Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a Virgin.
- Luke 1:26-27
Reflection: Angels take different earthly forms at the bidding of their master, God. They thus reveal themselves to human beings and unveil the Divine Mysteries to them.
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St. John Damascene
Prayer: God of all Wisdom, You direct the ministry of angels and of human beings. Grant that the angels who always minister to You in heaven may defend us during our life on earth.







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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Tuesday, September 28, 2010

There will...be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
- Luke 15:7


Reflection: Nothing makes God happier than a person's amendment of life, conversion, and salvation. This is why He sent His only Son to this earth.
-
St. Gregory Nazianzen


Prayer: Holy God, help me to amend my life constantly and be sincerely converted to You. Let me seek your interests rather than my own and be ever more closely united with You.



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Monday, September 27, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Monday, September 27, 2010

When profound silence encompassed all things...Your all-powerful Word leapt from Your royal throne in heaven.
- Wisdom 18:14
Reflection: Silence exists so that we might speak to God. And it is in silence that God communicates His graces to us.
-
St. Vincent de Paul

Prayer: Heavenly Father, teach me to appreciate the value of silence in my life. Let me set aside a few silent moments each day for thinking about You and speaking with You.



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Friday, September 24, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Friday, September 24, 2010

Gain the friendship of your neighbor while he is poor.
- Sirach 22:23


Reflection: Every virtue can attract the friendship of others to us. For every virtue is a good, and anything good is lovable to all and renders lovable all who possess it. Friendship blossoms, grows, and is strengthened in the measure that virtue develops.
- St Thomas Aquinas


Prayer: Lord Jesus, our true Friend, help me to cultivate virtues and so gain friends. In turn, let my friends also pursue virtues--making our friendship closer and bringing us all into Your eternal Friendship in heaven.


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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Thursday, September 23, 2010


In this is love...that [God]loved us and sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins.
- 1 John 4:10


Reflection: God's love for us has no equal. It infinitely surpasses the love nature has imprinted in the hearts of parents. We can be certain that whatever such a Father sends us is for our good.
- St. Alphonsus Rodriguez


Prayer: Loving Father, let me believe firmly in Your love for me despite all the trials that may come my way. Help me to cling to the thought that You want only what is best for my eternal welfare.



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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Wednesday, September 22, 2010

From Christ the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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Ephesians 4:16

Reflection: The foundation and origin of the whole apostolate of the Church is Christ sent by the Father. Hence, it is evident that the fruitfulness of the apostolate of the laity depends on the vital union with Christ.
-
Vatican II: Laity 4

Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to be a contributing member of Your Mystical Body on earth. Let everything I do be done in union with you and serve to build up Your Body.



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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The word of the Lord will last forever. That word is the Gospel that has been preached to you.
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1 Peter 1:25

Reflection: Everything that Christ willed to have us read about His actions and words, He caused to be written down by the Evangelists as if by His own hands. Thus, readers of the Gospels will receive what is told them as if they saw the Lord Himself writing it with His own hand.
-
St. Augustine

Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to see the Gospel as Your word to me today. Grant me the grace to meditate on it daily and to live my life in accord with its teachings.



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Monday, September 20, 2010

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Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Monday, September 20, 2010

Look at the rainbow and praise its Maker; it glows with a surpassing beauty.
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Sirach 43:11

Reflection: Whenever our eyes feast on a spectacular scene--such as a magnificent landscape, or a splendid sunset, or a beautiful star-studded sky--let us realize that it is only a pale reflection of the Divine Beauty. Let us then bless the Lord as being the sole source of all good.
-
St. Theresa of Avila

Prayer: Almighty Creator, teach me to appreciate the wondrous things You have made. Grant me the grace to see You in each of them and give You the praise and glory owed You.



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Friday, September 17, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Friday, September 17, 2010

Make every effort to ensure your salvation.
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Philippians 2:12

Reflection: You have been created fro the glory of God and your own eternal salvation....This is your goal; this is the center of your life; this is the treasure of your heart. If you reach this goal, you will find happiness. If you fail to reach it, you will find misery.
-
St. Robert Bellarmine

Prayer: Heavenly Father, teach me to do everything for Your honor and glory. Grant me the grace to work out my salvation with anxious convern each day of my life.





