12/17/10

Lectio: Mt 1.18-25

Meditatio: “She [Mary] will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Mt 1.21

Oratio: "O God, Your ways are mysterious and are not our ways - Yet You make known what we need to know in order to find our way back to You.

I remember You sent an angel to Joseph to let him know that Mary, his betrothed, was with child through the Holy Spirit and it was o.k. to take her into his home as his wife - And he did without understanding God’s explanation as to how Mary was pregnant; but simply obeying because of his faith.

Grant that I may have a faith like Joseph’s.

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: How open am I to what God has revealed and which has been handed down through scripture and tradition? Do I accept it and live it like St. Joseph did?
Tomorrow’s reading - Mt 1.18-24