Message of 10-29-10
Published: Mon, 10/25/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
God has given us two ears, but one tongue, to show that we should
be swift to hear, but slow to speak. God has set a double fence
before the tongue, the teeth and the lips, to teach us to be wary
that we offend not with our tongue.
- Thomas Watson
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Phil 1:1-11; Ps 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 14:1-6
R. (2) How great are the works of the Lord!
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.
Majesty and glory are his work,
and his justice endures forever.
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 made known to his people the power of his works,
giving them the inheritance of the nations.
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MEDITATION ON THE SCRIPTURES
- from
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
I think Jesus' overarching message here is that we can't use human
constructs as a way to blind ourselves to God's higher law and
calling. I have visited the Holocaust museum in Washington, D.C.
several times. One of the most chilling things to me is reviewing
the systematic way in which the Nazi regime used the construct of
human law to gradually isolate, dehumanize and then kill many of
the Jews, Gypsies and other disfavored groups. The increasingly
complicated and restrictive regulations on who could do business
with whom, where one could live, who was to be counted as a Jew and
so on were demonically clever devices to blind many to the overall
reality of what was happening. Many ordinary people were drawn
into this evil web of oppression simply because the oppression
could be justified by these inhuman decrees masquerading as law.
Jesus reminds us that we always have to step back and ask ourselves
what God wants.
- by Patrick Borchers
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SPIRITUAL READING
- Fenelon's "Maxims of the Saints"
Silent prayer, in its common form, is also profitable. Each has
its peculiar advantages, as each has its place. There is also a
modification of prayer, which may be termed the prayer of silence.
This is a prayer too deep for words. The common form of silent
prayer is voluntary. In the prayer of contemplative silence, the
lips seem to be closed almost against the will.
- Article 19
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