Message of 5-13-11
Published: Sat, 05/07/11
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
No one yet has ever set out to test God's promises fairly,
thoroughly, and humbly, and had to report that God's promises don't
work. On the contrary, given a fair opportunity, God always
surprises and overwhelms those who truly seek, with His bounty and
His power.
- Peter Marshall
(See http://smilegodlovesyou.org/promises.html for some of God's
promises. Pick one out that calls you to growth and begin to trust
that God will bring it to pass.)
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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE DAY
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59
R. (Mark 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
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MEDITATION ON THE SCRIPTURES
- from
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Then today's Gospel from the book of John reminds us that faith is
a gift and we are lucky to receive it. We hear that Jesus said,
for example, "Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood remains in
me and I in him." The Gospel language, "Eats my Flesh and drinks
my Blood," poses a problem for friendly non-believers and even
provides ammunition for hostile ones. Non-belief ranges from the
extremes of scandal ("cannibalism") to denial ("He didn't really
say that"). But for those who believe, an abundance of Christian
teaching and tradition can guide us to interpret, live by and
rejoice in these words.
- by May Haynes Kuhlman
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SPIRITUAL READING
- Fenelon's "Maxims of the Saints"
It is the holy soul of which St. Paul may be understood especially
to speak, where he says, "As many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the children of God." (Rom. viii. 14.)
Those who are in a state of simple faith, which can always be said
of those who are in the state of pure love, are the "little ones"
of the Scriptures, of whom we are told that God teaches them. "I
thank you, says the Saviour, "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and has
revealed them to babes." (Luke x. 21.) Such souls, taught as they
are by the Spirit of God which dwells in them, possess a knowledge
which the wisdom of the world could never impart. But such
knowledge never renders them otherwise than respectful to religious
teachers, docile to the instructions of the Church, and conformable
in all things to the precepts of the Scriptures.
- Article 43
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