Message of 1-17-08
Published: Sun, 01/13/08
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
- - -
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in
your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the
face of one who gives and kindles joy in the heart of one who
receives.
- St. Seraphim of Sarov
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps. 89:16-17, 18-19; Mk 2:1-12
R. (2) For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
Blessed the people who know the joyful shout;
in the light of your countenance, O LORD, they walk.
At your name they rejoice all the day,
and through your justice they are exalted.
For you are the splendor of their strength,
and by your favor our horn is exalted.
For to the LORD belongs our shield,
and to the Holy One of Israel, our King.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
How do you approach the untouchables and outcasts, and those you
find difficult to love. Do you offer them mercy and help as Jesus
did? The Lord is always ready to show us his mercy and to free us
from whatever makes us unclean.
Lord Jesus, inflame my heart with your love and make me clean. May
I never cease to tell others of your love and mercy."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Carmelite Method)
A. Introduction: settling in, relaxing in awareness of God's
presence.
B. Reading the text slowly, prayerfully.
C. Meditation: imaginative representation of the material; reflection
on the meaning of the material and its application to one's life.
D. Affective prayer: conversation with God, attentive to sharing
feelings awakened in meditation. Prayer of petition, thanksgiving,
remorse.
E. Resting in God in silent loving awareness, if moved to do so.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
- "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas A. Kempis
The Voice of Christ
MY CHILD, I am the Lord Who gives strength in the day of
trouble. Come
to Me when all is not well with you. Your tardiness in turning to
prayer is the greatest obstacle to heavenly consolation, for
before
you pray earnestly to Me you first seek many comforts and take
pleasure in outward things. Thus, all things are of little
profit to
you until you realize that I am the one Who saves those who
trust in
Me, and that outside of Me there is no worth-while help, or any
useful
counsel or lasting remedy.
-------- Bk. 3, Chapter 30
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
You can help to "grow" this newsletter by forwarding copies to
friends and family members. Subscribe info is listed below.
Thanks for your support.
- - - -
Please help support Heartland Center's Internet ministries:
- For more info on tax-deductible donations, see
http://shalomplace.com/seed/donations.html.
Thanks for your consideration!
--------------------------------------
* Web Archive: http://www.aweber.com/z/article/?dailyseed
* RSS: http://www.aweber.com/z/rss/?dailyseed