Friday, June 05, 2015
FRIDAY, 9TH Week in Ordinary Time
June 5, 2015 FRIDAY, 9TH Week in Ordinary Time
ST. BONIFACE, Bishop and Martyr
Memorial, Red
Tb 11:5 – 17 / Mk 12:35 - 37
[St. Boniface (680 – 754), a Benedictine monk born in England, was consecrated the first Bishop of Germany.]
Reading: Tb 11: 7 – 17
While Tobias and Raphael were still along the road, Raphael said to Tobias, "I am sure that your father will recover his sight. Rub his eyes with the fish gall and when he feels his eyes itching, he will rub them and the film will come away like scales from his eyes. He will regain his sight and see the light."
Anna ran to meet Tobias and threw her arms around his neck saying, "At last I have seen you again, my child. Now I can die!"
Tobit also got up and, stumbling, arrived at the door of the courtyard. Tobias ran to him with the fish gall in his hand. He breathed on his father's eyes, embraced him and said, "Father, have confidence." Then he spread the fish gall on Tobit's eyes. Tobias waited. When his eyes began to itch, Tobit rubbed them and with both hands scaled off the film from the corners of his eyes.
When Tobit saw his son he threw his arms around Tobit's neck and began to weep. He said, "Blessed be you, O God. Blessed be your Name forever. Blessed be your holy angels. You have punished me, but you have taken pity on me, and now I can see my son, Tobias."
Tobias was very happy. After entering the house he told his father about the important things tat had happened in Media. . .
Tobit, happy and praising God, went out to meet his daughter-in-law at the gates of Niniveh. . . .Tobit proclaimed to them that God had taken pity on him and cured him. Then he went to Sara and blessed her saying, "Welcome, daughter! May God be blessed for having brought you to us and may your father and mother also be blessed.
It was a day of great rejoicing for all Tobit's relatives who lived in Niniveh.
Gospel: Mk 12:35 - 37
As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he said, "The teachers of the Law say that the Messiah is the son of David. How can that be? For David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit declared: The Lord said to my Lord: sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet. If David himself calls him Lord, in what way can he be his son?"
Many people came to Jesus and listened to him gladly.
Reflection:
In the first reading we hear about God's kindness in restoring the sight of Tobit through Raphael.
Tobit was blind but was healed by the Lord through Archangel Raphael. Sometimes, we need to be "blinded" in order to see. Trials will come, but they are allowed by the Lord in order to purify us. The Book of Tobit is a beautiful narration of the fidelity of God, in all challenges and difficulties encountered. We will not see the face of God if it were not for these sufferings. Christ said if we want to be his disciple, we should learn to carry our crosses and to lean on him.
Our saint for the day – St. Boniface – lived out the Christian rule: To follow Christ is to follow the way of the cross. For him, it was not only physical suffering or death, but the painful, thankless task of Church reform. Missionary glory is often thought of in terms of bringing new persons to Christ. It seems - but is not - less glorious to heal the household of the faith.
WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:
BIRTHDAY
BONIFACE HTWAI AUNG
THANKSGIVING
ANIE, LEANNE, MIKE, ARIEL & LENIE
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
ERIC & CYNTHIA GALE
WILSON LIM & ESTELA LIM
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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