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Message of the Day
But it is not necessary for us to set forth our petitions before God in order to make known to him our needs or desires, but rather that we ourselves may realize that in these things it is needful to have recourse to the divine assistance.
- St. Thomas Aquinas [13th C.], Summa Theologica, 2, 2, 83, 2
(What do you need from God these days?)
Readings of the Day
- http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
DN 7:2-14; DN 3:75-81; LK 21:29-33
R. Give glory and eternal praise to him!“Mountains and hills, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
“Everything growing from the earth, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
“You springs, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
“Seas and rivers, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
“You dolphins and all water creatures, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
“All you birds of the air, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
“All you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever.”
Reflection on the Scriptures
- http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
Today’s reading from Daniel describes frightening dream-like visions which Daniel saw during the night. The visions Daniel saw were quite terrifying and violent. Toward the end of the visions, Daniel saw a hopeful sign: One like a son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven and Daniel believed that God had intervened. The point of all the visions is that God will soon intervene to destroy all evil so that those who stand firm in their faith will triumph. (Newsom, Carol A. and Ringe, Sharon H. eds., The Women’s Bible Commentary, (Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky.)
The moral is that (people) of faith can resist temptation and conquer adversity. (The New American Bible: The New Catholic Translation, Catholic Bible Press.)
We may not have monstrous-type lions with eagle wings or bears with tusks or leopards with four heads in our dreams but what are the challenges which block us from God, self and one another? How does fear control us and what are we missing?
- by Susan Naatz
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. 18. #4. Ordinarily that which is of the greatest profit --
namely, to be ever losing oneself and becoming as nothing -- is
considered the worst thing possible, and that which is of least worth,
which is for the soul to find consolation and sweetness, is considered
best. #5. Secret contemplation is the science of love. It is an infused and loving knowledge of God, which enlightens the soul and at the same time enkindles it with love, until it is raised up step by step, even unto God its Creator. For it is love alone that unites and joins the soul with God.
- compiled by James and Tyra Arraj
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