Message of 10-12-15

Published: Mon, 10/12/15

A Daily Spiritual Seed
Monday: October 12, 2015
Message of the Day

A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other people, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the full measure I have received and am still receiving.

- Albert Einstein


(Consider the gift of culture you have received from those who have gone before. Take some time to give thanks for the good there is, and ask for guidance concerning the return you will make.)
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Readings of the Day

ROM 1:1-7;    PS 98:1-4;    LK 11:29-32


R. The Lord has made known his salvation.


Sing to the LORD a new song,

for he has done wondrous deeds;

His right hand has won victory for him,

his holy arm.


The LORD has made his salvation known:

in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.

He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness

toward the house of Israel.


All the ends of the earth have seen

the salvation by our God.

Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;

break into song; sing praise.

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USCCB lectionary
Reflection on the Scripture

"Greetings from Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart to proclaim the gospel of God." —Romans 1:1


Paul, "called to be an apostle," wrote to those who had "been called to belong to Jesus Christ" (Rm 1:6) and who had been "called to holiness, grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ" (Rm 1:7). The New Testament Greek word for "church" is "ekklesia," which literally means "called out." Consequently, we, as members of Christ's Church, must "live a life worthy" of our calling (Eph 4:1) in the "one hope given all of [us] by [our] call" (Eph 4:4).


The Lord calls our names (Is 43:1), and the meaning of life is to answer the call. He calls us to deny our very selves, take up the cross each day, and be His disciples (Lk 9:23), who, in turn, make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19). He calls us to be children who love and honor their parents, to be brothers and sisters in Christ, to be single for His kingdom (Mt 19:12), to be married and lay persons open to life, letting our light shine in secular society (Mt 5:14ff), etc. The Lord calls us in many ways. He calls us to lives of communion and love. Finally, He calls us, through our deaths or His final coming, to come home to our Father in heaven. He calls us to eternal life and love.


We are the called. This is our identity and the meaning of our lives. Live a life worthy of your calling (Eph 4:1).


Prayer: Father, thank You for calling me out of the world and calling me home to You in heaven.


Promise: "Through Him we have been favored with apostleship, that we may spread His name and bring to obedient faith all the Gentiles." —Rm 1:5


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Spiritual Reading
Theological Gems from Emile Merch's Theology of the Mystical Body
- selected by Jim and Tyra Arraj

Book I: Theological and Philosophical Introduction

Chapter 5: The Teaching of Philosophy on Man and His Unity

120. God alone is man’s end.


124. At death the soul is separated from the body. But the separation is not absolutely complete, for the soul retains an essential relation to the body.


For the soul, death is the crisis of a second birth, not of annihilation. The soul can enter into a more expansive life. Death, the breaking away from matter, is humanity’s flight toward infinity.
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