4.15.12
Lectio: Acts 4.23-31
Meditatio: “as they prayed, the place where they gathered shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 4. 31
Oratio: O God, You are ever present to us and are always faithful even if we are unfaithful.
I remember Your Son sent the Holy Spirit - Your Spirit and His Spirit - to be with us following His earthly death.
Grant that I may be filled with Your Spirit and proclaim the Good News by the life I live.
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 "place...shook”; earthquake; biblical symbol for God’s presence; miraculous signs; in prayer thank God for not leaving us orphans when His Son left this earthly domain of ours because we put Him to death - how terrible a deed on our part; how magnanimous a deed on God’s part!
Tomorrow's reading: Acts 4.32-37
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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