12.23.13

             

Lectio:  Lk 1.67-79                                                                                  

Meditatio: “And you my child, will be called prophet of the most high, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of sins.” Lk 1. 76,77
                  
Oratio: O God, how you want us to return to You for not only did You send Your Son but you also sent John, the Baptist, to prepare us to receive Your Son.

I remember Zechariah, John ‘s father, prophesied that John would be the prophet of the Most High and he would call us to prepare the way for the Lord by repenting of our sins.

Grant that I may ever mindful of John’s call to repent and whenever I have the misfortune to sin, to immediately repent and turn back to You for You so much want all to return to You and only sin will keep us away.

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: "prophet...salvation...forgiveness”; a prophet is one who speaks about the things of God which God wants others to know about Him; John the Baptist fulfilled this role by calling people to repent for that is the sure way back to God. In prayer seek the grace to remain faithful to the ways that God has set forth for us and, if we fail, for the grace to freely admit it and to repent so that as to stay on the way back to God.

Tomorrow's reading: Mt 1.18-25