7.26.12 Lectio: Jer 3.14-17 Meditatio: "...and they [Israel] will walk no longer in their hardhearted wickedness.” Jer 3.17c Oratio: " O God, how often we turn away from You but You always seek our return. I remember when Your chosen people turned to idolatry, You sent Your prophet, Jeremiah, to call them back to You from their hardhearted wickedness. Grant that I may be ever grateful that You sent Your Son so that will always have a permanent source calling us back to You - His church on earth. I ask this an all things through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Contemplatio: Keep silence and remain in recollection for a few minutes. Operatio: reflect on "hardhearted”; stubborn; holding on to an opinion in the face of clear evidence to the contrary; in prayer ask for the grace to have a humble and contrite heart for that is what is pleasing to our God. Tomorrow's reading: Jer 7.1-11