Feb 10 2021

First reading Genesis 2:4-9,15-17

The Lord God fashioned man out of dust

At the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven there was as yet no wild bush on the earth nor had any wild plant yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth, nor was there any man to till the soil. However, a flood was rising from the earth and watering all the surface of the soil. The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being.

The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up from the soil every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden. The Lord God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and take care of it. Then the Lord God gave the man this admonition, ‘You may eat indeed of all the trees in the garden. Nevertheless of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you are not to eat, for on the day you eat of it you shall most surely die.’

Responsorial Psalm 103(104):1-2,27-30

Bless the Lord, my soul!

Bless the Lord, my soul!

Lord God, how great you are,

clothed in majesty and glory,

wrapped in light as in a robe!

All of these look to you

to give them their food in due season.

You give it, they gather it up:

you open your hand, they have their fill.

You take back your spirit, they die,

returning to the dust from which they came.

You send forth your spirit, they are created;

and you renew the face of the earth.

Gospel Mark 7:14-23

It is what comes out of a man that makes him unclean

Jesus called the people to him and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into a man from outside can make him unclean; it is the things that come out of a man that make him unclean. If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to this.’

When he had gone back into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable. He said to them, ‘Do you not understand either? Can you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot make him unclean, because it does not go into his heart but through his stomach and passes out into the sewer?’ (Thus he pronounced all foods clean.) And he went on, ‘It is what comes out of a man that makes him unclean. For it is from within, from men’s hearts, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within and make a man unclean.’

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10th February 2021 Wednesday 5th Week of Ordinary Time – St. Scholastica.

Reflection
Genesis 2: 4-9, 15-17, Mark 7:14-23

“A God-centred heart”
“For it is from within, from the heart, that evil intentions emerge…” Once again, Jesus emphasizes on what truly matters in God’s eyes is what is within the heart of each person because it is the guiding force that determines the way the person acts and speaks. This is far more important to God than what a person eats or not eats on a certain day of the week or what the rituals he/she does. The focus then is: How is our heart?

The heart can be the fountain of goodness or evil, of life or death, of love or hatred. When our heart is God-centred, we will live according to His will, which is to love Him by loving others with compassion and serving them with love. Thus, if our heart is full of God, our lives will bear the visible fruit of goodness.

Question for reflection:
Do I want to live a life that is pleasing to God?

10 hb Februari 2021 Hari Rabu Minggu Biasa Ke-5 – St. Scholastica

Renungan
Kejadian 2: 4-9, 15-17,
Markus 7:14-23

“Hati yang berpusat kepada Allah”
“Kerana dari dalam, dari hati, timbul segala fikiran jahat…” Sekali lagi, Yesus menekankan bahawa hal yang sangat penting di mata Allah adalah apa yang ada dalam hati setiap orang kerana ianya menjadi penentu kepada cara orang tersebut bertindak dan berbicara. Ini jauh lebih penting di mata Allah berbanding dengan apa yang boleh dimakan dan tidak boleh di makan pada hari tertentu atau apapun ritual yang dilakukan oleh seseorang. Fokusnya adalah: Bagaimana hati kita?
Hati dapat menjadi sumber kebaikan atau kejahatan, kehidupan atau kematian, kasih atau benci. Jika hati kita berpusat kepada Allah, kita akan hidup menurut kehendak-Nya iaitu untuk mengasihi-Nya dengan mengasihi orang lain dengan penuh belas kasihan dan melayani mereka dengan penuh kasih. Oleh itu, jika hati kita penuh dengan Allah, kehidupan kita akan menghasilkan buah kebaikan.

Soalan renungan:
Adakah saya ingin menjalani hidup yang berkenan kepada Allah?

10 Februari 2021, Orou Katalu Minggu’ Kaindalaman Kalimo, St. Scholastica

Kasaukan 2:4-9, 15-17; Markus 7:14-23

I Aki Kapuuno’ – pusor ru guang
“Sabap ra ginio intor ra ralalom, intor ra guang, ondo’ ingkualan ru pangkaraan malaat…” Igondo’ poyo, kinaatang ri Jisus baal motopot ra pagilangan ri Aki Kapuuno’ iono ondo’ soroi ralalom ru guang ru moonong ulun sabap ra ginio jajal manulu’ ondo’ mangaru’ ra ralan ru ulun no mambaal am mindagu. Gitio maatang poyo ri Aki Kapuuno’ intor ra atan akanon kapoam kalo akanon ru ulun ra maaruan orou ralalom saminggu kapoam atan kaulayan bayaan nano. Atan ondo’ maaru’ iono: Atan kulaan ra guang takau?
Guang mabuli masuk ra taur ru ondo’ moonsoi kapoam malaat, kaayagan kapoam matoi, togom kapoam masisang. Paat ra guang takau noyo pusor ri Aki Kapuuno’, maayag takau boo sumugut ra kasagaan Nano, iono motogom Riso paat ra motogom ra ulun bokon pabayaan ra guang makaasi’ am mangandoi risilo pabayaan ra togom. Ginio ra amun ru guang takau mototop ri Aki Kapuuno’, kaayagan takau manangampos ra kawa’ ondo’ moonsoi.

Pangkuatan ra paguangin:
Masaga’ aku kia maayag ondo’ mampakatasu’ ra guang ri Aki Kapuuno?

10-02-2021 Hari Tiga Minggu Selama Ka-5 – St. Scholastica.

Renungan
Pemungkal 2:4-9,15-17; Mark 7:14-23

“Ati ti betuai ka Allah Taala.”
“Laban ari dalam mensia, ari ati mensia pansut runding ti jai…” Sekali agi, Jesus nekan utai ti amat beguna ba mata Allah Taala, utai ti ari dal ati genap iko mensia laban nya meh utai ti neju ka jalai orang ngereja pengawa sereta bejako. Tu jauh beguna ba Allah Taala lebih agi utai ti diempa tauka enda diempa ba sebengkah hari tauka atur ti dikereja orang nya. Utai ti patut amat diperati: kati baka ati kitai deh?

Ati ulih nyadi mata ai pemadas tauka penyai, pengidup tauka pemati, pengerindu tauka pemenchi. Lebuh kitai betuai ka Allah Taala, kitai deka diau nunda ka peneka Iya, rindu ka Iya enggau rindu ka orang bukai enggau pengasih sereta mela sida enggah pengerindu. Nya kebuah, enti ati kitai penuh enggau Allah Taala, pengidup kitai deka ngasil ka buah pemadas ti tampak.

Kati aku deka diau dalam pengidup ti ngelantangka Allah Taala?