The WORD
today (see http://usccb.org/bible/readings/080916.cfm)
inspires me to work on my faith until God's words become sweet to my
mouth and my soul.
Children generally
like sweets. Candies, chocolates, cakes, ice cream – these are happy food
for children. I remember the lyrics of a song by 50 cent –
“I love you like a fat kid love cake.”
And even for a lot of adult people, these are comfort food until
now – food we don’t really want to eat because of the calories that make us
gain unwanted weight, but when stressed or tired, generally make us feel happy.
Comfort food. Reward food. Happy food. This is how we should feel about
God's words.
In
the first reading, we see how sweet God’s word is to the mouth.
So I went up to the angel and told him to give
me the small scroll.
He said to me, “Take and swallow it.
It will turn your stomach sour,
but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.”
I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and swallowed it.
In my mouth it was like sweet honey,.
He said to me, “Take and swallow it.
It will turn your stomach sour,
but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.”
I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and swallowed it.
In my mouth it was like sweet honey,.
And
in the psalm, we continue to see declaration of how sweet God’s promise is.
How sweet to my taste is your promise!
How sweet to my palate are your promises,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
How sweet to my palate are your promises,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Wow,
How sweet God’s word is. How sweet his promises are. When he says he has great
plans for us, that should be sweet. When he
says he will always be there for us, to bless and protect us, that is
sweet. When he says with Him, nothing is impossible, that is
sweet. When he says that he will give us eternal life, that is sweet.
His word, the bible, is full of sweet promises. Inspiring words. Strengthening
and encouraging us to move forward and face the challenges. But we need to know
it. We need to read and understand, so we would know and feel it alive in our
lives.
The gospel tell us how this can
happen. How we can be so excited to hear and know god's words. We should be
like children. Childlike
faith. That will trust in God's words. That will Trust in God's
promises. That will focus on and listen to God, not on what is happening around
us.
How do we see God’s word? How
do we feel when we hear God’s promises to us? Are we too busy to
read God’s word, or do we give it it’s due importance in life? when God tells us he has great
plans for us, and he promises salvation to those who come to him, do we
feel impatient because we don’t want to wait for it to
happen? Do we feel anxious because these may not be what we want to
happen in our lives? Or do we feel excited,
and feel want more of his word and his promises?
May
we be inspired snd challenged to work on our faith on and relationship with
God, so his words will always be sweet not only to our mouth but to our soul as
well.
Father God,
Thank you for today.
thank you for another day to live. Thank you for another day to love you, to
feel you, to get closer to you. Lord, I am sorry for not giving importance to
you and your word. Sorry for justifying my not being able to read and bask in
your word with my being busy and tired. Help me feel and realize your sweet
words in my life. Grant me a heart Lord that would always want you and desire
you. May I have childlike faith and heart, that your every word and promise
would be sweet to me. Amen.
Blessed
day!
In
Christ,
-g-
Ps
See
related reflection:
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August 9, 2016
Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 414
Reading 1 Ez 2:8—3:4
The Lord GOD said to me:
As for you, son of man, obey me when I speak to you:
be not rebellious like this house of rebellion,
but open your mouth and eat what I shall give you.
It was then I saw a hand stretched out to me,
in which was a written scroll which he unrolled before me.
It was covered with writing front and back,
and written on it was:
Lamentation and wailing and woe!
He said to me: Son of man, eat what is before you;
eat this scroll, then go, speak to the house of Israel.
So I opened my mouth and he gave me the scroll to eat.
Son of man, he then said to me,
feed your belly and fill your stomach
with this scroll I am giving you.
I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
He said: Son of man, go now to the house of Israel,
and speak my words to them.
As for you, son of man, obey me when I speak to you:
be not rebellious like this house of rebellion,
but open your mouth and eat what I shall give you.
It was then I saw a hand stretched out to me,
in which was a written scroll which he unrolled before me.
It was covered with writing front and back,
and written on it was:
Lamentation and wailing and woe!
He said to me: Son of man, eat what is before you;
eat this scroll, then go, speak to the house of Israel.
So I opened my mouth and he gave me the scroll to eat.
Son of man, he then said to me,
feed your belly and fill your stomach
with this scroll I am giving you.
I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
He said: Son of man, go now to the house of Israel,
and speak my words to them.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131
R. (103a) How sweet to my taste is your promise!
In the way of your decrees I rejoice,
as much as in all riches.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
Yes, your decrees are my delight;
they are my counselors.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
The law of your mouth is to me more precious
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
How sweet to my palate are your promises,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
Your decrees are my inheritance forever;
the joy of my heart they are.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
I gasp with open mouth,
in my yearning for your commands.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
In the way of your decrees I rejoice,
as much as in all riches.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
Yes, your decrees are my delight;
they are my counselors.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
The law of your mouth is to me more precious
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
How sweet to my palate are your promises,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
Your decrees are my inheritance forever;
the joy of my heart they are.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
I gasp with open mouth,
in my yearning for your commands.
R. How sweet to my taste is your promise!
Alleluia Mt 11:29ab
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The disciples approached Jesus and said,
“Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,
“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,
you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Whoever becomes humble like this child
is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.
And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones,
for I say to you that their angels in heaven
always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.
What is your opinion?
If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?
And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it
than over the ninety-nine that did not stray.
In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father
that one of these little ones be lost.”
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
“Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,
“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,
you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Whoever becomes humble like this child
is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.
And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones,
for I say to you that their angels in heaven
always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.
What is your opinion?
If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?
And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it
than over the ninety-nine that did not stray.
In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father
that one of these little ones be lost.”
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