DEVOTIONAL MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2015

Reading the Liturgy Monday, October 12, 2015

Reading 1: Rom 1: 1-7
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God. Gospel was formerly been promised by the prophet in the scriptures, Principal contents is the Son of God who according to the flesh born of the seed of David, and according to the Holy Spirit as the Son of God with power, by the resurrection from the dead. He was Jesus Christ our Lord. With his intercession we received grace and the office of apostle to guide all nations, that they may believe and obey his name. And you are called to belong to Christ, you are also among them. To all of you who live in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: May the grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalms: Psalm 98: 1-4
God has introduced his rescue.
* Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous works; Safety has been done by his right hand, by the arm of his holiness.
* God has introduced salvation comes from Him, He has declared his justice before the nations. He remembered his love and faithfulness toward the house of Israel.
* All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation that comes from our God. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth be glad, and Sing praises!

Gospel: Luke 11: 29-32
On one occasion Jesus spoke to the crowds who gathered around him,
"This generation is a wicked generation. They demand a sign, but they will not be marked in addition to the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign for this generation. At the judgment the queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation and condemn them.
Because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed, that there is here greater than Solomon! At the time of judgment the people of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn them.
For the people of Nineveh that they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and really, who is here greater than Jonah! "
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Afterthought
We start listening to the letter of St. Paul to the Romans. Emphasized how the history of salvation has been preached from the ancestors and has been written in the Scriptures. Call the foundation of our lives is: "....... belong to Christ, called to be saints" If the basic call us so basic and in-depth, what we have strived to live according to the basic call it? St. Paul has affirmed the heart of the church of Rome on the basic call and realize the sanctity of life. Certainly the sanctity of life is not only applicable in the matter of spiritual cultivation, but also evident in everyday actions, in every circumstance of our lives. The Romans were living at that time with the challenge of belief in gods, but also with commerce advanced, are invited to firmly faithful in faith as faithfulness of Jesus Christ according to the flesh born of the seed of David, but according to the Spirit of Holiness expressed as the Son of God with power thanks His resurrection from the dead.
Very different from what we hear in the Gospel, with very firm Jesus said that "this generation evil generation, they demanded a sign, but they will not be marked in addition to the sign of Jonah" To the generations who live in a global age, with advances in technology and the virtual world are not unstoppable, what can we highlight? Seriousness of life to arrange how to act in accordance with the basic sanctity of life at the same time according to the daily work, we need to make and trying to do better.

Items to contemplation.
Let us start from ourselves, our own life may be a clear sign that the day to day life worth fighting and filled with good deeds, not the perfunctory only.

Prayer
Father, make me faithful to you only by faith, not only for signs and miracle of God.