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"It is not in the realm of thoughts about God, but in God Himself that 'we live and move and have our being.' (Acts 17:28) He
is present to us by His creative power, one with the divine substance, more intimately than it is possible to imagine. 'Closer is he than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.' Our existence, though distinct, is rooted and grounded in God's existence."
- Dom Aelred Graham, Zen Catholicism
(God is here, now. Let yourself be awakened to this
reality.)
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Rv 5:1-10; PS 149:1B-6A AND 9B
LK 19:41-44 As Jesus drew near Jerusalem,
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what
makes for peace–
but now it is hidden from your eyes.
For the days are coming upon you
when your enemies will raise a palisade against you;
they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides.
They will smash you to the ground and your children within you,
and they will not leave one stone upon another within you
because you did
not recognize the time of your visitation.”
Praying the Daily Gospels: A Guide to Meditation, by Philip St. Romain, 2018 (3rd ed.) Luke 19: 41-44 (Jesus weeps over Jerusalem)
God wants so very much for us, and we often settle for so very little! This is what Jesus laments as he stands outside the gates of Jerusalem, longing to share with the people of the city his many graces. He knows he will be rejected, however, so he weeps for the suffering this will bring to his people. • What are some reasons why we settle for less than what God wants to give us? With which of these blocks to growth have you recently struggled? • Are you satisfied with the promises made and goods delivered by proponents of the great American dream? Why? Why not? •
Pray for the grace to hunger for the things of God.
Treatise on the Love of God, by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) ____________ BOOK III: OF THE PROGRESS AND PERFECTION OF LOVE Chapter 4: Of holy perseverance in sacred love Now since the gift of prayer and devotion is liberally granted to all those who sincerely will to consent to divine inspirations, it is consequently in our power to persevere. Not of course that I mean to say that our perseverance has its origin from our
power, for on the contrary I know it springs from God's mercy, whose most precious gift it is, but I mean that though it does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power, by means of our will, which we cannot deny to be in our power: for though God's grace is necessary for us, to will to persevere, yet is this will in our power, because heavenly grace is never wanting to our will, and our will is not wanting to our power. And indeed according to the great S. Bernard's opinion, we may
all truly say with the Apostle that: Neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor might, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus Our Lord. [150] Yes, indeed, for no creature can take us away by force from this holy love; we only can forsake and abandon it by our own will, except for which there is nothing to be feared in this
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