REFLECTION WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2017

Reading the Liturgy Wednesday, March 29, 2017

First Reading Isaiah 49: 8-15
Thus saith the Lord, "When I have a moment, I will answer thee, and on the day I was saved, I will help thee.
I have formed and made thee a covenant for mankind, to awaken the earth again and to distribute the inheritance desolate, to say to people who are confined to 'Come out!' and to those who are in the dark 'Tampillah!' Along the way they were as sheep not been lack of grass, and on all bare hills is also available grass for them. They will not be hungry or thirsty. The hot wind and sun shall not strike them, because compassion on them will lead them and will guide them to springs of water.
I will make all my mountains into roads and all highways in me shall Kuratakan. Look, there are people who come from far away, some from the north, from the west and some from the land of Sinim. Shout for joy, O heavens;
Shout, O earth, and rejoice with singing, O mountains! For God comforts his people and shows compassion to his people oppressed. But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me,
and the Lord has forgotten me. "Can a woman forget her baby, so he did not love the child of her womb?
Although she forget, I will not forget you. "
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 145: 8-9.13c-14.17-18
The Lord is gracious and compassionate ,.
* The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great his mercy. The Lord is good to all, and full of grace to all who serve him.
* The Lord is faithful in all his words and loving faithful in all his deeds. God is a crutch for everyone who fell
and enforcement for all who are bowed down.
* The Lord is just in all his ways and loving faithful in all his deeds. The Lord is close to everyone who call on him,
on every person who call upon Him in faithfulness.

Introduction to the Gospel of John 11: 25a.26
I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord. Everyone who believes in me will live, even though he is dead.

Gospel reading John 5: 17-30
On one occasion, Jesus said to the Jews, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work too." Because of this word,
Jews sought the more to kill Him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but also because he says
that God was his own Father, thereby making himself equal with God. So Jesus answered them, "I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, if he does not see the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son, and He shows His everything he does, even He will show Him greater works more than it works, so you may be surprised. for just as the Father raises the dead and turn it on,
Children as well as turn on anyone he wishes. Father does not judge anyone, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son,
does not honor the Father who sent him. I tell you:
Indeed, whoever hear my words and believe in him who sent me, he has eternal life and does not participate punished,
because he had moved out of death into life. I say unto you, Behold, the hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has given the Son to have life in Himself. And the Father has given the Son the power to judge,
because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at it,
because a time is coming when all who are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son, and those who have done good will come out
and rose to eternal life, but those who have done evil
will rise to be condemned. I can not do anything on my own. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is fair, because I do not indulge myself,
but the will of him who sent me. "
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Devotional.
One day I visited and sent communion for a people, citizens of Maria Gunung Carmel Parish Sumenep, Madura .. She is a retired elementary school teacher and now he was old, the past, she is very busy with teaching and learning activities in schools and met with many students .. Now its activities a lot of silence and alone at home. She felt as if her life had no meaning anymore, no more hope, and just waiting to die.
In today's Gospel, Jesus presents, how God always works for the good of man. He healed a paralytic, ask to bring a mat and go off home. Apparently, it happened on the Sabbath (John 5; 8-9) Why did Jesus do something that is contrary to the Sabbath? He showed his right to work on the Sabbath. That is the will of His Father. Father to work every day, also on the Sabbath, Jesus also did the same.
As it turned out, not only that, Jesus also revealed the profound relationship between Himself with the Father. There are two main activity of God that gives life and judgmental, they are always recognized in the Jewish community, not even against the law and traditions Sabbath, Father Son gives life likewise. As the Father judge, that also carried the Son.
In particular for the evangelist John, judgment is happening now. It depends on one's attitude toward Jesus, for those who do listen to him, listen to the Father, whoever receives him, accepting the Father, He who believe in Jesus, believe in Him who sent Him. Whoever believes in the Son receives eternal life and not under sentence.
As a student we are invited to listen to Jesus and accept Him, By listening to Jesus and accept Him we express our faith. That is life and salvation. In concrete terms, that we express to do our work every day, with a good and faithful. give hope for those who do not have hope.
My dear people of God, let us cooperate with God to save the world, make life more alive.

