Message of 10-23-07
Published: Thu, 10/18/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Begin by thanking Him for some little thing, and then go on, day by
day, adding to your subjects of praise; thus you will find their
numbers grow wonderfully; and, in the same proportion, will your
subjects of murmuring and complaining diminish, until you see in
everything some cause for thanksgiving.
- Priscilla Maurice
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17; Lk
12:35-38
R. (8a and 9a) Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Sacrifice or oblation you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Burnt offerings or sin.offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come."
"In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
To do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
May all who seek you
exult and be glad in you,
And may those who love your salvation
say ever, "The LORD be glorified."
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
Luke 12: 35-38 (Stay awake)
How wonderful it is to love someone and to be aware that this
person is watching your every move in utter delight! This is
exactly how God regards us. As we grow in our love of God, we shall
become more aware and eager to be completely united with him.
- Many philosophers have said that consciousness is what
makes us different from animals. Do you agree?
- Today to spend a few moments contemplating the wonder of a
God who loves you and delights in you. Let this wonder refresh you.
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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
Who can free themselves from lowly manners and limitations if you
do not lift them to yourself, my God, in purity of love? How will
human beings begotten and nurtured in lowliness rise up to you,
Lord, if you do not raise them with your hand that made them?
You will not take from me, my God, what you once gave me in your
only Son, Jesus Christ, in whom you gave me all I desire. Hence I
rejoice that if I wait for you, you will not delay.
With what procrastinations do you wait, since from this very moment
you can love God in 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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