Message of 9-4-07
Published: Sat, 09/01/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as
sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer
to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and
the presence of God.
- Meister Eckhart
(Be still . . . abide in God . . . )
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LECTIONARY READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 4:31-37
R. (13) I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in
the land of the living.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life's refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?
One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and contemplate his temple.
I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 4: 31-37 (Jesus cures a demoniac)
Outside his hometown Jesus finds people more open to his message
and his healing. In today's reading we learn that he teaches with
authority, quite a novelty compared to the carefully measured words
of the Jewish authorities. The Holy Spirit, the source of Jesus'
power and authority, silences other spirits of fragmentation,
leaving the people amazed.
- Picture the scene described in today's reading from the
viewpoint of a member of the crowd, Observe Jesus' encounter with
the demoniac; hear the demon object to Jesus; see Jesus' face as he
touches the man. Listen to the people as they say, "What is there
about him?" Let your spirit be buoyed by his Spirit.
- Pray for the grace to be more self-confident.
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
20. God is more pleased by one work, however small, done secretly,
without desire that it be known, than a thousand done with the
desire that people know of them. Those who work for God with purest
love not only care nothing about whether others see their works,
but do not even seek that God himself know of them. Such persons
would not cease to render God the same services, with the same joy
and purity of love, even if God were never to know of these.
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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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