11/30/11
Lectio: Mt 7.21, 24-27
Meditatio: “And everyone who listens to these words of mine and act on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.” Mt 7.24
Oratio: "O God, You graciously gave us the way to eternal life and happiness.
I remember Jesus told His followers to listen and act on His words and they will enter eternal life with Him.
Grant that I may make Jesus’ words the foundation of my life and I will one day come to eternal life and I will enter it and be with Him forever.
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 “rock, sand” - listening; ignoring; acting; doing as I please; solid, fragile; life, death. Pray for the grace to be always open to Jesus’s words and act upon them for therein lies life.
Tomorrow’s reading - Mt 9.27-31
About Me
- Father Mike
- I was ordained for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 15, 1993. I am a widower with 8 children and 24 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. On July 1, 2014 I began my residence at St Mathew Parish in Philadelphia, PA. My last assignment was pastor of St.Elizabeth Ann Seton in Bensalem, PA since November of 1999. I have created this Blog in response to Pope Benedict XVI's recommendation that Priest use modern means of communications to reach out to people with the Good News. I publish daily my Lectio Divina efforts via a group email. I will publish such efforts from time to time to this site as well as other pertinent info about the Good News of Jesus Christ or issues which are contrary to the Good News. What is Lectio Divina? Lectio Divina is the Study of and Meditation on Sacred Scripture. The steps include: Reading (Lectio),- Pondering (Meditatio); Praying (Oratio) and Silence(Contemplatio). I use the daily Lectionary as the source of readings.
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