Message of 4-13-10
Published: Mon, 04/12/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
If you have not much time at your disposal, do not fail to profit
by the smallest portions of time which remain to you. We do not
need much time in order to love God, to renew ourselves in His
Presence, to lift up our hearts towards Him, to worship Him in the
depths of our hearts, to offer Him what we do and what we suffer.
- Francois Fenelon
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5; Jn 3:7b-15
R. The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.
The LORD is king, in splendor robed;
robed is the LORD and girt about with strength.
And he has made the world firm,
not to be moved.
Your throne stands firm from of old;
from everlasting you are, O LORD.
Your decrees are worthy of trust indeed:
holiness befits your house,
O LORD, for length of days.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
The bronze serpent points to the cross of Christ which defeats sin
and death and obtains everlasting life for those who believe. The
result of Jesus "being lifted up on the cross" and his rising and
exaltation to the Father's right hand in heaven, is our "new birth
in the Spirit" and adoption as sons and daughters of God. God not
only redeems us, but he fills us with his own divine life and power
that we might share in his glory. Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit
that we may have power to be his witnesses and to spread and defend
the gospel by word and action, and to never be ashamed of the Cross
of Christ. The Holy Spirit gives us his seven-fold gifts of wisdom
and understanding, right judgment and courage, knowledge and
reverence for God and his ways, and a holy fear in God's presence
(see Isaiah 11) that we may live for God and serve him in the power
of his strength. Do you thirst for new life in the Spirit?
"Lord Jesus Christ, your death brought life for us. Fill me with
your Holy Spirit that I may walk in freedom and joy as a child of
God and as an heir with Christ of an eternal inheritance."
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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)
170. Conquering the tongue is better than fasting on bread and
water.
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