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The Catholic Calendar for Thursday, April 18, 2002 Third Week of Easter Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 66:8-9,16-17,20 John 6:44-51 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: Today in a reading from the Acts of the Apostles we hear how Philip met an unbaptized man, discussed with him some scriptural passages and then at the man's insistence baptized him. Of interest, before the man was baptized he asked Philip, "How can I understand scripture unless someone teaches me?" In that statement is the sum and substance of what it means for us to be Christian: followers and lovers of Jesus and missionaries of the Good News. We must tell what we have heard, what we have seen, what we have touched and known. Let us not be devoid of all such experiences, but search for the Lord in His Word, in His Church. May God give us the grace to long for Him, to search for Him, to find Him by the practice of frequent if not daily reading of Holy Scripture. May we begin today reading just a few lines from the Holy Book and allow them to penetrate our often "nut-hard" hearts and soften them to be receptive to the mystery of God's love for us. Then in imitation of the apostle Philip, may we lovingly share it with others. - Donna Raye Nelson, ocds ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God: Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters. The Daily Meditations appear online in English & Spanish at: http://homepage.mac.com/ojoachim3/DailyMeds.html ARCHIVED Meditations at: http://www.abcsoffaith.com/quiet/quietplace.html and at: http://www.mail-archive.com/dailymed%40saturn.nibcomp.com For ALL communications, including subscribe/unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (c)2002 The Way, The Truth, The Life. Permission granted to make reprints of the meditations or to post on any web page, except for profit. All scripture quotes are from the Douay-Rheims edition of the Catholic Bible. Full text from the New American Bible: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm Lives of the Saints: http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/ |
Title: Meditation: Thursday, April 18, 2002
