11.28.13

Lectio:  Lk 21.29-33                              

Meditatio: “Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.” Lk 21.32

Oratio: O God, the disciples of Jesus were warned before hand of persecutions that will come because they believed in Him - but they were not to despair for Jesus gave them great hope..

I remember Jesus made it clear that when all these things happen, know that the kingdom of God is near and so it came to be - Jesus rose from the dead and the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles and the establishment of the kingdom of God on earth began in earnest and they would receive an eternal blessing - life in the kingdom of God forever.

Grant that I may always rejoice in knowing the Kingdom of God has been established and admittance to it consists of doing the Father’s will - being a person of  selfless love; in prayer seek the grace to take up my cross daily and follow the promptings of the Spirit and God will give the grace to believe and to act in accordance with our belief in Jesus as the Savior of the world.

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: "generation ....not pass...until”; persecutions and the destruction of the Temple were all predicted by Jesus but He assured His disciples that He, the Son of Man, would come and establish the kingdom; and so He did following His resurrection and through His sending of the Holy Spirit. How wonderful for us who benefitted from the faith of Jesus’ first disciples and His disciples down through the ages.

Tomorrow's reading: Mt 4.18-22    

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!