Message of 3-13-08
Published: Fri, 03/07/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Be happy. Be content -- always, everywhere, in all circumstances
-- because every circumstance is a gift of love for you from the
Eternal Father. That's why God wants us to rejoice in every one of
our traoubles, and to praise and give glory to His name -- yes, in
everything -- because God loves you with a forever kind of love.
- Catherine of Siena, "Letters"
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Gn 17:3-9; Ps. 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Jn 8:51-59
R. (8a) The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
his portents, and the judgments he has uttered.
You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
He remembers forever his covenant
which he made binding for a thousand generations -
Which he entered into with Abraham
and by his oath to Isaac.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
When the Jews asked Jesus who do you claim to be? he answered,
"before Abraham was, I am." Jesus claims to be timeless and there
is only one in the universe who is timeless, namely God. Scripture
tells us that "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
forever" (Hebrews 13:8). Jesus was not just a man who came, lived,
died, and then rose again. He is the immortal timeless One, who
always was and always will be. In Jesus we see the eternal God in
visible flesh. His death and rising make it possible for us to
share in his eternal life. Do you live in the hope and joy of the
resurrection?
"Lord Jesus, let your word be on my lips and in my heart that I may
walk in the freedom of your truth and love."
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Carmelite Method)
A. Introduction: settling in, relaxing in awareness of God's
presence.
B. Reading the text slowly, prayerfully.
C. Meditation: imaginative representation of the material; reflection
on the meaning of the material and its application to one's life.
D. Affective prayer: conversation with God, attentive to sharing
feelings awakened in meditation. Prayer of petition, thanksgiving,
remorse.
E. Resting in God in silent loving awareness, if moved to do so.
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
- "Imitation of Christ," by Thomas A. Kempis
It is well, then, to pass over all creation, perfectly to abandon
self, and to see in ecstasy of mind that You, the Creator of
all, have
no likeness among all Your creatures, and that unless a man be
freed
from all creatures, he cannot attend freely to the Divine. The
reason
why so few contemplative persons are found, is that so few know
how to
separate themselves entirely from what is transitory and created.
-------- Bk. 3, Chapter 31
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