FW: Meditation:

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Title: FW: Meditation:

The Catholic Calendar for Thursday, April 25, 2002     Fourth Week of Easter     St. Mark, evangelist Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:     1 Peter 5:5-14     Psalm 89:2-3,6-7,16-17     Mark 16:15-20 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: In today's reading from the first letter of Peter we hear some astoundingly good advice. It is precise, firm, yet surprisingly gentle. It reverberates like the words of Peter's successor, our own Pope John Paul II and the evangelical words of all who submit their will and talent to the Holy Spirit. Peter says that we should bow humbly under God's mighty hand, so that in due time He may lift us up. And, that we should cast all our cares on Him, because He cares for us. In these two statements we find a formula for coping with all the unexpected hardships, tragedies, frustrations and difficulties of our lives. We are encouraged to be humble which simply means that we recognize who we are and what we can do (or is it better stated, what we cannot do?) and what God can do. With this orientation we begin to recognize that all our hope lies in God and not in our own ingenuity and cleverness. It acknowledges not only God's power, but His love and mercy. Bowing humbly before God is not a one-time event, but an attitude of being. It requires God's grace and our determination to cooperate with Him even though the way is often dark and uncertain. Seeing us totally dependent the Lord's heart is moved with compassion for His poor little creature who trustingly cries out to Him in need. Let us praise Him, love Him, joyfully serve Him!               Lord, I am nothing                    except that You,                    who are Everything, love me.                    Alleluia! - 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 meditations are in English & Spanish at http://www.borg.com/~joachim/DailyMeds.html (case sensitive). ARCHIVED Meditations: 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/