Message of 1-20-09
Published: Tue, 01/13/09
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
To pray is to let God into our lives. He knocks and seeks
admittance, not only in the solemn hours of secret prayer. He
knocks in the midst of your daily work, your daily struggles, your
daily grind. That is when you need Him most.
- Ole Kristian O. Hallesby
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c; Mk 2:23-28
R. (5) The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart
in the company and assembly of the just.
Great are the works of the LORD,
exquisite in all their delights.
He has won renown for his wondrous deeds;
gracious and merciful is the LORD.
He has given food to those who fear him;
he will forever be mindful of his covenant.
He has sent deliverance to his people;
he has ratified his covenant forever;
holy and awesome is his name.
His praise endures forever.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from "Daily Reflections"
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Below are the last two lines of Mark's gospel which tells the story
of the Pharisees' complaint about Jesus' disciples eating grain on
the Sabbath. . . .
"Then he (Jesus) said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man,
not man for the Sabbath.'
That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
This gospel reminds us that daily we all need to remember "what is
really important" and not get upset by the "little things" that
distract us from our purposes in life.
"God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, help us develop internal
peace so that our minds and hearts will not be distracted from what
we know is most important in life: Our relationship with You in the
service of others. Amen."
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Ignatian Method)
A. Preparation: acts of faith and reverence in the presence of God;
asking grace of a good meditation; petition for specific graces
sought in meditation.
B. Reading the Scriptures slowly, prayerfully.
C. Exercise of the memory, imagination, and intellect:
consideration of the material.. What practical applications are
suggested?
D. Expression of feelings and sentiments awakened in meditation.
Conversation with God.
E. Exercise of will and imagination in making resolutions. Prayer
for grace to fulfill resolutions.
F. Vocal prayer (Our Father, Hail Mary, other prayers).
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
"Sayings of Light and Love," by St. John of the Cross (jottings
from his notebooks)
96. Be interiorly detached from all things and do not seek pleasure
in any temporal thing, and your soul will concentrate on goods you
do not know.
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