1.20.14

Lectio: Mk 2. 23-28

Meditatio: “Then he [Jesus] said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath’.” Mk 2.27                                          

Oratio: O God, the religious elite had insisted that even picking grain on the sabbath to satisfy one’s hunger, was work and therefore prohibited.

I remember when they confronted Jesus, He corrected their understanding pointing out the purpose of the sabbath was to benefit man and implicit is that his physical needs and not just his spiritual needs was the purpose of the sabbath rest.

Grant that I may remember to use the sabbath as a day of rest so as to recharge my physical and spiritual batteries and not simply a day off from the work-a-day world.

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"sabbath...made for man”; the seventh day is intended as a day of rest but it does not mean we cannot do those things that enhance our physical well being; in prayer seek the grace to keep holy the sabbath day but to avoid scrupulous practices in doing so for God wants us to keep it a day of refreshment for us both spiritually and physically..

Tomorrow's reading: Mk 3.-6