Message of 2-12-08
Published: Thu, 02/07/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
To long for God and to renounce all the rest, that alone can save
us. The attitude that brings about salvation is not like any form
of activity. . . . It is the waiting or attentive and faithful
immobility that lasts indefinitely and cannot be shaken.
- Simone Weil
(Spend some time "waiting on God." Don't evaluate the results in
terms of any feelings or states of consciousness. The waiting
itself is a good and holy practice.)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Is 55:10-11; Ps. 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19; Mt 6:7-15
R. (18b) From all their distress God rescues the just.
Glorify the LORD with me,
let us together extol his name.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your faces may not blush with shame.
When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all his distress he saved him.
The LORD has eyes for the just,
and ears for their cry.
The LORD confronts the evildoers,
to destroy remembrance of them from the earth.
When the just cry out, the LORD hears them,
and from all their distress he rescues them.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;
and those who are crushed in spirit he saves.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
Anyone who has not forgiven from the bottom of the heart the
brother or sister who has done him wrong will only obtain from this
prayer his own condemnation, rather than any mercy." Do you treat
others as you think they deserve to be treated, or do you treat
them as the Lord has instructed us -- with mercy, steadfast love,
and kindness?
"Father in heaven, you have given me a mind to know you, a will to
serve you, and a heart to love you. Give me today the grace and
strength to embrace your holy will and fill my heart and mind with
your truth and love that all my intentions and actions may be
pleasing to you. Help me to be kind and forgiving towards my
neighbor as you have been towards me."
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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)
47. Lord, you return gladly and lovingly to lift up the one who
offends you, but I do not turn to raise and honor the one who
annoys me.
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