Daily Bible Readings

July 1, 2011
1st READING

To be chosen by God is a great privilege and something St. John says we should always give thanks for. This covenant that God has made with us in the blood of Jesus is far greater than the one made through Moses and is renewed each time we celebrate the Holy Mass. Today, let us renew our love for God and consecrate ourselves through the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Deuteronomy 7:6-11
6 Moses said to the people: “You are a people sacred to the LORD, your God; he has chosen you from all the nations on the face of the earth to be a people peculiarly his own. 7 It was not because you are the largest of all nations that the LORD set his heart on you and chose you, for you are really the smallest of all nations. 8 It was because the LORD loved you and because of his fidelity to the oath he had sworn to your fathers, that he brought you out with his strong hand from the place of slavery, and ransomed you from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 9 Understand, then, that the LORD, your God, is God indeed, the faithful God who keeps his merciful covenant down to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his commandments, 10 but who repays with destruction the person who hates him; he does not dally with such a one, but makes him personally pay for it. 11 You shall therefore carefully observe the commandments, the statutes and the decrees which I enjoin on you today.”

P S A L M

Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10
R: The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. (R) 3 He pardons all your iniquities, he heals all your ills. 4 He redeems your life from destruction, he crowns you with kindness and compassion. (R) 6 The LORD secures justice and the rights of all the oppressed. 7 He has made known his ways to Moses, and his deeds to the children of Israel. (R) 8 Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. 10 Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes. (R)

2nd READING

Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical was concerning love. It was to be the theme of his Pontificate. If we are to be truly children of God, we must, like God, be bearers of love.

1 John 4:7-16
7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. 8 Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 10 In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. 12 No ne has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. 13 This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit. 14 Moreover, we have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world. 15 Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God. 16 We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.

G O S P E L

Who knows the Father? Only the Son. If we are to come to know the wonderful love of God our Father, we need to meditate on the life of Jesus, as it is in all that He said and did that He most fully reveals to us the Father’s love. The Sacred Heart of Jesus is really the heart of God our Father revealed to us in His son.

ALLELUIA
R: Alleluia, alleluia
Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord; and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.
R: Alleluia, alleluia

Matthew 11:25-30
25 At that time Jesus exclaimed: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones. 26 Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him. 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

my reflections
t h i n k : T he Sacred Heart of Jesus is really the heart of God our Father revealed to us in His son.

God’s special verse/thought for me today________________
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T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Psalm 46-50
PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT
The ultimate purpose of my life
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GOALS FOR THE QUARTER
Priority areas God wants me to work on
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PRAYER SHEET FOR
Things I will pray for regularly MY LIFE

DATE PERSONAL NEED DATE GOD’S ANSWERS
When I “Until now, you have not When the “Ask and you shall receive,
started asked for anything in My Name.” answer that your joy may be full.”
praying - John 16: 24a came - John 16: 24b

PRAYER SHEET FOR
Things I will pray for regularly MY LIFE

EVANGELISM LIST CARING LIST
People God wants me to People God wants me to
bring closer to Him pray for and show more love to