Message of 5-22-09
Published: Sat, 05/16/09
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Cultivate peace; be deaf to your too prolific imagination; its
great activity not only injures the health of your body, but
introduces aridity into your soul. You consume yourself to no
purpose; peace and interior sweetness are destroyed by your
restlessness. Think you God can speak in those soft and tender
accents that melt the soul, in the midst of such a tumult as you
excite by your incessant hurry of thought? Be quiet, and He will
soon be heard. Indulge but a single scruple; to be scrupulously
obedient.
- Francois Fenelon
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Jn 16:20-23
R. (8a) God is king of all the earth.
All you peoples, clap your hands,
shout to God with cries of gladness,
For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome,
is the great king over all the earth.
He brings people under us;
nations under our feet.
He chooses for us our inheritance,
the glory of Jacob, whom he loves.
God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy;
the LORD, amid trumpet blasts.
Sing praise to God, sing praise;
sing praise to our king, sing praise.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
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The Gospel reading for today reminds us that faith sometimes means
not being in synch with the world. Those who do not love and serve
God may indeed be rejoicing over things that should cause weeping
and shame. However, we are encouraged to persevere, with the
promised fulfillment of our hope in joy.
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Benedictine Approach)
1. Relax. Settle in. Be aware that God is here, now, loving you.
2. Read a short passage of Scripture as though God were speaking
directly to you in it.
3. Choose a phrase from the passage that strikes you and repeat it
slowly, prayerfully, non-analytically.
4. When your heart is full, express to God the needs and sentiments
awakened by your meditation. When you're done, read another passage
and repeat steps 3 and 4.
5. If, at any time, you feel moved to simply be present to God in
loving silence, put the Scripture aside and rest in God.
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
- "The Practice of the Presence of God," by Brother Lawrence
I do not say that therefore we must put any violent constraint upon
ourselves. No, we must serve GOD in a holy freedom, we must do our
business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet; recalling our
mind to GOD mildly and with tranquillity, as often as we find it
wandering from Him.
- Sixth Letter
To a member of the order who had received from him a book, and
to
whom he again enlarges on his favourite topic. * Encouragement
to
persevere.
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