Living Water - February 15, 2013 Toronto Teaching Schedule For a complete and up-to-date Teaching and Activities Schedule, visit: www.bldtoronto.com Youth Life in the Spirit Seminar #14 Date Time Topic Venue Invitees Feb 23 Sat 9am to 3pm Witness Development Part 1 OLA Hall Newly covenanted disciples and those who have not taken said teaching Feb 25 Mon 8pm to 10pm Advanced Intercession Part 2 OLA Hall Intercessory Ministry members and those who have not taken it YOUTH MINISTRY KORNER Tonight: God’s Love after the Youth Praise and Worship Next shepherding session - Friday, February 22 on Salvation May we kindly request everyone to please pray for all YLSS # 14 participants and to observe si- lence during the shepherding sessions in the OLA basement hall. Thank you. More pictures of the Valentine’s Dinner Dance Youth Life in the Spirit Seminar # 14 Schedule Photo taken during first Praise and Worship of OSG (BLD) SFX on February 5, 2013 Living Water - February 15, 2013 February 15, 2013 BUKÁS-LOÓB SA DIYÓS • OPEN IN SPIRIT TO GOD Toronto District www.bldworld.org www.bldtoronto.com THEME We proclaim God’s word when we worship Him and Him alone. WORD Dt 26: 4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13; Rom 10:8- 13; Lk 4:1-13 ORDERS “Man does not live by bread alone..”(Lk 4:4) “Worship the Lord your God, serve only Him.” (Lk 4:8) “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”( Lk 4:12) “Bring the first of the fruit of the ground that You, O Lord have given me.”(Dt 26:10) REFLECTION The season of Lent prepares us to celebrate the paschal mystery of Jesus --- his saving death and resurrection seen as a single act of God’s love for us. Christ in the bale against the powers of Satan and darkness is the gospel’s embodiment of this Sunday’s reading. Lent provides us with a double task: it is a time for us to renew our baptism or prepare for it; this is also a time for stressing penance. Given the Holy Spirit at baptism, we are to reflect that it is our spiritual lives in God that will sustain us: “We cannot live by bread First Sunday of Lent
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Living Water - February 15, 2013
Toronto Teaching Schedule For a complete and up-to-date Teaching and Activities Schedule, visit: www.bldtoronto.com
Youth Life in the Spirit Seminar #14
Date Time Topic Venue Invitees Feb 23
Sat 9am to 3pm
Witness Development
Part 1 OLA Hall
Newly covenanted disciples and those
who have not taken said teaching
Feb 25
Mon 8pm to 10pm
Advanced Intercession
Part 2 OLA Hall
Intercessory Ministry members and those
who have not taken it
YOUTH
MINISTRY KORNER
Tonight: God’s Love after the Youth Praise and Worship
Next shepherding session - Friday, February 22 on Salvation
May we kindly request everyone to please pray for all YLSS # 14 participants and to observe si-lence during the shepherding sessions in the OLA basement hall. Thank you.
More pictures of the Valentine’s Dinner Dance
Youth Life in the Spirit Seminar # 14 Schedule
Photo taken during first Praise and Worship of OSG (BLD) SFX on February 5, 2013
Living Water - February 15, 2013
February 15, 2013
BUKÁS-LOÓB SA DIYÓS • OPEN IN SPIRIT TO GOD Toronto District
www.bldworld.org www.bldtoronto.com
THEME
We proclaim God’s word when we worship
Him and Him alone.
WORD
Dt 26: 4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13; Rom 10:8-
13; Lk 4:1-13
ORDERS
“Man does not live by bread alone..”(Lk 4:4)
“Worship the Lord your God, serve only
Him.” (Lk 4:8)
“Do not put the Lord your God to the
test.”( Lk 4:12)
“Bring the first of the fruit of the ground
that You, O Lord have given me.”(Dt 26:10)
REFLECTION
The season of Lent prepares us to celebrate the
paschal mystery of Jesus --- his saving death
and resurrection seen as a single act of God’s
love for us.
