Thursday (November 7): Sinners were drawn to Jesus

Scripture:Luke 15:1-10

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." So he told them this parable: "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Reflection:

Waya higustohi nan mga Pharisee an pakig-iban-iban sanan pakig-himamat ni Jesus sa mga tax collector sanan sa mga sinners kay para dila, hitap’nan kunô Ini nan ila pagka-makasasayâ.

Sa mga susambingay ni Jesus, hikit’an natô an paghatag Nija nan balor sa mga makasasayâ na nasukwahí sa mga taróng.

Para kan Jesus, tanan tawo kinahanglan hatagan gajud nan tsansa na makapag-bag’o.

Amo na mangalimbasug ‘sab kita na mag-bag’o sa ato mga kinabuhi pinaagi nan atô pag-balik-loob sa Diyos.

"Lord Jesus, let your light dispel the darkness that what is lost may be found and restored. Let your light shine through me that others may see your love and truth and find hope and peace in you. May I never doubt your love nor take for granted the mercy you have shown to me. Fill me with your transforming love that I may be merciful as you are merciful."

Wednesday (November 6): The true cost of discipleship

Scripture:Luke 14:25-33

Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to them, "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, `This man began to build, and was not able to finish.' Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace. So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Reflection:

Kinahanglan kahimuhian kunô nato an atô pamilya, bisan an atô kaugalingon, kon gusto nato mahimo na disciple ni Jesus?

Dili gajud kon amo’y buot ipasabot ni Jesus Christ na kahimuhian kon dili kinahanglan Sija an unahon sa tanan natô na mga paningkamot kaysa sa atô pamilya.

An atô pagsunod sa tanan mga sugô ni God, an pagbag’o nan atô mga kina’ija, an paghinulsol sa atô mga kasay’anan sanan an pagpangajô nan pasaylo Dija pinaagi kan Jesus amo’y kinahang’lan natô na himoon sa atô mga kinabuhi.

"Lord Jesus, your are my Treasure, my Life, and my All. There is nothing in this life that can outweigh the joy of knowing, loving, and serving you all the days of my life. Take my life and all that I have and make it yours for your glory now and forever."

Tuesday (November 5): "Invitation to the King's banquet table"

Scripture: Luke 14:15-24

When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!" But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, `Come; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, `I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, `I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, `I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, `Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the servant said, `Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.' And the master said to the servant, `Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"

Reflection:

Imbitado kita tanan ni Father God na makasuyod sa Ija Kingdom, an bangkete nan waya’y katapusan na kalipay kaibanan nan Ija mga angel, pinaagi kan Jesus Christ .

Pero waya’y atô pagpakabanâ sa Ija imbitasyon kay duro man an atô mga tag-asikaso, besi ra kita karajaw sa atô mga kalibutanon na mga panginahanglan.

Waya’y atô pagpakabanâ ugsâ wayâ kita makapreparar nan atô mga kaugalingon amo na pag-abot nan adlaw nan bangkete duro pa gihapon an atô mga tag-asikaso amo na nobalibad kita na dili na maka-atender.

An buot ipasabot na waya natô mapreparar an atô mga lawas, kasing-kasing, hunâ-hunâ sanan espiritu na i-surender Kan God pinaagi sa atô paghimo nan Ija kagustuhan para datô.

"Lord Jesus, you withhold no good thing from us and you lavish us with the treasures of heaven. Help me to seek your kingdom first and to lay aside anything that might hinder me from doing your will."

Monday (November 4): "You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just"

Scripture:Luke 14:12-14 

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

Reflection:

An karajawan sa isigkatawo dili kon para ra sa mga kakilaya, amigo sanan kapamilya.

Kinahanglan ang pagka-marajaw nan atwo matagamtam ‘sab nan mga dili kon kilaya, hilabina an mga tawo na waya’y nag-amuma, waya’y kapasidad na makasukli nan bisan uno na karajawan na ija madawat.

An paghimô na karajawan sa laing tawo dili kon para sa kalipay nan tawo ra ‘sab kondili kon kalipay para kan God didto sa langit.

