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 20

People should be put to death
- for child sacrifice
- for cursing parents
- for unlawful sex between men and women
- for sodomy
- for sex with an animal
- for being a necromancer or magician

Reflection:
 The fact that most of the above cases are no longer illegal in most countries, does not make them ok. The fact that lying and suicide are not illegal does not make them ok

Prayer: Dear God, please help me to avoid what is wrong, whether it is legal or not

Reading: Psalm 106

O give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
His great love is without end.

They are happy who do what is right,
who at all times remember what is just.

When our ancestors came out of Egypt,
they forgot the greatness of God's love.

Each time they strayed, God forgave them.
But still they continued to forget God who was their saviour,
God who had done such great things for them in Egypt.

Reflection: 
Doing good makes us glad. Doing bad, makes us sad

Prayer:  O Lord, our God, please help us experience the happiness of doing right

Reading:  1 Thessalonians 5

The Lord's coming will not find us unprepared if we live a good life

You are not children of the night and of darkness.
You are children of the light and of the day

Put on faith and love for a breastplate.
Put on the hope of salvation for a helmet

Encourage one another. Strengthen one another

Reflection:
Christians should be people of encouragement ...encouraging others to keep going, to keep doing good... Like Saint Barnabas whose name means" son of encouragement" ....he encouraged Paul when Paul was viewed with suspicion by Peter & Co.

Prayer: Jesus, please help me be a person of encouragement, not discouragement

Reading:  Luke 13

Jesus said to the people "The kingdom of God is like a tiny seed
planted in the ground. It grows and becomes a big tree, and the birds
live in its branches

The kingdom of heaven is like yeast mixed with flour until the flour
is leavened all through

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets who are sent to you. How often have I longed to gather your children, as a hen gathers her
chickens under her wings, and you refused"

Reflection: 
Jesus mother-hen words show the maternal side of God's love

Prayer: Jesus, may your kingdom grow in the hearts of more and more people