Message of 3-24-15

Published: Tue, 03/24/15

Message of the Day

Every one must study his own nature. Some of you can sustain life with less food than others can, and therefore I desire that he who needs more nourishment shall not be obliged to equal others, but that every one shall give his body what it needs for being an efficient servant of the soul. For as we are obliged to be on our guard against superfluous food which injures body and soul alike, thus we must be on the watch against immoderate fasting, and this the more, because the Lord wants conversion and not victims.
- St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)

(Lent will soon be over. What kind of fast are you being called to between now and Easter?)

Daily Readings

NM 21:4-9; PS 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21; JN 8:21-30

R. O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.

O LORD, hear my prayer,

and let my cry come to you.

Hide not your face from me

in the day of my distress.

Incline your ear to me;

in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

The nations shall revere your name, O LORD,

and all the kings of the earth your glory,

When the LORD has rebuilt Zion

and appeared in his glory;

When he has regarded the prayer of the destitute,

and not despised their prayer.

Let this be written for the generation to come,

and let his future creatures praise the LORD:

“The LORD looked down from his holy height,

from heaven he beheld the earth,

To hear the groaning of the prisoners,

to release those doomed to die.”

USCCB Lectionary

Reflection on the Scriptures

Jesus’ confidence in his mission, almost bordering on combativeness, is showcased in today’s Gospel according to John. He is clearly not happy with the Pharisees and their thick-headedness.

What jumped out at me, however were the verses, “’…then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone …’ Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.”

- by Cindy Murphy McMahon

Creighton Online Ministries

Spiritual Reading

Stages of Growth in Christian Prayer
- by Philip St. Romain
(based on the writings of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross)

Stages of Contemplative Prayer (part four)

Transforming union. There is no longer any obstacle in

the soul to receiving the graces of God, so life proceeds

in full union between the soul and God. All the faculties

are trained to cooperate with the Holy Spirit, and in turn

they are infused with the loving energies of the Spirit to

function according to the will of God. Now something

of an "ordinary state" returns, although one is never

without the immediate experience of God's loving

presence. The soul continues to learn and grow but in

full union with God. This is the fully liberated soul, that

already enjoys something of the wonder of heaven

while on this earth. Sin is still a possibility but is

generally avoided.

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