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Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with God.
- Hudson Taylor
(What difference does it make to you to begin your day with prayer? How can you keep
"first things first" in your life?)
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MI 7:14-15, 18-20; PS 85:2-8; JN 20:1-2, 11-18
R. Lord, show us your mercy and love.
You have favored, O LORD, your land;
you have brought back the captives of Jacob.
You have forgiven the guilt of your people;
you have covered all their sins.
You have withdrawn all your wrath;
you have revoked your burning anger.
Restore us, O God our savior,
and abandon your displeasure against us.
Will you be ever angry
with us,
prolonging your anger to all generations?
Will you not instead give us life;
and shall not your people rejoice in you?
Show us, O LORD, your kindness,
and grant us your salvation.
USCCB Lectionary
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Reflection on the Scriptures |
Like Mary Magdalene wants to cling to the not-yet-risen Jesus in her grief, we in our moments of spiritual darkness often want to cling to the notion of ourselves as helpless sinners. Through our attachment to these limited notions of ourselves, we do not allow the healing power of Christ's Resurrection to enter deeply into our lives. So, as we seek to expand our vision
of who Saint Mary Magdalene truly was, a faithful disciple healed by Jesus, we must also expand our vision of ourselves to see that we are beloved sinners healed by God. In our moments of darkness and doubt, we must cry out like the psalmist to say, "Lord, show us your mercy and love."
- by Kyle Shinseki, S.J.
Creighton Online Ministries
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Selected Quotes from the Writings of St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed.
It is a yearning to take on God's gentle yoke,
It is a yearning to give one's self to God's Way.
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