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The Catholic Calendar for Thursday, July 11, 2002 The Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time St. Benedict, abbot Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: Hosea 11:1-4,8-9 Psalm 80:2-3,15-16 Matthew 10:7-15 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: In today's first reading we hear God say, "For I am God and not man." (Hosea 11:8) Remembering that God's ways are not our ways is an important lesson for us. If through grace we gain a deeper awareness of God's holiness, His loveliness, His mercifulness we begin to understand God's ways and begin to see what He values and how different it is from the ways of the world. Holy Scripture repeatedly emphasizes the importance of love (charity) and obedience. The fact that Jesus is the epitome of love and obedience is no coincidence for He came to show us the way to the Father, what pleases Him most. Today may we begin to formulate our actions and decisions based on a scale where obedience and love are the measure of treasure, what is of real value. At first glance it seems a silly and risky way to act, but in terms of what God values, there is little else of worth. Build a new paradigm for yourself - strive to have God's way become your way. Happy are they who have kept the word of God (obedience) with a generous (charitable/loving) heart and yield a harvest through perseverance. (Luke 8:15) - 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/[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: Thursday, July 11, 2002
