The WORD today reminds me how generous and powerful God is.
People
nowadays are not as generous in giving love. Perhaps it is the thought of
getting hurt, or how other people will receive and reciprocate the love given
to them. Perhaps it is the fear of being abused by opportunists. However, God
is not like that. Good thing he is not like that. He generously gives his
healing and saving love to those who come to him, to those who ask for it.
God
does not disappoint.
In
the gospel, people came, made an effort, and showed their faith when
they followed Jesus to be cured, to be healed. And he rewarded that. He
cured them all.
How
powerful. How generous. What a great reminder of Jesus’ love and power.
There
were a lot of people who followed Jesus, a lot of people who showed faith. I’m
sure they all had different sickness and diseases. Some had grave ones,
who is at the point of helplessness and hopelessness. Some were possessed by
demons. Some probably had minor ones, like fever or maybe even
headache. But what is inspiring is how God cured them all. Lahat sila.
Everyone who was there. Everyone who had faith in him. Everyone who wanted to
be cured. Sapat ang kapangyarihan at pagmamahal ng Diyos para sa
lahat. God did not say he will cure only the serious sickness –
those at the point of death. He did not say he will cure only the easy to cure
stuff, the minor ones .No sickness or concern is too small for God to pay
attention to, or too big that he cannot handle. He cured them all!
The
love, power and generosity shown by Jesus two thousand years ago is still alive
until now!
God
is still able and is still willing to
cure all who come to him. All who have faith to come to
him. All who humble themselves to come to him. It does
not matter if we come to him with huge, almost impossible situations, sickness
or concerns.. it doesn’t matter if we come to him with almost trivial, small
concerns. From then until now, God cures all who come to him… we just need
to come to him in faith.
What
is my biggest concern right now? What sickness or health concerns am I worries
about, for myself, my family and other loved ones? What am I doing about it? Do
I have faith that God has the power to cure all who comes to him, and that he
is willing to? Do I believe God’s love and power, or am I having second
thoughts? What is God telling me today?
May
we be reminded of and inspired by God's generous and powerful love, and come to
him with whatever we are carrying.
Father
God,
Thank
you for today. Thank you for another day to live. Thank you your great and
generous love for us. Thank you for reminding me today that you can and will
still heal and cure all who come to you. May I always remember that, and may I
always have faith. Lord, sorry for not always coming to you. Sometimes,
especially when my concerns are too big or too small, I do not come to you.
Sometimes when it’s too big, I think that you cannot do anything about it
anymore. When it’s too small, I get ashamed or shy to bring these little
concerns to you. But father God, I know that I am important to you, and my
concerns, no matter how big or small they may be, are important and
that you can do anything. Anything is possible with you. Help me to just have
that faith to come to you with whatever concerns I have. I know and I have
faith in your great love and great power. I offer and surrender to you. I have
faith in you. Amen.
Blessed Day!
In Christ,
-g-
Ps
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September 10 2019
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Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 438
Lectionary: 438
Reading
1 COL 2:6-15
Brothers
and sisters:
As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
rooted in him and built upon him
and established in the faith as you were taught,
abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy
according to the tradition of men,
according to the elemental powers of the world
and not according to Christ.
For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily,
and you share in this fullness in him,
who is the head of every principality and power.
In him you were also circumcised
with a circumcision not administered by hand,
by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ.
You were buried with him in baptism,
in which you were also raised with him
through faith in the power of God,
who raised him from the dead.
And even when you were dead in transgressions
and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
he brought you to life along with him,
having forgiven us all our transgressions;
obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims,
which was opposed to us,
he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross;
despoiling the principalities and the powers,
he made a public spectacle of them,
leading them away in triumph by it.
As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
rooted in him and built upon him
and established in the faith as you were taught,
abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy
according to the tradition of men,
according to the elemental powers of the world
and not according to Christ.
For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily,
and you share in this fullness in him,
who is the head of every principality and power.
In him you were also circumcised
with a circumcision not administered by hand,
by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ.
You were buried with him in baptism,
in which you were also raised with him
through faith in the power of God,
who raised him from the dead.
And even when you were dead in transgressions
and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
he brought you to life along with him,
having forgiven us all our transgressions;
obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims,
which was opposed to us,
he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross;
despoiling the principalities and the powers,
he made a public spectacle of them,
leading them away in triumph by it.
Responsorial
Psalm PS
145:1B-2, 8-9, 10-11
R.(9) The Lord is compassionate
toward all his works.
I will extol you, O my God and King,
and I will bless your name forever and ever.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
I will extol you, O my God and King,
and I will bless your name forever and ever.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
Alleluia SEE
JN 15:16
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I chose you from the world,
that you may go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I chose you from the world,
that you may go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel LK
6:12-19
Jesus
departed to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James,
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground.
A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people
from all Judea and Jerusalem
and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured.
Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him
because power came forth from him and healed them all.
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James,
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground.
A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people
from all Judea and Jerusalem
and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured.
Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him
because power came forth from him and healed them all.
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