10/11/11

Lectio: Lk 11.42-46

“And he [Jesus] said, ‘Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves to not lift one finger to touch them.”

“O God, You know we need teachers but You want them to be compassionate in their instructions.

I remember Jesus condemned the scholars of the law for imposing burdens on the people without helping them to carry them.

Grant that I may teach others about Your ways so that they may come to learn that You are gentle, kind, and full of mercy.

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

Operatio: Reflect on “compassionate teaching” - setting forth truths but always in the context that we have a God who is full of love, kind and merciful and who understands are weaknesses and who desire that one day we come home to Him. Pray for the grace to be such a teacher.

Tomorrow’s readings: Lk 11.47-54