DAILY DEVOTIONAL, (SUNDAY JANUARY 29, 2017)

Reading the Liturgy Sunday, January 29, 2017

First Reading Zephaniah 2: 3; 3: 12-13

"Seek the Lord, all ye humble of the land, all you who did his judgment; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the wrath of God."

And God said, "In your midst I let my life be a people humble and weak, which will seek the protection of God's name.

They are the remnant of Israel. They will not be violent or speak lies. In the mouth they will not flap fraudsters.

Instead they would like a flock of sheep that graze and lie down without anyone bothering him. "

Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 146: 1.7.8-9a.9b-10

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

* Praise the Lord, O my soul! It was he who uphold justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. God frees people locked up,

* The Lord opened the eyes of the blind, the Lord lifts up all who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. God keep strangers.

* The orphan and the widow of his back, but the way of the wicked is bent him. The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations!

Second Reading 1 Corinthians 1: 26-31

Brothers, try to remember how you were doing when called upon.

By human standards not many of you were wise, not many were powerful, not many are privileged. But what is foolish in the eyes of the world chosen by God to shame the wise, and the weak things of the world God chose to confound the strong, and what is not respected and despised in the world, even things which are not, God chose to nullify which mean,

lest any man should boast before God. But God has made you are in Christ Jesus, and through him Christ became wisdom to us. He who justifies, sanctifies and redemption. Thus, as stated in scripture, "Whoever boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

Thus saith the Lord.

Introduction to the Gospel of Matthew 5: 12a

Rejoice and be glad, because great is your gift in Heaven.

Gospel reading Matthew 5: 1-12a

Once, when he saw the crowds, Jesus went up into the hills.

After He sat down, His disciples to Him. Then he began to speak and convey these teachings to them, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are those who are generous,

for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when ye be reproached for My sake, and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil. Rejoice and be glad, because great is ganjaranmu in heaven. "

Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Devotional.

One man is currently kebahagiaankita feel loved and owned. Each of us need to belong and be loved. A child will be very happy when he felt that his parents loved him. A father or mother will be very happy and feel valued when their children receive it and have it. Similarly, the people will be happy when the pastor knew her and she was accosted as his people. Likewise a pastor will be happy when she was owned and loved his people.

The words of Jesus today, reminding us all that we deserve to be happy because we are loved by God. To us, God give blessing and grace. We are in all the weaknesses and limitations feel lucky because elected and appointed belong as children of God. Thanks to this is a happiness and happiness is a blessing.

In our daily life, happiness and blessings should always lived and kindled in our hearts. This happiness must be shared to us in daily living. When we dare to kneel humbly before God, when we dare to leave our pride and arrogance, a sense of happiness that will grow. We will be happy when we dare continue to strive to build peace in families and our environment. We will be happy when we dare to forgive others who wrong us. Happiness comes when we share and be generous to others who need our help. Where we will be happy when we see our neighbors are happy because of the help, support and our prayers.

Contemplation.

It was strange when we reflect on the Beatitudes of Jesus, because Jesus actually call blessed by the poor, the afflicted, the meek, generous and even persecuted for Christ. This is not a game of word that just want to flip the turn of fate. Fill out all the words of this will be easy to digest and accept it if we contemplate the living Lord Jesus Christ Himself who live perfectly, poverty, suffering, and sorrow, gentleness, generosity, and so on.

In turn, St. Paul had also the name of suffering for the task of evangelization, however, that all contemplated by St. Paul as part of the life of discipleship that must be followed, and precisely thus he became able to replace entertain everyone.

Let us reflect and interpret all the workload, the burden of suffering, mental burden, that we must bear every day because of the mission that we have received by the light of the Beatitudes and the experience of St. Paul. Not easy to live faithfully in marriage and vocations to the priesthood or monastic. Not easy for a simple life while everything else is available and possible. Not easy to survive when we are being bullied or bullied at work or the scope of our work precisely because we want to be honest and good. We view the cross of Christ, Christ is able to comfort and strengthen us not through the appearance of the body and his face glistening but through his body that still leaves wounds of crucifixion that but now as the Lord of glory that it is present in everyday human simplicity.

Prayer.

Yes, God is merciful. may we always be humble in dealing with thee and others in order to create peace in our life, Amen.