Mar 12 2021

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First reading Hosea 14:2-10

A call to conversion and promise of safety

The Lord says this:

Israel, come back to the Lord your God;

your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.

Provide yourself with words

and come back to the Lord.

Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity away

so that we may have happiness again

and offer you our words of praise.

Assyria cannot save us,

we will not ride horses any more,

or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made,

for you are the one in whom orphans find compassion.’

– I will heal their disloyalty,

I will love them with all my heart,

for my anger has turned from them.

I will fall like dew on Israel.

He shall bloom like the lily,

and thrust out roots like the poplar,

his shoots will spread far;

he will have the beauty of the olive

and the fragrance of Lebanon.

They will come back to live in my shade;

they will grow corn that flourishes,

they will cultivate vines

as renowned as the wine of Helbon.

What has Ephraim to do with idols any more

when it is I who hear his prayer and care for him?

I am like a cypress ever green,

all your fruitfulness comes from me.

Let the wise man understand these words.

Let the intelligent man grasp their meaning.

For the ways of the Lord are straight,

and virtuous men walk in them,

but sinners stumble.

Responsorial Psalm 80(81):6,8-11,14,17

I am the Lord your God: listen to my warning.

A voice I did not know said to me:

‘I freed your shoulder from the burden;

your hands were freed from the load.

You called in distress and I saved you.

‘I answered, concealed in the storm cloud;

at the waters of Meribah I tested you.

Listen, my people, to my warning.

O Israel, if only you would heed!

‘Let there be no foreign god among you,

no worship of an alien god.

I am the Lord your God,

who brought you from the land of Egypt.

‘O that my people would heed me,

that Israel would walk in my ways!

But Israel I would feed with finest wheat

and fill them with honey from the rock.’

Gospel Mark 12:28-34

‘You are not far from the kingdom of God’

One of the scribes came up to Jesus and put a question to him, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.’ The scribe said to him, ‘Well spoken, Master; what you have said is true: that he is one and there is no other. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more important than any holocaust or sacrifice.’ Jesus, seeing how wisely he had spoken, said, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ And after that no one dared to question him any more.

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12th March 2021 Friday 3rd Week of Lent

Reflection
Hosea 14:2-10, Mark 12: 28-34

“Love God, love others”
The scribe went to Jesus and wanted to know which commandment was the first among the many regulations that they had to observe. Jesus gave him the two most important commandments: to love God and to love others.

These two commandments are the essence of our Christian faith. Loving God is the top priority. We are called to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Our love for God is a response to God’s love for us. As St. John states, “We love because God first loved us” (1 John 4:9). We express our love for God when we open our hearts to love all people by working for their well-being, helping them with compassion, speaking the truth in love, etc. We work for the good of each person in the same way we work for our good, for our development. This implies that our love should not just be for those who are close to us, but also for those whom we do not get along well with as well as those who do not like us. In this Lent, let us ask Jesus for a heart that loves.

Question for reflection:
What is Jesus’ invitation for me today?

12 hb Mac 2021 Hari Jumaat Minggu Prapaska Ke – 3

Renungan
Hosea 14:2-10, Markus 12: 28-34

“Kasihi Allah, kasihi sesame”
Ahli taurat tersebut datang kepada Yesus dan ingin mengetahui hukum manakah yang terutama di antara semua hukum yang ada. Yesus memberikan kepadanya dua hukum yang penting: Mengasihi Allah dan mengasihi sesama.
Kedua-dua hukum ini merupakan asas iman Kristian kita. Mengasihi Allah adalah keutamaan. Kita dipanggil untuk mengasihi Dia dengan sepenuh hati, jiwa, minda dan kekuatan kita. Kasih kita kepada Allah adalah tindak balas kepada Allah yang lebih dulu mengasihi kita. Seperti yang dinyatakan oleh St. Yohanes, “Kita mengasihi kerana Allah lebih dulu mengasihi kita” (1 Yohanes 4:9). Kita mengungkapkan kasih kita kepada Tuhan ketika kita membuka hati kita untuk mengasihi sesama dengan bekerja untuk kesejahteraan mereka, membantu mereka dengan penuh belas kasihan, mengatakan kebenaran dengan kasih dan sebagainya. Kita bekerja untuk kebaikan setiap orang dengan cara yang sama kita bekerja untuk kebaikan diri kita, untuk pembangunan kita. Ini menunjukkan bahawa kasih kita tidak seharusnya untuk mereka yang dekat dengan kita tetapi untuk mereka yang tidak kita gemari serta mereka yang tidak menyukai kita. Pada masa Prapaska ini marilah mohon dari Yesus untuk memiliki hati yang mengasihi.

Soalan renungan:
Apakah jemputan Yesus kepada saya hari ini?

