**** **** Women Rockers To Promote Abortion **** See it TODAY in Tuesday's edition of Join My Journey **** http://homepage.mac.com/ojoachim **** The Catholic Calendar for Tuesday, March 27, 2001 The Fourth Week of Lent Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Ezekiel 47:1-9,12 Psalm 46:2-3,5-6,8-9 John 5:1-3,5-16 Full text: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm A Reflection on Today's Scripture: Ezekiel's vision of the abundant waters flowing from every side of the Temple in Jerusalem shows in a dramatically symbolic fashion the never-failing resources of God's grace. Water is the archetype for life at its roots, overwhelming in its power, ambivalent in its direction (for water brings both death and life). Those who live along the banks of rivers are taught from their earliest years to respect the power of water. We, too, must always maintain a certain awe for the mysterious dynamism in the Spirit, eager to magnify and transform the weak faculties of creatures according to God's Providence, but capable of destroying those who abuse its torrential flow. In the time of Jesus, the life-giving waters of the temple, periodically touched by the Angel, were gradually losing their energy. Little attempt was made by the authorities to give opportunities for healing to the poor and helpless, until Jesus intervened in the case of that poor invalid who had waited in vain for thirty-eight years for restoration to health. It is never by our own efforts alone that redeeming grace comes to the soul, but by the healing love and will of Jesus that the waters bring health and life. Only when in our sickness, we bring a trusting, secure faith, will Jesus intervene and send a rush of life-giving grace to make us whole. - Msgr. Paul Whitmore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (c)2000 The Way, The Truth, The Life. Permission granted to make reprints or to post on any web page, except for profit. YOU can help to evangelize the Word of God: Recommend to your friends the Daily Meditations online at: http://homepage.mac.com/ojoachim ARCHIVED Meditations at: mlhttp://members.xoom.com/abcsoffaith/quiet1.htm http://www.mail-archive.com/dailymed%40saturn.nibcomp.com/maillist.ht For ALL communications, including SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