"Lord Jesus, you love never fails and your mercies abound. You offer us the best of gifts - peace, pardon and everlasting friendship with you at your banquet table. Fill me with gratitude for your great mercy and kindness towards me. And may I never fail to show kindness and mercy towards all I meet so that they may know the mercy and goodness you offer them as well."

Sunday (November 3): "Zacchaeus received Jesus joyfully"

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

He entered and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and rich.  And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of  anything, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."

Reflection:

Duro an sayâ sa mga Jew ni Zacchaeus kay chief man sija nan mga tax collector na kusog manlimbong sa mga tawo sa pag-kolekta nan bujis ugsa arang nija ka datú.

Pero sa ija kagustuhan na hikit’an nija si Jesus na molabay dija, nodayag sija sa sycamore tree kay tungod sa ija kagamay, hisalim’dan man sija nan mga tawo amo na dili nija hikit’an an Lord na molabay kay mubô man sija.

Pero samtang jadto sija sa taas nan kahoy, intawag sija ni Jesus nan taglang’an na adto Sija mohuyâ sa ija bayay.

Unabes sija na nanaog dajon, pagkatapos, nan didto na sila sa ija bayay, tag-deklarar nija kan Lord na katungâ nan ija taghup’tan na bahandi ija ihatag sa mga pobre sanan bajaran nija an ija mga tagka-limbungan nan upat ka pilô.

Marajaw si Zacchaeus kay tagkahatagan sija nan lunâ na maka-abe-abe kan Jesus sanan lunâ na makapag-bag’o nan ija kasing-kasing.

May lunâ ba ‘sab kahâ sa Lord sa atô mga kasing-kasing?

"Lord Jesus, come and stay with me. Fill my life with your peace, my home with your presence, and my heart with your praise. Help me to show kindness, mercy, and goodness to all, even to those who cause me ill-will or harm."

Saturday (November 2): "Every one who believes in him will be raised up at the last day"

Scripture:John 6:37-40

All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

Reflection:

Dakô gajud karajaw an saad ni Lord Jesus datô na kon mokadto kita Dija, dili gajud kita Nija isalikway.

An kabubut’on man gud ni God na an tanan Nija mga anak dinhi sa lupâ madaya ‘sab ni Jesus nadto sa langit.

Amo na kinahanglan gajud na motoo sanan mohimo kita sa mga sugô ni Jesus para kita makabaton nan kinabuhi na waya’y katapusan pag-abot nan paghukom.

"Lord Jesus Christ, your death and resurrection brought life and hope where there was once only despair and defeat. Give me unwavering faith, unshakeable hope, and the fire of your unquenchable love that I may know you fully and serve you joyfully now and for ever in your everlasting kingdom."

Friday (November 1): "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven"

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12a

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: "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 satisfied. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.

 Reflection:

Uno man na beautitude man an pinaka-sentro nan tanan mga pagtudlô ni Jesus sa Ija mga tinun’an sanan sa atô tanan?

Atô anay himajon kon uno’y buot ipasabot nan pulong na “beautitude.”

Kon sa atô pa, nakab’ot na na natô an pinaka-kalipay o an pinaka-hataas na lebel nan kalipay sa atô mga sa kinabuhi.

Demudo, dinhi sa teaching ni Lord, amo’y ini atô tubag sa kagustuhan Dija na makab’ot natô an kalipay na tagtanum ni God sa atô mga kasing-kasing.

Pero an beautitude na tagtudlô ni Jesus amo ra man na baliktad kay mabulahan man kunô an pobre sa espiritu kay mapanag-ija nila an kaharian nan langit, kon nagsubô - kaayo-ayuhan sila, sanan an iban pa na beautitude?

Amo seguro kay an tanan nan ini, pagkatapos nan atô mga pag-antos dinhi sa kalibutan tungod kay taghimô natô an Ija kagustuhan, an premyo datô ni God an kinabuhi man sa Kalangitan kaibanan Sija sanan an mga anghel, puno nan waya’y katapusan na kalipay.

"Lord Jesus, increase my hunger for you and show me the way that leads to everlasting peace and happiness. May I desire you above all else and find perfect joy in doing your will."