Message of 12-10-10
Published: Mon, 12/06/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
"How can God stoop lower than to come and dwell with a poor humble
soul? Which is more than if he had said, such a one should dwell
with him; for a beggar to live at court is not so much as the king
to dwell with him in his cottage."
--William Gurnall
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6; Mt 11:16-19
R. (see John 8:12) Those who follow you, Lord, will have the light
of life.
Blessed the one who follows not
the counsel of the wicked
Nor walks in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the company of the insolent,
But delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night.
He is like a tree
planted near running water,
That yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.
Not so the wicked, not so;
they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
For the LORD watches over the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked vanishes.
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MEDITATION ON THE SCRIPTURES
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Amidst all of the destruction, uprooting and desolation of Israel,
Isaiah is telling the people that if they return to the ways of the
Lord, "their prosperity would be like a river, and their
vindication like the waves of the sea." But they must wait, they
must be patient because the Holy One of Israel will teach them what
is best for them, will teach them what is for their own good--as
individuals and as God's chosen people. This only will happen if
they listen to God's commandments and wait for God's directives.
This, I suggest, is a great place to pause and reflect and ask
these same questions: during this advent season what do I most lack
that keeps me from doing what is good? Which way should I go to
find the right path in following the Lord, in healing
relationships, in making a difference at home, workplace or
community? Can I wait patiently for God to direct me? Can I even
formulate these questions this December day? The answers will not
come easily or soon, but that is what Advent is about: waiting in
anticipation for the manifestation of the Lord and the fulfillment
of his promises.
- by John Schlegel, S.J.
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SPIRITUAL READING
- Fenelon's "Maxims of the Saints"
In some cases God gives such eminent grace that the contemplative
prayer, which is essentially the same with the prayer of silence,
becomes the habitual state. We do not mean, that the mind is
always in this state; but that, whenever the season of recollection
and prayer returns, it habitually assumes the contemplative state,
in distinction from the meditative and discursive.
It does not follow that this state, eminent as it is, is
invariable. Souls may fall from this state by some act of
infidelity in themselves; or God may place them temporarily in a
different state.
- Artilce 24
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