Message of 3-19-09
Published: Tue, 03/10/09
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Do you long to know how you may always experience deliverance from
the sin of prayerlessness? Here you have the secret. Believe in the
Son of God, give Him time in the inner chamber to reveal Himself in
His ever present nearness, as the Eternal and Almighty One, the
Eternal Love who watches over you.... It has not entered into the
heart of man what God can do for those who love Him.
- Andrew Murray
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
- Feast of St. Joseph
2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29; Rom 4:13,
16-18, 22; Lk 2:41-51a
R. (37) The son of David will live for ever.
The promises of the Lord I will sing forever;
through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness,
For you have said, "My kindness is established forever";
in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant:
Forever will I confirm your posterity
and establish your throne for all generations."
"He shall say of me, 'You are my father,
my God, the Rock, my savior.'
Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him,
and my covenant with him stands firm."
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
from "Praying the Daily Gospels," by Philip St. Romain:
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(For Thursday, 3rd week in Lent)
- Luke 11: 14-23: The reign of God is upon you
The gospels reveal that it was impossible for people to encounter
Jesus and remain indifferent toward him. This passage shows that
some people interpreted his influence and power as arising from
demonic sources. Jesus exposed the irrationality of their
accusation and invited them to join him in gathering the kingdom
harvest.
- What do you believe it means to be "with" Jesus? Whom do you
believe is with him?
- What kind of conscience guards the doors of your soul? List some
of the values that are most important to you.
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Carmelite Method)
A. Introduction: settling in, relaxing in awareness of God's
presence.
B. Reading the text slowly, prayerfully.
C. Meditation: imaginative representation of the material; reflection
on the meaning of the material and its application to one's life.
D. Affective prayer: conversation with God, attentive to sharing
feelings awakened in meditation. Prayer of petition, thanksgiving,
remorse.
E. Resting in God in silent loving awareness, if moved to do so.
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
- "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas A. Kempis
Oh, how wise is that holy soul who said: "My mind is firmly
settled and founded in Christ." If that were true of me, human
fear
would not so easily cause me anxiety, nor would the darts of words
disturb. But who can foresee all things and provide against all
evils?
And if things foreseen have often hurt, can those which are
unlooked
for do otherwise than wound us gravely? Why, indeed, have I not
provided better for my wretched self? Why, too, have I so easily
kept
faith in others? We are but men, however, nothing more than weak
men,
although we are thought by many to be, and are called, angels.
-------- Bk. 3, Chapter 45
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