Message of 9-25-07
Published: Fri, 09/21/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Just as torches burn most brightly when swung to and fro; just as
the juniper plant smells sweetest when flung into the flames; so
the richest qualities of a Christian often come out under the north
wind of adversity and suffering. Bruised hearts often emit the
fragrance God loves to smell.
Anonymous
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Ez 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5; Lk 8:19-21
R. (1) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced because they said to me,
"We will go up to the house of the LORD."
And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD.
According to the decree for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 8: 19-21 (The Lord's family)
It is typical of Luke that he has taken the sting out of some of
the more unsettling accounts about Jesus found in Mark and Matthew.
Mark wrote that Jesus' family was concerned for his sanity, but
Luke simply has them paying a visit to Jesus. Today's reading
shows Jesus using the occasion to affirm the primacy of our
brotherhood and sisterhood under God.
- What does the communion of saints mean to you, especially that
those who have died in Christ continue to work with us and
intercede for us as we struggle to do God's will?
- Who is your favorite saint? How did this person reveal God? Thank
God that such a person has blessed your life.
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
23. Those who do not allow their appetites to carry them away will
soar in their spirit as swiftly as the bird that lacks no feathers.
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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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