12.02.12
Lectio: Is 2.1-5
Meditatio: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks." Is 2.4b
Oratio: "O God, Your ways are justice and peace - but often they are not our ways.
I remember Your prophet, Isaiah, proclaimed to Your chosen people that all of their instruments of war should be beaten into instruments of peace.
Grant that I may always strive to make justice and peace core virtues so as to live as I ought and as You desire.
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 "plowshares...pruning hooks"; farming and vineyard tools; in prayer seek the grace to practice peace and justice as a way of being and thereby do my part to bring about peace and justice in the world.
Tomorrow's reading: Is 11.1-10
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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