Message of 2-11-11
Published: Mon, 02/07/11
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Some souls think that the Holy Spirit is very far away, far, far,
up above. Actually he is, we might say, the divine Person who is
most closely present to the creature. He accompanies him
everywhere. He penetrates him with himself. He calls him, he
protects him. He makes of him his living temple. He defends him. He
helps him. He guards him from all his enemies. He is closer to him
than his own soul. All the good a soul accomplishes, it carries out
under his inspiration, in his light, by his grace and his help.
- Concepcion Cabrera de Armida
(God is near . . . very near.)
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
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Gn 3:1-8; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7; Mk 7:31-37
R. (1a) Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven.
Blessed is he whose fault is taken away,
whose sin is covered.
Blessed the man to whom the LORD imputes not guilt,
in whose spirit there is no guile.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
my guilt I covered not.
I said, "I confess my faults to the LORD,"
and you took away the guilt of my sin.
For this shall every faithful man pray to you
in time of stress.
Though deep waters overflow,
they shall not reach him.
You are my shelter; from distress you will preserve me;
with glad cries of freedom you will ring me round.
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MEDITATION ON THE SCRIPTURES
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http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Todays' gospel account is a curative encounter between Jesus and a
man who is deaf and has a speech impediment presumably due to the
hearing loss. It is a fitting gospel account for the World Day of
the Sick. Although cures of chronic or permanent conditions are
definitely infrequent in today's society, we are reminded by Popes
John Paul and Benedict of the healing power of prayer and care for
the sick and suffering. As opposed to curing, healing does not
necessarily remove the physical disorder, but it does focus on
supporting spiritually and emotionally to help relieve suffering.
All of us are called to be a source of Christ's healing for family
and friends who are ill. Those of us in the health professions are
called to be a source of His healing in our encounters with each
patient.
- by Susan Tinley
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SPIRITUAL READING
- Fenelon's "Maxims of the Saints"
A holy soul values and seeks wisdom, but does not seek it in an
unholy and worldly spirit. Nor, when it is made wise by the Spirit
of wisdom, who dwells in all hearts that are wholly devoted to God,
does it turn back from the giver to the gift, and rejoice in its
wisdom as its own.
The wisdom of the truly holy soul is a wisdom which estimates
things in the present moment. It judges of duty from the facts
which now are; including, however, those things which have a
relation to the present. It is an important remark, that the
present moment necessarily possesses a moral extension; so that, in
judging of it, we are to include all those things which have a
natural and near relation to the thing actually in hand. It is in
this manner that the holy soul lives in the present, committing the
past to God, and leaving the future with that approaching hour
which shall convert it into the present. "Sufficient to the day is
the evil thereof." Tomorrow will take care of itself; it will
bring, at its coming, its appropriate grace and light. When we
live thus, God will not fail to give us our daily bread.
- Artilce 30
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