Message of 10-7-10
Published: Mon, 10/04/10
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
In response to "I have difficulty praying."
Why then, do you not try this? As you go to your inner chamber,
however cold and dark your heart may be, do not try in your own
might to force yourself into the right attitude. Bow before Him,
and tell Him that He sees in what a sad state you are, and that
your only hope is in Him. Trust Him, with a childlike trust, to
have mercy upon you, and wait upon Him. In such a trust you are in
a right relationship to Him. You have nothing - He has everything.
- Andrew Murray
(Can't find God? Go ahead and be a "lost sheep" and ask God to
find you.)
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
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Gal 3:1-5; Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75; Lk 11:5-13
R. (68) Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his
people.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.
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MEDITATION ON THE GOSPEL
from "Praying the Daily Gospels," by Philip St. Romain:
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- Luke 11: 5-13 (The value of persistence)
Jesus often taught about God by using analogies in human behavior.
One of his most frequent themes is that God is at least as good as
good human beings. God is therefore approachable, interested, and
willing to help us if we take the trouble to address him.
- "The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is
without a dream," Harry Kemp wrote. What are some of your dreams
for the future? How do you keep these dreams alive?
- What are you doing to keep yourself growing and learning about
the spiritual life?
- Pray for the grace to dream "the impossible dream."
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SPIRITUAL READING
- "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas A. Kempis
The Voice of Christ
The man who thinks of the greatness of his own sins and the
littleness of his virtues, and of the distance between himself and
the perfection of the saints, acts much more acceptably to God than
the one who argues about who is greater or who is less. It is
better to invoke the saints with devout prayers and tears, and with
a humble mind to beg their glorious aid, than to search with vain
inquisitiveness into their secrets.
- Chapter 58
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