Message of 4-23-10
Published: Thu, 04/15/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Humble yourself and cease to care what others think. A meek person
is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority.
Rather, he has stopped being fooled about himself. He knows well
that the world will never see him as God sees him and he has
stopped caring. He has obtained a place of soul rest. The old
struggle to defend himself is over.
- A. W. Tozer
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"Jesus is Risen" booklet
http://homepage.mac.com/philothea/download/resurrection.pdf
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
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SCRIPTURE MEDITATION
- from
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
While there may not be a dramatic light show of divine presence, a
spooked mount, or divine voices, the Easter season provides
conversion "opportunities;" experiences that can offer a new
reference point for self identity -be it the simple experience of a
church at prayer across the Triduum, the crowd of 'one day a year'
church goers on Easter Sunday or the on-going reflection on the
post-Easter scripture readings. Even nature, as its springs into
springtime allows us to experience the face and the presence of
God. Active, repeated, conversion--a daily occurrence-- is a
reflection of free choices made to acquire new understanding and a
new identity before God; or simply to affirm your present
relationship with the Lord and His church.
As Pope Benedict XVI noted: "conversion entails placing oneself
humbly at the school of Jesus and walking meekly in his
footsteps....In fact the only joy that fills the human heart is that
which comes from God: indeed, we stand in need of infinite joy.
Neither daily concerns nor life's difficulties succeed in
extinguishing the JOY that is born from friendship with God."
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SPIRITUAL READING
- Fenelon's "Maxims of the Saints"
- continuing reflection on holy indifference
3. Holy indifference is not inactivity. It is the furthest
possible from it. It is indifference to anything and everything
out of God's will; but it is the highest life and activity to
anything and everything in that will.
- Fifth Article
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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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