6.13.11
Lectio: Mt 5.43-48
"So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Jn 5.48
"O God, You want us to be like You as You made us Your children through baptism.
I remember Jesus urges us to be perfect as You are perfect - but how?
Grant that I may live like Your child and let love be my whole way of being.
I ask this of You who lives and reigns with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever. Amen.
Operatio: Reflect on what it means to “be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect” - It obviously does not mean t do things that are beyond our God-given capacities. The evangelist Luke gives the best insight for he wrote that we should be merciful as your heavenly Father is merciful - Mercy has not limits just perfection has not limits - so resolve to be kind and merciful to all.
Tomorrow’s reading: Mt 6.1-6, 16-18
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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