Message of 6-24-10
Published: Sat, 06/19/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Cowardice asks the question: is it safe? Expediency asks the
question: is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular?
But conscience asks the question: is it right? And there comes a
time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor
politic, nor popular - but one must take it simply because it is
right.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk
1:57-66, 80
(Mt. 7:21-29 - Ordinary Time)
R. (14) I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.
O LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar.
Truly you have formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother's womb.
I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made;
wonderful are your works.
My soul also you knew full well;
nor was my frame unknown to you
When I was made in secret,
when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth.
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SCRIPTURE MEDITATION
from "Praying the Daily Gospels," by Philip St. Romain:
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- Matthew 7: 21-29 (Build on Jesus)
We conclude our meditation on the teachings of Jesus by listening
to him tell us he wants far more than holy words to characterize
our lives. He challenges us to build on the cornerstone he laid by
acting lovingly through the day, each day.
- 'Love God, and do as you please," Augustine wrote. Do you agree
with this statement? Why? Why not?
- What are people missing who do not build their lives on Christ?
How is this costly for them?
- Pray for the grace to believe more deeply in Jesus.
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
- "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas A. Kempis
The Disciple
O most blessed grace, which makes the poor in spirit rich in
virtues,
which renders him who is rich in many good things humble of
heart,
come, descend upon me, fill me quickly with your consolation
lest my
soul faint with weariness and dryness of mind.
Let me find grace in Your sight, I beg, Lord, for Your grace is
enough
for me, even though I obtain none of the things which nature
desires.
If I am tempted and afflicted with many tribulations, I will
fear no
evils while Your grace is with me. This is my strength. This
will give
me counsel and help. This is more powerful than all my enemies
and
wiser than all the wise. This is the mistress of truth, the
teacher of
discipline, the light of the heart, the consoler in anguish, the
banisher of sorrow, the expeller of fear, the nourisher of
devotion,
the producer of tears. What am I without grace, but dead wood, a
useless branch, fit only to be cast away?
Let Your grace, therefore, go before me and follow me, O Lord,
and
make me always intent upon good works, through Jesus Christ,
Your Son.
- chapter 55
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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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