Message of 10-14-10
Published: Mon, 10/11/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Recognize to whom you owe the fact that you exist, that you
breathe, that you understand, that you are wise, and, above all,
that you know God and hope for the kingdom of heaven. You have been
made a child of God, co-heir with Christ. Where did you get all
this, and from whom?.... What benefactor has enabled you to look
out upon the beauty of the sky, the sun in its course, the circle
of the moon, the countless number of stars, with the harmony and
order that are theirs, like the music of a harp? Who has blessed
you with rain, with the art of husbandry, with different kinds of
food, with the arts, with houses, with laws, with states, with a
life of humanity and culture, with friendship and the easy
familiarity of kinship? ... Is it not God who asks you now in your
turn to show yourself generous ... Because we have received from
him so many wonderful gifts, will we not be ashamed to refuse him
this one thing only, our generosity?
- Gregory Nazianzen
(In what ways are you generous with your life? How can you be more
generous than you now are?)
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Lk 11:47-54
R. (2a) The Lord has made known his salvation.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.
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MEDITATION ON THE GOSPEL
from "Praying the Daily Gospels," by Philip St. Romain:
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- Luke 11: 47-54 (More woes)
How easy it is to honor a holy person after they've died, but how
difficult to tolerate the words and deeds of a living saint. When
Jesus confronts the scribes and Pharisees for precisely this
hypocrisy, he arouses only their animosity. They are too proud to
change.
- Of what practices in our society are you most critical? What are
you doing to counter these practices?
- Do you avoid arguments when it is obvious that the others are not
open to changing? Why? Why not?
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SPIRITUAL READING
- "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas A. Kempis
The Voice of Christ
The saints are well and perfectly contented if men know how to
content themselves and cease their useless discussions. They do not
glory in their own merits, for they attribute no good to themselves
but all to Me, because out of My infinite charity I gave all to
them. They are filled with such love of God and with such overflowing
joy, that no glory is wanting to them and they can lack no
happiness. All the saints are so much higher in glory as they are
more humble in themselves; nearer to Me, and more beloved by Me.
Therefore, you find it written that they cast their crowns before
God, and fell down upon their faces before the Lamb, and adored Him
Who lives forever.
- Chapter 58
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