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“That God should have clothed himself with our nature is a fact that should not seem strange or extravagant to minds that do not form too paltry an idea of reality. Who, looking at the universe, would be so feeble-minded as not to believe that God is all in all; that he
clothes himself with the universe, and at the same time contains it and dwells in it? What exists depends on Him who exists, and nothing can exist except in the bosom of Him who is.”
- Gregory of Nyssa, Catechetical Orations, 25 -
Repeat that last sentence, applying its message to your own life. Let its words move you to prayer of gratitude for the gift of
existence.
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Daily Readings
Acts 17:15, 22—18:1
Psalm
148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 John 16:12-15 Jesus said to his disciples:
‘I still have many things to say to you
but they would be too much for you now.
But when the Spirit of truth comes
he will lead you to the complete
truth,
since he will not be speaking as from himself
but will say only what he has learnt;
and he will tell you of the things to come.
He will glorify me,
since all he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.
Everything the Father has is mine;
that is why I said:
All he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.’
Praying the Daily Gospels: A Guide to Meditation, by Philip St. Romain, 2018 (3rd ed.) John 16: 12-15 (The Spirit will guide
us) The Church’s understanding of the meaning of Jesus has grown considerably since John wrote his gospel, even though new truths concerning Jesus have not been revealed. Today’s reading also hints at the unity of truth in the Spirit who leads us to all truth, religious and otherwise. • What are you doing to further the development of your mind? Your knowledge of the
Scriptures? How is this helpful to you? • What kind of knowledge scares you? Why? • Pray for the grace to find God in all truth.
Treatise on the Love of God, by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) ____________ BOOK VI: OF THE EXERCISES OF LOVE IN PRAYER
Complacency for St. Francis de Sales means contentment to simply be with God, to rest in God. Chapter 2: Of meditation -- the
first degree of prayer or mystical theology
Meditation is the mystical rumination [275] required for not being unclean, to which one of the devout shepherdesses who followed the sacred Sulamitess invites us: for she assures us that holy writ is as a precious wine, worthy not only to be drunk, by pastors and doctors, but also to be diligently relished, and, so to speak, ruminated and turned over and over. Thy throat, says she (in which the holy
words are formed) is like the best wine, worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and his teeth to ruminate. [276] So the blessed Isaac, as a chaste and pure lamb, went forth into the field, the day being now well spent, to make his retirement, his conference, and his exercise of spirit with God, that is, to pray and to meditate. [277]
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