Message of 4-16-09
Published: Mon, 04/13/09
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Ready-to-halt, poor Fearing, and thou, Mrs. Despondency, and
Much-afraid, go often there [the empty tomb]; let it be your
favourite haunt, there build a tabernacle, there abide. And often
say to your heart, when you are in distress and sorrow, "Come, see
the place where the Lord lay."
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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Free copy of "Jesus is Risen," a pamphlet by Philip St. Romain.
- see http://homepage.mac.com/philothea/download/resurrection.pdf
Print it out; pass it around; send copies via email. . .
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9; Lk 24:35-48
R. Alleluia.
O LORD, our Lord,
how glorious is your name over all the earth!
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him?
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet.
All sheep and oxen,
yes, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
from "Praying the Daily Gospels," by Philip St. Romain:
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- Luke 24: 35-48 (Jesus appears to his disciples.)
There is little doubt that Jesus' disciples believed that he had
been raised from the dead and that they experienced him in a
profoundly significant way. In today's reading Luke tries to
express some of the impressions left by the risen Christ on his
disciples. He leaves us with as many questions as answers,
however. What was the nature of this risen body, for example?
These are questions we cannot answer. Like the disciples, we are
simply invited to accept Jesus as our risen lord.
- How do you feel about the prospect of your own death? How does
belief in the Resurrection help you live more fully before death?
- Spend some time hearing Jesus say to you, "Peace be with 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
How conducive it is for the keeping of heavenly grace to fly the
gaze
of men, not to seek abroad things which seem to cause
admiration, but
to follow with utmost diligence those which give fervor and
amendment
of life! How many have been harmed by having their virtue known
and
praised too hastily! And how truly profitable it has been when
grace
remained hidden during this frail life, which is all temptation
and
warfare!
-------- Bk. 3, Chapter 45
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