Message of 3-9-10
Published: Sat, 03/06/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary
with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them.
Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel when he said to Thee, "Speak,
for Thy servant heareth." Let me hear Thee speaking in my heart.
Let me get used to the sound of Thy voice, that its tones may be
familiar when the sounds of earth die away and the only sound will
be the music of Thy speaking. Amen.
- A. W. Tozer
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps. 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35
R. Remember your mercies, O Lord.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your kindness are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.
Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
he teaches the humble his way.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
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Through Jesus' atoning sacrifice for our sins on the cross, we have
been forgiven a debt beyond all reckoning. It cost God his very own
Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to ransom us with the price of his
blood. Jesus paid the price for us and won for us pardon for our
sins and freedom from slavery to our unruly desires and sinful
habits. God in his mercy offers us the grace and help of his Holy
Spirit so we can love as he loves, pardon as he pardons, and treat
others with the same mercy and kindness which he has shown to us.
God has made his peace with us. Have you made your peace with God?
If we understand God's love and accept it, than we have no other
choice but to be merciful towards others as our heavenly Father is
merciful towards us. Are you a peacemaker?
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred
let me sow love. Where there is injury let me sow pardon. Where
there is doubt let me sow faith. Where there is despair let me
give hope. Where there is darkness let me give light. Where there
is sadness let me give joy." (Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi)
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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)
164. The meek are those who know how to suffer their neighbor and
themselves.
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