10.15.13

Lectio:   Lk 11.42-46                   
           
Meditatio:"And he [Jesus] said, ‘Woe to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you do not lift one finger to touch them’.” Lk 11.46

Oratio: O God, You detest legalism and desire above all love!
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I remember Jesus upbraided the lawyers [probably the Scribes] for imposing rules on the  people but offering no help to them so that they could adhere to them.

Grant that I may learn that it is love You desire and not sacrifices; and strive to be a person of love for that is how I best image You, my Creator and Redeemer.

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: "Woe...scholars”; Jesus’s warning to the religious leaders for imposing burdens but failing to show love to those they were called to serve; in prayer seek the grace to be a person of love for it is in the image of All-Love that we are created.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 11.47-54