Message of 4-14-08
Published: Sat, 04/12/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Sweet Christ, highest Love,
have compassion for me.
Don't abandon me.
I take refuge in Your kindness,
because You're my only certainty.
You have all my hope.
- Umlita of Faenza, "Sermons"
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Acts 11:1-18; Ps. 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:11-18
R. (see 3a) Athirst is my soul for the living God.
As the hind longs for the running waters,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
Athirst is my soul for God, the living God.
When shall I go and behold the face of God?
Send forth your light and your fidelity;
they shall lead me on
And bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling-place.
Then will I go in to the altar of God,
the God of my gladness and joy;
Then will I give you thanks upon the harp,
O God, my God!
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REFLECTION ON THE SCRIPTURES
- from "Daily Bread"
http://www.preacherexchange.com/daily_bread.htm
'What God hath made clean, you are not to call profane.'
We sometimes act as if we know better than God. (We don't.) How
surprised, not to say shocked, Peter must have been to realize the
major changes God was working in the way he had always lived! For
most of us, change is often either much too sudden or much too
slow. If we are to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in building God's
Kingdom on earth, we must remain open, attentive and malleable.
Change for the better will come, in God's time, not ours.
Meanwhile, we should "Pray as though everything depended on God;
work as though everything depended on us."
"Come Holy Spirit, remake us into the dynamic, active community of
love that Jesus came to establish on earth."
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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
371. The Son alone among the divine persons is a man, just as,
alone among men, Christ is God.
372. We become by grace what Christ is by nature. Christ is the Son
by nature, and He is God because he is the Son. Our divinization
comes from our adoption.
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