Prayer.
O Lord, may we be able to makes our fellow, always willing to sacrifice their thoughts, feelings, our time and energy, Amin.

I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord. Everyone who believes in me will live, even though he is dead.

REFLECTION TUESDAY 28 MARCH 2017

Reading the Liturgy Tuesday, March 28, 2017

First Reading Ezekiel 47: 1-9.12
Said the Prophet: An angel brought me to the temple, and I noticed that water out from under the threshold of the temple, and flows to the east; because the temple is also facing east; The water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar. And the angel led me out through the north gate and brought me around the outside of the gate facing east. Indeed, the water was trickling from the south. And the angel went eastward with a measuring line in his hand. He measured a thousand,
and led me through the water; it was ankle deep. He measured a thousand, and led me once again into the water; now knee deep. Then he measured a thousand, and led me through time into the water;
now it is up to the waist. Again he measured a thousand cubits,
and now it has become a river of water where I can not walk any more, because the water had risen so people can swim; a river that can not be crossed again. Then the angel said to me,
"Do you see, son of man?" Then he brought me back to the bank of the river. On the way home, really, along the banks of the river were very many trees, on this side and on that side. The angel said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region, and down to the Arabah, and empties into the Dead Sea,
then the sea water containing lots of salt that has lost its taste. Where the river goes, all the creatures that swarm in it will live. The fish will be very much, for wherever the water was up to, in situ seawater into freshwater, and where the river goes,
all who were there live. On both sides of the river grew miscellaneous fruit trees, whose leaves do not wither and fruit should never end. Each month there are more new fruit, because the trees get water from the sanctuary. Fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing. "
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 46: 2-3.5-6.8-9
The Lord of hosts is with us, our fortress town is the God of Jacob.
* God is for us a refuge and strength, a helper in distress was evident. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth changes, though the mountains shake in the sea.
* City of God, the residence of the Sovereign, and filled by streams of a river. God is in it, the city can not be moved; God will help her in the morning.
* The Lord of hosts is with us, our fortress town is the God of Jacob.
Go on, look at the work of the Lord, who held the destruction of the earth.

Introduction to the Gospel Ps 51: 12a.14a
Create a clean heart in me, O God,  grant me the joy of Your salvation.

Gospel reading John 5: 1-16
On the feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda; five porches, and in the galleries lay a multitude of the sick, the blind, the lame and the lame, waiting for the moving of the water. Because any time an angel of the Lord fell into the water and shake it; History whoever goes into it after shaking the water, be healed, no matter what the ailment. Is there a thirty-eight years sick. When Jesus saw him lying there, and when he realized that he had been a long time in that state, he said to him, "Do you want to get well?" The sick man answered Him, "Lord, there is no one to put me into the pool, when the water is troubled, and while I myself toward the pond, another steps down before me." Jesus said to him,
"Rise, take up your mat and walk." And by the time the man was healed, and he picked up his bed and walk. But the day was the Sabbath. Therefore the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "Today is the Sabbath, and may not be for you to carry your mat."
But he answered them, "The man who healed me,
she who said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk. "
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you:
Pick up your mat and walk '? "But the man who had been healed
do not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped into the middle of the crowd in that place. Then when you meet him in the temple, Jesus said to him, "You have healed; sin no more, lest anything worse happen." The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

