Message of 10-2-07
Published: Sat, 09/29/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
If you are a Christian, you can expect folks to criticize you, but
you ought to live so nobody will believe them.
- Anonymous
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Zec 8:20-23; Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7; Mt 18:1-5, 10 (or Luke 9:51
-56)
R. (Zec 8:23) God is with us.
His foundation upon the holy mountains
the LORD loves:
The gates of Zion,
more than any dwelling of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of you,
O city of God!
I tell of Egypt and Babylon
among those that know the LORD;
Of Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia:
"This man was born there."
And of Zion they shall say:
"One and all were born in her;
And he who has established her
is the Most High LORD."
They shall note, when the peoples are enrolled:
"This man was born there."
And all shall sing, in their festive dance:
"My home is within you."
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 9:51 -56 (The journey to Jerusalem)
Chapters 9--18 in Luke differ from Mark and Matthew in that Jesus is
shown journeying for the last time toward Jerusalem where he
anticipates his decisive confrontation with the authorities. This
literary organization is designed to help us appreciate the meaning
of Jesus' life and ministry. In today's reading he proceeds
through hostile territory, reprimanding James and John for their
impulsive vindictiveness.
- Jesus could probably have escaped to foreign lands and lived to a
ripe old age as a venerated teacher and healer. Why do you believe
he chose, instead, to journey to Jerusalem where conflict was
certain?
- "Don't rock the boat" is a rule implicit in bureaucracies of all
kinds. How much of this spirit has pervaded your outlook? When is
it appropriate to "rock the boat"? What are the risks?
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
24. The fly that clings to honey hinders its flight, and the soul
that allows itself attachment to spiritual sweetness hinders its
own liberty and contemplation.
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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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