Meditation: Wednesday, July 17, 2002

[Joachim]

Title: Meditation: Wednesday, July 17, 2002

The Catholic Calendar for Wednesday, July 17, 2002     Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:     Isaiah 10:5-7,13-16     Psalm 94:5-10,14-15     Matthew 11:25-27 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: A wonderful lesson in today's readings! God used Assyria as the rod of His anger against sinful Judah. Assyria, who ruled for over 300 years over a vast kingdom, devastates this southern kingdom, yet takes all the credit to itself. Proud and arrogant, the Assyrian emperor incurs the wrath of God who, in turn, destroys the power of Assyria. When we serve as a channel for God's purposes, we must take care not to let pride and self-righteousness corrupt our usefulness to the Almighty. If we preserve a simple humility, attributing all success to divine power rather than our own, then God's wisdom, given only to the childlike, will keep us in His favor. - 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/dailymed@saturn.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. 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/