11.18 to 11.22.14

11.18.14

Lectio: Lk 19.11-28

Meditatio: "He called ten if his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, 'engage in trade with these until I return'." Lk 19.13

Oratio: O God, You give us work to do, and You rightly expect we will do it.

I remember Your Son told a parable about Ten Gold Coins which is very similar to the parable of the Talents found in Matthew; and the bottom line is the same - the one who buried his gold coin out of fear had the same unhappy ending as the one who was given one talent and did not use it. In prayer seek the courage to do one's duty the best you can and regardless of the result, that is all that The Lord expects of you and you will enter the Master's joy.

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: "gave ten ... engage in trade"; engage is a directive and should not be ignored unless a higher good is at stake. Failure to follow an order will have adverse consequences if given by a person in authority. Seek the grace of obedience to those who have charge and all will be well even if the undertaking is a failure.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 19.41.44


11.19.14

Lectio: Lk 19.41-44

Meditatio: "As he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying 'If this day you only knew what makes for peace - but now it is hidden from your eyes'." Lk 19.41,42

Oratio: O God, You so much want us to live in peace.

I remember You sent You Son as the Prince of Peace to Your Chosen people but they rejected Him and the enemies of the Jews would destroy Jerusalem. In prayer seek to be a peacemaker for they will be Your children and inherit the kingdom for being a source of peace in this 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: "he...wept...knew...peace"; Jesus wept over Jerusalem because they fail to recognize Him as the true mediator of peace to their great detriment. Seek the grace to act as siblings of Christ and allow Him to use you as His instrument of peace and you and they will be greatly blest

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 19.45-48

.11.20.14

Lectio: Lk 19.45-48

Meditatio: "Then Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things." Lk 19.45

Oratio: O God, You tolerate so much from us.

I remember the religious leaders were allowing the Temple area to be used by merchants to sell things to be used in the Temple and Your Son drove them out; and  the leaders began to plot as to how to kill him because He was interfering with how they were doing things. Seek the grace to remember Your Church is a house if prayer and to treat it as such.

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 today and reflect on this passage and see how God may be speaking to you.

Operatio: reflect: "temple...drive out...selling"; it should have been the religious leaders who stopped the selling but it took Jesus in the mode of a righteous prophet to do so, incurring the hostility of the leaders in the process.  In prayer ask for the grace to be always reverent in Church as that is the le      can do in my Father's house

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 20.27-40
                      


11.21.14

 Lectio: Lk 20.27-40

 Meditatio: "Some Sadducees, those who deny the resurrection, came forward and put this question to him...Now at the  resurrection whose wife will that woman be? For all seven had been married to her." Lk 20.27,33

 Oratio: O God, You are so patient with the slowness of our coming to faith.

 I remember the Sadducees thought they had a gotcha question when they assumed the afterlife
 Is the same as this life, and posed the question about all seven marrying the same woman, and Jesus easy retort was in the next life we do not marry and then He crushed them when He pointed out that Scripture shows that even Moses believed in the resurrection and they dared not to ask any further questions to test Him. In prayer seek a humble and contrite heart and rejoice in your faith and leave it to the theologians to plumb difficult questions.

 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 today and reflect on this passage and see how God may be speaking to you.

 Operatio: reflect: "Sadducees ..question....whose wife?" The afterlife is it the same as this life but so much more and since we live on forever there is no need for marriage; seek the grace to live in this life as we ought so that we will be blest with all the the joy and love that is a very real part of heaven.

 Tomorrow's reading: Mt 25.31-46

11.22.14

Lectio: Mt 25.31-46                       

Meditatio: “Then they will answer and say ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to you’?” He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you what you did not do for these least ones, you did not do for me’.” Mt 25.44-45

O God, You have wonderfully graced us! Your Son not only knows we are effected by neglect and bad behavior but He is incarnate through us! Wow!

I remember Jesus in the Parable of the Nations made this clear that when we neglect the least among us we are neglecting Him. . He  made it clear that He is incarnate in each and every one of us so much so that what effects us, effects Him. In prayer seek the grace  to remember that Jesus is in everyone and that means everyone should be respected because of the dignity they possess

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect: "when...see you....did...least...did...me”; In this wonderful parable about the judgement at the end of time Jesus reveals that He is did not simple come to save us but that He is within us throughout our journey.  Seek the grace to show everyone respect for in doing so we are showing respect for Christ Himself and we are honoring this great and wonderful mystery.

 Tomorrow's reading: Lk 21.1-4