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The great imperfection of most of us proceeds from want of reflection, but, on the other hand, there are many who think overmuch, who fall into the mistake of too close self-inspection, and who are perpetually fretting over their failings and weaknesses.
- Jean-Pierre Camus [17th C], The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
(So. . . which side do you tend towards?)
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PRV 21:1-6, 10-13; PS 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44
LK 8:19-21
The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him
but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside
and they wish to see you.”
He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers
are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”
USCCB Lectionary
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Praying the Daily Gospels: A Guide to Meditation, by Philip St. Romain,
2018 (3rd ed.)
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Luke 8: 19-21 (The Lord's family)
It is typical of Luke that he has taken the sting out of some of the more unsettling accounts about Jesus found in Mark and Matthew. Mark wrote that Jesus' family was concerned for his sanity, but Luke simply has them paying a visit to Jesus. Today's reading shows Jesus using the occasion to affirm the primacy of our brotherhood and sisterhood under God.
* What does the communion of saints mean to you, especially that those who have died in Christ continue to work with us and intercede for us as we struggle to do God's will?
* Who is your favorite saint? How did this person reveal God? Thank God that such a person has blessed your life.
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Treatise on the Love of God, by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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BOOK I: CONTAINING A PREPARATION FOR THE WHOLE TREATISE
Chapter 18: That the natural inclination which we have to love God is not useless
In truth the honourable inclination which God has left in our hearts testifies as well to our friends as to our enemies that we did not only sometime belong to our Creator, but furthermore, though he has left us and let us go at the mercy of our free will, that we still appertain to him, and that he has reserved the right of taking us again to himself,
to save us, according as his holy and sweet providence shall require. Hence the royal prophet terms this inclination not only a light, in that it makes us see whither we are to tend, but also a joy and gladness, for it comforts us when we stray, giving us a hope that he who engraved and left in us this clear mark of our origin intends also and desires to reduce and bring us back thither, if we be so happy as to let ourselves be retaken by his divine goodness.
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