10.26.13

Lectio:   Lk 18.9-14                                                                           

Meditatio:”I [Jesus ] tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”Lk  8.14

Oratio: O God, You have one requirement if we wish to approach You - humility!
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I remember Jesus told a parable about two men who went up to the Temple to pray and concluded by saying, ‘the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” In doing so He made it clear that it is not our status but our disposition which is important when we come to God in prayer.

Grant that I may be ever mindful and imitate the attitude of the tax collector and pray as a humble sinner that I am.                          
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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: "exalts himself...humbles himself”; exalt means to puff oneself up,  while humble means to recognize who one is; in prayer remember how the tax collector prayed and seek the grace to pray like him always for then our God will be greatly pleased and we will be blest.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 6.12-16