Message of 11-6-07
Published: Tue, 10/30/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
"Reawaken my soul by the grace of Your love, since it is Your
commandment that we love You with all our heart and strength--and
no one can fulfill that commandment without Your help."
- John of Alverna -
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Rom 12:5-16abl; Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3; Lk 14:15-24
R. In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
O LORD, my heart is not proud,
nor are my eyes haughty;
I busy not myself with great things,
nor with things too sublime for me.
Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted
my soul like a weaned child.
Like a weaned child on its mother's lap,
so is my soul within me.
O Israel, hope in the LORD,
both now and forever.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 14: 15-24 (Good excuses for the damned)
God created because God is love, and love seeks to share its joy
with others. God chose a people and attempted to prepare them to
appreciate the gifts they would receive--especially the gift of the
Son-- but they were too busy with their own agenda. Therefore, Jesus
tells us in today's reading, the invitation shall now be extended
to anyone who wants to share the Lord's joy.
- "Life is what happens to us while we're making other
plans," Ann Landers wrote. What do you think she meant by this?
- What are some of the excuses you use to keep yourself
distanced from the needs of others? How many of these are legitimate?
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
28. The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others
or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in
solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the
knowledge of God is received in divine silence.
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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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