Message of 9-19-11
Published: Mon, 09/19/11
A Daily Spiritual Seed
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Message of the Day
In perplexities - when we cannot tell what to do, when we cannot understand what is going on around us - let us be calmed and steadied and made patient by the thought that what is hidden from us is not hidden from Him.
- Frances Ridley Havergal
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Lectionary Readings of the Day
http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
Ez 1:1-6; Ps 126:1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6; Lk 8:16-18
R. (3) The Lord has done marvels for us.
When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion,
we were like men dreaming.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with rejoicing.
Then they said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them."
The LORD has done great things for us;
we are glad indeed.
Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like the torrents in the southern desert.
Those that sow in tears
shall reap rejoicing.
Although they go forth weeping,
carrying the seed to be sown,
They shall come back rejoicing,
carrying their sheaves.
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Reflection on the Gospel
- from Daily Bread
http://www.preacherexchange.com/daily_bread.htm
No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed.
We Christians are called to be light for the world, yet we may think that our light is too small, too puny to matter. But even a little light can make a big difference. Moreover, as our light shines, it may well grow brighter, for, as St. Catherine of Siena noted, "If you are what you should be, you will set the world ablaze." Let us be done with hiding the faith and the love we have received. Let us bring that light out into the open and do our part to shatter the world's darkness.
For generous, vibrant faith that brightens our world, we pray.
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Spiritual Reading
The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
by St. John of Rusybroeck (1293-1381)
Now we will speak further of the second manner of the coming of Christ, in those inward exercises by which a man is adorned, enlightened, and enriched in the three highest powers of the soul. This coming we will liken to a living fountain with three rills. [49]
The fountain-head, from which the rills flow forth, is the fulness of Divine grace within the unity of our spirit. There grace dwells essentially; abiding as a brimming fountain, and actively flowing forth in rills into all the powers of the soul, each according to its need. These rills are special inflowings or workings of God in the higher powers, wherein God works by means of grace in many diverse ways.
- Chapter 35: On the second coming of Christ, or the fountain with three rills.
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