Message of 7-4-16

Published: Mon, 07/04/16

A Daily Spiritual Seed
Monday: July 4, 2016
Message of the Day
“Religion is nothing if it be not the vital act by which the entire mind seeks to save itself by clinging to the principle from which it draws its life. This act is prayer, by which term I understand no vain exercise of words, no mere repetition of certain sacred formulae, but the very movement itself of the soul, putting itself in a personal relation of contact with the mysterious power of which it feels the presence—it may be before it even has a name by which to call it. Whenever this interior prayer is lacking, there is no religion; wherever, on the other hand, this prayer rises and stirs the soul, even in the absence of forms or doctrines, we have living religion.”
- William James, The Varieties of Religious Experiences -

(Let yourself be moved to this deep, interior prayer this day.)
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Readings of the Day
Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22;    Ps 145:2-9;    Mt 9:18-26

R. (8a) The Lord is gracious and merciful.

Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.

Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works.

They discourse of the power of your terrible deeds
and declare your greatness.
They publish the fame of your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your justice.

The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.

USCCB lectionary
Reflection on the Scripture
“I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy.”

Listen carefully to today’s scripture passages. Be comforted and encouraged. God’s great love for us, manifested in Jesus, is freely offered to all, even — and especially — the poor, the sinner, the outcast and the downcast. God’s plan for us is a loving and intimate union in which we can be healed and brought to the fullness of eternal life. All that is asked of us is that we accept the grace that God offers and turn away from sin toward the wholeness and peace that God alone can give.

“Lord, grant us the wisdom and humility to turn to you, our life, our hope and our salvation.”

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

Book III: Christ
 
Chapter 11: Nature of the Redemption

276. Man needs sufferings and death in order to tear himself away from his sin.
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