Message of 10-30-07
Published: Sat, 10/27/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady
purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
(What is that purpose for you?)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Rom 8:18-25; Ps 126:1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6; Lk 13:18-21
R. (3a) The Lord has done marvels for us.
When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion,
we were like men dreaming.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with rejoicing.
Then they said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them."
The LORD has done great things for us;
we are glad indeed.
Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like the torrents in the southern desert.
Those that sow in tears
shall reap rejoicing.
Although they go forth weeping,
carrying the seed to be sown,
They shall come back rejoicing,
carrying their sheaves.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 13: 18-21 (Growth of the kingdom)
Is history going somewhere? This is a very important question to
which various religions give different replies. Eastern religions
like Buddhism and Hinduism espouse a circular view of history, with
little or no real progress being made in human spiritual growth.
Religions springing from the Judeo-Christian tradition propose a
linear view of history, with progress toward the full realization
of God's kingdom growing slowly but surely through the years--as a
mustard seed grows into a shrub and yeast grows in a batch of dough.
- Do you believe that individuals can change for the better
through the years? Do you believe that societies can change for the
better? Why? Why not?
- Spend some time being present to God, asking that the Holy
Spirit leaven your own spirit unto love.
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
Prayer of a Soul Taken with Love
27. Mine are the heavens and mine is the earth. Mine are the
nations, the just are mine, and mine the sinners. The angels are
mine, and the Mother of God, and all things are mine; and God
himself is mine and for me, because Christ is mine and all for me.
What do you ask, then, and seek, my soul? Yours is all of this, and
all is for you. Do not engage yourself in something less or pay
heed to the crumbs that fall from your Father's table. Go forth and
exult in your Glory! Hide yourself in it and rejoice, and you will
obtain the supplications of your heart.
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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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