Sunday, August 14, 2016

 

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN

15 August 2016 

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN  

Solemnity.  White. 

 

Vigil:  1 Chr 15: 3–4, 15– 6; 16: 1-2 / 1 Cor 15: 54b-57 / Lk 11: 27– 28

Day:  Rev 11:19a; 12: 1 – 6a, 10ab / 1 Cor 15: 20 –27 / Lk 1: 39 - 56

 

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated in the East as early as the sixth century and in the West by the seventh century. On 01 November 1950 Pope Pius XII (Munificentissimus Deus) formally defined "as a divinely revealed dogma: The Immaculate Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, after her life on earth, was assumed, body and soul, to the glory of heaven."

 

From the 1st ReadingRev 12: 1 – 2, 5 - 6  

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant with child and cried out in pain, looking to her time of delivery. . . .   She gave birth to a male child, the one who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter; then her child was seized and taken up to God and his throne while the woman fled to the desert where God had prepared a place for her.  There she would be looked after for one thousand hundred and sixty days.

 

2nd Reading:  1 Cor 15: 54b-57   

. . . The word of Scripture will be fulfilled:  Death has been swallowed up by victory.  Death, where is your victory?  Death, where is your sting? Sin is the sting of death to kill, and the Law is what gives force to sin. But give thanks to God who gives us the victory through Christ Jesus, our Lord.

 

From the Gospel ReadingLk 1: 41 – 49

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leapt in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and giving a loud cry, said, "You are most blessed among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb!  How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?  The moment your greeting sounded in my ears, the baby within me leapt for joy.  Blessed are you who believed that the Lord's word would come true!"

 

And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit exults in God my savior!  He has looked upon his servant in her lowliness, and people forever will call me blessed. The Mighty One has done great things for me, Holy is his Name!"

 

Reflection

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a call for us to celebrate the triumph and the glory of God.  The Assumption of our Lady is the fulfillment  of God's plan of salvation which unfolded in the history of the chosen people Israel, "I am in your midst"; "You are mine," and in its full realization in God becoming man of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the incarnation of God as Emmanuel, "God-with-us."

 

God chose Mary to be the Mother of his son, God-made-man. In the Old Testament, God was present to his people Israel in his covenant, signified by the tablets of the Law and the Ark of the Covenant, enshrined in God's Temple in Jerusalem.  In the first reading from 1 Chronicles for the Vigil Mass, the Ark is given special honor, as a sign of Israel's covenant with God.

 

In the reading from Revelation, we see the sign of a woman in triumph, "clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.  She was pregnant with child and cried out in pain, looking to her time of delivery. . . .   She gave birth to a male child, the one who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter." (Rev 12: 1 -2, 5)

 

We are also reminded of Gn 3:15 where God curses the serpent, "I will make you enemies, you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring. He will crush your head and you will strike his heel."

 

At the wedding feast at Cana, Jesus addresses his mother, "Woman, your thoughts are not mine! My hour has not yet come." (Jn 2:4) And at her request, Jesus performs his first miraculous sign. (Jn 2: 11)

 

At the cross, "when Jesus saw the Mother, and the disciples whom he loved, he said to the Mother, 'Woman, this is your son.' Then he said to the disciple, 'There is your mother.' "(Jn 19:26– 27a)

 

In the second reading from 1 Corinthians, Paul writes, "Death has been swallowed up by victory.  Death, where is your victory?  Death, where is your sting? Sin is the sting of death to kill, and the Law is what gives force to sin. But give thanks to God who gives us the victory through Christ Jesus, our Lord." (1 Cor 15: 54b – 56)

 

Mary's assumption into heaven, body and soul, her triumph over sin and death and the guarantee of our final destiny.  Created by God in his own likeness, our ultimate destiny is union with God.

 

Our hearts find joy and hope in Mary, God's Mother and our mother.  We join her in her Magnificat, proclaiming "the greatness of the Lord, and exulting in God her savior."  


WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER DIARY INTENTIONS:

 

BIRTHDAY

     Cristie Zialcita

     Ofelia C. Rodavia

     Sharah Mae Go Kaw

     Stephanie Beatrice Dy Co

 

THANKSGIVING

     LDI Directors, Management & Staff & Families

 

OTHERS

     For the personal intentions of Ike N

 

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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20th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

14 August 2016
20th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Green.     

Jer 38: 4 – 6, 8 – 10 / Heb 12: 1 – 4 / Lk 12: 49 - 53

1st Reading: Jer 38:  4 – 6, 8 – 10
Then the officials told the king, "This man should be put to death, because he is weakening the will of the fighting men and the people left in the city.  In fact he is not out to save the people but to do harm."  King Zedekiah said, "His life is in your hands for the king has no power against you."  So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah the king's son, in the Guards' court.  They lowered him by means of ropes.  There was no water in the cistern but only mud and Jeremiah sank into the mud. . . 

Ebedmelech went and spoke to the king, "My lord king!  These men have acted wickedly in all they did to Jeremiah the prophet.  They threw him into the cistern where he will die."  So the king ordered Ebedmelech the Ethiopian: "Take three men with you from here and draw Jeremiah the prophet out from the cistern before he dies."

2nd Reading: Heb 12: 1 – 4 
What a cloud of innumerable witnesses surround us!  So let us be rid of every encumbrance, and especially of sin, to persevere in running the race marked out before us.  Let us look to Jesus the founder of our faith, who will bring it to completion,  For the sake of the joy reserved for him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and then sat at the right of the throne of God.  Think of Jesus who suffered so many contradictions from evil people, and you will not be discouraged or grow weary.  Have you already shed your blood in the struggle against sin?

From the Gospel Reading: Lk 12:  49 - 53 
Jesus told his disciples, "I have come to bring fire upon the earth and how I wish it were already kindled; but I have a baptism to undergo and what anguish I feel until it is over!  Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth?  No, I tell you, but rather division.  From now on, in one house five will be divided; three against two, and two against three.  They will be divided, father against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

Reflection
When I first joined a Catholic charismatic group, I already felt like backing our after the first year. Whenever there was any faith sharing, people would always talk about how the "evil one" would do everything in his power to prevent you from attending meetings and talks by having bad things happen to you or around you.

It get even worse when the leaders in the community share.  They talk about the really bad things which happen to them which prevent them from doing their work for the Lord in the community. 

At that time I would think of the many others who live seemingly regular and carefree lives, compared with those in the charismatic community with me.  It almost seemed to me that those less concerned with their faith and religion led lives filled with more fun and excitement,

But soon reality dawned on me that God is a fair God.  The thought that those less concerned with their faith and religion lead better and happier lives is an illusion and really a temptation.

Each one of us has one's own share of problems and blessings, whether they seem more or less concerned with their faith and religion.  In times of blessings, we enjoy things.  But in times of problems and difficulties, those more concerned with their faith and religion do have a real advantage in understanding their lives.

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