12 Mac 2021, Orou Kalimo Minggu’ Katalu Prapaska

Gosia 14:2-10; Markus 12:28-34

Motogom ri Aki Kapuuno’, motogom ra ulun bokon
Ratong sangulun mangngila’ ra Ukum ri Musa am masaga’ makapandai ra ati rondo’ panusuban ondo’ maatang kaga’ intor ra ngaangai’ panusuban ondo’ kaatangon nilo. Nanaak i Jisus ruo panusuban ondo’ maatang kaga’: motogom ri Aki Kapuuno’ am motogom ra ulun bokon.
Karuo-ruo panusuban ragitio noyo suang ondo’ maatang kaga’ ra kaintapatan Kristian takau. Motogom ri Aki Kapuuno’ iono ondo’ kasaa’. Itakau piawon koson motogom Riso ra topot-topot ru guang, kaayagan, pangkaraan am ikang takau. Togom takau ri Aki Kapuuno’ noyo taam ru togom ri Aki Kapuuno’ ritakau. Koson ra pambalaan ri Santo Juanis, “Motogom takau sabap ra i Aki Kapuuno’ pagulu ondo’ motogom ritakau” (1 Juanis 4:9). Itakau mambala’ ra togom takau ri Aki Kapuuno’ paat ra itakau mangukab ra guang takau ra ngaangai’ ulun ra mangandoi koson kaansayan nilo, mangindangan risilo pabayaan ra guang makaasi’, mindagau ra motopot ralalom togom am bokon-bokon poyo. Itakau mangandoi koson moonsoi ra moonong ulun ralalom ralan ra mogondo’ mangandoi takau koson moonsoi ritakau, koson kasingkatan takau. Gitio manginuui ra togom takau ondo’ sala’ ka ayuk ra ulun ondo’ mamaar tojojo ritakau, kaa’ niayuk ra ulun ondo’ kalo maindalom am poyo ra ulun ondo’ kalo masaga’ ritakau. Paat ra Prapaska ti, ibok pakitaak takau ri Jisus ra guang ondo’ motogom.

Pangkuatan ra paguangin:
Atan kia pangkimaitan ri Jisus raki’ ra orou raiti’?

12-03-2021 Hari Lima Minggu Lent Ka-3

Renungan
Hosea 14:2-10; Mark 12:28-34

“Rindu ka Allah Taala, rindu ma orang bukai.”
Siko pengajar adat datai ngagai Jesus lalu deka nemu ni bagi perintah ti besai agi ti patut dikereja sida. Jesus meri ka iya dua pesan perintah ti pemadu besai:rindu ka Allah Taala, rindu ka orang bukai.

Dua iti pesan Perintah tu meh isi pengarap kitai orang Kristen. Rindu ka Allah Taala nyadi utai ti keterubah ari atas semua utai. Kitai dikangau awak rindu ka Iya enggau pengabis ati, semengat, runding enggau pengering kitai. Pengerindu kitai ka Allah Taala nyadi saut pengerindu Allah Taala ka kitai. Munyi ka ditulis St. John, “Kitai rindu ka Allah Taala laban Iya dulu agi rindu ka kitai”(1 John 4:9) Kitai mandangka pengerindu ka Allah Taala lebuh kitai rindu ka semua mensia enggau nyaga pemadas sida, nyaup sida enggau penyiru,bejako pemendar enggau pengerindu, sereta macam bengkah utai bukai. Kitai ngereja ngambi mulaika pemadas baka kitai kereja ka pemadas diri, ka pemansang kitai. Kitai mega ukai semina rindu ka orang ti semak tauka dikelala kitak tang mega sida ti enda setanah, sepenemu enggau kitai. Ba musin Lent tu, aram kitai minta ati ti bisi pengerindu ari Jesus.

Nama kangau Jesus ka aku saritu?

2021年3月12日四旬期第三周星期五

省思
《欧十四:2-10》
《谷十二:28-34》

“爱天主，爱邻人”
有一個经师过来问耶稣在所有的诫命中，哪一条是第一条？耶稣给了他最重要的两条诫命:爱天主，爱邻人。

这两条诫命是我们基督信德的精髓。爱天主是我们的首要。我们必须全心的用我们的爱，灵魂和力量去爱祂。我们对天主的爱是对天主爱我们的回应。圣若望提到:”我们有爱因为天主先爱我们”(若望一书四:9)。当我们用全心的爱他人，帮助他们提前自己，以怜悯心对待他们,用爱说出真理，我们就是用天主爱表现自己。我们为了他人的好而付出，犹如我们为了自己的成长。这代表我们不止只爱与我们亲近的人，也包括那些我们相处不来和不喜欢我们的人。在这四旬期，让我们以爱对待他人。

省思题:
今天耶稣邀我什么？