Suy Niệm Tin Mừng Thứ Bảy Tuần 26 TN

 Suy Niệm Tin Mừng Thứ Bảy Tuần 26 TN Luke 10:17-24

Qua bài Tin Mừng hôm nay cho chúng ta thấy là Chúa Giêsu đã quan phòng và ban cho các môn đệ của Ngài sức mạnh Thánh Linh để họ đã có thể chu toàn nhiệm vụ của họ một cách thành công. Thật vậy, ngay cả Sa-tan cũng bị ném ngã trước sức mạnh của thiên Chúa qua các việc của họ. Và đây cũng là một phần quan trọng cho việc bắt đầu sứ mệnh của Chúa Giêsu. Các môn đệ đã quá vui mừng vì những việc họ đã làm, nhưng Chúa Giêsu đã cảnh cáo họ rằng những quyền hạn và sức mạnh mà Chúa trao cho họ không quan trọng cho bằng là việc tên của họ đã được ghi trên Nước trời.

Sức mạnh và những điều đã được tiết lộ mà Chúa ban cho họ không phải là phần thưởng cho sự thông minh của họ, hay thành tích là việc của họ. Nhưng họ đã được Chúa ban cho là vì sự cởi mở tâm hồn, lòng trí của họ và lòng ước muốn của họ để làm theo ý của Thiên Chúa.

Có bao giờ chúng ta dừng lại ít phút mỗi ngày để suy ngẩm và cảm ơn Chúa vì tất cả những gì mà Ngài đã ban cho chúng ta, Ngài đã mời gọi chúng ta và giúp chúng ta được trở nên một phần trong Nước Trời của Ngài. Chúng ta có thể nhìn thấy một vinh dự tuyệt vời đó là việc có thể nhận ra được sự mặc khải của Chúa Thánh Thần để giúp chúng ta biết được cảm ứng của Thiên Chúa trong tâm hồn chúng ta.

Xin Thiên Chúa ban muôn vàn Ân sũng và Hồng ân của Ngài xuống nơi Chúng con, để chúng con được mạnh dạn trong sự thương yêu và phục vụ Chúa mà không có tính toán, so đo. Chúng con cảm ta Chúa là Cha của chúng con đã viết tên của chúng con hôm nay trong cuốn sách hàng sống ờ trên Trời.

Sat 26th Week Ordinary Time

Jesus gave the seventy-two a lot of spiritual power for their mission. Indeed, even Satan was thrown down, for the critical part of Jesus' mission had arrived. Some of them were overly impressed with themselves so Jesus warned them that these powers were nothing far more important was the fact that their names were written in heaven.

The power that they were given and the things that were revealed to them were not rewards for cleverness, education, or achievement. They were given because of the openness of their hearts and minds and their desire to do the will of God. Jesus is our teacher and revealer and it is to him we turn for enlightenment and the gift of the spirit. We are too received the Baptism from Jesus, We are all capable of doing great things in the Lord.

Do we ever stop to reflect and thank God for having invited us to be part of his kingdom? Can we see what a wonderful privilege is available to us, to receive the Spirit's revelation and to know God's touch on our hearts?

We are not invited just to be a servant of God, wielding His power for the sake of His kingdom. God wants to make us his children. He wants to shower us with His affection as any father would care for his children.

Having a personal relationship with God, and the promise of being with Him forever, this is our heritage as disciples of Jesus.

May the realization of God's gifts make us bold in loving and serving Him without counting the cost. Let us thank our Father today for writing our name in the book of life.

Saturday 26th Ordinary Time

Opening Prayer: Lord, help me to see with the eyes of faith. I am your true child; I run to you now with my petitions, my joys, and my sorrows, knowing that you will honor my requests, be gladdened by my delights, and console me in my troubles.

Encountering Christ:

1. Why Do We Rejoice?: Most of our lives are spent, in some manner, tracking our accomplishments: crossing items off of our “to do” lists, adding another skill to our resume, putting a little more money in the bank. More selflessly, perhaps, we strive to meet a spiritual goal like going on a pilgrimage, or volunteering, or donating talent or treasure. We know it is our duty each day to choose good over evil, and we pray the Our Father and ask God to help us avoid temptation and sin. There is no harm in delighting in the good things we have done and the evils we have avoided, as long as we give God the glory. But Jesus asks that we find our deepest joy by looking forward, not back: our hope is Heaven, and that is cause for rejoicing.

2. Jesus’ Great Gift: Jesus told his disciples that they were blessed to see him, listen to him, and do the same works that he did. Jesus offers himself to us completely in the Eucharist. We have all that he has. Although we don’t see Jesus in person, with eyes of faith we can be as empowered as those first disciples were. It does not take great wisdom or great learning to trust in God. True wisdom is knowing the limits of our abilities and the great power of the Holy Spirit.

3. Our Inner Child: Jesus wants us to experience the same closeness he has with his Father. The most perfect love we can know is through the relationship of the Holy Trinity, with the love between the Father and Son extending to the Holy Spirit. Small children of loving parents do not worry about where they are going or how their needs will be met; they trust fully in Mom and Dad to guide them and provide for them. That is exactly the kind of trust Jesus reminds us we should show him. How can we practice this trust? We can toss aside our “grown-up” self and see ourselves like as wide-eyed, joyful child, fully ready to follow where God wants to lead.

Conversing with Christ: Lord, little children, presume their needs will be met. Their trusting disposition allows them to be delighted by the simplest things. Help me to set aside my adult worries and spend that energy trusting you. With this peaceful heart, I will better hear your voice and allow you to equip me for the work you have planned for me to do.

Resolution: Lord, today, by your grace, I will focus on my spiritual growth, remembering that those most mature in faith are the most like small children: innocent, trusting, and aware of your power to heal, to forgive, and to guide us toward Heaven.

REFLECTION Saturday 26th Ordinary Time

Our study and scholarship will accomplish very little without the gift of the Spirit who enlightens us about the truths of God. God the Father actually hides the truth from the proud scholar, while he chooses to reveal mystical secrets of heaven to the humble. And this is the difference: knowledge inflates, love builds. Because of this humble and childlike faith the disciples did great things in Jesus' name. They exclaim: "Master, even the demons are subject to us in your name."

He told them to cure the sick and to preach and they took him at his word. Jesus said it, they believed it. Because of this simple acceptance of Jesus' words, great miracles were worked through simple men of humble upbringing. But Jesus warns them not to rejoice that they worked miracles, but to rejoice because their names were written in heaven. It is not enough to work miracles in Jesus' name. We must know him so well that we develop a personal relationship with him. Do we really know Jesus? Is our knowledge of Jesus from various

religious information, or is it personal and loving, bringing rest and respite to the dark corners of our lives? If we want to work for Jesus, we must first know Jesus. If we want to do miracles in his name, we must first receive him with the simplicity of a child.