3/08/13

Lectio Lk 18.9-14

Meditatio: "But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner’." Lk 18.13

Oratio: "O God, You desire that we approach You with a humble and contrite heart.

I remember Jesus made this clear when He told a parable about two men who went up to the Temple to pray.

Grant that I may approach Your merciful heart with my heart full of humility and love for that is the most effective way to Your heart as Your child..

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 "be merciful"; be forgiving; be kind and compassionate; in prayer thank seek the grace to show mercy towards all so that God will be pleased with me as His child.

Tomorrow's reading: :Lk 15.1-3