Message of 10-30-09
Published: Sat, 10/24/09
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
To the individual believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit there is
granted the direct impression of the Spirit of God on the spirit of
an individual, imparting the knowledge of His will in matters of
the smallest and greatest importance. This has to be sought and
waited for.
- G. Campbell Morgan
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Rom 9:1-5; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Lk 14:1-6
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise your God, O Zion.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates;
he has blessed your children within you.
He has granted peace in your borders;
with the best of wheat he fills you.
He sends forth his command to the earth;
swiftly runs his word!
He has proclaimed his word to Jacob,
his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
He has not done thus for any other nation;
his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia.
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SCRIPTURE MEDITATION
- from
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I believe Jesus meant for us to engage in healing and health issues
quite seriously. Medical anthropologists motivated by the
teachings of Liberation Theology look deeper to the structural
factors in the local economy and society that usually accompany
poor health and unhealthy lifestyles. From this perspective, the
church is called to recognize the conditions of inequality in our
society that contribute to poor health. We are called to engage in
non-judgmental care-giving programs that help individuals with few
resources to better care for themselves as fully integrated members
of our society.
I pray that as Christians, we will integrate Jesus' healing
ministry more fully into our ministry programs. That will mean
different things in each community, depending on the needs and the
resources available. If we look, we can see people in our
communities who need wholeness and healing. And if we open our
hearts, we can find some resources to help them more fully
experience the Kingdom of God through healthy lifestyles and
mutually supportive relationships.
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
- "The Practice of the Presence of God," by Brother Lawrence
I told you, in my last, that He sometimes permits bodily diseases
to cure the distempers of the soul. Have courage then: make a
virtue of necessity: ask of GOD, not deliverance from your pains,
but strength to bear resolutely, for the love of Him, all that He
should please, and as long as He shall please.
Such prayers, indeed, are a little hard to nature, but most
acceptable to GOD, and sweet to those that love Him. Love sweetens
pains; and when one loves GOD, one suffers for His sake with joy
and courage. Do you so, I beseech you; comfort yourself with Him,
who is the only Physician of all our maladies. He is the FATHER of
the afflicted, always ready to help us. He loves us infinitely more
than we imagine: love Him then, and seek not consolation elsewhere:
I hope you will soon receive it. Adieu. I will help you with my
prayers, poor as they are, and shall be, always, yours in our LORD.
- 13th Letter - to one who is in great pain and who has not
responded to medical attention.
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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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