Message of 10-20-09
Published: Thu, 10/15/09
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
That is the wonderful thing about this journey: one is given more
than one ever asks or even dreams of desiring. This is absolutely
certain; I know it to be true. If you should find it untrue, never
believe anything else I tell you.
- Teresa of Avila, "The Way of Perfection"
(Do you find this to be true?)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17; Lk
12:35-38
R. (8a and 9a) Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Sacrifice or oblation you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Burnt offerings or sin‑offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come."
"In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
To do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
May all who seek you
exult and be glad in you,
And may those who love your salvation
say ever, "The LORD be glorified."
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
God loves faithfulness. That is why we can always expect God to
give us what he promises. In turn, God expects us to be faithful to
him and to one another. How can we grow in faithfulness? God's
grace shows us the way. When we are faithful in the little tasks
and promises we make, we learn to be faithful in the bigger and
more important responsibilities and tasks entrusted to us. Our
reward is the Lord Jesus himself who shares with us his joy and
friendship - "well done good and faithful servant ..enter into the
joy of your Master" (Matthew 25:21).
"Lord Jesus, you are faithful even when I fail. Help me to
persevere in faithfulness and not shrink back in the face of
challenges or difficulties. May I never forget your presence with
me and may I always be ready to receive you when you call me to
your home."
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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)
139. Look at that infinite knowledge and that hidden secret. What
peace, what love, what silence is in that divine bosom! How lofty
the science God teaches there, which is what we call the anagogical
acts that so enkindle the heart.
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