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Message of the Day
Forgiveness brings freedom - freedom from being controlled by the past, freedom from the emotional ties to the offender, freedom from the continual inner conflicts of bitterness and hate, freedom to become whole and enjoy the fullness of life.
- Jeanette Vought
(Where do you need to practice forgiveness at this time in your life?)
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- http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
1 SM 1:9-20; SM 2:1, 4-8; MK 1:21-28
R. My heart exults in the Lord, my Savior.“My heart exults in the LORD,
my horn is exalted in my God.
I have swallowed up my enemies;
I rejoice in my victory.”
“The bows of the mighty are broken,
while the tottering gird on strength.
The well-fed hire themselves out for bread,
while the hungry batten on spoil.
The barren wife bears seven sons,
while the mother of many languishes.”
“The LORD puts to death and gives life;
he casts down to the nether world;
he raises up again.
The LORD makes poor and makes rich;
he humbles, he also exalts.”
“He raises the needy from the dust;
from the dung heap he lifts up the poor,
To seat them with nobles
and make a glorious throne their heritage.”
Reflection on the Scriptures
- http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
This is only the first in a series of surprising births of special sons. Hannah bears the great judge Samuel as a result of her prayer, Samson is born by the will of God (Judges 13), Elisha promises a son to a woman because she yearns for one and she has supported him and his work (2 Kings 4:8-17), and John the Baptist arrives in a similar manner (Luke 1) --- and then there is Christ (Luke 1), who doesn’t even need a human father. Is it worth noting that three of the five died violently?
Hannah got her son, and that satisfied her needs, but God had much greater things in mind for Samuel. Do we pray seriously, regularly, with great desire and hope? Do we ask for things beyond our own lives, putting the answer to our prayers firmly in the hands of the love the Father has constantly shown us, the love Christ manifested, and the love that the presence of the Spirit in our lives proves?
Let us pray that when we speak to God we ask not only for what we wish, let us ask that our requests be something that he can work with, giving us maybe a son for ourselves but getting a Samuel for our world as well.
- by Chas Kestermeier, S.J.
Spiritual Reading
Selected Quotes from St. John of the Cross on the Journey of the Soul to God by Contemplation - from The Spiritual Canticle
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/ 1604592826/?tag=christianspiritu
Stanza 6. #2. The will is content with nothing less than His presence and the sight of Him.Stanza 7. #1. This immensity is indescribable and because of it the soul is dying of love.
- compiled by James and Tyra Arraj
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