Message of 6-1-07
Published: Fri, 06/01/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Fall on your knees and grow there. There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it. Prayer means not always talking to Him, but waiting before Him till the dust settles and the stream runs clear.
- Frederick Brotherton ( F. B. ) Meyer
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Sir 44:1, 9-13; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b; Mk 11:11-26
R.
(see 4a) The Lord takes delight in his people.
Sing to the LORD a new song
of praise in the assembly of the faithful.
Let Israel be glad in their maker,
let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.
Let them praise his name in the festive dance,
let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp.
For the LORD loves his people,
and he adorns the lowly with victory.
Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy upon their couches;
Let the high praises of God be in their throats.
This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia.
Sing to the LORD a new song
of praise in the assembly of the faithful.
Let Israel be glad in their maker,
let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.
Let them praise his name in the festive dance,
let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp.
For the LORD loves his people,
and he adorns the lowly with victory.
Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy upon their couches;
Let the high praises of God be in their throats.
This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
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- Mark 11:11-26 (The withered fig tree)
Old Testament prophets sometimes compared the people of Israel to trees, branches, and vines. Today’s stories of the withered fig tree and the cleansing of the Temple show Jesus confronting the barrenness of the Jews of his day, a barrenness stemming from their failure to receive his teaching and their failure to understand the meaning of true worship.
• How do you feel
about Jesus’ actions in this passage? Is it possible for
anger to serve love?
• What occurred in the temple of your soul during the past day?
• What occurred in the temple of your soul during the past day?
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ABANDONMENT TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE
- by Jean Pierre de Caussade, S.J.
O Bread of Angels! heavenly manna! pearl of the Gospel! Sacrament of
the present moment! thou givest God under as lowy a form as the manger, the
hay, or the straw. And to whom dost thou give Him? (Luke i, 53).
God reveals Himself to the humble under the most lowly
forms, but the proud, attaching themselves entirely to that which is
extrinsic, do not discover Him hidden beneath, and are sent empty away.
-- Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 2
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