Feb 18 2021

First reading Deuteronomy 30:15-20

I set before you today life or death, blessing or curse

Moses said to the people: ‘See, today I set before you life and prosperity, death and disaster. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I enjoin on you today, if you love the Lord your God and follow his ways, if you keep his commandments, his laws, his customs, you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to make your own. But if your heart strays, if you refuse to listen, if you let yourself be drawn into worshipping other gods and serving them, I tell you today, you will most certainly perish; you will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today: I set before you life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live, in the love of the Lord your God, obeying his voice, clinging to him; for in this your life consists, and on this depends your long stay in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob he would give them.’

Responsorial Psalm 1:1-4,6

Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.

Happy indeed is the man

who follows not the counsel of the wicked;

nor lingers in the way of sinners

nor sits in the company of scorners,

but whose delight is the law of the Lord

and who ponders his law day and night.

He is like a tree that is planted

beside the flowing waters,

that yields its fruit in due season

and whose leaves shall never fade;

and all that he does shall prosper.

Not so are the wicked, not so!

For they like winnowed chaff

shall be driven away by the wind:

for the Lord guards the way of the just

but the way of the wicked leads to doom.

Gospel Luke 9:22-25

Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it

Jesus said to his disciples:

‘The Son of Man is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’

Then to all he said:

‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it. What gain, then, is it for a man to have won the whole world and to have lost or ruined his very self?’

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18th February 2021 Thursday After Ash Wednesday.

Reflection
Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Luke 9: 22-25

“Choose life, follow Jesus!”
‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.’ To renounce means to deny oneself which is not appealing to many of us as we tend to navigate towards indulging ourselves. However, if we want to honestly follow Jesus, we need to give up on certain habits that are incompatible with the ways of Jesus or to renounce our self-centred tendencies that make us live a life of pride and selfishness, etc. We give up in order to gain and enjoy the fullness of life that Jesus wants to offer to us. In the first reading, the call to “Choose life” is God’s invitation as we start this Lent.

Question for reflection:
What do I need to give up so that I can start to choose and gain life today?

18 hb Februari 2021 Hari Khamis sesudah Rabu Abu.

Renungan
Ulangan 30:15-20, Lukas 9: 22-25

“Pilih hidup, ikuti Yesus!”
‘Setiap orang yang mau mengikuti Aku, ia harus menyangkal dirinya, memikul salibnya setiap hari dan mengikut Aku.’ Menyangkal diri bermaksud menafikan diri sendiri yang biasanya tidak berkenan di hati bagi banyak orang kerana kita cenderung untuk mengutamakan diri sendiri. Namun, jika kita jujur dalam mengikuti Yesus, kita perlu melepaskan kebiasaan tertentu yang tidak sesuai dengan jalan Yesus atau melepaskan sikap mementingkan diri sendiri yang menyebabkan kita hidup dalam kesombongan dan mementingkan diri sendiri. Kita melepaskan semuanya ini agar dapat memperoleh dan menikmati kepenuhan hidup yang ditawarkan Yesus kepada kita. Dalam pembacaan pertama, panggilan untuk “Memilih hidup” adalah jemputan Tuhan kepada kita pada permulaan Prapaska ini.

Soalan renungan:
Apakah yang perlu saya lepaskan agar dapat mula memilih dan mendapat kehidupan kembali?

18 Februari 2021, Orou Kaapat kaampusan ru Rabu Abu

Sagulion 30:15-20; Lukas 9:22-25

Mampili’ ra kaayagan, maya’ ri Jisus!
“Osoi masaga’ maya’ Raki’ no, lilianin no katasuan ru kaayagan nano galama’. Moonong orou mansaan io ra salip nano galama’ am maya’ Raki’.” Lilianin katasuan ru kaayagan galama’ iono kalo kaatangon inan galama’ ondo’ kalo makimasi’ ra kasuangan itakau ra bambal takau manalingapu ra kasagaan ru guang takau galama’. Kabalu’ pana raginio, amun ru totopot masaga’ takau maya’ ri Jisus, gogot takau labusin paliso-paliso ondo’ kalo maaya’ ra ralan ri Jisus kaopam lilianin katasuan ru kaayagan galama’ ondo’ mambaal ritakau maayag ra mamanggo am mampakaatang ra inan galama’ am bokon-bokon poyo. Labusin takau maa’ raginio itakau mokoowot am maansukan ralalom kaayagan ondo’ mototop ondo’ masaga’ pataakon ri Jisus ritakau. Ralalom pambasaan kasaa’, piau ra ‘mampili’ ra kaayagan’ iono pangkimaitan ri Aki Kapuuno’ paat ra itakau tumalimpuun Mampali ti.

Pangkuatan ra paguangin:
Atan kia gogoton kuti labusin maa’ raginio mabuli aku tumalimpuun koson mampili’ am mokoowot ra kaayagan ra orou raiti’?

2021年2月18日圣灰礼仪后星期四

省思
«申三十:15-20»
«路九: 22-25»

” 选择生活，跟随耶稣！”
“谁若願意跟随我，该棄绝自己，天天背著自己的十字架跟随我。” 棄绝意味着否认自己，这对我们是困难的事情因为我们倾向于沉迷自己。如果我们想诚实地跟随耶稣，我们需要放弃与耶稣生活方式不相容的习惯或者放弃我们的自我为中心，那使我们骄傲和自私的生活倾向。我们棄绝自己是为了获得和享受耶稣所要提供给我们圆满和充实的生命。在读经一，天主对我们的邀请是 “选择生活” 在这四旬期的时刻。

省思题：
今天我需要棄绝什么才能重新选择和获得生命？

18-02-2021
Hari Empat udah Tiga Abu
Ulang Adat 30:15-20
Luke 9:22-25

Pilih Pengidup, titih ka Jesus!
“Enti orang deka nitihka Aku, awakka iya badu agi berundingka diri empu, ngesan regang iya tiap hari, lalu nitihka Aku.” Badu berundingka pasal diri empu tu ukai utai ti dikereja tauka diadu kitai. Tang, enti kitai amat lurus ati deka nitih ka Jesus, kitai patut ngelengka ka ulah ti belaban enggau jalai Jesus tauka nyangkal ka runding kitai ti mai kitai diau dalam pengidup ti sombong sereta mikir ka penguntong diri aja. Kitai ngelengka ngambi kitai ulih nerima sereta ngasaika pengelantang ati ti deka diberi Jesus ka kitai. Ba bacha keterubah, kangau “Milih Pengidup” nyadi kangau Allah Taala ka kitai ti baru ngepun ka musin Lent tu.

Nama utai ti patut dilengka aku ngambi ulih milih sereta bulih pengidup saritu?

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