1/01/11

Lectio: Mt 2.1-12

Meditatio: “saying, ‘Where is the new born king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising’.” Mt 2.2
Oratio: "O God, You have made it so easy today to find you but it was not always so easy.
I remember the Magi from the East had to follow a star to Bethlehem to find Your Son with only a modicum of faith and very poor navigational tools - but they found Him because they diligently searched for him.

Grant that I may take advantage of the many ways You have many ways since that You have made Yourself and Your Son known,

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 each day on the many ways in which God who is invisible has made Himself known to us such as wherever we find selfless love ( 1 Jn14.6); wherever 2 or more are gathered in Jesus’ name ( Mt 18.19-20; where you find beauty for God is all-beautiful and especially in the Eucharist where Jesus is present in a real and personal way. And then give thanks and praise for making Himself known.

I wish all of you a Happy New Years! May this year be for you a blessed time, a happy time, a hope-filled time, a wondrous time. May this year be filled with Christ’s peace, joy and love