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Message of the Day
The Word of God is the informing power of the revelation of God in the finite world. The Word of God is not, by any figure, to be identified with a book, or a temple, or a minister, or a shrine.
… Elisha Mulford (1833-1885), The Republic of God
(Where do you see evidence of the Word active in your life these days?)
Readings of the Day
- http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
1 MC 4:36-37, 52-59; 1 CHR 29:10BCD, 11ABC, 11D-12A, 12BCD; LK 19:45-48
R. (13b) We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.“Blessed may you be, O LORD,
God of Israel our father,
from eternity to eternity.”
“Yours, O LORD, are grandeur and power,
majesty, splendor, and glory.
For all in heaven and on earth is yours.”
“Yours, O LORD, is the sovereignty;
you are exalted as head over all.
Riches and honor are from you.”
“You have dominion over all,
In your hand are power and might;
it is yours to give grandeur and strength to all.”
Reflection on the Scriptures
- http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
“My house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.”
In the gospel, Jesus is speaking of the temple, but it could be my house. Is my home a house of prayer? There certainly are thieves that I let in that take me down a very different road from one of prayer. I too often offer a litany of excuses instead of a litany of prayer. I’m too busy, too tired, too frustrated, too angry, too bored, too everything to pray. But all of those times are exactly when I should stop. Take a deep breath. And pray. I can say thanks for a life that is busy and fulfilled. I can ask for help when I become overwhelmed with work and commitments. I can ask God to help me deal with my frustration and to defuse my anger. I can take a minute to pray for someone else when I am feeling bored or restless. I can reach out to someone who needs an ear or a friendly hello.
I let those thieves of frustration, anger and irritation into my house of prayer. I am stealing from myself. I can also drive the thieves out. I can listen to Jesus’ words and respond to him. I can be mindful of my heart and mind. I can be more like St. Cecilia, whose feast we celebrate today. A martyr of Rome, she was said to have had a song to the Lord in her heart when she married. She’s the patroness of music and musicians. Music, too, can be a prayer to fill my house with joy. My prayer today is to make my house a house of prayer, to make my litany of excuses into a litany of thankfulness and gratitude.
- by Carol Zuegner
Spiritual Reading
Selected Quotes from St. John of the Cross on the Journey of the Soul to God by Contemplation - from Dark Night of the Soul
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/160459263X/?tag=christianspiritu
Bk.
2, Ch. 15. The soul went by a very secret ladder, which is living
faith. In this purgative night the desires, affections and passions of
the soul are put to sleep.Ch. 17. #5. If the soul is hardly conscious of this contemplation, such a person is only able to say that he is satisfied, tranquil and contented and that he is conscious of the presence of God. Pure contemplation is indescribable and therefore secret.
#6. This mystical knowledge has the property of hiding the soul within itself.
- compiled by James and Tyra Arraj
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