Message of 8-14-07
Published: Tue, 08/14/07
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Faith is believing He, the miracle worker, can turn my stone-cold indifference into a fire of love toward certain "unlovables".
- Pamela Reeve
(Who might these "unlovables" be for you at this time in your life? Ask the Spirit to open your heart toward them.)
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LECTIONARY READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Dt 31:1-8; Deuteronomy 32:3-4ab, 7, 8, 9 and 12; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
R.
(9a) The portion of the Lord is his people.
For I will sing the LORD’s renown.
Oh, proclaim the greatness of our God!
The Rock–how faultless are his deeds,
how right all his ways!
Think back on the days of old,
reflect on the years of age upon age.
Ask your father and he will inform you,
ask your elders and they will tell you.
When the Most High assigned the nations their heritage,
when he parceled out the descendants of Adam,
He set up the boundaries of the peoples
after the number of the sons of Israel.
While the LORD’s own portion was Jacob,
his hereditary share was Israel.
The LORD alone was their leader,
no strange god was with him.
For I will sing the LORD’s renown.
Oh, proclaim the greatness of our God!
The Rock–how faultless are his deeds,
how right all his ways!
Think back on the days of old,
reflect on the years of age upon age.
Ask your father and he will inform you,
ask your elders and they will tell you.
When the Most High assigned the nations their heritage,
when he parceled out the descendants of Adam,
He set up the boundaries of the peoples
after the number of the sons of Israel.
While the LORD’s own portion was Jacob,
his hereditary share was Israel.
The LORD alone was their leader,
no strange god was with him.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Matthew 18: 1-5, 10, 12-14 (Childlike faith)
Acknowledging our absolute dependence on grace is the first step toward spiritual growth. People who are self-important cut themselves off from grace. This is why Jesus holds out a little child as a model for us, assuring us that our standards of importance are not Gods.
• In what ways
are you aware of being dependent on God? Do you believe that you have
accomplished anything without God’s help?
• The parable of the lost sheep teaches us that God loves individuals, not just groups of people. Spend some time simply relaxing in the awareness that God loves you, knows you, and delights in you.
• The parable of the lost sheep teaches us that God loves individuals, not just groups of people. Spend some time simply relaxing in the awareness that God loves you, knows you, and delights in you.
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
15. Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for. For how do you know if any desire of yours is according to God?
16. O sweetest love of God, so little known, whoever has found this rich mine is at rest!
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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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