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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Thursday, September 16, 2010

Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
-
Matthew 6:10

Reflection: We must carry out the Will of God rather than our own. This is what we pledge to do in the "Our Father," which we recite ever day. What a travesty it would be if after praying that God's Will be done we should carry our that Will halfheartedly and only because we are obliged to do so!
-
St. Cyprian of Carthage

Prayer: Heavenly Father, let me curb my own desires and strive to discover Your Will for me. Help me to do that Will wholeheartedly in all things, for You have my best interest at heart.



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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Standing near the cross of Jesus [was] His Mother.
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John 19:25

Reflection: During the entire course of her life, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, never deviated in the slightest from the precepts and examples of her Divine Son. This was true both in the most sweet joys Mary experienced and the cruel sufferings she underwent, which made her the Queen of Martyrs.
-
Pope Pius XII

Prayer: Lord Jesus, in all my sorrows let me imitate the fidelity of Your holy Mother. And through her intercession grant me Your consolation here and eternal joy in heaven.



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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
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Matthew 10:38

Reflection: The cross is the greatest gift God could bestow on His Elect on earth. There is nothing so necessary, so beneficial, so sweet, or so glorious as to suffer something for Jesus. If you suffer as you ought, the cross will become a precious yoke that Jesus will carry with you.
-
St. Louis Grignion de Montfort

Prayer: Lord Jesus, impress upon me that without a cross on earth there will be no crown in heaven. Help me to bear my cross daily for You as You bore Your Cross for me and all human beings.



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Monday, September 13, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Monday, September 13, 2010

It is [Christ] Who is Head of the Bod, the Church.
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Colossians 1:18

Reflection: Never separate yourself from the Church. No institution has the power of the Church. The Church is your hope. The Church is your salvation. The Church is your refuge.
-
St. John Chrysostom

Prayer: Lord Jesus, grant me the grace to adhere to the Church all my life. Let me encounter You in her Sacraments on earth and so possess eternal life with You in heaven.







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Friday, September 10, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Friday, September 10, 2010

You are merciful to all...and you overlook people's sins so that they may repent.
-
Wisdom 11:23

Reflection: Our Lord bowed His head at death, so that He might give the kiss of peace to His beloved ones. And we give a kiss to God every time our heart is filled with repentance and love.
-
St. Augustine

Prayer: Lord Jesus, by Your death and Resurrection You take away the sins of the world. Grant me true repentance for all my sins and a firm resolution never more to commit them.



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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Forsake her not, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will protect you.
-
Proverbs 4:6

Reflection: Go to Mary and sing her praises, and you will be enlightened. For it is through her that the true Light shines on the sea of this life.
-
St. Ildephonsus

Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to have recourse often to Your holy Mother Mary. Grant that she may obtain from You all the graces I need to serve You in this world and give eternal glory to You in the next.



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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Come away with Me, by yourselves, to a deserted place and reset a while.
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Mark 6:31

Reflection: Whosoever looks into murky and agitated waters cannot see his own countenance. If you want the face of Christ to appear ion your countenance, pause, recollect your thoughts in silence, and shut the door of the soul to the noise of exterior things.
-
St. Anthony of Padua

Prayer: Lord Jesus, teach me to pause often during my active life and recollet myself. Let me put away the problems of life and commune with You in prayer and meditation.



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Friday, September 3, 2010

Scripture, Reflection and Prayer for Friday, September 03, 2010

Since the creation of the world...God's eternal power and divine nature have become visible, being understood through the things He has made.
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Romans 1:20

Reflection: God is within all things, but not included; outside all things, but not excluded. God is above all things, but not beyond their reach.
-
Pope St. Gregory the Great

Prayer: Lord of creation, grant me the grace to see You in all things and in all places on earth. Help me to seek and reach You in all the events I experience and all the persons i encounter every day of my life.



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