- A prayer for today:
O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more could you give me than yourself? You are the fire that burns
without being consumed; you consume in your heat all the soul’s self-love; you are the fire which takes away cold; with your light you illuminate me so that I may know all your truth. Clothe me, clothe me with yourself, eternal truth, so that I may run this mortal life with true obedience, and with the light of your most holy faith.
… Catherine of Siena |
Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17bc
Lk 9:7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening,
and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,
“John has been raised from the dead”;
others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;
still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
But Herod said, “John I beheaded.
Who then is this about whom I hear such things?”
And he kept trying to
see him.
Reflection on the
Scriptures |
“Who then is this about whom I hear such
things?”
As the news spread about the words and works of Jesus, there were rumors that John still lived. Herod, having seen John’s head removed from his body, knew there was someone other, but did not know him. Do we? One of the great
temptations of our age is an attitude of, “Ho hum, nothing is new under the sun, bored are we and bitter, too.” What a wretched way to live. What a waste. Perhaps we need to reread the Gospel stories with fresh eyes and ears and hearts open to the wonder, the newness, the relevance of the message to our time and place.
“Come, Lord Jesus, fill our hearts; inspire, enliven, refresh and renew us this day.”
- from preacherexchange.com
Revelations of Divine
Love - by Julian of Norwich
Twelfth Revelation, Chapter 26
“It is I, it is I”
AND after this our Lord shewed Himself more glorified, as to my sight,
than I saw Him before [in the Shewing] wherein I was learned that our soul shall never have rest till it cometh to Him, knowing that He is fulness of joy, homely and courteous, blissful and very life.
Our Lord Jesus oftentimes said: I it am, I it am: I it am that is highest, I it am that thou lovest, I it am that thou enjoyest, I it am that thou servest, I it am that thou longest for, I it am that thou desirest, I it am that thou meanest, I it am that is all. I it am that Holy
Church preacheth and teacheth thee, I it am that shewed me here to thee. The number of the words passeth my wit and all my understanding and all my powers. And they are the highest, as to my sight: for therein is comprehended—I cannot tell,—but the joy that I saw in the Shewing of them passeth all that heart may wish for and soul may desire. Therefore the words be not declared here; but every man after the grace that God giveth him in understanding and loving, receive them in our Lord’s
meaning.
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