Message of 12-25-07
Published: Sat, 12/22/07
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Dearly beloved, today our Savior is born; let us rejoice. Sadness
should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death
has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of
eternal happiness.
- Leo the Great, "Sermon"
("Let us rejoice . . .")
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18
R. (3c) All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
his right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.
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- Reflection: (used with permission from http://www.scripture.net )
In the feast of Christmas we celebrate present realities - Jesus
Christ our redeemer who lives with us and fills us with his glory
and peace - and we commemorate past events - Christ's birth and
his manifestation to Israel and to the gentiles. We thank and bless
God for the way in which he has saved us from the powers of sin and
destruction. Today we celebrate the birthday of our King and
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Lord our God, with the birth of your Son, your glory breaks on the
world. As we celebrate his first coming, give us a foretaste of the
joy that you will grant us when the fulness of his glory has filled
the earth."
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SAYINGS OF LIGHT AND LOVE
by St. John of the Cross
- jottings from his notebooks
39. My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on you.
40. What you most seek and desire you will not find by this way of
yours, nor through high contemplation, but in much humility and
submission of 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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