4/06/11

Lectio: Jn 7.1-2, 10, 25-30

Meditatio: “But we know where he is from. When the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from." 7.27


“O God, You must be amused at us because of how we react to the obvious.

I remember many of the leaders and many of the common people rejected Jesus as the Messiah despite the miracles which showed He was from You because someone once said that when the Messiah comes no one would know where he came from. They allowed an opinion to stand in the face of overwhelming evidence that Jesus is the Messiah - How foolish they were.

Grant that I may respond to Your mysteries instead of trying to dispute them or understand them for Your ways are so far above our ways.

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 some of the mysteries of faith such as the Incarnation and the Crucifixion. Do I try to analyze them? If so, stop doing so. Resolve instead to mediate on them and respond to their meaning for me and the love that God shows in them for all of us rather than how or why it is possible for that is the only way to approach God’s mysterious ways.

Tomorrow’s reading - Jn 7.1-2, 10, 25-30