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Daily Bible Verse 101
Monday, September 17, 2018
Jesus says to the widow: Do not weep.
"Young man, I tell you, arise!" (Luke 7: 14).
At this command of Jesus, the dead man, the son of the widow of Nain sat up. Jesus was moved to pity for her sorrowful and weeping mother and said to her: "Do not weep." (Luke 7: 13).
We rarely hear mention of widows in our modern society. What happened to the widows? Widows are permanent landmarks of the Bible: Old and New Testament. Along with orphans and strangers, they form the trio that enjoy God's preferential privileges. A few verses on the testimony of the Scriptures:
1. "You shall not oppress or afflict a resident alien, for you were once aliens residing in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely listen to their cry." (Exodus 22: 20 - 22).
2. "For the Lord, your God, is the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who has no favorites, accepts no bribes, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving them food and clothing." (Deuteronomy 10: 17 - 18).
3. "He [Elijah] called out to the Lord: "Lord, my God, will you afflict even the widow with whom I am staying by killing her son?" (1 Kings 17: 20).
4. "The Lord protects the resident alien, comes to the aid of the orphan and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked." (Psalm 146: 9).
5. "A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents." (Mark 12: 42).
We can now see what informed Jesus' heart for the widow and the marginalized of society: the word of God.
"How precious is your mercy, O God! The children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings." (Psalm 36: 8).
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MOI NGAY MOT CAU KT -DAILY BIBLE VERSE 16-9-18 |
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Daily Bible Verse 101
Sunday, September 16, 2018
But you, who do you say that I am.
"And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter said to him in reply, "You are the Messiah." (Mark 8: 29).
Caesarea Philippi marks a watershed in the Gospel narrative. What happens at Caesarea Philippi and why does it matter? First, the Father reveals the identity of Jesus as the Son of God and the expected Messiah. Secondly Jesus looks you in the eyes and asks you: "But who do you say that I am?"
The answer you give to this test determines your life here and now and your eternal destiny.
St Jerome, Church Father and Doctor of the Church says: "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." Jesus made so many promises during His public ministry. Each of His promise shows us who He is. Which of these promises do you appropriate that helps you to answer the question: Who is Jesus?
1. "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." (John 15: 13).
2. "For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him." (2 Corinthians 5: 21).
3. "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides." (Matthew 6: 33).
4. "Whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son." (John 14: 13).
You can know who Jesus is through His words. He is the word of God and He is in His word.
From the Gospel, I know that Jesus is my Lord and my God, my Savior and my Redeemer. He is my Good Shepherd. Jesus is the Promise Maker and the Promise Keeper.
"Jesus asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter said to him in reply, "You are the Messiah." (Mark 8: 29).
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MOI NGAY MOT CAU KINH THANH 12-9-2018 |
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Daily Bible Verse 101
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Congratulations to you who are poor.
"Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours." (Luke 6: 20).
St Luke gives his version of the Beatitudes in Luke 6: 20 - 26).
The Beatitude is a faithful portrait of the character of Jesus the Messiah, the Faithful Servant. It begins with a key attribute: material poverty. Jesus was born of poor parents in a manger. He lived in a poor neighborhood of Nazareth. After he attained the age of puberty, He became an apprentice carpenter in His father's workshop.
When Jesus began His teaching with "Congratulations to you who are materially poor..." His audience would have been delighted. Let us head to the Catechism to see what the Church teaches us on the Beatitudes.
"The Beatitudes reveal the goal of human existence, the ultimate end of human acts: God calls us to his own beatitude. This vocation is addressed to each individual personally, but also to the Church as a whole, the new people made up of those who have accepted the promise and live from it in faith." (CCC 1719).
Man does not live on bread alone. Man does not live on money alone. There is life for man in every word that comes from the mouth of God. (Cf Matthew 4: 4).
"God put us in the world to know, to love, and to serve him, and so to come to paradise. Beatitude makes us "partakers of the divine nature" and of eternal life. With beatitude, man enters into the glory of Christ and into the joy of the Trinitarian life." (CCC 1721)
The Beatitude is the blueprint of our Journey of Faith. Follow it as faithfully as you follow the GPS and it will lead you to our true Homeland.
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MOI NGAY 1 CAU KT- DAILY BIBLE VERSE-14-9-18 |
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Daily Bible Verse 101
Friday, September 14, 2018
Lift high the triumphant Cross!
"Make a seraph and mount it on a pole, and everyone who has been bitten will look at it and recover." (Numbers 21: 8).
Friday, September 14th is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Today, the universal Church lifts high the triumphant Cross from which came the salvation of the world. What happened in the Desert in Numbers 21 prefigures the real and gruesome sacrifice of Jesus on the altar of the Cross. Here Jesus is the Victim, the Priest and the Altar of Sacrifice!
"When I am lifted up from the earth,
I will draw everyone to myself, says the Lord." (John 12: 32).
Thank You Jesus!
Brothers and sisters: "We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered."
(Galatians 6: 14).
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MOI NGAY MOT CAU KT-DAILY BIBLE VERSE 11-9-18 |
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Daily Bible Verse 101
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
I will see you in court.
"How can any one of you with a case against another dare to bring it to the unjust for judgment instead of to the holy ones?" (1 Corinthians 6: 1).
St Paul upbraided the Corinthian Christians who were new and baby Christians for behaving in a manner completely outside "our manner of doing things." Every family, every household has its "manner of doing things." With time, your family manner of doing things become the tradition of your family. The Christian Church is the Household of God. She too has its manner of acting and doing things.
"If, therefore, you have courts for everyday matters, do you seat as judges people of no standing in the church?" (1 Corinthians 6: 4).
No! No! No!
"Can it be that there is not one among you wise enough to be able to settle a case between brothers? But rather brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers?" (1 Corinthians 6: 5 - 6).
Yes there are many among us who can settle our grievances against one another. O Holy Spirit help us!
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12: 2).
Got it! When we conform to the "manner of doing things" of the world, we sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
"I chose you from the world,
that you may go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord." (John 15: 16).
It is our vocation and mission to make the world conform to our manner of doing things not the other way around.
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