Thursday, September 10, 2015
FRIDAY, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
September 11, 2015 FRIDAY, 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
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1 Tm 1:1 -2. 12 -14 / Lk 6:39 - 42
Reading: 1 Tm 1:1 – 2, 12 - 14
From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus by a command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, to Timothy, my true son in the faith.
May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy and peace.
I give thanks to Christ Jesus, our Lord, who is my strength, who has considered me trustworthy and appointed me to his service, although I had been a blasphemer, a persecutor and a rabid enemy. However he took mercy on me because I did not know what I was doing when I opposed the faith; and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, together with faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Gospel: Lk 6:39 - 42
And Jesus offered this example, "Can a blind person lead another blind person? Surely both will fall into a ditch. A disciple is not above the master; but when fully trained, he will be like the master. So why do you pay attention to the speck in your brother's eye while you have a log in your eye and are not conscious of it? How can you say to your neighbor: 'Friend, let me take this speck out of your eye,' when you can't remove the log in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the log from your own eye and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your neighbor's eye."
Reflection:
In the first reading, St. Paul writes a very endearing letter to Timothy telling him about the great love and mercy the Lord has bestowed on him. St. Paul knows himself very well, his weaknesses and sins, and after the Lord called him, acknowledging this reality made it clear to him that every work he does and every word he speaks is not from his own effort. His humanity is so frail that he constantly needs the Lord's mercy for him to go on. His capability to preach and the courage to go on regardless of the threat to his life is not his own but the Lord working through him and for this he is ever grateful to the Lord for giving him a greater life to live than he could ever know.
Do we know ourselves completely like St. Paul that we are able to acknowledge that any good deed or good word or good thought that comes from us is not of our own effort but from God?
In the Gospel reading we are invited to take a deep look at ourselves before we judge others, before we think ourselves better than the other. It is only through the Lord's grace and mercy that we can acknowledge our weaknesses and failures before we even dare to judge others for their faults and weaknesses.
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WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:
BIRTHDAY
TONY SIY TAN & TOBY GOTAMCO TAN
YEN DIAMONON
IN MEMORIAM (+)
BENITO C. LEE
VIRGINIA TAN
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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