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:  Ruth 2

Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem 
at the time of the barley harvest.

Ruth went to the fields to look for left-over ears of corn.
She came to the attention of Boaz, Elimelech's clansman.

Boaz was a kind man and he told the men harvesting his crop
to let Ruth take some sheaves of corn, not just left-overs.

As one of Naomi's closest relatives,
Boaz was in a group of several men from which one man was required by law to marry Ruth and produce children for Elimelech

Reflection: 
Boaz was a just man, a good man, a kind man.
Not a poor man. He must have been well-to-do to own a crop and employ workers.
He's a good example for better-off people in today's world

Prayer:  Lord, please help well-off people to imitate Boaz

Reading:  Psalm 72

O Lord, please bless the king,
that he might serve your people with justice.

May the mountains bring forth peace for the people
and the hills, justice.

The kings of Sheba and Seba bring him gifts.
All nations will serve him.

He will save the poor when they cry for help
and the needy who are helpless.

He will have pity on the weak
and save the lives of the poor.

May every tribe be blessed in him.
May every nation bless his name.

Reflection: 
A king, a leader, who cares for the poor, the needy and the weak.
Pope Francis is such a leader. May all leaders, especially Christian leaders, be likewise

Prayer: Lord, may all leaders care for the poor, the needy and the weak

Reading:  One John 1

God is light. There is no darkness in him.
If we say we are in union with God
while we are living in darkness,
we are lying, because we are not living the truth

If we say we have no sin in us,
we are deceiving ourselves
and refusing to admit the truth

But if we acknowledge our sins,
God will forgive us
and purify us from everything that is wrong

Reflection:  
Self-deception

Prayer:  Jesus, forgive my sins. Please help me avoid sin

Reading:  John 13

While Jesus and his disciples were eating a meal just before the Passover, Jesus got up from the table, removed his outer clothing,  and wrapped a  towel around his waist as an apron

He then poured water into a basin, and like a slave, began to wash the disciples' feet,  wiping them with the towel he was wearing

After washing their feet he said to them "You are right in calling  me Master and Lord. If I, then, the Lord and Master, have humbly served you, you should humbly serve one another

I have given you an example so that you may copy what I have done for you"

Reflection:
Pope Francis is putting the above words into practice.
Each Christian must do the same

Prayer: Jesus, please help us to serve other people humbly,
just as you humbly served your disciples