afterthought
In today's Gospel Jesus healed a man who had 38 years of sick and lying near the foyer. When Jesus was passed around, he saw him and healed him. Then Jesus said to him, "You have healed; sin no more, lest anything worse happen." In Jesus' day understood illness as a result of sin. Therefore, just as Jesus reminds the sick man that does not sin .The it must abandon sin and renew his life.
Just as a sick person we heard from today's Gospel, we must have a passion for self-renewal. In the fourth week of this Lent, Jesus reminds us of the importance of the spirit of self renewal in daily living. Self-renewal is not directed first of all on the appearance of a new self-paced, but rather on the renewal of our inner .Hidup we need to be refurbished to make it more pleasing to God, because we live in this world full of struggle with dosa.Tidak we rarely falls on the same sin because of our negligence. Self-renewal meant that we were able to purify and detach ourselves from the bondage of sin and trends bond that could plunge us into the abyss of sin.
In this case, we can imitate the lives of the saints who have tasted the sanctity of life since they are struggling in this world .. For them, life is a continuous process of renewal of life before God. They struggled to beat the ego that often make them love themselves rather than God and neighbor. Therefore, they often do severe ascetic. The goal is that they are able to beat the craving lust of the flesh, so that they may present a pure heart to God in their daily lives.
Self-renewal must begin with a deep prayer, because in prayer we can be united with God. Only God has enabled us to renew ourselves. Updates ourselves makes us more permissive attitude toward sin. We should avoid sin. This will feel uncomfortable and difficult, but it will give fruit fruitfulness.

Prayer.
God, let thy word "Rise, take up your mat and walk." Making our faith firm as thy pupil pupil. Amen.

"You have healed; sin no more, lest anything worse happen."

REFLECTION MONDAY 27 MARCH 2017

Liturgical Readings Monday, March 27, 2017

First Reading Isaiah 65: 17-21
Thus saith God, "I create new heavens and a new earth! It's the first thing that will not be remembered, nor come into mind. Rejoice, and rejoice for ever
for what I created. For behold, I create Jerusalem full of cheers and exultation population. I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people;
in it will never be heard again the voice of weeping and groaning sound was not. There will be no more babies who lives a few days or an old man who did not reach the age long. For someone who died a hundred years old will still be considered young, and who do not reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed. They will build houses and dwell in them; They will plant vineyards
and eat their fruit.
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 30: 2.4.5-6.11-12a.13b
I will praise you, O Lord, for thou hast lifted me up.
* I will praise you, Lord, for you lifted me up, and did not let my enemies rejoice over me. Lord, you lifted me out of Sheol, You turn me among those who go down to the pit.
* Sing unto the Lord, O ye who are loved by Him,
and give thanks to his holy name! For a moment His anger is but for life He was generous; sorrow during the night comes in the morning cheers.
* Hear, Lord, and have mercy on me! Lord, be my helper!
I mourner have you change into the dancing.
God, my God, forever I will praise thee.

Introduction to the Gospel Am 5:14
Seek good and not evil, that you may live;
thus God will be with you.

