Panis Angelicus: Abide in MY Love

Abide in MY Love

May 14, 2021, Friday
FEAST OF SAINT MATTHIAS, APOSTLE (Red)
CYCLE B - YEAR I
Lectionary: 564

Reading I
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26

Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and sisters
(there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place).
He said,

“My brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled
which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand
through the mouth of David, concerning
Judas,
who was the guide for those who
arrested Jesus.
Judas was numbered among us
and was allotted a share in this
ministry.
For it is written in the Book of
Psalms:
Let his encampment become
desolate,
and may no one dwell in it.
and:
May another take his office.
Therefore, it is necessary that one of
the men
who accompanied us the whole time
the Lord Jesus came and went among us,
beginning from the baptism of John
until the day on which he was taken up
from us,
become with us a witness to his
resurrection.”
So they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas,
who was also known as Justus, and
Matthias.
Then they prayed,
“You, Lord, who know the hearts of all,
show which one of these two you have
chosen to take the place in this apostolic ministry
from which Judas turned away to go to his own place.”
Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias,
and he was counted with the Eleven Apostles.

Responsorial Psalm
113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8

R. (8) The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of his people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

Praise, you servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
Blessed be the name of the LORD
both now and forever.

R. (8) The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of his people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

From the rising to the setting of the sun
is the name of the LORD to be
praised.
High above all nations is the LORD;
above the heavens is his glory.

R. (8) The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of his people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

Who is like the LORD, our God, who is
enthroned on high
and looks upon the heavens and the
earth below?

R. (8) The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of his people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

He raises up the lowly from the dust;
from the dunghill he lifts up the
poor
To seat them with princes,
with the princes of his own
people.

R. (8) The Lord will give him a seat with the leaders of his people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

Alleluia
See Jn 15:16

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

I chose you from the world,
to go and bear fruit that will last,
says the Lord.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

GOSPEL
Jn 15:9-17

Jesus said to his disciples,

"As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love,

just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you,

and that your joy may be complete.

"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not
know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends,

because I have made known to you everything that
I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you.

And I appointed you to go and bear fruit,
fruit that will last,

so that the Father will give you whatever you ask
him in my name. I am giving you these
commands so that you may love one
another."

REFLECTION:

"God, who calls us to generous commitment and to give him our all, offers us the light and the strength needed to continue on our way. In the heart of this world, the Lord of life, who loves us so much, is always present. He does not abandon us, he does not leave us alone, for he has united himself definitively to our earth, and his love constantly impels us to find new ways forward.”

(Pope Francis, Laudato Si 245).

PRAYER:

Lord, I have so much to learn from you about love. Open my heart to show my unconditional love not just for my family but also for my friends & loved ones.

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What is "Panis Angelicus"?

It started from a simple spiritual bible verse on which I mostly posted daily in my personal Facebook account, I've seeing myself realizing the idea what if I will post something different to my audiences sharing my spiritual thoughts/insights in life based on my experiences as a former church servant. Indeed, the world of social media nowadays are full of negativity where many people who are "toxic" in terms of sharing ideas and opinions, on which I personally described. Some people have already forgotten the so-called respect and being open-minded in terms of sharing ideas and opinions on each other. It comes to the point that sometimes we didn't know and feel that we're already crossing the lines causing our egos would probably triggered and even tempered due to our different emotions and expressions. For me, there are lots of causes and reasons why all of these are happen in our society today. Maybe it's because the world nowadays are also under the influence of a so-called millennial traits and other social aspects in life on which other people most especially the youth tend to do unnecessary traits that would make to hurt the feelings of others. By this, some people often forget to show RESPECT to their elder ones and even their parents as well. The new generation of youth today is far different from those times of our lolos and lolas. Even in simple greeting (in a normal traditional Filipino custom of Mano Po) showing your respect to your elders are already forgotten to practice by some of our younger ones and even adults of today. Some people often forget to pray and say the Holy Rosary together with your family every night and even go to church on Sundays to attend holy masses, maybe it is because the people of today are also changing their personal aspects and priorities in life due to power, wealth and pride.

So I decided create this blog page entitled, "Panis Angelicus". This name (Latin for "Bread of Angels" or "Angelic Bread") derived from the penultimate strophe of the hymn "Sacris solemniis" written by Saint Thomas Aquinas for the feast of Corpus Christi as part of a complete liturgy of the feast, including prayers for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours. It is a collection of spiritual reflections/verses taken from the Daily Readings in the Holy Bible. Aside of spiritual reflections/verses, you'll also read some of my different insights/opinions regarding on the different types of issues that happen in our world today and what would be its connection in terms of talking about the spiritual aspects in life.

By this simple cause on which I usually loved to do during my church days to help other people in the community by means of participating on various community outreach programs organized by the former parish church that I've served, I'm eagerly open my hands to help most especially those people who already reject nor forget GOD as the center of their life by means of educating and enlighten their minds not just in spiritual aspects but also in moral aspects of life that in this world, nobody's perfect and permanent. Feel free to comment on my posts or share your own thoughts. I'd love to hear from you.