Message of 8-28-07
Published: Tue, 08/28/07
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Trials should not surprise us, or cause us to doubt God's faithfulness. Rather, we should actually be glad for them. God sends trials to strengthen our trust in him so that our faith will not fail. Our trials keep us trusting; they burn away our self confidence and drive us to our Saviour.
- Edmund Clowney
(A story about Teresa of Avila comes to mind, here. She was complaining to Jesus about her trials, and he responded that he sent trials and tribulations to his friends to help strengthen them. "Well, it's no wonder you have so few friends, then," she replied.)
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LECTIONARY READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
1 Thes 2:1-8; Ps 139:1-3, 4-6; Mt 23:23-26
R. (1) You have searched me and you know me, Lord.
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.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know the whole of it.
Behind me and before, you hem me in
and rest your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
too lofty for me to attain.
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.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know the whole of it.
Behind me and before, you hem me in
and rest your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
too lofty for me to attain.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
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- Matthew 23: 23-26 (Keeping priorities straight)
Every Jew acknowledged the importance of paying tithes on crops. That the scribes and Pharisees have extended this responsibility to small plots of kitchen seasonings indicates to Jesus just how off-center they have become in their legalistic zeal. He goes on to say that commitments and responsibilities which detract from justice, mercy, and good faith will leave us empty inside.
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
19. The soul that in aridity and trial submits to the dictates of reason is more pleasing to God than one that does everything with consolation, yet fails in this submission.
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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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