5/01/13:
Jn 15.9-11
Meditatio: “If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love." Jn 15.10
Oratio: "O God, You want us to be joyful and You provided the way.
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I remember Your Son told us to remain in His love and our joy would be complete -what a simple formula but what a challenge and what a reward!
In prayer I ask for the grace to love Jesus always and to reflect that love in my love of others.
Contemplatio: Keep silence and remain in recollection for a few minutes
Reflect: "remain...love"; to be; a state of being; to be for the other for the other's need; in prayer thank Jesus for loving us so and for the joy we receive for loving others
Tomorrow's reading: Jn 14.6-14
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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