1.28.14

Lectio: Mk 4.1-20                                                 

Meditatio: “but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the cravings for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.” Mk 4.19

Oratio: O God, You want to be the object of our love and the treasure for us beyond price.

I remember Your Son warned us of the dangers of worldly anxiety, riches and cravings that can choke off our love for You to our great detriment for without You we are nothing.

Grant that I may always remember You alone should I adore, You alone should I worship, You alone should I love with my whole heart, soul and strength and You will bring us safely home for we will have done Your will.                                   

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"lure...choke the word”; the attraction of things of this world, if unchecked, can become the object of our love and choke off our love for God; in prayer seek the grace to be attracted of the things of God so that our love for Him may ever increase and no other lure will have any hold in our hearts.

Tomorrow's reading: Mk 4.21-25