Lent Meditations
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Tues
Mar 3 |
am: Ps 45
pm: 47, 48 |
Isaiah 55:10-11
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Heb 3:1-11
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Mt 6:7-15
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TUESDAY- LENT I -St. Chad of Litchfield, Bishop and Abbot, 381
LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: Chad of Lichfield and Mercia (+672 also called St. Caedda) was a missionary, bishop, and healer who spread the catholic Faith throughout the British Isles. He travelled about (as he had when Archbishop of York pro temp), always on foot (until the Archbishop of Canterbury gave him a horse and ordered him to ride it, at least on long journeys), preaching and teaching wherever he went. He served there for only two and a half years before his death, but he made a deep impression. In the following decades, many chapels, and many wells, were constructed in Mercia and named for him
MEDITATION OF THE DAY: What is in a word? Words heal and they injure; words establish peace and declare war; words encourage and discourage; words instruct, inform and invite. Words forgive; words bear the depth of our souls and reveal the longings of our hearts. In today’s readings it is evident that the word of God is all of that is filled with promised and hope as the Word, who is God, is faithful.
In Isaiah we read: “So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.” During this season of Lent do we have the ears to hear the word of God? As we go about our disciplines do we choose our words thoughtfully in prayer and in conversation? Does the word of God find its desired results in the day in and day our actions of our lives? Even in a holy season of Lent filled with many positive words, one must be careful not block out God’s Word with our own. This is a season to listen and wait for God to speak.
St. Dominic Cavalca, a thirteenth century Dominican Friar stated that there are 3 spiritual purposes of human speech. The first is to speak to God in prayer. The second is to speak to one’s neighbor by declaring the good news through preaching. The third is to heal one’s own defects by the confession of one’s faults. Perhaps these are worthy disciplines by which we approach our own words and God’s.
PRAYER OF THE DAY: From the rising of the sun to its setting your earth gently turns, creator God, a rich and wonderful place full of life and color, full of wonder and beauty. Send your Spirit to us today, and infuse our words so that we can live wholly for you and establish your kingdom with our lips and lives. Amen
Lenten Discipline – Start making a list of your sins. Be aware of incidents of just and unjust exercise of authority. Strictly examine your own use of the power of your words and the authority, and responsibility that accompanies them.
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