June 21 2021

First reading Genesis 12:1-9

‘Leave your country, your family, and your father’s house’

The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing.

‘I will bless those who bless you:

I will curse those who slight you.

All the tribes of the earth

shall bless themselves by you.’

So Abram went as the Lord told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had amassed and the people they had acquired in Haran. They set off for the land of Canaan, and arrived there.

Abram passed through the land as far as Shechem’s holy place, the Oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘It is to your descendants that I will give this land.’ So Abram built there an altar for the Lord who had appeared to him. From there he moved on to the mountainous district east of Bethel, where he pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord. Then Abram made his way stage by stage to the Negeb.

Responsorial Psalm 32(33):12-13,18-20,22

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

They are happy, whose God is the Lord,

the people he has chosen as his own.

From the heavens the Lord looks forth,

he sees all the children of men.

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

The Lord looks on those who revere him,

on those who hope in his love,

to rescue their souls from death,

to keep them alive in famine.

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

Our soul is waiting for the Lord.

The Lord is our help and our shield.

May your love be upon us, O Lord,

as we place all our hope in you.

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

Gospel Matthew 7:1-5

Do not judge, and you will not be judged

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not judge, and you will not be judged; because the judgements you give are the judgements you will get, and the amount you measure out is the amount you will be given. Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the plank in your own? How dare you say to your brother, “Let me take the splinter out of your eye,” when all the time there is a plank in your own? Hypocrite! Take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.’

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(Versi English)

Reflection

Genesis 12:1-9, Matthew 7:1-5

“Who am I to judge?”
“Who am I to judge?”: This was one of Pope Francis’ famous quotations. This echoes what Jesus said in today’s gospel passage: “Do not judge, and you will not be judged”. This does not mean that we are meant to be uncaring and indifferent to the choices and behaviours of others. Rather, as Christians, we are called to always look at others with eyes of mercy, not of condemnation, even when they commit mistakes. This is because the person is always more than his/her mistakes. In His relationships with people, Jesus was critical of their actions. However, He never condemned them because He regarded each as a person created and loved by God.

Today, let us also look at ourselves and recognise that despite our imperfections, we are unconditionally loved by God. May we ask for the strength to remove the log that we have in our own eyes and be more merciful in our relationship with those around us.

Question for reflection:
How can I put mercy into practice today?

(Versi BM)

Renungan

Kejadian 12:1-9, Matius 7:1-5

“Siapa saya untuk menghakimi?”
“Siapa saya untuk menghakimi?”: Ini merupakah salah satu petikan terkenal Pope Francis. Petikan ini menggemakan apa yang dinyatakan Yesus dalam petikan injil hari ini: “Jangan kamu menghakimi supaya kamu tidak dihakimi”. Ini tidak bererti bahawa kita bersikap tidak peduli terhadap pilihan dan perbuatan orang lain. Sebaliknya, sebagai orang Kristian, kita dipanggil untuk sentiasa melihat orang lain dengan belas kasihan, tidak menghina walaupun mereka melakukan kesalahan. Ini kerana seorang peribadi lebih penting berbanding kesalahannya. Yesus, dalam hubunganNya dengan orang lain mengkritik mereka. Namun, Dia tidak pernah menghina mereka kerana Dia melihat mereka sebagai peribadi yang dicipta dan dikasihi Tuhan.

Marilah pada hari ini kita melihat diri kita sendiri dan menyedari bahawa, meskipun tidak sempurna, Allah mengasihi kita tanpa syarat. Semoga kita memohon kekuatan untuk membuang log yang ada dimata kita sendiri dan menjadi lebih berbelas kasihan dalam hubungan kita dengan orang-orang di sekitar kita.

Soalan renungan:
Bagaimana saya mempraktikkan belas kasihan hari ini?

