6.01.14

Lectio: Jn 16.29-33                                                                                                                       

Meditatio: “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” Jn 16.33
                   
Oratio: O God, You know we are weak and so You provide for our weaknesses - often in unique ways.

I remember Your Son told His disciples in advance of His passion and that they would scatter because their faith would be shaken. But He reassured them that He had conquered the world and thus invited them to see His passion and death through His eyes. In time they would and they would rejoice in the Risen Lord. In prayer seek the grace of strong faith.

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:  "told you...courage....conquered”; Jesus crucifixion would shake the faith of Jesus’ disciples but as they looked back on events they realized Jesus had foretold of it. He also  had told them to take courage and they would eventually for paradoxically through His death, He conquered death, and the world. In prayer seek to listen to the Word of God and take heed of it for it is meant to encourage us on our journey back to the Father; and seek the grace to make the reading of Scripture part of your daily spirituality.

Tomorrow's reading: Jn 17.1-11a