Message of 4-21-09
Published: Mon, 04/20/09
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
If Religion has raised us into a new world, if it has filled us
with new ends of life, if it has taken possession of our hearts,
and altered the whole turn of our minds, if it has changed all our
ideas of things, given us a new set of hopes and fears, and taught
us to live by the realities of an invisible world -- then we may
humbly hope that we are true followers of the Holy Jesus, and such
as may rejoice in the Day of Christ.
... William Law, "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life"
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15
R. (1a) The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.
The LORD is king, in splendor robed;
robed is the LORD and girt about with strength.
And he has made the world firm,
not to be moved.
Your throne stands firm from of old;
from everlasting you are, O LORD.
Your decrees are worthy of trust indeed:
holiness befits your house,
O LORD, for length of days.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit that we may have power to be his
witnesses and to spread and defend the gospel by word and action,
and to never be ashamed of the Cross of Christ. The Holy Spirit
gives us his seven-fold gifts of wisdom and understanding, right
judgment and courage, knowledge and reverence for God and his ways,
and a holy fear in God's presence (see Isaiah 11) that we may live
for God and serve him in the power of his strength. Do you thirst
for new life in the Spirit?
"Lord Jesus Christ, your death brought life for us. Fill me with
your Holy Spirit that I may walk in freedom and joy as a child of
God and as an heir with Christ of an eternal inheritance."
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Ignatian Method)
A. Preparation: acts of faith and reverence in the presence of God;
asking grace of a good meditation; petition for specific graces
sought in meditation.
B. Reading the Scriptures slowly, prayerfully.
C. Exercise of the memory, imagination, and intellect:
consideration of the material.. What practical applications are
suggested?
D. Expression of feelings and sentiments awakened in meditation.
Conversation with God.
E. Exercise of will and imagination in making resolutions. Prayer
for grace to fulfill resolutions.
F. Vocal prayer (Our Father, Hail Mary, other prayers).
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
"Sayings of Light and Love," by St. John of the Cross (jottings
from his notebooks)
113. Any appetite causes five kinds of harm in the soul: first,
disquiet; second, turbidity; third, defilement; fourth, weakness;
fifth, obscurity.
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