Lectio: 7.07.13

Mt 9.18-26                                                               

Meditatio: "While Jesus was still speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, ‘My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live’.”
Mt 9.18
                  
Oratio: "O God, how clear You made it that it was Your Son who had come down to proclaim the Good News that the Kingdom of God is at hand.

I remember Your Son restored life to the daughter of an official who believed that Jesus could restore her life if he just laid His hands on her -He did; and she lived!

Grant that I may be always mindful of the many and miraculous ways which Your Son showed that He was from You and that all should accept the Good News for their benefit!

I ask all things in the name of Jesus who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplation: spend a few moments in silence and reflect on the selected passage and its import for you.

Operatio: reflect on "lay...hand on her;” the power of Jesus’ touch; He simply commanded the child to get up and took her by the hand and she came back to life; in prayer seek the grace to rejoice always in the fact that God has drawn near in the person of His Son and remains near in the Sacrament of the Eucharist; and then reach out to others with love so that they, too, will come to know that Jesus is here and is their brother.

Tomorrow's reading: M 9.32-38