Feb 13 2021

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First reading Genesis 3:9-24

The expulsion from the Garden of Eden

The Lord God called to the man. ‘Where are you?’ he asked.

‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’

‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’

The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with me; she gave me the fruit, and I ate it.’

Then the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’

The woman replied, ‘The serpent tempted me and I ate.’

Then the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this,

‘Be accursed beyond all cattle,

all wild beasts.

You shall crawl on your belly and eat dust

every day of your life.

I will make you enemies of each other:

you and the woman,

your offspring and her offspring.

It will crush your head

and you will strike its heel.’

To the woman he said:

‘I will multiply your pains in childbearing,

you shall give birth to your children in pain.

Your yearning shall be for your husband,

yet he will lord it over you.’

To the man he said, ‘Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat,

‘Accursed be the soil because of you.

With suffering shall you get your food from it

every day of your life.

It shall yield you brambles and thistles,

and you shall eat wild plants.

With sweat on your brow

shall you eat your bread,

until you return to the soil,

as you were taken from it.

For dust you are

and to dust you shall return.’

The man named his wife ‘Eve’ because she was the mother of all those who live. The Lord God made clothes out of skins for the man and his wife, and they put them on. Then the Lord God said, ‘See, the man has become like one of us, with his knowledge of good and evil. He must not be allowed to stretch his hand out next and pick from the tree of life also, and eat some and live for ever.’ So the Lord God expelled him from the garden of Eden, to till the soil from which he had been taken. He banished the man, and in front of the garden of Eden he posted the cherubs, and the flame of a flashing sword, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Responsorial Psalm 89(90):2-6,12-13

O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.

Before the mountains were born

or the earth or the world brought forth,

you are God, without beginning or end.

You turn men back to dust

and say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’

To your eyes a thousand years

are like yesterday, come and gone,

no more than a watch in the night.

You sweep men away like a dream,

like the grass which springs up in the morning.

In the morning it springs up and flowers:

by evening it withers and fades.

Make us know the shortness of our life

that we may gain wisdom of heart.

Lord, relent! Is your anger for ever?

Show pity to your servants.

Gospel Mark 8:1-10

The feeding of the four thousand

A great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, ‘I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. If I send them off home hungry they will collapse on the way; some have come a great distance.’ His disciples replied, ‘Where could anyone get bread to feed these people in a deserted place like this?’ He asked them, ‘How many loaves have you?’ ‘Seven’ they said. Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and handed them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them among the crowd. They had a few small fish as well, and over these he said a blessing and ordered them to be distributed also. They ate as much as they wanted, and they collected seven basketfuls of the scraps left over. Now there had been about four thousand people. He sent them away and immediately, getting into the boat with his disciples, went to the region of Dalmanutha.

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13th February 2021 Saturday 5th Week of Ordinary Time

Reflection
Genesis 3:9-24, Mark 8:1-10

“Giving the little that I have for the good of others”
Jesus and His disciples had different reactions as they faced the great hungry crowd. The disciples asked, “Where could anyone get these people enough bread to eat in a deserted place?”, and in their mind, they were thinking of taking the easy way out of sending the people away. Jesus, on the other hand, asked, “How many loaves have you?” which shows His desire to do something to relieve their hunger. How do we respond when we are presented with the needs of others?

Jesus wants us always to look at the needs of others and see what we can do to help and serve. We, like the disciples, might look at the little that we have and think there is not much that we can do. It is easier to find excuses and walk away from doing anything. Today, let us have the courage to put our gifts and resources in the service of others because Jesus is the one who will work wonders through us.

Question for reflection:
How can I offer my “small loaves and fishes” for the good of others?

