Computer Cud    Vatican II asks us to read the Bible every day, 
 'to have a burning love'   for the Word of God           Resolution

This plan follows the Sunday liturgy:  reading + psalm + reading + gospel             
From  www.simplebible.info              Previous Bible Blogs 

O Holy Spirit, may these passages give us hope, wisdom, compassion,
courage and peace for our daily life             Chinese text

  Reading:  Leviticus 11, 12

The people were  told which animals were "clean"
and which were "unclean".

Only "clean" animals were allowed to be eaten.

Regulations were also made for when a woman had a baby:
a lamb or two turtledoves or two young pigeons
were to be offered as a prayer for mother and baby.

Reflection:
As time went on, the Bible stressed that a clean heart is more important that external cleanliness

Prayer: Dear God, please give me a clean heart

Reading: Psalm 101

My song is of mercy and justice.
I sing to you, O Lord.

I will try to walk with blameless heart.
I will try to give my attention to what is good, not what is bad.

People who slander others, people of proud looks,
these will not be my friends.

People who are good and do good,
these will be my friends.

Reflection: 
The above words give us a definition of "walking with a blameless heart":
- being interested in good things, not bad things
- avoiding slanderers and proud people
- associating with good people who do good

Prayer:  Dear Lord, please help me to "walk with a blameless ("clean" heart")

Reading:  1 Thessalonians 1

You are a great example to other believers, since it was from you that the word of the Lord spread to many places

Everyone knows how we planted the Good News in your hearts, and
how you broke with idolatry and became servants of the living God

Let me remind you how we loved and served you, like loving parents caring for their dear children

Reflection:
Parents and other family members, friends, priests/sisters/teachers - who are the people who planted the Good News in my heart?

Prayer: Jesus, thank you for the people who planted the Good News in my heart

Reading:  Luke 11

Jesus said to the religious leaders "You worry so much about cleaning dirty dishes,  but don't care about having a dirty heart full of extortion and wickedness

At meetings and in the market, you like being treated as people of importance. But in fact you are like unmarked tombs that people walk on without knowing it

You expect ordinary people to observe unreasonable laws, while you excuse yourselves from  such laws

You don't care about obtaining real wisdom, and you prevent others from obtaining wisdom"

The leaders were stung by Jesus' words, and they intensified their efforts to trap him in his speech

Reflection: 
This reading has a similar theme to first two readings above: a clean heart is more important than clean dishes ...especially for religious leaders
 
Prayer: Jesus, help religious leaders be sincere and good people