Message of 11-1-10
Published: Sun, 10/31/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
"For centuries the church has confronted the human community with
role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really
often mean to say is 'icon,' 'star,' 'hero,' ones so possessed by
an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse
of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste
of the possibilities of greatness in ourselves."
-- Joan D. Chittister, in "A Passion for Life"
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt
5:1-12
R. (see 6) Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
The LORD's are the earth and its fullness;
the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD?
or who may stand in his holy place?
One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean,
who desires not what is vain.
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
a reward from God his savior.
Such is the race that seeks him,
that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
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REFLECTION ON THE GOSPEL
- from "Daily Bread"
http://www.preacherexchange.com/daily_bread.htm
"Blessed are the peacemakers."
On the feast of All Saints, the Gospel is taken from the
beatitudes. In these days marked by incivility in government and
industry, wars and oppression around the globe, daily terrorist
attacks, even strife within families, we hear: "Blessed are the
peacemakers." Just how does one bring about peace? Does it mean
ignoring brutality and violence? How does one make peace between
the oppressed and the oppressor or with those consumed by greed and
materialism? The answers can be found in the lives of those who
have gone before us, leading us by their example: the saints. Great
peacemakers of the past can show us the solutions to today's
problems, offering hope and inspiration.
"O Lord, as we honor the saints, teach us to be peacemakers, we
pray."
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SPIRITUAL READING
The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
by St. John of Rusybroeck (1293-1381)
Now the grace of God, pouring forth from God, is an inward thrust
and urge of the Holy Ghost, driving forth our spirit from within
and exciting it towards all virtues. This grace flows from within,
and not from without; for God is more inward to us than we are to
ourselves, and His inward thrust or working within us, be it
natural or supernatural, is nearer to us and more intimate to us,
than our own working is. And therefore God works in us from within
outwards; but all creatures work from without inwards. And thus it
is that grace, and all the gifts of God, and the Voice of God, come
from within, in the unity of our spirit; and not from without, into
the imagination, by means of sensible images.
- Book 2, Chapter 3: Of the inflow of the grace of God into our
Spirit.
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