Message of 10-26-15

Published: Mon, 10/26/15

A Daily Spiritual Seed
Monday: October 26, 2015
Message of the Day

Read and read again, and do not despair of help to understand the will and mind of God though you think they are fast locked up from you. Neither trouble your heads though you have not commentaries and exposition. Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from people.

 - John Bunyan


(“Pray and read, read and pray . . .” Today!)
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Readings of the Day

ROM 8:12-17;    PS 68:2 AND 4, 6-7AB, 20-21;    LK 13:10-17


R. Our God is the God of salvation.


God arises; his enemies are scattered,

and those who hate him flee before him.

But the just rejoice and exult before God;

they are glad and rejoice.


The father of orphans and the defender of widows

is God in his holy dwelling.

God gives a home to the forsaken;

he leads forth prisoners to prosperity.


Blessed day by day be the Lord,

who bears our burdens; God, who is our salvation.

God is a saving God for us;

the LORD, my Lord, controls the passageways of death.

USCCB lectionary
Reflection on the Scripture

Jesus continues to free men and women who have been in the bondage of Satan, shackled (Lk 13:16), drained of strength, and badly stooped for eighteen years (Lk 13:11) or more. Jesus' heart is moved with pity for us (Mt 9:36). By His wounds, Jesus heals us (1 Pt 2:24). However, Jesus does not remove all sufferings. He gives us the opportunity to "fill up what is lacking" in His sufferings "for the sake of His body, the church" (Col 1:24).


Therefore, be healed of many sufferings and also choose to suffer in the pattern of Jesus' death (Phil 3:10). Choose to suffer persecution and rejection for the Gospel. Choose fastings, penances, and other sacrifices. Rejoice! You are not suffering alone. You suffer with Him.


PRAYER:  Jesus, teach me how to share in Your sufferings by being formed into the pattern of Your death (Phil 3:10).


PROMISE:  "God gives a home to the forsaken; He leads forth prisoners to prosperity." –Ps 68:7


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

Book Two: The Coming of Christ

Chapter 6: Creation

133. If God gives men their whole being, He means to give them His whole being, in Jesus Christ.

"I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth."
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