Message of 9-18-07
Published: Sat, 09/15/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me.
- Anonymous
(That's about the best definition of forgiveness I've ever come
across. What would this mean for you this day?)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
1 Tm 3:1-13; Ps 101:1b-2ab, 2cd-3ab, 5, 6; Lk 7:11-17
R. (2) I will walk with blameless heart.
Of mercy and judgment I will sing;
to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.
I will persevere in the way of integrity;
when will you come to me?
I will walk with blameless heart,
within my house;
I will not set before my eyes
any base thing.
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret,
him will I destroy.
The man of haughty eyes and puffed.up heart
I will not endure.
My eyes are upon the faithful of the land,
that they may dwell with me.
He who walks in the way of integrity
shall be in my service.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 7:11-17 (Jesus raises a boy in Naim.)
Jesus' actions in today's readings show us that God views the death
of young people as a tragedy. In vain do we search for mysterious
and hidden designs to help us understand how God can permit such
tragedies, for it is God's will that we eventually eliminate them.
The suffering of a woman whose child has died shall forever move
the heart of Jesus.
- Do you believe in bad and good luck? Do you believe that
everything that happens to people is God's will?
- Picture this scene in your imagination from the viewpoint of a
disciple. Hear the wailing of the mourners as you approach the
town; note the agony on the face of the mother; watch Jesus as he
intervenes; experience the wonder of the moment as the boy returns
to life.
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I have quite a few invitations I can send out. This would give you
a permanent lifetime POP email and webmail address.
See http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about.html for more info, and,
if interested, send me an email with your request and I'll invite
you. Google will send instructions on what to do after that.
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
22. A bird caught in birdlime has a twofold task: It must free
itself and cleanse itself. And by satisfying their appetites,
people suffer in a twofold way: They must detach themselves and,
after being detached, clean themselves of what has clung to them.
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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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