Gospel reading John 4: 43-54
On one occasion Jesus left Samaria and went to Galilee.
For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. When Jesus came to Galilee, the Galileans also welcomed him because they had seen everything that Jesus did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast. Then he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he made the water into wine. And at Capernaum there was a royal official, whose son was sick. When the employee was heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and asked Jesus to come and heal his son, who was about to die.
Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders,
you do not believe. "The royal official said to Him," Lord, come before my child dies. "Jesus told him," Go, your son is alive! "The man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and went away. When he was in the way his servants have come to him with the news that her daughter alive. He asked them what time the child began to recover, they replied, "Yesterday at one o'clock the fever left him." Then the father realized that at the time at which Jesus said to him "Your son will live." and he believed, he and all his family. and that is the second sign that Jesus did when he came from Judea to Galilee.
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Devotional.
When he heard that Jesus was in Cana, court officials went to see Jesus to ask for healing for his son. Jesus' reaction rather than following the employee to Capernaum, Jesus even told him to go home and said that her son recover. Very interesting, that the nobleman was immediately believed in the words of Jesus, the result is her son recover.
From the Gospel today, there is one thing that can be contemplated, that faith save her father. Jesus saw that the man was really loved him, so he was willing to travel so far to ask for healing. Therefore, Jesus give me the grace of healing.
The child recovered because the father receive the healing grace of faith. Air faith as a father was hard, because it is usually to heal a physician to come and touch the sick. While Jesus showed that he could do healing from a distance. Moreover journey from Cana to Jerusalem takes a long time. It can be said that on the way home that is dark, the court officials certainly keep faith outcome father's prayers answered.
Maybe we are not as lucky as the nobleman. We experienced that God did not seem to hear us, Why? There are many possible answers to what we often hear, one answer is because "God knows better what we need than we wanted" Or the other answer by the Gospel today, because we are "less confident" I'm sure, if eunuch did not believe in the words of Jesus, he certainly did not get a miracle. In disbelief, he may be questioning the workings of God unusual, unlike physicians who come in and treat the sick. But instead God only give short answers.
When praying we expect God's help, we tend to want to help him as we think. We want the process as we think or the results are as we expected. If so, this kind of faith is contrary to faith father, eunuchs. We do not surrender to God. Let's learn faith.
In our lives, healthy and sick, happy and hard, success and failure is closely related to faith and less or no faith. Air faith means surrendering completely to God so that the way of life and act in accordance with God's will. that is to say
spiritual life can not be separated from daily living. Pray and work like currency duplicity, distinguishable but inseparable. It is necessary to balance the spiritual life with prayer and work. Yesus Kristus is the resurrection and the life He brings eternal life since we are baptized and united with God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The period of Lent is a good time for us to renew our faith in Him. We are invited to be more diligent and enterprising pray and work. We are also reminded to always come to him, listened to his words and pray to Him. What for ? So that sin, disease and hardship we are healed by Jesus.

Prayer.
Lord Jesus, thank you for the gift of our lives this, add our faith so that we live joyfully. Amen.

Hear, Lord, and have mercy on me! Lord, be my helper

DAILY DEVOTIONAL EASTER SUNDAY 26 MARCH 2017

Reading the Liturgy Sunday, March 26, 2017

First Reading 1Sa 16: 1b.6-7.10-13a
After King Saul was rejected, the Lord spake unto Samuel, "Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for among his sons have selected a king for myself." When Jesse's sons came in, and when he saw Eliab, Samuel thought, "Truly, in the presence of God now stands his anointed."
But the Lord spake unto Samuel, "Do not be stuck on the face or high stature, for I have rejected him. Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks at the heart. "Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse," It's not been the Lord. "And Samuel said to Jesse," Is this all yours? "
Jesse replied, "There is still the youngest, but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send call him,
because we will not sit down to eat, before he comes here. "Then he sent to pick her. Her skin was ruddy, his eyes are beautiful and well favored exquisite. Then the Lord said," Arise, anoint him, for this is he. "Then Samuel took the horn that olive oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers.
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 23: 1-3a.3b-4.5.6
The Lord is my shepherd, I will not lack.
* The Lord is my shepherd, I will not lack. He put me into green pastures. He guides me beside quiet waters and refresh me.
* He guides me in a straight path in his name that kudus.Sekalipun walk in a dark valley, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me. Stick your pasture, they comfort me.
* You provide the dish for me, in the presence of all mine enemies. You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.
* Willingness and Thy mercy accompany me all my life. I will dwell in the house of the Lord of all time.

Second reading Ephesians 5: 8-14
Brothers and sisters, you are indeed formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. Because the fruit of goodness, justice and truth.
Test what pleases the Lord. Do not take part in the act of darkness that is not the fruit of anything, but on the contrary, it was stripped deeds. For just mention what they do in secret places have been embarrassing.
But everything that has been exposed by the light becomes visible, for all that appears is the light.
That is why it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, then Christ will shine on you."
Thus saith the Lord.

Introduction to the Gospel of John 8: 12b
I am the light of the world, the word of God. Whoever follows I have the light of life.

