Meditation: Wednesday, July 24, 2002

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Title: Meditation: Wednesday, July 24, 2002

The Catholic Calendar for Wednesday, July 24, 2002     Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:     Jeremiah 1:1,4-10     Psalm 71:1-6,15-17     Matthew 13:1-9 A Reflection on Today's Scripture: Jeremiah had a true vocation -- a call, a mission, to do not what he wanted to do, but what God wanted him to do. He was scared, frightened, but also honest and innocent. God saw that he could work through Jeremiah, and that was enough. How do we prepare for our vocation? By daily preparing the soil of our minds and hearts so that God's seed, His Word, may be planted there securely, and will flourish. We may not even know of the fruitfulness of our ministry. We may think we are failing miserably. But, if the soil is right, God's word can go forth from us without hindrance, and bring about His Will in ourselves and in others. It is all for the glory of the Kingdom, and not for self-aggrandizement or credit. Can we be content with that? - Msgr. Paul Whitmore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God: Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters 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/