Message of 7-31-07

Published: Tue, 07/31/07



MESSAGE OF THE DAY

The very least you can do in this life is to figure out what you hope for.  And the most you can do is live inside that hope.  Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof.
- Barbara Kingsolver

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LECTIONARY READINGS
     http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/

Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28;   Ps 103:6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13;   Mt 13:36-43

R.     (8a) The Lord is kind and merciful.

The LORD secures justice
and the rights of all the oppressed.
He has made known his ways to Moses,
and his deeds to the children of Israel.

Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
He will not always chide,
nor does he keep his wrath forever.

Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.

As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

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Praying the Daily Gospels
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- Matthew 13: 35-43  Parable of the weeds explalned

Again we find Jesus explaining his parables to his disciples, but he invites everyone to be open to his teaching.  We live in a world that is both good and bad, Jesus tells us.  God can purge the evil from our midst, but we must hear his words of love and put them into practice.

• Some philosophers have argued that goodness is merely the absence of evil; others, notably Augustine, argued that evil is the absence of good.  Where do you stand on the issue of sources of good and evil?

• How does hearing God’s word help you to become a better person? Write down your thoughts.  Spend some time thanking God for the gift of the Scriptures.

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

13. God desires the least degree of obedience and submissiveness more than all those services you think of rendering him.

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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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