Some of you reading One Bread, One Body are much more intelligent than I am and know more about the Bible than I do. So why are you reading this? The Lord has arranged that we need other people's help to understand much of the Bible. For example, the Ethiopian eunuch, the "official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace," queen of the Ethiopians, was probably much more intelligent than Philip the deacon (Acts 8:27). Yet he couldn't understand the part of the Bible he was reading without having Philip explain it to him (Acts 8:31). Notably, as an ordained Deacon, Philip taught with the authority of the Church.
Some of you reading this may know little about the Bible. However, the Lord may have chosen you to enlighten those superior to you in intelligence and knowledge of the Bible. The Lord rejoices in the Holy Spirit that what He has "hidden from the learned and the clever" He has revealed to and through the merest children (Lk 10:21)
Therefore, to understand the Bible as well as possible we need to be humble, docile, and willing to learn from others. We also need to realize that the Lord has given us a light on the Scriptures that other people need to see. Therefore, with humility and docility seek the light that the Holy Spirit is shining through others. Then "let your little light shine."
| PRAYER: | Father, may my humility greatly exceed my intelligence (see Prv 3:5-6). Let Your Word burn in my heart (Lk 24:32). |
| PROMISE: | "No one can come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me draws him; I will raise him up on the last day." –Jn 6:44 |
| PRAISE: | John and Sarah, who grew up with a home-based community, started one of their own. |
Reprinted with permission from Presentation Ministries, a lay association of the Catholic Church that focuses on evangelization and discipleship through Bible teaching, daily Mass, the charisms of the Holy Spirit, and Small Christian Community. Their ministries include:
· One Bread, One Body
· Daily Bread Radio Program
· Annual Bible Institute
· Discipleship Retreats
· Guadalupe Bible College