Message of 2-5-08
Published: Mon, 02/04/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
"The presence of God" means a lively, attentive realization of
God's absolute presence -- God is everywhere, in all places, in all
things, in all people. Wherever birds fly, they encounter the air;
so wherever we go or wherever we are, we find God present.
- St. Frances de Sales
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30-19:3; Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mk
5:21-43
R. (1a) Listen, Lord, and answer me.
Incline your ear, O LORD; answer me,
for I am afflicted and poor.
Keep my life, for I am devoted to you;
save your servant who trusts in you.
You are my God.
Have mercy on me, O Lord,
for to you I call all the day.
Gladden the soul of your servant,
for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in kindness to all who call upon you.
Hearken, O LORD, to my prayer
and attend to the sound of my pleading.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
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In Jesus we see the infinite love of God extending to each and
every individual as he gives freely and wholly of himself to each
person he meets. Do you approach the Lord with confident
expectation that he will hear your request and act?
"Lord Jesus, you love each of us individually with a unique and
personal love. Touch my life with your saving power, heal and
restore me to fullness of life. Help me to give wholly of myself in
loving service to others."
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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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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
"Sayings of Light and Love," by St. John of the Cross (jottings
from his notebooks)
46. If you make use of your reason, you are like one who eats
substantial food; but if you are moved by the satisfaction of your
will, you are like one who eats insipid fruit.
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