1/16/11
Lectio: Mk 2. 18-22
Meditatio: “Jesus answered, ‘Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast’.” Mk 2.19
Oratio: "O God, You love us with an everlasting love and tenderly.
I remember Jesus used the bridal metaphor to proclaim the intimacy of the love He, and by implication, You, have for us.
Grant that I may respond as a worthy guest with a faithful and grateful love for the Trinity and for all Your creation.
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 the bridal metaphor. Let the joy of being a guest of Jesus at the heavenly wedding banquet sink in and enliven me for I am wonderfully blest.
Tomorrow’s reading - Mk 2.23-28
About Me
- Father Mike
- I was ordained for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 15, 1993. I am a widower with 8 children and 24 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. On July 1, 2014 I began my residence at St Mathew Parish in Philadelphia, PA. My last assignment was pastor of St.Elizabeth Ann Seton in Bensalem, PA since November of 1999. I have created this Blog in response to Pope Benedict XVI's recommendation that Priest use modern means of communications to reach out to people with the Good News. I publish daily my Lectio Divina efforts via a group email. I will publish such efforts from time to time to this site as well as other pertinent info about the Good News of Jesus Christ or issues which are contrary to the Good News. What is Lectio Divina? Lectio Divina is the Study of and Meditation on Sacred Scripture. The steps include: Reading (Lectio),- Pondering (Meditatio); Praying (Oratio) and Silence(Contemplatio). I use the daily Lectionary as the source of readings.
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