Message of 3-18-08
Published: Mon, 03/10/08
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Come, Lord Jesus, and abide in my heart. How grateful I am to
realize that the answer to my prayer does not depend on me at all.
As I quietly abide in You and let Your life flow into me, what
freedom it is to know that the Father does not see my threadbare
patience or insufficient trust, rather only Your patience, Lord,
and Your confidence that the Father has everything in hand. In Your
faith I thank You right now for a more glorious answer to my prayer
than I can imagine. Amen.
- Catherine Marshall
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Is 49:1-6; Ps. 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17; Jn 13:21-33,
36-38
R. (see 15ab) I will sing of your salvation.
In you, O LORD, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
In your justice rescue me, and deliver me;
incline your ear to me, and save me.
Be my rock of refuge,
a stronghold to give me safety,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.
For you are my hope, O Lord;
my trust, O God, from my youth.
On you I depend from birth;
from my mother's womb you are my strength.
My mouth shall declare your justice,
day by day your salvation.
O God, you have taught me from my youth,
and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
We must be on our guard lest Satan turn us from the love of God and
the path which God has chosen for us. The Holy Spirit will give us
grace and strength in our time of testing. If we submit to Jesus we
will walk in the light of his truth and love. If we turn our backs
on him we will stumble and fall in the ways of sin and darkness.
Are you ready to follow Jesus in his way of the cross?
"Give me, O Lord, a steadfast heart which no unworthy thought can
drag downwards; an unconquered heart which no tribulation can wear
out; an upright heart which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside.
Bestow upon me also, O Lord my God, understanding to know you,
diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that
may finally embrace you; through Jesus Christ, our Lord." (Prayer
of Thomas Aquinas
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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)
52. If you wish to attain holy recollection, you will do so not by
receiving but by denying.
53. Going everywhere, my God, with you, everywhere things will
happen as I desire for you.
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