Message of 7-3-08
Published: Tue, 06/24/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
"This is the nature of love: to the extent that we distance
ourselves from the center of the circle and do not love God, we
distance ourselves from our neighbour; but if we love God, then the
nearer we draw to him in love, the more we are united with our
neighbour in love."
Dorotheus of Gaza, "Instructions"
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 20:24-29
R. (Mark 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
For steadfast is his kindness for us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
The Holy Spirit reveals the Lord Jesus to us and helps us to grow
in knowledge and understanding of God and his ways. Through the
gift of faith we are able to proclaim that Jesus is our personal
Lord and our God. He died and rose that we, too, might have new
life in him. The Lord offers each of us new life in his Holy Spirit
that we may know him personally and walk in this new way of life
through the power of his resurrection. Do you believe in God's word
and in the power of the Holy Spirit?
"Lord Jesus Christ, through your victory over sin and death you
have overcome all the powers of darkness. Help me to draw near to
you and to trust in your life-giving word. Fill me with your Holy
Spirit and strengthen my faith in your promises and my hope in the
power of your resurrection."
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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
The Voice of Christ
If you look for rest in this life, how will you attain to
everlasting
rest? Dispose yourself, then, not for much rest but for great
patience. Seek true peace, not on earth but in heaven; not in
people or
in other creatures but in God alone. For love of God you should
undergo all things cheerfully, all labors and sorrows,
temptations and
trials, anxieties, weaknesses, necessities, injuries, slanders,
rebukes, humiliations, confusions, corrections, and contempt. For
these are helps to virtue. These are the trials of Christ's
recruit.
These form the heavenly crown. For a little brief labor I will
give an
everlasting crown, and for passing confusion, glory that is
eternal.
-------- Bk. 3, Chapter 35
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