8.29.15

Lectio  Mk 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23                                                                              

Meditatio: “You disregard God’s commandments but cling to human traditions.” Mk 7.8

Oratio: O God, You want us to have good hygiene but Your Son made it clear that rules for good hygiene are not a substitute for keeping Your commandments.. Pray that the ten commandments given to us by You  through Moses may always be our guide in serving You and others.

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 & meditate on the selected passage and hear what  God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect: “disregard...commandments...cling...tradition”;  Jesus made it clear that contrived rules of the people may be good hygiene but they are not a substitute for our relationship with God. Seek the grace to realize that it is not what comes from outside of us and enters us which offends God but what comes from within us and let the Law of Love guide our every act for that is what is most pleasing to our God.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 4.16-30