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First reading Ruth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22

Ruth the Moabitess is brought to Bethlehem by Naomi

In the days of the Judges famine came to the land and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went – he, his wife and his two sons – to live in the country of Moab. Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she and her two sons were left. These married Moabite women: one was named Orpah and the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years. Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died and the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband. So she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard that the Lord had visited his people and given them food. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law and went back to her people. But Ruth clung to her.
  Naomi said to her, ‘Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. You must return too; follow your sister-in-law.’
  But Ruth said, ‘Do not press me to leave you and to turn back from your company, for
 
‘wherever you go, I will go,
wherever you live, I will live.
Your people shall be my people,
and your God, my God.’
 
This was how Naomi, she who returned from the country of Moab, came back with Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
 

Responsorial Psalm 145(146):5-10

My soul, give praise to the Lord.
or
Alleluia!
 
He is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God,
  whose hope is in the Lord his God,
who alone made heaven and earth,
  the seas and all they contain.
 
My soul, give praise to the Lord.
or
Alleluia!
 
It is he who keeps faith for ever,
  who is just to those who are oppressed.
It is he who gives bread to the hungry,
  the Lord, who sets prisoners free,
 
My soul, give praise to the Lord.
or
Alleluia!
 
the Lord who gives sight to the blind,
  who raises up those who are bowed down,
the Lord, who protects the stranger
  and upholds the widow and orphan.
 
My soul, give praise to the Lord.
or
Alleluia!
 
It is the Lord who loves the just
  but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever,
  Zion’s God, from age to age.
 
My soul, give praise to the Lord.
or
Alleluia!
 

Gospel Matthew 22:34-40

The commandments of love

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to disconcert him, one of them put a question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets also.’
 
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Reflection
Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14-16, 22, Matthew 22:34-40

“Loving God and loving our neighbour”
“Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?”. At the time of Jesus, the Jewish people observed many commandments to the point that they could miss out on what really matters. When the religious leaders asked Jesus this question, He took the opportunity to go straight to the basics of the religion, i.e. love God and love others. For Jesus, the greatest commandment of loving God was inseparable from the second commandment of loving others. This is also the core of our Christian faith.

Our love for God is expressed in our love for our neighbour. In this time of prayer, let us ask ourselves: Who is my neighbour? A “neighbour” is the people God has placed in our lives, and this includes even the people we do not like or those we disregard as insignificant. On our own, we might find it hard to love others in our lives. That is why we need to depend on God and allow Him to be the one empowering us to love others in the way He loves them.

Question for reflection:
Lord, who is my neighbour?
????????

Renungan
ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14-16, 22, Matius 22:34-40

“Mengasihi Tuhan dan mengasihi sesame”
“Guru, hukum manakah yang terutama dalam Hukum Taurat?”. Pada zaman Yesus, orang-orang Yahudi mematuhi banyak perintah sehingga mereka boleh terlepas hal yang lebih utama. Ketika pemimpin-pemimpin agama bertanya soalan ini kepada Yesus, Dia mengambil peluang untuk menerangkan tentang dasar agama iaitu mengasihi Allah dan sesama. Bagi Yesus, hukum terutama iaitu mengasihi Allah tidak dapat dipisahkan dari hukum kedua iaitu mengasihi orang lain. Ini juga merupakan inti dari iman Kristian kita.

Kasih kita kepada Allah ditunjukkan dengan mengasihi sesama. Pada saat doa ini, marilah bertanya kepada diri kita: Siapakah sesama ini? “Sesama” adalah orang-orang yang Tuhan letakkan dalam hidup kita, dan ini termasuk mereka yang tidak kita sukai atau mereka yang kita anggap tidak penting. Dengan kekuatan sendiri, mungkin sukar untuk kita mengasihi orang lain. Kerana itu, kita perlu bergantung kepada Tuhan dan membenarkan Dia menguasai kita agar kita dapat mengasihi orang lain dengan cara sama Dia mengasihi kita.

Soalan renungan:
Tuhan, siapakan “sesama” ini bagiku?
?????????