Gospel reading John 9: 1-41
Once, when he was walking along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but because the work of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day. There will come a night, where no one can work. As long as I'm in in the world, I am the light of the world. " After saying all that, Jesus spat on the ground,
His salivary and stirred it with soil, and put it on the blind man's eyes and told him, "Go wash in the pool of Siloam." Siloam means "Sent." Then the man went. He washed himself, then returned to his own literacy. Then the neighbors and those who previously knew him as a beggar, said, "Is not this always begging?" There is a saying, "Yes, he is!" Others said, "No, but he is similar to him."
The man himself said, "I am he." They said to him, "How do your eyes become literate?" He answered, "The man called Jesus made the mud, smeared it on my eyes and said to me:
Go to Siloam and wash. So I went, and after wash,
I can see. "Then they said to him," Where is He? "
He answered, "I do not know." They brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. The day when Jesus made the mud and opened the man's eyes was a Sabbath. Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He answered, "He is applying mortar lands on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see." Then some of the Pharisees,
"This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath."



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DAILY DEVOTIONAL, (SATURDAY 25 MARCH 2017)

Reading the Liturgy of March 25, 2017
HR Annunciation

First Reading Isaiah 7: 10-14; 8: 10
God told King Ahaz, "Ask a sign of the Lord thy God, whether it was something from the world of the dead is at the bottom, who knows something of the highest point of the above." But Ahaz said, "I will not ask! I will not tempt the Lord!" Then said the prophet Isaiah, "All right! Listen, O house of David! Was not it enough you tiring of people, so you're exhausting my God also? Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a young woman with child and will give birth to a son male, and she will call his name Immanuel, which means God with us. "
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 40: 7-8a.8b-9:10:11
God, I'm coming to do Your will.
* Sacrifice and offering no want of, but you have opened my ears; burnt offerings and sacrifices demanded reparation thee not, then I say, "Look, Lord, here I come!"
* In the roll of the book it is written of me: "I'm glad to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart."
* I preach justice in the middle of a large congregation, do not I restrained my lips clenched; You know, O Lord.
* Your justice is not hid in my heart, faithfulness and thy salvation manifest, love and Your truth is not I leave it, but I preached to a large congregation.

Second Reading Hebrews 10: 4-10
Brethren, could not have the blood of bulls or the goats
take away sins. Therefore when Christ entered into the world, he said,
"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire. Instead body you have prepared for me. To the burnt offerings and sin offerings thou not acceptable. Behold, I come to do thy will, O God." So at first he said, "You do not want sacrifices and offerings; you are not pleased with burnt offerings and sin offerings - though offered according to the law -."
And then he said, "Look, I have come to do thy will."
So first he has to enforce the second abolish. And because of his will we have been sanctified once for all time
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ.
Thus saith the Lord.
Introduction to the Gospel of John 1: 14ab
The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
and we have seen his glory.

Gospel reading Luke 1: 26-38
In the sixth month God sent the angel Gabriel to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David; The virgin's name was Mary.
When entering into the house of Mary, the angel said, "Hail, thou blessed, God is with you." Maria was surprised to hear the word, then asked in his heart, what is meant. The angel said to him,
"Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have come to the grace of God.
Look, you will conceive and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great
and will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of David, his ancestor. He will be king over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will never end. "Mary said to the angel," How shall this be, since I am a virgin? "The angel answered," The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee;
Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
And behold, Elizabeth,, he also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. Because for God nothing is impossible. "Then Mary said,
"I am the Lord's servant happened to me according to your word." Then the angel left him.
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Devotional.
The feast of the gospel is to be a light amid the human situation which lost hope of salvation for Adam's sin and a series of subsequent sin. Hope and safety have become blurred. It is the mystery of God's work, but this mystery, can not be separated from the human side and the struggle of Mary. Angel refers to Mary as a person who endowed and with God. God gave the gift and with Mary (Lk 1:28). This presupposes Maria has good personal qualities, as a daughter of Israel. It could be Mary live in obedience and maintain quality of life.
Humility of Mary made do not become arrogant personal, Although he was pleasing in God's sight, but he was not overbearing. Even Maria is precisely the fear of God, therefore angels asserts "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have come before God's grace. (V 30). Humility and our closeness to God, should not make us not fall into spiritual pride, is also not free us from the fear and confusion .. Therefore, it is clear that in any situation builds humility is an important basic properties.
Maria suffered misunderstanding he said, "how could this happen, since I am a virgin? (V 34). It is the question of faith we often face when human logic we feel, in contrast to the will of God.
Question even defensiveness often we do to resist the will of God. Maria does not follow purely the desire and will. He asked not for going against the will of God. It is a form of struggle and affirmation of the faith of Mary.
At the end of the struggle of faith, she surrendered to the will of God, "I am the servant of God, be with me according to according to Thy word is" (v 38), Maria dare to turn over all his will in the will of God, though not yet know what the dynamics of travel faith. Courage Maria in the form of surrendering to God's will be glad tidings of salvation.
Courage we surrender to God's will of course also brought salvation for ourselves and others.

