Message of 10-18-07
Published: Fri, 10/12/07
I glow in the shimmer of the fire's embers,
I burn in the sun and the moon and the starts.The secret Life of Me
breathes in the wind
and holds all things together soulfully.
This is God's voice.
- Hildegard of Bingen, "Hymn"
(Listen for it this day.)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9
R. (12) Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of
your Kingdom.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.
Making known to men your might
and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
Your Kingdom is a Kingdom for all ages,
and your dominion endures through all generations.
The LORD is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 11: 47-54 (More woes)
How easy it is to honor a holy person after they've died, but how
difficult to tolerate the words and deeds of a living saint. When
Jesus confronts the scribes and Pharisees for precisely this
hypocrisy, he arouses only their animosity. They are too proud to
change.
- Of what practices in our society are you most critical? What are
you doing to counter these practices?
- Do you avoid arguments when it is obvious that the others are not
open to changing? Why? Why not?
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THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
- by Thomas a Kempis -
The Disciple
What, then, shall I do, Lord?
The Voice of Christ
Watch yourself in all things, in what you do and what you say.
Direct
your every intention toward pleasing Me alone, and desire nothing
outside of Me. Do not be rash in judging the deeds and words of
others, and do not entangle yourself in affairs that are not
your own.
Thus, it will come about that you will be disturbed little and
seldom.
-------- Bk. 3, Chapter 25
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Carmelite Method)
A. Introduction: settling in, relaxing in awareness of God's
presence.
B. Reading the text slowly, prayerfully.
C. Meditation: imaginative representation of the material; reflection
on the meaning of the material and its application to one's life.
D. Affective prayer: conversation with God, attentive to sharing
feelings awakened in meditation. Prayer of petition, thanksgiving,
remorse.
E. Resting in God in silent loving awareness, if moved to do so.
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