Message of 1-15-09
Published: Thu, 01/08/09
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Lord, You're full, and You fill us with Your kindness, too. You're
great, and we're small. Tell us, how are we to become like you,
then?
- Mechthild of Magdeburg, "The Flowing Light of the Godhead"
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
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Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95:6-7c, 8-9, 10-11; Mk 1:40-45
R. (8) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For he is our God,
and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
"Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
Where your fathers tempted me;
they tested me though they had seen my works."
Forty years I was wearied of that generation;
I said: "This people's heart goes astray,
they do not know my ways."
Therefore I swore in my anger:
"They shall never enter my rest."
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
from "Praying the Daily Gospels," by Philip St. Romain:
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- Mark 1: 40-45 (Jesus cures a leper)
The gospels do not include a single instance when Jesus refuses to
heal someone who requests wholeness. The prayer of the leper in
today's reading should be a model for all of us because the leper
makes his request in great humility and leaves the matter in Jesus'
hands.
- Do you believe that God answers your prayers? What kinds of
prayers do you find answered most often?
- What are some reasons why you are usually afraid to reach out to
others? Pray for the grace to overcome these resistances.
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Carmelite Method)
A. Introduction: settling in, relaxing in awareness of God's
presence.
B. Reading the text slowly, prayerfully.
C. Meditation: imaginative representation of the material; reflection
on the meaning of the material and its application to one's life.
D. Affective prayer: conversation with God, attentive to sharing
feelings awakened in meditation. Prayer of petition, thanksgiving,
remorse.
E. Resting in God in silent loving awareness, if moved to do so.
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
- "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas A. Kempis
The time will come when Christ, the Teacher of teachers, the
Lord of
angels, will appear to hear the lessons of all -- that is, to
examine
the conscience of everyone. Then He will search Jerusalem with
lamps
and the hidden things of darkness will be brought to light and the
arguings of men's tongues be silenced.
-------- Bk. 3, Chapter 43
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