Message of 2-18-10
Published: Sat, 02/13/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
"...to surrender to too many demands,
to commit oneself to too many projects,
to want to help everyone in everything
is to succumb to violence."
- C. S. Lewis, "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander"
(Disencumber - extricate: release from entanglement of difficulty.
What would this mean for you?)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
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Dt 30:15-20; Ps. 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6; Lk 9:22-25
R. (40:5a) Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked
Nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
But delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night.
He is like a tree
planted near running water,
That yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.
Not so the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.
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SCRIPTURE MEDITATION
from "Praying the Daily Gospels," by Philip St. Romain:
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- Luke 9: 22-25: Take up your cross!
Jesus tried to help his disciples realize that his commitment to
love would lead him into a fatal conflict with the authorities of
his day. Dying to ourselves for the sake of love will lead us,
with Jesus, to new life.
- Make a list of those personal traits which you need to change for
the sake of love. Which of these most frustrates your efforts at
loving?
- Pray for the grace to change destructive behaviors.
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
- "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas A. Kempis
The Voice of Christ
MY CHILD, my grace is precious. It does not allow itself to be
mixed
with external things or with earthly consolations. Cast away all
obstacles to grace, therefore, if you wish to receive its
infusion.
Seek to retire within yourself. Love to dwell alone with
yourself.
Seek no man's conversation, but rather pour forth devout prayer
to God
that you may keep your mind contrite and your heart pure.
- Chapter 53
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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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