12.20.12
Lectio: Sg 2.8-14
Meditatio: "My lover [God], speaks to me, ‘Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come’!" Sg 2.10
Oratio: "O God, You love us with an everlasting love!
I remember in the Song of Songs, You are described as ‘lover’ and we are described as ‘beloved’, and ‘beautiful’ - what endearing terms!
Grant that I may never presume on Your love and bask always in it and love You the best I can.
I ask these and all things through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Contemplatio: Keep silence and remain in recollection for a few minutes.
Operatio: reflect on "lover"; one who seeks the good of the other for the other’s sake and not for what one gets out of it; in prayer thank God for loving me so and seek the grace to return that love to the best of my ability by striving to live in accordance with the great law of love.
Tomorrow's reading: 1 Sm 1.24-28
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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