10.05.14

                            

Lectio: Lk 10.25-37                            

Meditatio: “Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robber’s victim? He answered, ‘The one who treated him with mercy,’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise’.” Lk 10.36-37

Oratio: O God, You made it so easy for us to remember what You want us if we want to be with You in the eternal kingdom.

I remember Jesus dialogued with a lawyer when the lawyer asked what he must do to inherit eternal life.  Jesus asked the lawyer what the law says? And the lawyer replied that you must love God  with your whole, with all your being, with your whole being, and with your whole mind, and your neighbor as yourself. Jesus told him he had answered correctly. And Jesus then told the parable about the Good Samaritan to make clear who are neighbors are. The bottom line is all are our neighbors and especially those who are in need . In prayer seek the grace to show compassion to those who are in need to the extent I am able for that fulfills the law of love for my neighbor and is a major step to God granting me eternal life

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:"neighbor...robber’s victim... one....treated... mercy”; the parable of the Good Samaritan defines what love of neighbor is - to show mercy to those in need not just in words but in deeds. In prayer seek the grace to be a person of mercy so as to receive the mercy of God at my judgement.

Tomorrow's reading: :Lk 10.28-42