Prayer.
My God, form the heart of my heart that resembles the Virgin Mary is able to accept the problem of life in faith, Amen.

DAILY DEVOTIONAL, (FRIDAY MARCH 24, 2017)

Reading the Liturgy Friday, March 24, 2017

First Reading Hosea 14: 2-10
This is what the word of God, "Return, O Israel, the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins. Come bring words of regret, and repent to God. Cry out to Him: 'Forgive any errors, so we got a good, then we will present our recognition. Assyria can not save us; we do not want to ride a horse, and we will no longer say 'Yes, our God' to our handmade. Because You love orphans. ' Thus says the Lord: I will bring them from fraud, I will love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, and cast forth his roots as poplar tree. The branches will grow;
splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. They will go back and dwell in my shade; they will grow like wheat. They will blossom like a vine,
famous as the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim, what have bearing on my idols? I who answer and take care of you! I am like a verdant cypress, from me you got fruit. Who is wise? Let him understand these things;
who is wise, let him know it; For the ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in situ.
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 81: 6c-8a.86b-9.10-11b.14.17
I am the Lord your God, listen to my voice.
* I heard a language I did not recognize, "I who have lifted the burden from your shoulders, and frees your hands from the basket yoke;
in distress you called out, then I deliver thee.
* I answer you by hiding behind the storm, I have been testing you close Meriba. Hear, O my people, I will give you a warning; O Israel, would you want to listen to me!
* Let no other gods among you, and thou shalt not worship a stranger. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
* If only my people listen to me! Had Israel living in my ways! My people will give to eat wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satiates.

Introduction to the Gospel of Matthew 4:17
Repent, saith the Lord, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Gospel reading Mark 12: 28b-34
Once events came a scribe to Jesus and asked him, "Which is the first command?" Jesus replied, "The most important commandment is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
And the second commandment is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment more important than these. "
The scribe said to Jesus, "Teacher, exactly what You say, that he is one, and that there is no other god but Him.
Indeed, love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and love your neighbor as yourself is far more important than all burnt offerings and offerings. "
Jesus saw how wisely the man answers. Then he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God!" And no one dare to ask him Jesus.
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Devotional.
Love does not know in part, but it involves the whole self. A child was playing ball amid a field. He does not bother the heat of the sun. Forget to eat and drink. He seemed to be one with the ball. The same thing applies for a person who loves what he does: The painter who is drawing scenery as one with nature in front of him, farmers are tirelessly working in the fields, the nurse who was wholeheartedly serve the patient, a social worker who diligently serve the poor, they have loves his job with all your heart, with all your soul, and strength.
Jesus teaches us that God above all else. So love God must be with all of us. This means that we should praise the Lord even when we're working, we must pray to Him at every opportunity, we read His Word as if we are reading the newspaper, listening to His word as we are always listening to the radio or television. And to love God with all of us, flows the love of neighbor as we love ourselves. It means we will consider the interests of others, to feel the hurt of others and try to understand their dreams.

