Message of 3-24-07
Published: Sat, 03/22/08
Help yourself to the pdf version of "Jesus is Risen!"
- http://shalomplace.com/download/resurrection.pdf
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
"The benefits [of the resurrection] are innumerable. To list a few:
Our illnesses don't seem nearly so final; Our fears fade and lose
their grip; Our grief over those who have gone on is diminished;
Our desires to press on in spite of the obstacles is rejuvenated...
Our identity as Christians is strengthened as we stand in the
lengthening shadows of saints down through the centuries, who have
always answered back in antiphonal voice: 'He is risen, indeed!'"
- Charles Swindoll
(He is risen, indeed!)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps. 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Mt 28:8-15
R. (1) Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD, "My Lord are you."
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence;
Because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
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REFLECTION ON THE SCRIPTURES
- from "Daily Bread"
http://www.preacherexchange.com/daily_bread.htm
Then Jesus said to them, 'Do not be afraid.'
We live in a fearsome, fearful world. We're programmed to tune in
daily to learn which new terror threatens: plague, violence,
starvation, economic collapse, ecological disaster, anarchy. Our
imaginations run wild with recollections of disasters past and
projections about those yet to come. Then, within the chaos, we
encounter One who calls us to experience an opposite reality. We
are told to go unafraid into the world -- troubled as it is -- with
Good News: Jesus, our Lord and Savior, has conquered death! These
days of Easter renew us in the wonder of Christ's love and power.
May we rejoice in them fully -- energized by joy, strengthened in
faith, hope and love, emboldened by the vision of God's Kingdom come.
For joy in the Good News of salvation, we pray.
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LECTIO DIVINA PROCESS
- http://heartlandspirituality.org/vocations/prayer.html
First, you choose a passage of Scripture that you will pray with.
It might be the Gospel reading used in the liturgy of the day, or
anything else you want. The process then follows these steps:
* Reading (lectio) After settling in and quieting yourself,
read the passage slowly, prayerfully. Just let it sink in for a
minute or two, then read it a second time, paying closer attention
to the words or phrases that speak to you.
* Reflecting (meditatio) What do you hear God saying to you in
this passage? What words or phrases caught your attention?
* Responding (oratio) What do you want to say to God in
response to what you've heard? Here you can also voice your prayers
of petition, remorse, thanksgiving, praise, and so forth. If you
sense God speaking to you in your thoughts, feelings or
imagination, you respond as you would in any conversation.
* Resting (contemplatio) If, at any time, you feel drawn to
simply rest in the awareness of God's loving presence, you let
yourself do so. Remain in loving silence as long as you feel
comfortable, perhaps using a simple word or phrase from the
Scripture passage to help deepen your openness to rest in God.
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THEOLOGICAL GEMS FROM EMIL MERCH'S "THEOLOGY OF THE MYSTICAL BODY"
from http://www.innerexplorations.com/chtheomortext/theolgems.htm
366. The Son is also pure Being and the Creator and archetype of
all being.
368. The Son alone possesses the mystical body and makes it alive
in Himself, in the same way as He alone possesses His physical body
and gives it life, as He Himself has life from the Father.
The sacred humanity mystically includes Christians.
Christians must be truly one with the Son to the same degree as
they are truly one with Christ.
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