Message of 6-8-18

Published: Fri, 06/08/18

(Yesterday's quote was attributed to Peter Marshall, but a subscriber pointed out that it should have been C. S. Lewis.)

- a prayer for today

Holy Spirit of God, visit now this soul of mine,

and tarry within it until the eventide.

Inspire all my thoughts.

Pervade all my imaginations.

Suggest all my decisions.

Lodge in my soul’s most inward citadel,

and order all my doings.

Be with me in silence and in my speech,

in my haste and in my leisure,

in company and in solitude,

in the freshness of the morning

and the weariness of the evening.

Give me grace at all times to rejoice

in Thy mysterious companionship.

- John Baillie

Readings of the Day

HOS 11:1, 3-4, 8C-9; IS 12:2-3, 4, 5-6.; EPH 3:8-12, 14-19

JN 19:31-37

Since it was preparation day,
in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath,
for the sabbath day of that week was a solemn one,
the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken
and they be taken down.
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first
and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus.
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead,
they did not break his legs,
but one soldier thrust his lance into his side,
and immediately blood and water flowed out.
An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true;
he knows that he is speaking the truth,
so that you also may come to believe.
For this happened so that the Scripture passage might be fulfilled:
Not a bone of it will be broken.
And again another passage says:
They will look upon him whom they have pierced.

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Scripture Reflection

Praying the Daily Gospels: A Guide to Meditation, by Philip St. Romain, 2018 (3rd ed.)

- See http://shalomplace.com/view/praying.html

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Chapter 7: The Journey to Belonging: The Ego-God Relationship

The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus comes to us as an invitation to penetrate more deeply the mystery of the humanity of Christ, who out of great love laid down his life for us and poured out that wondrous love by opening his heart on the cross, bidding us to that fountain of precious blood and living water---the blood of the sacrificial lamb, and the water of the Spirit, baptism and eucharist. We want to drink deeply of the spring of eternal life. . .

At the death of Jesus, the earth shook and hard rocks were split. The Sacred Heart enables our stoney hearts to become flesh and beat with the heart of Christ, and to drink deeply of the living water that wells up to eternal life. This is the will of God for you, your holiness (1 Thess 4:3). If the wounded world is to become holy, it needs the prayers and works of saints who dwell in the heart of Christ. This Sacred Heart invites us to such holiness.

- by David Smith, S.J.

http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html

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Spiritual Reading

God and I: Exploring the Connections between God, Self and Ego, by Philip St. Romain, 2016 (2nd ed.)

- See http://shalomplace.com/view/godandi.html

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Chapter 7: The Journey to Belonging: The Ego-God Relationship

Theosis: Being-in-Love

The term “theosis” is used in reference to the process of transformation that faith in God makes possible. Sometimes translated as “deification” or “divinization,” it is also more commonly referred to as “the spiritual journey” these days. Theosis affirms that we become more God-like as we grow in our relationship with God. We have all seen and perhaps even experienced how two who are in love become like each other in many ways, even taking on the other’s peculiar mannerisms. Theosis is similar, only with regard to God.

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