The thirst in my soul for God is great.
I am worthy of knowing and loving Him.
Let me give my soul to you this day, O Lord.
Scripture meditation for the Daily Gospel
REFLECTION ON THE DAILY GOSPEL AND READINGS 20 JUNE 2013
The Lord’s Prayer we receive today are the words Jesus gave us. Books have been written on this prayer, so I won’t even try and say anything to add to them. The readings today tell us to keep ourselves pure for our union with God and remain loyal to Him. St. Paul places himself in the role of a Jewish father wanting to keep his virgin daughter (that’s us, the Christians) pure until the night of the wedding, (our reunion with Christ). However, it’s more than that, he wants us to keep our eyes focused on the God who has sacrificed His son for us.
As we say the Lord’s Prayer today, let us meditate on each word and phrase slowly and ask God to help us know what it means to our relationship together.
REFLECTION ON THE DAILY GOSPEL AND READINGS 19 JUNE 2013
The readings and Gospel today speak of that incredible joy that resides within us when we do God’s work without expecting reward or praises from others for what we do.
This seems harder to achieve that just “suffering in silence” where we have basked in our own “vain glory” for doing something for God. When we do it for God and we don’t feel like we have “done something special” we are aligning our wills with His, this is reward enough.
Humility is a tough pill to swallow, especially when others do often take the credit for something we have done. Usually people figure out who are the ones that will help them without a personal agenda, but rather have God’s agenda within them.
Do I have God’s agenda on my mind today? Have I disposed of my own?
Daily prayers and meditations 