Christ in the battle against the powers of Satan
and darkness is the gospel’s embodiment of
this Sunday’s reading.
Lent provides us with a double task: it is a
time for us to renew our baptism or prepare for
it; this is also a time for stressing penance.
Given the Holy Spirit at baptism, we are to
reflect that it is our spiritual lives in God that
will sustain us: “We cannot live by bread
First Sunday of Lent
Living Water - February 15, 2013
alone”. A challenge to the materialistic culture of our day which easily misleads and deceives
most of us. That is why the rich are condemned in Luke’s Gospel; not because they are rich but
because they see in wealth a security that can only come from God. The final temptation continues
the theme. It is not simply the abuse of power and riches; it is the thundering admonition of com-
mitting idolatry that their worship implies. This is personified by the devil, who is a liar - true
worship is the worship of God and according to John, the devil is a murderer from the very begin-
ning.
The point with idols is that we know their names. We feel we can manipulate them and be in con-
trol of them. So we must not turn God into an idol by putting him to a test. All this is surely why
this passage is such a splendid opening for Lent, as it faces us with truth about Jesus and how life
is to be lived at the deepest level of our being – it is then about the self-disclosure of Jesus to us and
our gift of the Holy Spirit who will sustain us in all the testing of our lives.
The Vatican Council pointed out the importance of times for prayer and penance (Liturgy Consti-
tution, no. 105) Our penance is to be social and external as well as personal and internal (no. 110):
we are called to works of love and self –sacrifice. The heart of the virtue of penance is “hatred of
sin as an offense against God” (no. 109).
In a single word, Lent is a time of conversion. The believing community is called to widen its Len-
ten activities by:
Hearing God’s word
More ardent prayer
Doing penance
Traditional penances include: Giving up sin; prayer, fasting, doing good works, giving alms;
carrying out our duties of state; meditative reading; abstinence, and controlling our desires for
possession and entertainment.
DIRECTIONS:
Read the Word of the Lord daily.
Faithfully attend our Community Praise and Worship, and faithfully offer your tithes and
love offerings.
GOD’S PROMISE:
“Those who love me, I will deliver, I will protect those who know my Name.”(Ps 91:14)
ANNOUNCEMENT
Do you love to write? Do you have something to share to inspire others? The Word Ministry is pleased to invite everyone to
be a contributor of articles for the Living Water bulletin. An example of an article to submit is a testimonial on how God
works in your life.
Living Water - February 15, 2013
"Love is the Greatest Gift of All" - A Valentine’s Dinner Dance
Shortly after 7 pm on the evening of Saturday Feb. 9, a large throng of BLD faithful and supporters
braved the intimidating snow banks of Clark Avenue West and filed through the doors of William
Garnet Community Centre to experience why "Love is the Greatest Gift of All."
The fund-raising Valentines event - put together by "working warriors" of Class ME29, and spear-
headed by DCS Joey and Susan Linsao, was a tremendous success. Turnout was well above expec-
tations in spite of earlier fear of a mother-nature-winter conspiracy.
The Linsaos gave a spiritually-uplifting speech and thanked the ME29 group, specifically Project
Coordinators Ariel and Ethel Ang and Logistics gurus Gil and Dolly Valencia for a job well done.
Special thanks to so many kind hearted and generous hearts who shared their resources and tal-
ents, even on a short notice.
Wonderful prizes were drawn and given away throughout the evening including a 32-inch Sam-
sung TV. Another big hit of the night was the photo booth and the roses; and not to be outdone
was the water and pop bar that earned more than what the group expected. Love songs filled the
air while bouncy tunes dominated the dance floor. Highlight of the party was a beautiful rendition
by the ME29 family, of the theme "Love is the greatest gift of all."
The ME 29 working team was comprised of Ethel & Ariel Ang, Elsa and Rico Calderon, Fe and
Bavi Dela Cruz, Linda & Charlie Delfin, Geena and Manny Feliciano, Weng and Dexter Javier
Carmen Jimenez, Joan & Allan Llaneta, Gloria & Lino Mante, Mavic & Art Tambuyat, Dolly & Gil