Message of 10-13-08
Published: Sat, 10/04/08
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Prayer has mighty power to move mountains because the Holy Spirit
is ready both to encourage our praying and to remove the mountains
hindering us. Prayer has the power to change mountains into highways.
- Wesley L. Duewel
(What "mountains" would you like to have turned into "highways"?
Ask the Spirit to teach you to pray that this might come to pass in
God's good will.)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1; Ps 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a and 6-7; Lk
11:29-32
R. (see 2) Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.
Praise, you servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
Blessed be the name of the LORD
both now and forever.
From the rising to the setting of the sun
is the name of the LORD to be praised.
High above all nations is the LORD;
above the heavens is his glory.
Who is like the LORD, our God,
who looks upon the heavens and the earth below?
He raises up the lowly from the dust;
from the dunghill he lifts up the poor.
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REFLECTION ON THE SCRIPTURES
- from "Daily Bread"
http://www.preacherexchange.com/daily_bread.htm
"Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise."
We all fear failure and embarrassment and especially disappointing
those who depend on our success. Even more, we live in trepidation
of what we may actually be capable of if we achieve our potential.
We dread the power of the possibility that we hold because we do
not understand what demonstrating such competence means. We are
scared of the expectations and responsibilities that such awesome
promise holds. Most of us would rather go about our day-to-day
existence in quiet obscurity. Yet we are not made for
inconsequentiality. We are made for the greater glory of God, and
with that comes amazing possibilities. We have been freed from the
yoke of sin; we cannot be slaves to fear.
"For the courage to embrace the promise, we pray."
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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
431. Christ's human love is not isolated. It is united to the love
that is God, and it is personal love because it is the Spirator's
love. Its ultimate source is the Spirator.
-- He loves with intensity and a sort of ecstasy and fecundity.
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