*Rut 1:1, 3-6, 14-15, 22; Matius 22:34-40*
Paat ra ulun ru Parisi nokorongog ri Jisus nambaal ra ulun ru Saduki ti kalo makakau’ mangkuot Riso, timung ilo. Sangulun intor ra ilo ngaangai’ ti, ioginio sangulun mangngila ra Ukum ri Musa, mangkinam mampalandak ri Jisus ra rondo’ pangkuatan. ”Mangngila’,” kono, “Ati rondo’ panusuban maatang intor ra ngaangai’ Ukum ri Musa?” Taam i Jisus, ” ‘Tagami’ noyo i Aki Kapuuno’ Tuhan muno ra totopot ru guang, kaayagan am pangkaraan muno.’ Gitio noyo panusuban maatang ondo’ maatang kaga’ am kasaa’ tojojo intor ra bokon no! Panusuban maatang ra karuo nogondo’ koson ra kasaa’ i; ‘Tagami’ noyo ulun ra bokon koson ra kaayagan muno galama’. Karuruo panusuban ti puun ru ngaangai’ Ukum ri Musa am pangilaan ru nabi-nabi i.”
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Motogom ri Aki Kapuuno’ am motogom ra ulun ra bokon
“Mangngila’, ati rondo’ panusuban maatang intor ra ngaangai’ Ukum ri Musa?” Bulintok ri Jisus, ulun-ulun ru Jaudi manutun ra masuang panusuban manulu’ ra ilo kalo matatang ra atan ondo’ maatang. Paat ra tingganai-tingganai ru ugama Jaudi nangkuot ri Jisus ra pangkuatan ragitio, nangalap io ra kaluagan rayus ra puun ru panusuban, iono motogom ri Aki Kapuuno’ am ulun ra bokon. Ri Jisus, panusuban ra kasaa’ tojojo no motogom ri Aki Kapuuno’ kalo maalap pasuayon intor ra panusuban karuo no motogom ra ulun bokon. Gitio niayuk ondo’ maatang ra kaintapatan Kristian takau.
Togom takau ri Aki Kapuuno’ noyo mambala’ ralalom togom takau ra ulun bokon. Paat ra pakiasian ti, ibok kuati’ takau inan galama’: Osoi sambalayan kuno? ‘Sambalayan’ iono ulun ri Aki Kapuuno’ ondo’ pinosoroi ralalom kaayagan takau, am gitio nakasimpung niayuk ulun ondo’ kalo kasagain takau kapoam ulun ondo’ kalo lioon takau koson ra kalo maatang. Itakau galama’, maaru’ lair makatuum takau ra mapagon motogom ra ulun bokon ralalom kaayagan takau. Ginio sabap ra itakau gumogot lumansan ri Aki Kapuuno’ am mangiou Riso masauk ra rondo’ ondo’ manguasa’ ritakau koson motogom ra ulun bokon ralalom ru ralan Nano motogom risilo.
___________________
Pangkuatan ra paguangin:
Tuhan, osoi kia sambalayan kuno?
?????????

 
Renungan
Ruth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22; Matthew 22:34-40

“Rindu ka Allah Taala rindu ka pangan diri.”
“Pengajar, ni pesan ti pemadu besai dalam Adat?” Maya jeman Jesus, bansa Judah megai mayuh adat datai ka sida enda nemu ni bagi ti berat agi. Lebuh orang Parisi nanya Jesus, Iya ngambi peluang ngajar pasal pun adat dalam pengarap, Rindu ka Allah Taala sereta rindu ka orang bukai. Ba Jesus, adat ti pemadu besai rindu ka Allah Taala enda ulih diserara ari adat ti kedua rindu ka pangan diri. Tu meh inti pengarap kitai orang Kristen.

Pengerindu kitai ka Allah Taala tampak dipeda ba pengerindu kitai ka orang bukai. Ba awak tu, aram kitai nanya diri empu: “Sapa pangan aku? ‘Pangan’ tu orang ti di engkah Allah Taala dalam pengidup kitai nyengkaum sida ti enda dikerindu tauka dikumbai kitai nadai guna. Ari pengering kitai kediri, kitai berasai berat rindu ka orang. Nya alai kitai patut bepanggai ba Allah Taala sereta meri awak ka Iya meri kitai pengering awak rindu ka orang bukai nitih ka jalai Iya rindu ka sida.

Sapa pangan aku Tuhan?
?????????

省思
《卢一:1,3-6,14-16,22》
《玛廿二:34-40》

“爱主及爱我们的邻人”
“老师,法律中哪一条诫命是最大的?”。在耶稣的时期,犹太人遵守很多法律,使得他们错失了什么才是至关重要的。当法学士问了耶稣这一道问题后,祂利用这个机会直接道出信仰的基础,那就是爱主及爱众人。对耶稣而言,最大的诫命是爱天主,是不能与第二条爱众人的诫命分离的。这也是我们基督徒信德的核心。

我们对天主的爱是显示在我们对邻人的爱。在这一次的祈祷里,让我们自问:“谁是我们的邻人?”。“邻人”是天主所有安放在我们生命里的人们,这包括了我们不喜欢的人们,或那些我们漠视甚至被我们认定为微不足道的人们。单靠我们自己的话,我们或许认为爱我们生命里的众人是困难的事。这就是为什么我们必须依靠天主,以及允许祂赋权我们以祂爱众人的方式爱众人。

省思题:
主呀,谁是我的邻人呢?
?????????

Acknowledgment: Reflections are based on “Prayer for Living: The Word of God for Daily Prayer Year B” by Sr. Sandra Seow FMVD.

 
 
 
 

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