All human miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
- Blaise
Pascal
(How comfortable are you with yourself in silence? What do you learn from/in the silence?)
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ROM 7:18-25A; PS 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94
LK 12:54-59
Jesus said to the crowds,
"When you see a cloud rising in the west
you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does;
and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south
you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is.
You hypocrites!
You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;
why do you not know how to interpret the
present time?
"Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate,
make an effort to settle the matter on the way;
otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge,
and the judge hand you over to the constable,
and the constable throw you into
prison.
I say to you, you will not be released
until you have paid the last penny."
Reflection on the
Scriptures |
Today’s readings contain a responsorial psalm worthy of reflection. The collected verses from Psalm 119 include key words and phrases that serve as guideposts for us and help to tell the story about our lives, and how we want to live our lives with and in Christ.
The Psalm starts by extolling the importance of “wisdom and knowledge,” and rightfully so, for without them, how are we to judge between right and wrong, good and bad, and how we are to make decisions that reflect who we truly are and who we truly want to be?
Next is the key word “trust.” Imagine just for a moment living a life devoid of any semblance of trust. Trust is the bedrock upon which all of our relationships are built, whether with friends, family, co-workers or our ever-so-important personal relationship with Christ. Without trust we would all be alone in this world.
- by Steve Scholer Revelations of Divine
Love - by Julian of Norwich
Fourteenth Revelation, Chapter 43
“Prayer uniteth the soul to God”
But when our courteous Lord of His grace sheweth Himself to our soul, we have that [which] we desire. And then we see not, for the time, what we should more pray, but all our intent with all our might is set wholly to the beholding of Him. And this is an high unperceivable prayer, as to my sight: for all the cause wherefor we pray it, it is oned into the sight and beholding of Him to whom
we pray; marvellously enjoying with reverent dread, and with so great sweetness and delight in Him that we can pray right nought but as He stirreth us, for the time. And well I wot, the more the soul seeth of God, the more it desireth Him by His grace. |
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