Message of 8-5-08
Published: Sat, 08/02/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
- following up more on yesterday's message:
Be still, and the world is bound to turn herself inside out to
entertain you. Everywhere you look, joyful noise is clanging to
drown out quiet desperation.
- Barbara Kingsolver "High Tide in Tucson"
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23;
Mt. 15:1-2, 10-14
R. (17) The Lord will build up Zion again, and appear in all his
glory.
The nations shall revere your name, O LORD,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
When the LORD has rebuilt Zion
and appeared in his glory;
When he has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
and not despised their prayer.
Let this be written for the generation to come,
and let his future creatures praise the LORD:
"The LORD looked down from his holy height,
from heaven he beheld the earth,
To hear the groaning of the prisoners,
to release those doomed to die."
The children of your servants shall abide,
and their posterity shall continue in your presence,
That the name of the LORD may be declared on Zion;
and his praise, in Jerusalem,
When the peoples gather together
and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
Only God can change our hearts and make them clean and whole
through the power of the Holy Spirit. Like a physician who probes
the wound before treating it, God through his Word and Spirit first
brings to light our sinful condition that we may recognize sin for
what it is and call upon God's mercy and pardon. The Lord is every
ready to change and purify our hearts through his Holy Spirit who
dwells within us. His power and grace enables us to choose what is
good and to reject what is evil. Do you believe in the power of
God's love to change and transform your heart?
"Lord Jesus, fill me with your Holy Spirit and make my heart like
yours. Strengthen my heart and my will that I may I choose to love
what is good and to hate what is evil."
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Ignatian Method)
A. Preparation: acts of faith and reverence in the presence of God;
asking grace of a good meditation; petition for specific graces
sought in meditation.
B. Reading the Scriptures slowly, prayerfully.
C. Exercise of the memory, imagination, and intellect:
consideration of the material.. What practical applications are
suggested?
D. Expression of feelings and sentiments awakened in meditation.
Conversation with God.
E. Exercise of will and imagination in making resolutions. Prayer
for grace to fulfill resolutions.
F. Vocal prayer (Our Father, Hail Mary, other prayers).
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
"Sayings of Light and Love," by St. John of the Cross (jottings
from his notebooks)
72. Although you perform many works, if you do not deny your will
and submit yourself, losing all solicitude about yourself and your
affairs, you will not make progress.
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