Message of 4-20-10
Published: Thu, 04/15/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
No person is greater than his or her prayer life. The pastor who is
not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are
straying. The pulpit can be a shop window to display one's talents;
the prayer closet allows no showing off.
- Leonard Ravenhill
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 7:51--8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 7b and 8a, 17 and 21ab; Jn
6:30-35
R. Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
Be my rock of refuge,
a stronghold to give me safety.
You are my rock and my fortress;
for your name's sake you will lead and guide me.
Into your hands I commend my spirit;
you will redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God.
My trust is in the LORD;
I will rejoice and be glad of your mercy.
Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your kindness.
You hide them in the shelter of your presence
from the plottings of men.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
The bread which Jesus offers his disciples sustains us not only on
our journey to the heavenly paradise, it gives us the abundant
supernatural life of God which sustains us both now and for all
eternity. When we receive from the Lord's table we unite ourselves
to Jesus Christ, who makes us sharers in his body and blood and
partakers of his divine life. Ignatius of Antioch (35-107 A.D.)
calls it the "one bread that provides the medicine of immortality,
the antidote for death, and the food that makes us live for ever in
Jesus Christ" (Ad Eph. 20,2). This supernatural food is healing for
both body and soul and strength for our journey heavenward. Do you
hunger for God and for the food which produces everlasting life?
"Lord Jesus Christ, you are the bread of life. You alone can
satisfy the hunger in my heart. May I always find in you, the true
bread from heaven, the source of life and nourishment I need to
sustain me on my journey to the promised land of heaven."
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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)
171. Suffering for God is better than working miracles.
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