May 18 2021

First reading Acts 20:17-27

I have without faltering put before you the whole of God’s purpose

From Miletus Paul sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus. When they arrived he addressed these words to them:

‘You know what my way of life has been ever since the first day I set foot among you in Asia, how I have served the Lord in all humility, with all the sorrows and trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews. I have not hesitated to do anything that would be helpful to you; I have preached to you, and instructed you both in public and in your homes, urging both Jews and Greeks to turn to God and to believe in our Lord Jesus.

‘And now you see me a prisoner already in spirit; I am on my way to Jerusalem, but have no idea what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit, in town after town, has made it clear enough that imprisonment and persecution await me. But life to me is not a thing to waste words on, provided that when I finish my race I have carried out the mission the Lord Jesus gave me – and that was to bear witness to the Good News of God’s grace.

‘I now feel sure that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will ever see my face again. And so here and now I swear that my conscience is clear as far as all of you are concerned, for I have without faltering put before you the whole of God’s purpose.’

Responsorial Psalm 67(68):10-11,20-21

Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God.

Alleluia!

You poured down, O God, a generous rain:

when your people were starved you gave them new life.

It was there that your people found a home,

prepared in your goodness, O God, for the poor.

Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God.

Alleluia!

May the Lord be blessed day after day.

He bears our burdens, God our saviour.

This God of ours is a God who saves.

The Lord our God holds the keys of death.

Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God.

Alleluia!

Gospel John 17:1-11

Father, it is time for you to glorify me

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:

‘Father, the hour has come:

glorify your Son

so that your Son may glorify you;

and, through the power over all mankind that you have given him,

let him give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.

And eternal life is this:

to know you,

the only true God,

and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

I have glorified you on earth

and finished the work that you gave me to do.

Now, Father, it is time for you to glorify me

with that glory I had with you

before ever the world was.

I have made your name known

to the men you took from the world to give me.

They were yours and you gave them to me,

and they have kept your word.

Now at last they know

that all you have given me comes indeed from you;

for I have given them the teaching you gave to me,

and they have truly accepted this, that I came from you,

and have believed that it was you who sent me.

I pray for them;

I am not praying for the world

but for those you have given me,

because they belong to you:

all I have is yours

and all you have is mine,

and in them I am glorified.

I am not in the world any longer,

but they are in the world,

and I am coming to you.’

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18th May 2021 Tuesday 7th week of Easter – St. John I

Reflection
Acts 20:17-27, John 17:1-11

“The essence of eternal life is love”
“…he may give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him. And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent”. We tend to associate eternal life with life after we die. However, Jesus in today’s gospel speaks of eternal life as a present-day reality of knowing God. This “knowing” is not simply intellectual knowledge but is also the knowledge of the heart that comes from being in communion of love with God and Jesus Himself.

The essence of eternal life is to love God and to be one with Him. To be one with Him implies that we are one with others. We can never separate loving God from the need to reach out to others in love and be in communion with them. Today, let us have the desire to live eternal life here and now by being one and one with others.

Question for reflection:
How can I live eternal life today?

18 hb Mei 2021 Hari Selasa Minggu Paska Ke-7 – St. John I.

Renungan
Kisah Para Rasul 20:17-27, Yohanes 17:1-11

“Inti hidup kekal adalah kasih”
“…ia akan memberikan hidup yang kekal kepada semua yang telah Engkau berikan kepadaNya. Inilah hidup yang kekal itu iaitu bahawa mereka mengenal Engkau, satu-satunya Allah yang benar, dan mengenal Yesus Kristus yang telah Engkau utus”. Kita cenderung mengaitkan hidup kekal dengan kehidupan selepas kita mati. Namun, dalam injil hari ini Yesus berbicara tentang hidup kekal sebagai realiti masa kini untuk mengenal Tuhan. “Mengenal”yang dimaksudkan bukan hanya pengenalan intelektual tetapi pengenalan hati yang datang dari kesatuan kasih bersama dengan Tuhan dan Yesus sendiri.

