5/18/13  Jn 14.15-16, 23b-26      
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Meditatio: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” Jn 14.15
      
Oratio:  "O God, Your ways are impossible for us to know and capture completely - but You give us enough for our salvation.

 O God, You have identified clearly what You want of us - You want our love.

I remember Your Son told His disciples at the Last Sipper that keeping His commandments is way we show our love.

Grant that I may ever give my will to You as it is in the will that love abides and thrives.
                  
 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 "keep ...commandments";  Jesus teachings are summed up in the great law of love. Doing the will of another is at the center of love; in prayer ask for the grace to love God above all and others as myself, so that I truly love Jesus as He wishes

Tomorrow's reading: Mk 9.14-29