12.29.13

           

Lectio:   Lk 2.36-40                                              

Meditatio: “And coming forward at that very time, she [Anna] gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.” Lk 2.38
                  
Oratio: O God, You know we need help to recognize things that are divine and so you send us prophets and prophetesses from time to time.

I remember You sent Anna to the Temple the day when Jesus was presented in accord with the Law that all males should be consecrated to the Lord, and she pronounced to all present that this child was the Messiah.                                        

Grant that I may be always aware of my Baptismal calling that I am to be a prophet, that  I am called to speak to others about the things of God which they need to know about God for their good for that is how I fulfill my calling.

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: "[Anna} spoke...child...redemption”; Anna, a prophetess,  revealed to those present that the child was the long awaited Messiah; and we have the same obligation to make Jesus known to those whose lives we touch and who do not yet know Him and we best to so by the lives we live.
   
Tomorrow's reading: Jn 1.1-18