Message of 11-5-15

Published: Thu, 11/05/15

A Daily Spiritual Seed
Thursday: November 5, 2015
Message of the Day

What greater good can there be than to live in unity with God who is all good? We can’t take credit for the majesty of this union, though, because Love’s responsible for it. 
- Catherine of Siena, “Letters”

(To "live in unity with God" this day. Invite the Spirit to show you how to do so.)
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Lectionary Readings


ROM 14:7-12;    PS 27:1, 4, 13-14;    LK 15:1-10

R. I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life’s refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?

One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and contemplate his temple.

I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.


USCCB Lectionary
Reflection on the Gospel

Both the shepherd and the housewife "search until what they have lost is found." Their persistence pays off. They both instinctively share their joy with the whole community. The poor are particularly good at sharing in one another's sorrows and joys. What was new in Jesus' teaching was the insistence that sinners must be sought out and not merely mourned for. God does not rejoice in the loss of anyone, but desires that all be saved and restored to fellowship with him. That is why the whole community of heaven rejoices when one sinner is found and restored to fellowship with God.  Seekers of the lost are much needed today. Do you persistently pray and seek after those you know who have lost their way to God?

"Lord Jesus, let your light dispel the darkness that what is lost may be found and restored. Let your light shine through me that others may see your truth and love and find hope and peace in you. May I never doubt your love nor take for granted the mercy you have shown to me. Fill me with your transforming love that I may be merciful as you are merciful."

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Spiritual Reading


The Cloud of Unknowing, by Anonymous


How a man may wit when his ghostly work is beneath him or without him, and when it is even with him or within him, and when it is above him and under his God.


AND for this, that thou shalt be able better to wit how they shall be conceived ghostly, these words that be spoken bodily, therefore I think to declare to thee the ghostly bemeaning of some words that fall to ghostly working. So that thou mayest wit clearly without error when thy ghostly work is beneath thee and without thee, and when it is within thee and even with thee, and when it is above thee and under thy God.


- Chapter 62
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