Inti hidup kekal adalah untuk mengasihi Tuhan dan bersatu denganNya. Bersatu denganNya menuntut kita untuk bersatu dengan sesama. Kita tidak akan pernah dapat memisahkan kasih Tuhan dari keperluan untuk menjangkau orang lain dan bersatu dengan mereka. Marilah pada hari ini menginginkan hidup kekal di sini dan saat ini dengan bersatu dan dalam kesatuan dengan sesama.

Soalan renungan:
Bagaimana saya dapat menjalani hidup kekal hari ini?

18 Mei 2021, Orou Karuo Minggu’ Paska Katulu’, St. John l*

Rinalatan 20:17-27; Juanis 17:1-11

Baal maatang kaga’ ru kaayagan mantilayun iono togom
“…maa’ raginio makapanaak Io ra kaayagan mantilayun ramuyun ngai’ ondo’ pinataak Riso. Am kaayagan mantilayun iono gitio: makaulig Rirun, i Aki Kapuuno’ ondo’ motopot, am poyo i Jisus Kristus ondo’ sinusub Mu”. Bambal takau makakulawit ra kaayagan mantilayun ondo’ kaayagan ra malupus takau matoi. Kabalu’ pana raginio, i Jisus ralalom Injil ra orou raiti’ mindagu ra kaayagan mantilayun iono orou raiti’ ondo’ totopot makaulig ri Aki Kapuuno’. “Makaulig” iono kalo matasu’ ra katutunan intelek kaa’ niayuk katutunan ru guang ondo’ matong intor ra pabukatan ru togom ri Aki Kapuuno’ am i Jisus galama’.
Baal maatang kaga’ ra kaayagan mantilayun iono motogom ri Aki Kapuuno’ am masimpung Riso. Masimpung Riso karaan ra itakau ngai’ masauk rondo’. Kalo boo igondo’ takau pantuliaron togom ri Aki Kapuuno’ intor ra gogot koson mampalio ra ulun bokon ralalom togom am manutun risilo. Orou raiti’, ibok takau ra moogot maayag ralalom kaayagan mantilayun ragiti am raino ti ra rondo’ bokon masauk rondo’.

Pangkuatan ra paguangin:
Ati kulaan aku ti maayag mantilayun ra orou raiti’!

18-05-2021 Hari Dua Minggu Paska Ka-7 – St. John I.

Renungan
Kereja Rasul 20:17-27; John 17:1-11

“Isi pengidup meruan nya Pengerindu.”
“…Tu pengidup ti meruan belama iya, ngambika sida ngelala Nuan, Allah Taala ti bendar, enggau Jesus Kristus, ke dikirumka Nuan.” Kitai meruan nyangka pengidup meruan tu nyadi sepengudah kitai mati. Tang, dalam Injil saritu Jesus ngajar pasal pengidup meruan ti nyadi maya diatu lebuh kitai ngelala Allah Taala. ‘Ngelala’ ukai semina ari penau penemu tang ari penau ati ti datai dalam penyerakup pengerindu enggau Allah Taala sereta Jesus.

Isi pengidup meruan tu pengerindu ka Allah Taala sereta nyadi siti enggau Iya. Besaum enggau Iya nya minta kitai mega beserakup enggau orang bukai. Kitai enda ulih nyerara pengerindu Allah Taala enti kitai enda meri bantu ngagai orang bukai enggau ati ti bepengerindu sereta deka beserakup enggau sida. Saritu, awak kitai bisi julok ati ka pengidup meruan diatu enggau maya tu nyadi siti enggau pangan diri.

Kati aku ulih diau dalam pengidup meruan saritu?

2021年5月18日复活期第七周星期二教宗若望一世

省思
《宗廿：17-27》
《若十七：1-11》

“永生的本质是爱”
”……是为叫他将永生赐给一切你所赐给他的人。永生就是：认识你，唯一的真天主，和你所派遣来的耶稣基督。”
我们倾向把永生看作死后的生命。然而，在今天的福音里，耶稣讲述的永生是现在我们是否真正认识天主。
这所谓的“认识”不是知识层面的而是发自内心对天主对耶稣的一种和谐共融的关系
永生的本质乃是爱天主并期望与祂合一。
与祂合一意味着与他人合一。我们不能把爱天主和爱人的行为举止分开。
今天就让我们期待永生的生活，让我们去与天主及人合一共融吧！

省思题：
今天我该怎样活出永生来？