Message of the Day
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The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but, on the contrary, of its liberality and humanity. It is
shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted: precisely because most things are permitted, and only a few things are forbidden.
- Gilbert Keith G. K. Chesterton
("Sin not, and do as you wish," goes an old saying. Enjoy the freedom of a child of God this day.)- share your
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Readings of the Day
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1 KGS 8:1-7, 9-13; PS 132:6-7, 8-10; MK 6:53-56
R. Lord, go up to the place of your
rest!
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
Let us enter into his dwelling,
let us worship at his footstool.
Advance, O LORD, to your resting place,
you and the ark of your majesty.
May your
priests be clothed with justice;
let your faithful ones shout merrily for joy.
For the sake of David your servant,
reject not the plea of your anointed. USCCB lectionary
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Reflection on the Gospel
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They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard [Jesus] was.
As I write this meditation,
I've been suffering with a sinus infection for over two weeks. I can readily identify with the people who did whatever they had to do in order to feel well again. If only the medicines would work. If only I could breathe. If only I could sleep. If only I could touch the tassel on his cloak. And even when we're not physically sick, it seems we are always searching for health and wholeness, longing for God's shalom. The good news is that God is with us in the midst of our searching;
indeed, God created us with the longing for health and wholeness.
Touch us and heal us, Lord Jesus; fill us with your peace.
- by Jeanne Lischer
Daily Bread
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Spiritual Reading
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The Book of Supreme Truth, by St. John of Rusybroeck (1293-1381) The prophet Samuel mourned for King Saul, though he knew well that God had rejected him and his issue from being kings in Israel: this was because
of his pride, and because he did not obey God and the prophet who spoke in His name. We may also read in the Gospel, that the disciples of our Lord pleaded with Him for the Gentile woman of Canaan, to send her away, that is, to do unto her that which she desired; for she cried after Him. So likewise I might say that we must mourn for all such deceived men as think themselves to be kings in Israel; for they believe themselves to be lifted up above other
good men, into a lofty and God-seeing life. And yet they are proud and wittingly and willingly disobedient to God and the law and the Holy Church and every virtue. And like as Saul rent the mantle of the prophet Samuel, they endeavour to rend asunder the unity of the Christian faith, and all true doctrine and virtuous life. Whosoever persist herein, they are separated and shut out from the kingdom of eternal contemplation, even as Saul was shut out from
the kingdom of Israel. But that humble little woman of Canaan, though she was Gentile and a stranger, had faith and hope in God, and acknowledged and confessed her littleness before Christ and His apostles: and so she received grace and health and all that she desired. For God exalts the humble, and fills them with grace and all virtues; and He resists the proud, and these remain empty of all good.
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