Message of 6-26-07
Published: Tue, 06/26/07
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
What are you afraid of? Let God act. Abandon yourself to Him. You will suffer, but you will suffer with love, peace and consolation. You will fight, but you can carry off the victory, and God Himself, after having fought with you, will crown you with His own hand. You will weep, but your tears will be sweet, and God Himself will come with satisfaction to dry them. You will not be free any longer to give yourself up to your tyrannic passions, but you will sacrifice your liberty freely, and you will enter into a new liberty unknown to the world, in which you will do nothing except for love.
- Francois Fenelon
(Let God act . . . Abandon yourself to God. . .)
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LECTIONARY READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14
R. (1b) He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.
He who walks blamelessly and does justice;
who thinks the truth in his heart
and slanders not with his tongue.
Who harms not his fellow man,
nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
By whom the reprobate is despised,
while he honors those who fear the LORD.
Who lends not his money at usury
and accepts no bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
shall never be disturbed.
He who walks blamelessly and does justice;
who thinks the truth in his heart
and slanders not with his tongue.
Who harms not his fellow man,
nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
By whom the reprobate is despised,
while he honors those who fear the LORD.
Who lends not his money at usury
and accepts no bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
shall never be disturbed.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
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- Matthew 7: 6, 12-14 (The narrow gate)
Today's reading includes three loosely related teachings. As we strive to walk the difficult path of love, we are warned that we should not profane sacred truths and rituals by sharing them with people who cannot receive them or are not ready to. This
caution does not mean that we should become exclusive or elitist, however.
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
7. The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.
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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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