Item contemplation.
Jesus integrate himself into all the love, and He commanded His disciples to carry out the same. If we love God with all we are and all at once love others as we love ourselves then the kingdom of God is truly present in our midst.

Prayer.
Yes God is benevolent, we give your people the ability to love You with all our heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength, and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Amen.

DAILY DEVOTIONAL, (THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2017)

Reading the Liturgy Thursday, March 23, 2017
PF S. Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop

First Reading Jeremiah 7: 23-28
Thus saith the Lord, "This is what I commanded them:
Listen to my voice, then I will be your God and you shall be my people, and follow the whole way that I command you,
lest you be happy! But they would not listen and do not want to pay attention, but they follow the designs
and hardness of their evil heart, and they show his back and not his face. Since fathers out of the land of Egypt until this time, I sent them my servants, the prophets,
day after day, constantly. But they would not listen to me and do not want to give attention; instead they harden his neck, did worse than their fathers. Even if you tell them all these things, they will not listen to your words, and even if you call out to them,
they will not answer you. Therefore, say to them:
This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God,
and who would not accept the teaching! Their sincerity is gone,
has disappeared from their mouths. "
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 95: 1-2.6-7.8-9
On this day, if you hear His voice, do not be hard-hearted.
* Let us sing to the Lord, cheering on the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, cheering for him with the singing of psalms.
* Come, let us bow down, kneel before the Lord who made us. For he is our God, we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of His flock.
* On this day, if you hear his voice, Do not hard-hearted as at Meribah, as in the period of time being in the wilderness, when your fathers tried and tested me, though they saw my works.

Introduction to the gospel of Joel 2: 12-13
Turn to Me with all your heart, saith the Lord,
for I am merciful and compassionate.

Gospel reading Luke 11: 14-23
On one occasion he was casting out a demon that was mute.
When the demon came out, the dumb can speak. The crowd was amazed. But some of them said, "He cast out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of demons." There is also asking for a sign from heaven to Jesus to test him. But Jesus knew their thoughts and said, "Every kingdom divided against itself will perish, and each household is divided against itself, would collapse. If Satan were divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand?
For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
So, if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your followers throw your followers? Well, they will be your judges! But if I cast out demons by the power of God, then indeed the kingdom of God has come to you. When a strong man fully armed and keep his own house, his possessions it was safe. But if a stronger man attacks and conquers thereof, and it shall seize the weapons
which relied and divides up his plunder. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me,
scatters. "
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Devotional.
Like most kids are invited to play. In fact, they generally expect to be elected as members of the team in that game. They feel sad to know that they themselves are not elected to the team. .But Elected a member of the team was not enough. The players should be able to play as a team, follow and listen to the captain of the team.
Some people Israel, though chosen by God, failed to follow God, captain. That is why God lamented: "This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God and did not accept the teaching (see Jer 7:23) They are too proud and selfish.
Through Baptism, God has included us in his set, "I chose you", He has selected us to be there beside him. He told us, "I will be your God and you shall be my people" (cf. Jer 7:23)
Life is not a game, but there are some aspects of the game that we can do as children of God. If we want to build a strong team. We need to work together, not exalting and self-serving. The only person worth adorable in our team is the captain himself, Jesus. As a captain, Jesus is a leader who should we believe and we listen. Above all it was okay if we realize that we have been chosen by God enter into his set. In unity with Jesus that we will win and not disintegrate in the face of the enemy. "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters" (Luke 11:23)

Item contemplation.
Do I believe in Jesus as my Lord? Do I still doubt the goodness and love of God Himself? Do I believe the presence and love of God through others, through family, friends, environment, employment, and this nature? May we increasingly believe.

Prayer.
Yes God is benevolent, hopefully during this Lent we thy people increasingly believe that you accompany us always, through people, through family, friends, environment, employment, and nature. Amen.

"I will be your God and you shall be my people"