10.08.13

Lectio:  Lk 11.1-4                                                                           
                     
Meditatio: “Give us each day our daily bread.” Lk 11.3                                                                  
Oratio: O God, we owe every thing to You and it is right that we should acknowledge it.

I remember when Jesus taught His disciples to pray, one of the petitions specifically acknowledged our dependence on You for our daily bread; that is for our daily needs.

Grant that I may be ever grateful for all You have done, all You do,  and all You continue to do for us, for it is only right that we should give You thanks and praise for Your loving care for us.

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

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect on "give...daily bread”; bread symbolizes all we need for our sustenance; it is God’s love and care for us that prompts Him to give it to us; in prayer seek the grace of a grateful heart for all that we are, all that we can be, and all that we will be is a gift of God to us to be used in accordance with His will.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 11.5-13