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The Catholic Calendar for Friday, May 31, 2002 Eighth Week in Ordinary Time The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Zephaniah 3:14-18 Isaiah 12:2-6 Luke 1:39-59 A Reflection on today's Holy Scripture . . . Blessed is she who believed that the Lord's word to her would be fulfilled: come let us praise God! If we could only "let go" and believe as Mary did! Today we seem to always be wrapped up either in our own or the world's troubles. If we could only focus on the Lord as Mary did, placing her trust in Him, life would be easier for us. Mary received the message from the angel and responded with her "Yes". She then felt the call to help her aging cousin who was expecting a child. As Mary approached, Elizabeth, the power of the Spirit knew Mary was carrying the Messiah in her womb and her own child leapt in her womb! We, like Mary, are Christ-bearers! We carry the Spirit of Jesus within us and this should be evident by our every word and action. The Spirit of the living God chooses to live in us. In the times we live in, with the forces of evil surrounding us, i.e., pro-abortion advocates, terrorist fanatics injuring not only innocent people but also destroying entire governments with their tyranny, etc, we turn to our God. We try to live lives that proclaim Jesus as our Lord! If we can convey to just one person today of the love of Christ for each of us and share this, then we are carrying Him to wherever He is needed, just as Mary carried Him on her visit to Elizabeth. Hail Mary, full of Grace, pray for us! Amen! - Deacon Bill Powers ([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: Friday, May 31, 2002