13 hb Februari 2021 Hari Sabtu Minggu Biasa Ke-5

Renungan
Kejadian 3:9-24, Markus 8:1-10

“Memberi dari sedikit yang saya miliki demi kebaikan orang lain”
Yesus dan murid-muridNya mempunyai reaksi yang berbeza ketika berhadapan dengan orang ramai yang kelaparan. Para murid bertanya, “Bagaimana di tempat yang sunyi ini orang dapat memberi mereka roti sampai kenyang?”, dan di dalam minda, mereka berfikir cara mudah iaitu dengan menyuruh orang ramai itu pergi. Namun Yesus sebaliknya bertanya, “Berapa roti yang ada padamu?” menunjukkan keinginan Yesus untuk melakukan sesuatu bagi memuaskan lapar mereka. Bagaimana dengan kita? Apakah tindak balas kita bila dihadapkan pada keperluan orang lain?
Yesus ingin agar kita sentiasa melihat keperluan orang lain dan melihat apa yang dapat kita lakukan untuk membantu dan melayani. Kita, seperti para murid mungkin melihat sedikit yang kita miliki dan berfikir bahawa ianya tidak mencukupi. Amat mudah untuk mencari alasan dan berlalu tanpa melakukan apa-apa. Pada hari ini marilah memiliki keberanian untuk menggunakan karunia dan sumber yang kita miliki untuk keperluan orang lain kerana Yesuslah yang akan melakukan keajaiban melalui kita.

Soalan renungan:
Bagaimana saya dapat menawarkan “roti dan ikan yang sedikit” yang saya miliki demi
kebaikan orang lain?

13 Februari 2021, Orou Koonom Minggu’ Kaindalaman Kalimo

Kasaukan 3:9-24, Markus 8:1-10

Mangani’ koborok ondo’ soroi raki’ koson moonsoi ra ulun bokon
I Jisus am maamaya’-maamaya’ Nano mokoondo’ ra mansuai taaman paat ra ilo makauma’ ra ulun masuang ondo’ mangaitilan. Pangkuot Maamaya-maamaya’ Nano, “Ati koson maguyum risilo ra akanon ra intok masiluk ti?” am ralalom pangkaraan nilo, mangkara’ ilo ra matasu’ poyo ru suaubon ulun-ulun raginilo muli’. Kaa’ suai i Jisus, pangkuot, “Kula’ ngampila’ ruti’ soroi ramuyun?” ondo’ manulu’ ra moogot Io mampaakan risilo ondo’ naitilan. Atan taam takau paat ra itakau makasaang ra baal ru ulun-ulun ondo’ gumogot ra indangan?
Masaga’ i Jisus ritakau masalok koson mangindangan ra ulun-ulun ondo’ gumogot ra indangan am mambaal ra ondo’ mabuli takau baalon koson mangindamgan am mangandoi. Itakau, koson ra maamaya’-maamaya’ ri Jisus, maaru’ magilong ra ondo’ koborok soroi ritakau am mangkara’ ra kalo masuang ondo’ mabaal takau. Matasu’ koson mindagu ra makimaap am mugar ayuk ka mambaal ra atan pana. Orou raiti’, ibok takau manungka’ koson mangani’ ra taak am puun ralalom mangadoi ra ulun bokon sabap ri Jisus noyo ondo’ mambaal ra kaimuagan ralalom takau.

Pangkuatan ra paguangin:
Ati kulaan aku mangani’ ra “ruti boboro am papait” kuti koson moonsoi ra ulun bokon?

13-02-2021 Hari Enam Minggu Selama Ka-5

Renungan
Pemungkal 3:9-24; Mark 8:1-10

“Meri ari pengurang kemisi aku ketegal pemadas orang bukai. “
Jesus enggau bala Murid Iya bebagi penemu pasal mensia mayuh ti begempuru dia lalu nadai utai diempa. Ko sida murid nyaut Iya, “Baka ni ku kitai meri bala orang tu makai di menua puang tu?”, lalu dalam runding sida nya laban deka ngasuh orang mayuh mupuk ari endur nya. Tang, Jesus lalu nanya sida, “Berapa iti tuku roti dikemisi kita?” tu mandangka pengingin ati Iya awak sida enda lapar. Kati kitai nyaut lebuh orang datai minta tulong ari kitai?

Jesus ingin kitai meda utai diguna ka orang lalu nyaup ba endur ti ulih kereja kitai. Baka bala Murid, kitai tentu meda ari pengurang kemisi kitai sereta bisi runding bukai dalam ngereja pengawa. Sigi mudah endur kitai bedalih lalu enda ngereja mega. Saritu, aram kitai ngembuan pemerani ati ngena penau enggau kemisi kitai mela orang bukai laban Jesus meh ti gawa nengah kitai.

Kati aku ulih ngena “tuku ruti enggau ikan” ti mimit dikena aku ka pemadas orang bukai?