1/29/11

Lectio: Mt 5.1-12a

Meditatio: “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Mt 5. 7
Oratio: "O God, You made it clear through the prophets of Old that it is mercy and not sacrifices that You desire.

I remember Your Sonl emphasized this in the Beatitudes when He declared the ‘merciful blessed.’

Grant that I may always offer the homage You desire and readily extend mercy to those whose lives I touch.

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 what it means to be merciful. Resolve to let judgment be the Lord’s and readily excuse and overlook the perceived faults of others and instead say a prayer for them.

Tomorrow’s reading - Mk 5. 1-20

P.S. I skimmed through the Gospel of Mark yesterday and here are the miracles I found and their citations:

1. Expelled demons - 1.21
2. Simon’s mother-in-law - 1.29
3. Many - 1.32
4. a leper - 1.42
5. A paralytic - 2.1
6. Withered hand - 3.1
7. Many - 3.11
8. Calmed the sea - 4.35
9. Gerasene demons - 5.1
10. Life to Jairus’ daughter - 5.11
11. Hemorraghing woman - 5.29
12. Feeding of 5000 - 6.44
13. Walking on water - 6.45
14. Many at Gennesaret - 6.53
15. Syrophoenician woman’s daughter - 7.29
16. Deaf man - 7.11
17. Feeding of 4000 - 8.9
18. Blind man of Bethsaida - 8.25
19. Transfiguration - 9.2
20. Expelling demon from a boy - 9.20
21. Blind Bartimaeus - 10.52
22. The Eucharist - 14.12-14
23. Jesus’ resurrection - 16.6