9.9.12 Lectio: 1 Cor 5.1-8 Meditatio: "It is not good for you to glory, Do you not know that a little leaven corrupts the entire mass?” 1 Cor 5.6 Oratio: " O God, You know the power of example on us - both good and bad example. I remember Paul warned the Corinthians about bad example corrupting, like leaven, the entire community. Grant that I may be ever mindful that my words and my deeds effect others and ask for the grace to give scandal to on one. I ask these and 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 "leaven”; the effect of yeast; just a little yeast causes the mass of dough to rise; an apt expression for the effect of example - good or bad - on others. In prayer ask to be a leaven of good for others. Tomorrow's reading: 1 Cor 6.1-11