Message of 2-26-08
Published: Sat, 02/23/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the
shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal
likewise with their fellow men.
- St. Francis of Assisi
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps. 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35
R. (6a) Remember your mercies, O Lord.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your kindness are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.
Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
he teaches the humble his way.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
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God in his mercy offers us the grace and help of his Holy Spirit so
we can love as he loves, pardon as he pardons, and treat others
with the same mercy and kindness which he has shown to us. God has
made his peace with us. Have you made your peace with God? If we
understand God's love and accept it, than we have no other choice
but to be merciful towards others as our heavenly Father is
merciful towards us. Are you a peacemaker?
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred
let me sow love. Where there is injury let me sow pardon. Where
there is doubt let me sow faith. Where there is despair let me
give hope. Where there is darkness let me give light. Where there
is sadness let me give joy."
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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)
49. If you purify your soul of attachments and desires, you will
understand things spiritually. If you deny your appetite for them,
you will enjoy their truth, understanding what is certain in them.
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