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For each of us the time is surely coming when we shall have nothing but God. Health and wealth and friends and hiding places will all be swept away, and we shall have only God. To the person of pseudo faith that is a terrifying thought, but to real faith it is one of the most comforting thoughts the heart can entertain.
- A. W. Tozer
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RV 10:8-11; PS 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131
LK 19:45-48
Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out
those who were selling things, saying to them,
“It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
And every day he was teaching in the temple area.
The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,
were seeking to put him to death,
but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose
because all the people were hanging on his words.
USCCB Lectionary
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Praying the Daily Gospels: A Guide to Meditation, by Philip St. Romain, 2018 (3rd ed.)
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Luke 19: 45-48 (Cleansing the Temple)
To appreciate the zeal which moved Jesus to expel the traders in the Temple, we must realize that the money changers and sellers of animals who had set up booths were victimizing the poor and were offering services at
elevated prices. This defilement of the people of God in the name of his house angered Jesus.
• How do you feel about the way your tax dollars are spent?
• How do you feel about your Lord marching into the midst of his enemies and confronting them?
• Pray for the grace to be courageous in your beliefs.
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God and
I: Exploring the Connections between God, Self and Ego, by Philip St. Romain, 2016 (2nd ed.)
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Chapter 8: Mystical Union: Self and God
Summary
We also examined other pathways to experiencing the Self-God ground, noting that one can undertake disciplines that diminish Egoic intentionality to enable awakening at this deeper level. There are spiritualities in both the East and West that pursue similar strategies in this regard, the consequence being a perception of the oneness of all things with an accompanying sense of God as the Void/Emptiness
that lies beyond Self and all manifestation. Some writers on the spiritual life regard this as a deeper experience than interpersonal contemplative union because the latter still retains a sense of duality, or two-ness, as integral to its relational paradigm. It seems to me that this is naught but a bias, however, as one could just as gratuitously state that non-duality was inferior in its lack of affirming an abiding duality, and its implicit de-emphasis on individuation. Reality is both dual
and profoundly interconnected, and our human consciousness is capable of experiencing both. The Christian understanding of God as Trinity affirms both this oneness and centers of relationship.
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