11.24.13

Lectio: Lk 21.1-4                                                                                                     

Meditatio: “Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was drawing near.”
 Lk 21.1

Oratio: O God, how paradoxical was the timing of the death of Your Son!          

I remember it was the feast of Passover that was the day on which He was slain -  a feast which commemorates the chosen people’s use of the blood of the lamb on the lintels of their doors so that the avenging angels of death would Passover them and they would be spared death and eventually released by the Egyptians and go to the Promised Land.  Now the Blood of the Lamb will enable all who believe in Him to pass over from this life to eternal life in His kingdom - wow!

Grant that I may be ever mindful of the price which Jesus paid so that we might have life with Him forever; and reflect that memory by living in accord with His wishes - living a life of selfless love - placing God first, others second and then self - for that is the best way of showing in a very small way our gratitude for so great a gift - eternal life in His kingdom.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect: "Passover... near”; the Jewish feast of deliverance; the blood of the lamb would be for their safety;  Jesus’ Blood that was poured out becomes the basis for our safe passage to eternal life. What a gift! What a joy! What a price He paid for us! In prayer seek the grace of lasting gratitude and show it by living in accord with the Great Law of Love. It does not begin to repay Jesus for all He has and continues to do for us; but is all that He asks of us.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 21.5-11