(Versi Murut)

St. Aloysius Gonzaga*

*Kasaukan 12:1-9; Matius 7:1-5*

Mangakim ri osoi kia aku ti?
“Mangakim ri osoi kia aku ti?”: Gitio rondo’ intor ra ondo’ rinagu ri Pope Francis ondo’ nakatabual tojojo. Gitio inulit ra atan ondo’ rinagu ri Jisus ralalom ru Injil ra orou raiti’, _”Pai’ kau pangakim ra ulun bokon, koson ra kalo niayuk akimin kau ri Aki Kapuuno’.” Gitio kalo makaarati’ ra itakau ti ulun malaat kalo mampalio am mompoloso ra ondo’ pilion am paliso ru ulun bokon. Sotopot no, koson ra ulun Kristian, itakau piawon koson masalok magilong ra ulun bokon ra mato makaasi’, pai’ pagulas, iou pana ra makasala ilo. Ralalom pabukatan Nano ra ulun-ulun, mansawai i Jisus ra ondo’ baalon nilo. Kabalu’ pana raginio, kalo igondo’ Io pagulas risilo sabap ra mangkara’ Io ra moonong ulun ondo’ inangun am tagamin ri Aki Kapuuno’.
Orou raiti’, ibok takau magilong niayuk ra inan takau galama’ am uligin ra kabalu’ pana kalo matanda’ takau, tagamin takau ra kolondo’ polos ru togom ri Aki Kapuuno’. Pangitaak takau ra ikang ondo’ makapangiru’ ra tataun makalu ra mato takau am maayo makaasi’ ralalom pabukatan ra ulun bokon ra liput takau.

Pangkuatan ra paguangin:
Ati kulaan baalon ku makaasi’ ra orou raiti’?

(Versi Iban)

Renungan

Pemungkal 12:1-9; Matthew 7:1-5

“Sapa ku ti deka ngakim?”
“Sapa aku ti deka ngakim?”: Tu meh leka jako ti dikena Pope Francis. Tu mega pesan ti di bai Jesus saritu: “Anang ngakim, lalu nuan enda di akim”. Tu ukai reti kitai enda peduli tauka ngati ka diri ka jako pemutus orang bukai tauka jalai pendiau sida. Kelimpah ari nya, kitai di pinta awak ngembuan penyiru, enda ngeletak ukum taja sida bisi salah. Laban genap iko mensia lebih agi ari penyalah ti udah di kereja iya. Dalam kaul Iya, Jesus meda pengawa sida. Tang Iya enda ngeletak ka ukum atas sida laban Iya ngaku genap iko mensia digaga sereta dikerindu Allah Taala.

Saritu, aram kitai mansik diri empu lalu ngaku taja kitai bisi penimpang, kitai di kerindu Allah Taala enggau nadai ba takat. Awak kitai minta pengering muai empeleman ari mata kitai sereta ngembuan penyiru dalam kaul enggau orang bukai.

Kati aku ulih mandangka penyiru saritu?

(Versi Cina)

2021年6月21日常年期第十二周单数年星期一
圣类思·公撒格

省思
《创十二：1-9》
《玛七：1-5》

“我怎么可以妄断呢？”
“我怎么可以妄断呢？”，这是一句出自芳济各教宗著名的引用句。这回应了耶稣在今天福音篇章中所诉说的句子：“不要审判，那么你也不会被审判”。这不意味着我们成为对众人的选择及行为漠不关心及视为无关紧要。然而，身为基督徒，我们接受的召唤是，经常以怜悯的目光看向众人，而不是以谴责的方式看待众人，就算是他们犯下了罪过错。这是因为那个人的价值总是比他或她所犯下的错误来得高。耶稣在与众人的关系里，耶稣批评他们的行为举止。可是，祂没有刁难他们，因为祂认定每一个都是受造者及被天主所钟爱。

今天，就让我们看向我们自己，并且察觉到自己尽管是还有缺陷，我们还是被天主无条件地钟爱。愿我们寻求能够去除自己眼中木头的力量，以及为我们周遭的人们表现出更为怜悯的关系。

省思题：
今天的我怎样把怜悯付诸于行动呢？

Acknowledgment: Reflections are based on “Prayer for Living: The Word of God for Daily Prayer Year B” by Sr. Sandra Seow FMVD.