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The Catholic Calendar for Wednesday, June 26, 2002 Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: 2 Kings 22:8-13;23:1-3 Psalm 119:33-37,40 Matthew 7:15-20 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: In the seventh century B.C., King Josiah heard the Book of the Law for the first time. With remarkable and speedy faith, he brought together all the nation, took them to the Temple, and there renewed the long-forgotten Covenant. What a lesson for our times! Vatican II rediscovered the great importance of Scriptures in the life and consciousness of the Church. Now, the Sacred Scriptures are more and more prominent in our daily lives. Despite the terrible scandals of priestly sin, we can honestly say that these are the worst of times; but they are also the best of times, for out of all this comes a vast soul-searching for bishops, priests, and people of the Church. And how much stronger our church can be, with a renewed power of witness, and a recovered sense of trust. We must pray daily for all this to come about. Like the events of the seventh century in Israel, let the startling events in our Church be for all of us a wake-up call to repentance, deeper prayer life, and new hope. - Msgr. Paul Whitmore ([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/[email protected] 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. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms (c)1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner. 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: Wednesday, June 26, 2002
