Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
Jeremiah 17:5-10 Adoration: I turn my heart to you, O Lord … Intercession: Help _________turn his/her heart to you, O Lord … Whomever or whatever consumes my time and energy ‘has my heart’. What is it that wakens me from sleep? Whether it is thoughts of possessions or obsessions, fame or shame, or persons or places, these are the things that ‘have my heart’ on any given day or night. It takes time with the Lord in prayerful silences or open listening to turn my heart to the Lord – again, and again and again. Today will I turn my heart to the world and the flesh or to God, manifest in Father, Son and Holy Spirit? Lord God, Creator God, I turn my heart to you. Help [all those I am praying with] turn their hearts to you, O Lord. Those who delight in the Lord … are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. (Psalm 1:1,3) Lord, you have my heart, and I will search for yours, Jesus take my life and lead me on. Let me be to you a sacrifice. And I will praise you, Lord. And I will sing of your great love, And as you show your face, we’ll see your glory here. Lenny Leblanc, 2008 I pray to God to give me perseverance that I be a faithful witness to him to the end of my life for my God. St. Patrick www.gospelmysteryoftheday.ca Soli gloriam dei.
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Leviticus 19:1-18 & Psalm 19
As a human being made in the image of God, I am designed for love and mercy as described by the commandments, proverbs and beatitudes of scripture. Buffeted and blown around as I am by the winds of change and the chastisements of people and circumstances –‘who know not what they do’ – I can become exhausted in every fibre of my being. It is then that I need to home-in on the purity and perfection of God’s law of enduring love in truth, and truth in love. Today will I turn to creature comforts or to the lasting laws of God for refreshment and life-giving respite? Revive my soul, O Lord, with your law. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes. (Psalm 19) The main intention of my prayer is that God may help all of us to remain faithful to the great gift that we have received. St. Teresa of Calcutta www.gospelmysteryoftheday.ca Soli gloriam dei. ,
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 On either side of the path of life there lie pitfalls and swamps of death and adversity. As I let my mind grapple with injuries and injustices done to me or those I love, I step off the path Jesus takes, into the pitfall of un-forgiveness. And as much as I scheme and plan vengeful or self-gratifying activities, I find myself slogging through the muck of the swamp of despair. But I do have the option to follow Jesus closely along the path of life through relationships and other rigors of earthly existence, as he leads me to our heavenly home. Today, which do I choose: life and prosperity or death and adversity? Help me walk in your ways, O Lord. Happy are those whose delight is in the law of the Lord, who meditate on his law day and night. (Psalm 1:2) The more we receive in active prayer, the more we can give in our active life. St. Teresa of Calcutta www.gospelmysteryoftheday.ca Soli gloriam dei. Psalm 51
No matter how much others mock me for not aligning myself with the latest trends, marginalize me for taking my faith in God too for, or judge me for being wrong, the one whom I have truly offended is really only God. Similarly, no matter how ashamed I am of my own behaviours, my misdemeanours can be summed up as transgressions away from my true identity as a beloved child of God and follower of Jesus. It is enough that I have sinned against God, and done what is evil in his sight; all my transgressions stem from this flagrant turning away from the gaze of my heavenly Father. Today, how do I need to turn back to my God? How does my heart need to be cleansed? Holy Spirit, sustain in me a willing spirit! Have mercy, Lord, for I have sinned against you! With the Lord there is mercy; in him is plentiful redemption.(Psalm 119) You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones. St. Augustine www.gospelmysteryoftheday.ca Soli gloriam dei. |
AuthorBeverly Illauq lives in Kemptville, Ontario, where she greets each morning by seeking the Gospel Mystery of the Day - the Word of the Lord for direct and practical application to the specific challenges & joys of the day. Archives
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