11.04.14

Lectio:  Lk 14.25-33                                                    

Meditatio: "If anyone come to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” Lk 14.26

Oratio: O God, You Word is at time mystifying and at first we do not understand.

I remember Jesus told His followers that they must hate those who are very dear to them otherwise they cannot be His disciple. This seems to go against everything we have been taught for love and not hate is to be our guide in all things. But then the light goes on and we realize Jesus is using hyperbole, that is exaggeration to make a point and the point is - total commitment to Him. In prayer seek the grace to keep my priorities straight and always keep God as number one in my life.

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:” without hating....cannot...disciple”; a strange saying to the modern ear but a call to total commitment if we wish to be His disciple. Seek the grace to love and serve Jesus with our whole heart mind and strength and that will show by our actions that we are His disciples and that will be most pleasing to Him.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 15..1-10