Message of 5-20-13

Published: Mon, 05/20/13

A Daily Spiritual Seed
Monday: May 13, 2013
Message of the Day

It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life. 
- Elizabeth Dole

(Yes, that is ex-Senator and U.S. Presidential candidate Bob Dole's wife.)
Readings of the Day

SIR 1:1-10;    PS 93:1-2, 5;    MK 9:14-29

R. The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.

The LORD is king, in splendor robed;
robed is the LORD and girt about with strength. 

And he has made the world firm,
not to be moved.
Your throne stands firm from of old;
from everlasting you are, O LORD. 
ust indeed:
holiness befits your house,
O LORD, for length of days. 

USCCB lectionary
Reflection on the Gospel
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My Daily Bread
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Spiritual Reading

The Sparkling Stone, by St. John of Rusybroeck (1293-1381)

Hear now what those three works are, which our Lord works in all men if they will submit themselves thereto. The first work which God works in all men in common consists in His calling and inviting them all, without exception, to union with Himself. And as long as a sinner does not follow this call, he must lack all the other gifts which would follow thereafter.

Chapter Five: Of the works which God works in all in common and of five kinds of sinners.

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