Message of 7-24-07

Published: Tue, 07/24/07



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MESSAGE OF THE DAY

Instead of condemning others, strive to reach inner peace. Keep silent, refrain from judgement. This will raise you above the deadly arrows of slander, insult and outrage and will shield your glowing hearts against all evil.
   - St. Seraphim of Sarov

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LECTIONARY READINGS
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Ex 14:21—15:1;   Exodus 15:8-9, 10 and 12, 17;   Mt 12:46-50

R.    (1b) Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.

At the breath of your anger the waters piled up,
the flowing waters stood like a mound,
the flood waters congealed in the midst of the sea.
The enemy boasted, “I will pursue and overtake them;
I will divide the spoils and have my fill of them;
I will draw my sword; my hand shall despoil them!”

When your wind blew, the sea covered them;
like lead they sank in the mighty waters.
When you stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them!
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And you brought them in and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance—
the place where you made your seat, O LORD,
the sanctuary, O LORD, which your hands established.

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Praying the Daily Gospels
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- Matthew 12: 46-50 (The family of Christ)

"Your children are not your children,” Gibran wrote.  ‘They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.” In today’s reading, Jesus affirms the primacy of the family of God over blood relations.

• Have you left the home of your youth emotionally as well as physically? Are you still living your life according to adolescent patterns?

• What kind of esteem do you seek from family members? How important is this to you? Why?

• Pray for the grace to see all people as children of God.

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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
  by St. John of the Cross
  - jottings from his notebooks

12. God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.

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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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