12.20.13

Lectio:  Lk 1.39-45                              

Meditatio: “Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” Lk 1.45

Oratio: O God, how wonderfully You treat us and others when we simply believe in You.

I remember Elizabeth declared Mary ‘blessed’ because she believed and so she was as was Elizabeth because Mary believed the angel’s message that Elizabeth was with child and Mary came to help her.

Grant that I may have faith always in You and that gift of faith will be my blessing, too, for it gives so much comfort to me now and especially will it be for me  at the hour of death.  

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: "blessed....believed; the ‘blessed’ are those highly favored; and ‘believe’ means to accept what has been revealed even though I only have the Word for my belief; in prayer seek the grace to remain faithful to the Word and to do what He wishes me to do for therein lies blessedness for me and through me blessedness for others, too..

Tomorrow's reading: Mt 1.18-24