Message of 7-21-09
Published: Fri, 07/17/09
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Truth revealed must enter into the fires of testing, this is the
only way that truth can be confirmed in the soul.
- Anonymous
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Ex 14:21-15:1; Exodus 15:8-9, 10 and 12, 17; Mt 12:46-50
R.(1b) Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
At the breath of your anger the waters piled up,
the flowing waters stood like a mound,
the flood waters congealed in the midst of the sea.
The enemy boasted, "I will pursue and overtake them;
I will divide the spoils and have my fill of them;
I will draw my sword; my hand shall despoil them!"
When your wind blew, the sea covered them;
like lead they sank in the mighty waters.
When you stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them!
And you brought them in and planted them on the mountain of your
inheritance--
the place where you made your seat, O LORD,
the sanctuary, O LORD, which your hands established.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
An early Christian martyr once said that "a Christian's only
relatives are the saints" - namely those who have been redeemed by
the blood of Christ and adopted as sons and daughters of God. Those
who have been baptized into Jesus Christ and who live as his
disciples enter into a new family, a family of "saints" here on
earth and in heaven. Jesus changes the order of relationships and
shows that true kinship is not just a matter of flesh and blood.
Our adoption as sons and daughters of God transforms all of our
relationships and requires a new order of loyalty to God first and
to his kingdom of righteousness and peace. Do you want to grow in
love and friendship? Allow God's Holy Spirit to transform your
heart, mind, and will to enable you to love freely and generously
as he loves.
"Heavenly Father, you bless us with many relationships and you
invite us into the community of your sons and daughters who have
been redeemed by your son, Jesus Christ. Help me to love my
neighbor with charity, kindness, compassion, and mercy, just as you
have loved me. In all of my relationships, and in all that I do and
say, may I always seek to bring you honor and glory."
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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)
126. The devil fears a soul united to God as he does God himself.
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