Message of 10-14-08
Published: Sat, 10/04/08
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
If you really want to know God, go to his people. Go to your barber
and talk about God. Tell the carpenter about what you're
experiencing. Take time to read the lives of the saints. They
always knock you off your feet because they tell you the
preoccupations you have aren't the ones you should have. Get in
touch with those women and men who did crazy things like falling in
love with God
- Henri J. M. Nouwen
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48; Lk 11:37-41
R. (41a) Let your mercy come to me, O Lord.
Let your mercy come to me, O LORD,
your salvation according to your promise.
Take not the word of truth from my mouth,
for in your ordinances is my hope.
And I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever.
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And I will walk at liberty,
because I seek your precepts.
And I will delight in your commands,
which I love.
And I will lift up my hands to your commands
and meditate on your statutes.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
Which is more important to God - clean hands or a clean mind and
heart? Jesus chided the Pharisees for harboring evil thoughts that
make us unclean spiritually - such as greed, pride, bitterness,
envy, arrogance, and the like. Why does he urge them, and us, to
give alms? When we give freely and generously to those in need we
express love, compassion, kindness, and mercy. And if the heart is
full of love and compassion, then there is no room for envy, greed,
bitterness, and the like. Do you allow God's love to transform
your heart and mind?
"Lord Jesus, fill me with your love and increase my thirst for
holiness. Cleanse my heart of every evil thought and desire and
help me to act kindly and justly and to speak charitably with my
neighbor."
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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)
82. Keep spiritually tranquil in a loving attentiveness to God, and
when it is necessary to speak, let it be with the same calm and
peace.
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