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Message of the Day
Whoever knew but one creature would not need to ponder any sermon, for every creature is full of God and is a book.
- Meister Eckhart
(Creation as iconic, revealing something of God: take time to be present to some aspect of the creation today, open to encountering God while doing so.)
Readings of the Day
- http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
GN 3:9-15, 20; PS 98:1, 2-3AB, 3CD-4; EPH 1:3-6, 11-12; LK 1:26-38
R. (1) Sing to the Lord a
new song, for he has done marvelous deeds. Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
Reflection on the Scriptures
- http://www.preacherexchange.com/daily_bread.htm
For nothing will be impossible for God.
These words of the angel Gabriel are meant not only for Mary, but for every one of us. When we are asked to do the seemingly impossible -- and that may mean caring for an elderly parent with dementia, taking in a hard-to-place foster child or walking through crime-ridden streets to work in the food pantry -- we recall Gabriel’s bold statement of faith. Today we celebrate Mary’s conception free from the effects of original sin. It’s a good time to pray that our country and our world work to overcome the effects of that sin and become less violent, less destructive and more caring.
O Lord, to achieve the impossible, we pray.
- by Portia Clark
Spiritual Reading
The Sparkling Stone, by St. John Rusybroeck (1293-1381)
This is the New name which no man knoweth but he that receiveth it. And whosoever feels himself to be for ever united with God, he possesses his name according to the measure of his virtues, and of his introversion, and of his union. And, that every one may obtain his name and possess it in eternity, the Lamb of God, that is, the manhood of our Lord, has delivered Itself up to death; and has opened for us the Book of Life, wherein are written all the names of the elect. And these names cannot be blotted out, for they are one with the Living Book, which is the Son of God. And that same death has broken for us the seals of the Book, so that all virtues may be fulfilled according to the eternal Providence of God. And so, in the measure in which each man can overcome himself, and can die to all things, he feels the touch of the Father drawing him inward; and then he tastes the sweetness of the Inborn Fruit, Which is the Son; and in this tasting the Holy Ghost teaches him that he is the heir of God. But in these three points no one is like to another in every respect. And therefore each one has been named separately, and his name is continually made new through new graces and new works of virtue. And therefore every knee shall bow before the Name of Jesus, for He has fought for our sake, and has conquered. And He has enlightened our darkness, and has fulfilled all the virtues in the highest degree. And so His name is lifted up above all other names, for He is the King and the Prince over all the elect. And in His name we are called and chosen, and adorned with grace and with virtues, and look for the glory of God.
- Chapter 11. Of the great difference between the brightness of the Saints and the highest brightness to which we can attain in this life.
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