Message of 10-7-08
Published: Fri, 10/03/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Even if I should be locked up in a narrow cell and a cloud should
drift past my small barred window, then I shall bring you that
cloud, Oh God, while there is still the strength in me to do so.
- Etty Hillesum, "An Interrupted Life"
(To live one's life before God . . . the way of holiness!)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Gal 1:13-24; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Lk 10:38-42
R. (24b) Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
O LORD, you have probed me and you know me;
you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar.
Truly you have formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother's womb.
I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made;
wonderful are your works.
My soul also you knew full well;
nor was my frame unknown to you
When I was made in secret,
when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
The Lord Jesus desires that we make a place for him, not only in
our hearts, but in our homes and in the daily circumstances of our
lives as well. We honor the Lord when we offer to him everything we
have and everything we do. Afterall, everything we have is an
outright gift from God (1 Chronicles 29:14). Paul the Apostle urges
us to give God glory in everything: "Whatever you do, in word or
deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God the Father through him" (Colossians 3:17). When you sit, eat,
sleep and when you entertain your friends and guests, remember that
the Lord Jesus is also the guest of your home.
"Lord Jesus, to be in your presence is life and joy for me. Free me
from needless concerns and preoccupations that I may give you my
undivided love and attention."
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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)
81. Feed not your spirit on anything but God. Cast off concern
about things, and bear peace and recollection in your heart.
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