Message of 11-20-07
Published: Thu, 11/15/07
Read and read again, and do not despair of help to understand the
will and mind of God though you think they are fast locked up from
you. Neither trouble your heads though you have not commentaries
and exposition. Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God
is better than a great deal from people.
- John Bunyan
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
2 Mc 6:18-31; Ps 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Lk 19:1-10
R. (6b) The Lord upholds me.
O LORD, how many are my adversaries!
Many rise up against me!
Many are saying of me,
"There is no salvation for him in God."
But you, O LORD, are my shield;
my glory, you lift up my head!
When I call out to the LORD,
he answers me from his holy mountain.
When I lie down in sleep,
I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
I fear not the myriads of people
arrayed against me on every side.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 19: 1-10 (Jesus and Zaccbaeus)
Tax collectors were men designated by Rome to extract from the Jews
money owed Rome for services rendered by the government. They were
despised by the Jews; many Jews resented being governed by Rome,
and tax collectors often extorted money for their own enrichment.
Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector, must have been the focal point
of much hatred, but this does not stop him from seeking out Jesus
and subsequently reforming his life.
- Would you be willing to climb a tree to see Jesus? Do you
empathize with Zacchaeus' desire to be with Jesus?
- Resolve to invite to dinner someone with whom you have had
little contact recently.
- Pray to desire a deeper relationship with Jesus.
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
32. If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the
bird fly away; you will never get it back.
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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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