Message of 1-10-11
Published: Sun, 01/09/11
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
- - -
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
God is on my side. He makes Himself responsible for my being. If I
will only trust myself to Him with the cordial return of trustful
love, then all that He has ever breathed into my heart of human
possibility He will realize and bring to perfection.
- Charles Gore
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Heb 1:1-6; Ps 97:1 and 2b, 6 and 7c, 9; Mk 1:14-20
R. (see 7c) Let all his angels worship him.
The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many isles be glad.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
Let all his angels worship him.
Because you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth,
exalted far above all gods.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
REFLECTION ON THE GOSPEL
- from "Daily Bread"
http://www.preacherexchange.com/daily_bread.htm
"This is the time of fulfillment."
The arrest of John marks the beginning of Jesus' public ministry.
It is, Jesus proclaims, "the time of fulfillment." Simon, Andrew,
James and John respond by abandoning their nets to follow Jesus.
How do we respond as Jesus calls to us to deepen our commitment to
him? Do we believe that Jesus' work is fulfilled in us as we
respond to his call? We may not need to forsake everything or walk
away from our livelihoods as did those first followers. But there
is probably something -- a bad habit, a bad attitude, a bad crowd --
that we should turn away from so that we might turn more fully
toward Jesus and the kingdom. Let us identify and rout out the bad
to make way for the good.
"For ongoing conversion, we pray."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SPIRITUAL READING
The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
by St. John of Rusybroeck (1293-1381)
Inward devotion often brings forth gratitude; for none can thank
and praise God so well as the inward and devout man. And it is just
that we should thank and praise God, because He has created us as
reasonable creatures, and has ordained and destined heaven and
earth and the angels to our service; and because He became man for
our sins, and taught us, and lived for our sake, and showed us the
way; and because He has ministered to us in humble raiment, and
suffered an ignominious death for the love of us, and promised us
His eternal kingdom and Himself also for our reward and for our
wage. And He has spared us in our sins, and has forgiven us or will
forgive us; and has poured His grace and His love into our souls,
and will dwell and remain with us, and in us, throughout eternity.
And He has visited us and will visit us all the days of our lives
with His noble sacraments, according to the need of each, and has
left us His Flesh and His Blood for food and drink, according to
the desire and the hunger of each; and has set before us nature and
the Scriptures and all creatures, as examples, and as a mirror,
that therein we may look and learn how we may turn all our deeds to
works of virtue; and has given us health and strength and power,
and sometimes for our own good has sent us sickness; and in outward
need has established inward peace and happiness in us; and has
caused us to be called by Christian names and to have been born of
Christian parents. For all these things we should thank God here on
earth, that hereafter we may thank Him in eternity.
- Book 2, Chapter 13: Of Gratitude
* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Amazon.com gift cards - good for any occasion
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00067L6TQ/?tag=christianspiritu
- - - -
Please help support Heartland Center's Internet ministries:
- For more info on tax-deductible donations, see
http://shalomplace.com/seed/donations.html.
Thanks for your consideration!
_________________________________________________
* Web Archive: http://www.aweber.com/z/article/?dailyseed
* RSS: http://www.aweber.com/z/rss/?dailyseed