Message of 12-17-10
Published: Sat, 12/11/10
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
A saint's life is in the hands of God as a bow and arrow in the
hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot
see; He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint
says, I cannot stand any more. But God does not heed; He goes on
stretching until His purpose is in sight, then He lets fly.
- Oswald Chambers
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17
R. (see 7) Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of
peace for ever.
O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the king's son;
He shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
The mountains shall yield peace for the people,
and the hills justice.
He shall defend the afflicted among the people,
save the children of the poor.
Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
May his name be blessed forever;
as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed;
all the nations shall proclaim his happiness.
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MEDITATION ON THE SCRIPTURES
- from
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
In our day most care more about genes than genealogy. Our
memories go back one or two generations before fading like cheap
photos. The absence of a past counts as freedom: as individuals,
we are not shackled by old ways. We spring up fresh like
wildflowers on unplowed prairie. When the situation gets grim, we
move on or dream of starting over.
Advent pulls us back from the emptiness that haunts this world.
The stories of our ancestors are retold. Their words bring hope
like light in the darkness; absence gives way to comforting
presence. Guardians are watching over us. No one is driven out.
All are called into this tribe. All belong.
- by Jeanne Schuler
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SPIRITUAL READING
- Fenelon's "Maxims of the Saints"
"Whether, therefore," says the Apostle, "you eat or drink, or
whatsoever you do, do all things to the glory of God," 1 Cor. X.31.
And in another passage he says, "Let all things be done with
charity," 1Cor. XVI. 14. And again, "By love serve one another,"
Gal. V.13: -- passages which, with many others, imply two things;
first, that everything which is done by the Christian ought to be
done from a holy principle ; and, second, that this principle is
love.
- Artilce 24
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