12.26.13

         

Lectio:   Jn 20.1a, 2-8                                                                                                                   

Meditatio: “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.” Jn 20.8
                  
Oratio: O God, You gave us our five senses to help us to know and to believe.

I remember Your apostle John, when he entered the empty tomb that first Easter Sunday Morning and saw the burial cloths and the cloth that covered His head rolled up and in a separate place, believed in the resurrection because he saw the evidence and had heard Jesus foretell it..

Grant that I may use my five sense wisely and especially in support of my faith for seeing and hearing about the resurrection brought John to belief in the Risen Lord.

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: "he saw...believed”: the disciple John saw the evidence of Jesus’ resurrection in the empty tomb plus he had heard Jesus speak about the things above; and in seeing supported by his hearing, he came to faith in Jesus’ resurrection; in prayer ask for the grace to use our five senses in support of our faith, knowing that we always need at least two sense to confirm our perception for John believed because he both saw and heard and  what we hear preached and what we see of the lives in action of those who believe, will help support our faith and bring others to faith.
   
Tomorrow's reading: Mt 2.13-18