Message of 8-2-07
Published: Thu, 08/02/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
A person can accept what Christ has done without knowing how it works; indeed, he certainly won't know how it works until he's accepted it.
- C. S. Lewis
(Believe, and you will see . . . )
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a, 11; Mt 13:47-53
R.
(2) How lovely is your dwelling place, O
Lord, mighty God!
My soul yearns and pines
for the courts of the LORD.
My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest
in which she puts her young–
Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my king and my God!
Blessed they who dwell in your house!
continually they praise you.
Blessed the men whose strength you are!
They go from strength to strength.
I had rather one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I had rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
My soul yearns and pines
for the courts of the LORD.
My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest
in which she puts her young–
Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my king and my God!
Blessed they who dwell in your house!
continually they praise you.
Blessed the men whose strength you are!
They go from strength to strength.
I had rather one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I had rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
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- Matthew 13: 47-53 Parable of the dragnet
Today’s parable teaches us an important lesson. Jesus has come to transform humanity, but he also accepts the messiness of the world. So, too, are we invited to accept our messy world and broken lives as worthy of transformation.
• Imagine that
God has cast a spiritual dragnet into your soul today. What
would be dragged out? What would you most like to keep? What do you
want to throw away?
• Pray for the grace to know that God loves you just as you are now.
• Pray for the grace to know that God loves you just as you are now.
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THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
- by Thomas a Kempis -
He, on the other hand, who has received fewer gifts should not be sad
or impatient or envious of the richer man. Instead he should turn his
mind to You and offer You the greatest praise because You give so
bountifully, so freely and willingly, without regard to persons. All
things come from You; therefore, You are to be praised in all things.
You know what is good for each of us; and why one should receive less
and another more is not for us to judge, but for You Who have marked
every man's merits.
--- Bk. 3, Chapter 22
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Carmelite Method)
A. Introduction: settling in, relaxing in awareness of God's presence.
B. Reading the text slowly, prayerfully.
C. Meditation: imaginative representation of the material; reflection
on the meaning of the material and its application to one's life.
D. Affective prayer: conversation with God, attentive to sharing
feelings awakened in meditation. Prayer of petition, thanksgiving,
remorse.
E. Resting in God in silent loving awareness, if moved to do so.
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