and went to the house of a God-fearing man named Titus Justus who lived next door to the synagogue. A leading man of the synagogue, Crispus, along with his whole household, believed in the Lord.
Gospel: John 16:16-20
A little while and you will see me no more; and then a little while, and you will see me." Some of the disciples wondered, "What does he mean by: 'A little while and you will not see me, and then a little while and you will see me'? And why did he say: 'I go to the Father'?" And they said to one another, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand." Jesus knew that they wanted to question him; so he said to them, "You are puzzled because I told you that in a little while you will see me no more, and then a little while later you will see me. Truly, I say to you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.
Reflection:
Jesus often did or said things that appeared strange, radical or even contradictory to the disciples. Even if he assured the disciples that he was coming back again, bidding farewell in the above gospel reading was a puzzle to them and worse, Jesus was not helpful in his explanation. Instances like these of course ideally would give anyone the opportunity to exercise the virtue of faith. If Jesus actually said he would resurrect, the disciples would not understand it because in the first place they never even thought he was going to die. Nobody had resurrected before aside from those whom Jesus himself brought back to life. So then who would be able to bring a dead Jesus back to life? But primarily, how can the anointed savior himself die? This was why when Jesus actually died, the disciples started to have doubts as to whether they had chosen to follow the wrong messiah.
Saying goodbye at that point was not easy. It was easier for Jesus to say 'goodbye for now but not to worry because I am coming back soon anyway'. That is how departing parents usually soothe a crying child being left behind: that they are coming back right away and will be bringing a gift even. Often works too.
It is also a good area for reflection to imagine the different groups of people who were supposed to be joyful when Jesus left and who were to be sorrowful. It is not a difficult exercise actually. The better exercise would be to put a different twist to our reflection and ask: when it is time for us to leave, whether we have time to say our goodbyes or not, how many will be sorrowful and how many will be joyful? Scary and morbid isn't it? But all of us all are going that way anyway. It would not hurt to have especially deeper thoughts to keep us on our toes. More especially if we are not given the chance to say our goodbyes... most especially to those who will be sorrowful.
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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-- Thursday Sixth Week of Easter
Acts 18: 1-8 / Ps 98: 1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 / Jn 16: 16-20
Reading: Acts 18: 1-8
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, following a decree of the Emperor Claudius which ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them and then stayed and worked with them because they shared the same trade of tentmaking. Every Sabbath he held discussions in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was able to give himself wholly to preaching and proving to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. One day when they opposed him and insulted him, he shook the dust from his clothes in protest, saying, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. I am not to blame if from now on I go to the non-Jews." So Paul left there and went to the house of a God-fearing man named Titus Justus who lived next door to the synagogue. A leading man of the synagogue, Crispus, along with his whole household, believed in the Lord.
Gospel: John 16:16-20
A little while and you will see me no more; and then a little while, and you will see me." Some of the disciples wondered, "What does he mean by: 'A little while and you will not see me, and then a little while and you will see me'? And why did he say: 'I go to the Father'?" And they said to one another, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand." Jesus knew that they wanted to question him; so he said to them, "You are puzzled because I told you that in a little while you will see me no more, and then a little while later you will see me. Truly, I say to you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.
Reflection:
Jesus often did or said things that appeared strange, radical or even contradictory to the disciples. Even if he assured the disciples that he was coming back again, bidding farewell in the above gospel reading was a puzzle to them and worse, Jesus was not helpful in his explanation. Instances like these of course ideally would give anyone the opportunity to exercise the virtue of faith. If Jesus actually said he would resurrect, the disciples would not understand it because in the first place they never even thought he was going to die. Nobody had resurrected before aside from those whom Jesus himself brought back to life. So then who would be able to bring a dead Jesus back to life? But primarily, how can the anointed savior himself die? This was why when Jesus actually died, the disciples started to have doubts as to whether they had chosen to follow the wrong messiah.
Saying goodbye at that point was not easy. It was easier for Jesus to say 'goodbye for now but not to worry because I am coming back soon anyway'. That is how departing parents usually soothe a crying child being left behind: that they are coming back right away and will be bringing a gift even. Often works too.
It is also a good area for reflection to imagine the different groups of people who were supposed to be joyful when Jesus left and who were to be sorrowful. It is not a difficult exercise actually. The better exercise would be to put a different twist to our reflection and ask: when it is time for us to leave, whether we have time to say our goodbyes or not, how many will be sorrowful and how many will be joyful? Scary and morbid isn't it? But all of us all are going that way anyway. It would not hurt to have especially deeper thoughts to keep us on our toes. More especially if we are not given the chance to say our goodbyes... most especially to those who will be sorrowful.
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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