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The Catholic Calendar for Thursday, May 16, 2002 The Seventh Week of Easter Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Acts 22:30;23:6-11 Psalm 16:1-2,5,7-11 John 17:20-26 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: In today's Gospel Jesus teaches an intriguing thing; namely, that He has given the Apostles the glory given to Him by the Father so that they may be one in Him as He is in the Father. This idea of being "one in Jesus" sounds nice, but in truth involves far more than the utterance of those simple words. To be one in Jesus requires such complete assimilation of everything Jesus taught that we are no longer recognizable as individuals, but so completely resemble Jesus that we can say: "We are one." Our behavior and attitudes become so close to those of Jesus that the Father no longer sees us, but instead His Beloved Son to whom He gave all power and glory. In a funny way its like the Father has been tricked into thinking that we are His beloved yet it is no trick for the Father knows full well, and yet so loves Jesus that anyone who takes on His likeness, is loved with the same degree and intensity. Let us pray for the grace to respond more fully to such great love and to never doubt the genuineness of the Father's affection and concern for us. - 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/ |
Title: Meditation: Thursday, May 16, 2002
