12/20/10

Lectio: Lk 1.39-45

Meditatio: “Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you would be fulfilled.” Lk 1. 45

Oratio: "O God, faith is Your gift to us and we are blest because we have received this gift.
I remember your cousin, Elizabeth, declared Your mother ‘blessed’ because she believed.
Grant that I may be always grateful for the gift of faith and rejoice in knowing that Your words are eternal life for me and for all who believe.

I ask this of You, who lives and reigns with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever.
Amen.”

Contemplatio: Keep silence and remain in recollection for a few minutes.

Operatio: Reflect on the gift of faith that I have received — Am I eternally grateful for it? Do I thank God daily for this gift? Resolve to make it a daily act of thanksgiving for this great gift.

Tomorrow’s reading - Lk 1.46-56