Message of 6-24-08
Published: Sat, 06/21/08
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness
or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
- Martha Washington
(A good reminder from the "first lady" of first ladies -- term used
for U.S. Presidents' wives.)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Is 49:1-6; Ps. 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Acts 13:22-26;
Lk 1:57-66, 80
R. (14) I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.
O LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar.
Truly you have formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother's womb.
I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made;
wonderful are your works.
My soul also you knew full well;
nor was my frame unknown to you
When I was made in secret,
when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
What is the significance of John the Baptist and his message for
our lives? When God acts to save us he graciously fills us with his
Holy Spirit and makes our faith come "alive" to his promises. Each
and every day the Lord is ready to renew us in faith, hope, and
love. Like John the Baptist, the Lord invites each of us to make
our life a free-will offering to God. God wants to fill us with his
glory all the days of our lives, from birth through death. Renew
the offering of your life to God and give him thanks for his mercy
and favor towards you.
"Lord Jesus, you bring hope and salvation to a world lost in sin,
despair, and suffering. Let your grace refresh and restore your
people today in the hope and joy of your great victory over sin and
death."
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Ignatian Method)
A. Preparation: acts of faith and reverence in the presence of God;
asking grace of a good meditation; petition for specific graces
sought in meditation.
B. Reading the Scriptures slowly, prayerfully.
C. Exercise of the memory, imagination, and intellect:
consideration of the material.. What practical applications are
suggested?
D. Expression of feelings and sentiments awakened in meditation.
Conversation with God.
E. Exercise of will and imagination in making resolutions. Prayer
for grace to fulfill resolutions.
F. Vocal prayer (Our Father, Hail Mary, other prayers).
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
"Sayings of Light and Love," by St. John of the Cross (jottings
from his notebooks)
67. In joys and pleasures, immediately draw near to God in fear and
truth, and you will be neither deceived nor involved in vanity.
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