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The Catholic Calendar for Sunday, August 11, 2002 The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word: 1 Kings 19:9,11-13 Psalm 85:9-14 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:22-33 A reflection on today's Scripture: While today's major gospel lesson is about faith - the story of Jesus walking upon the stormy waters and petulant Peter trying to do likewise, we would profit by giving serious consideration to today's first reading from the Old Testament. God said to Elijah, "Go outside...the Lord will be passing by." Elijah searched and found the Lord not in a hurricane, not in an earthquake, not even in a fire, but in "a tiny whispering sound." How many times does the Lord wish to come to us in the smallest of circumstances? Yet we are too bound up with the roar of the passing world, such as our talkativeness, our own personal agendas, or the bitterness of our own selfish desires. How sad that we don't give ourselves a chance to hear that "tiny whispering sound"! Let us resolve to ratchet our busy-ness down a few notches, to shun the blare of the media. The next time we enter into prayer or go to church, let us resolve to first clear our minds of worldly thoughts, placing ourselves in the presence of the Lord. - Joachim, ocds 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/[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: Sunday, August 11, 2002
