11/11/10

Lk 17.26-37

Meditatio: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.”
Lk 17.26

Oratio: "O God, we are stubborn and obstinate - yet you put up with us.

I remember Jesus warned His disciples that despite His call to repent, many will carry on as usual and they will suffer utter destruction as did the people of the time of the Great Flood who ignored Noah’s warning to change.

Grant that I may heed Your Son’s call to repent and do so now for no one knows the day or the hour of Your Son’s return nor of our return to You.

I ask this of You, who lives and reigns with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever.
Amen.”

Contemplatio: Keep silence and remain in recollection for a few minutes.

Operatio: Reflect on my response to Jesus’ call to repent. Look carefully at my ingrained habits. Do they reflect selfless love? If not, begin to change while there is still time Tomorrow’s reading - Lk 18.1-8