Message of 7-28-08
Published: Thu, 07/17/08
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
We are half-hearted creatures like an ignorant child who wants to
go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is
meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily
pleased.
- C. S. Lewis, "Into the Wardrobe"
(As someone once put it, "the enemy of the best is the good." What
would this mean for you at this time?)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Jer 13:1-11; Dt. 32:18-19, 20, 21; Mt 13:31-35
R. (see 18a) You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you,
You forgot the God who gave you birth.
When the LORD saw this, he was filled with loathing
and anger toward his sons and daughters.
"I will hide my face from them," he said,
"and see what will then become of them.
What a fickle race they are,
sons with no loyalty in them!"
"Since they have provoked me with their 'no-god'
and angered me with their vain idols,
I will provoke them with a 'no-people';
with a foolish nation I will anger them."
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REFLECTION ON THE SCRIPTURES
- from "Daily Bread"
http://www.preacherexchange.com/daily_bread.htm
"But they did not listen."
God is talking to us. God is talking through the scriptures,
through the prophets, using whatever means might get the message
across. And the message? We are as close to God as a man is to his
... underwear! The kingdom of God is as simple and as prevalent as
growing seed or baking bread.
"O God, open our eyes, our ears, our hearts to your presence in
every place, in every person, within each one of us."
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LECTIO DIVINA PROCESS
- http://heartlandspirituality.org/vocations/prayer.html
First, you choose a passage of Scripture that you will pray with.
It might be the Gospel reading used in the liturgy of the day, or
anything else you want. The process then follows these steps:
* Reading (lectio) After settling in and quieting yourself,
read the passage slowly, prayerfully. Just let it sink in for a
minute or two, then read it a second time, paying closer attention
to the words or phrases that speak to you.
* Reflecting (meditatio) What do you hear God saying to you in
this passage? What words or phrases caught your attention?
* Responding (oratio) What do you want to say to God in
response to what you've heard? Here you can also voice your prayers
of petition, remorse, thanksgiving, praise, and so forth. If you
sense God speaking to you in your thoughts, feelings or
imagination, you respond as you would in any conversation.
* Resting (contemplatio) If, at any time, you feel drawn to
simply rest in the awareness of God's loving presence, you let
yourself do so. Remain in loving silence as long as you feel
comfortable, perhaps using a simple word or phrase from the
Scripture passage to help deepen your openness to rest in God.
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THEOLOGICAL GEMS FROM EMIL MERCH'S "THEOLOGY OF THE MYSTICAL BODY"
from http://www.innerexplorations.com/chtheomortext/theolgems.htm
400. He is... the unity of mankind and pure divine light, He is in
His person the expression of God and the Trinity for all mankind.
-- He awakens in men the consciousness of being members of his
mystical body.
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