When: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:00 AM to Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Words of Jesus
Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?"
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!" The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
John 21:20-25
By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make it a dwelling for himself there.
— St Francis of Assisi
Abba, Father, Lord God, thank You for this moment and this new day. Today's readings strike me each but also together. I see in the Acts, the strength of Paul's faith and the power Your will through Words and Work of Jesus. In the Psalms I see once again the truth of Your Words, yet hear the reality of the human condition which only in Jesus can we find the faith which produces hope to create moments with You, to be in Your presence. For I have come to think that as You are and always have been everywhere and in everything; Your holy temple is where You are and Your throne is where from which You are our source of source. The truth of Your Word is that like Adam and Eve the human condition is to seek that which it cannot understand nor ever be. Therefore for it is we who test You, and as such should not be surprised when You close Your eyes to our arrogance; it is this arrogance that prevents us from seeing Your righteousness and that both the righteous and the wicked are tested under the sun. Yet it is only those that like David who can continue to seek Your heart in and through all that hope to stand upright through Jesus behold Your face. For the human condition is weak in what it chooses to see both inside and outside itself, for it sees what it wants to see as it looks inside and outside itself. But in Jesus we have a living example of what we can be in Him if we listen and follow Him. O Lord God thank You for this moment and for opening my eyes to Your truth, I ask and pray that in Jesus name through the Holy Spirit that lives within me that You would strengthen feeling so that I will walk with eyes of faith filled with the hope that if I continue to seek, You will liken my heart to that of Jesus so my hope which is fed by faith produces love for all, and as such will make Your presence within me felt by all that see me. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Acts&ch=28&bv1=16&ev1=20&bv2=30&ev2=31>
Psalm 11:4, 5, 7<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=11&bv1=4&ev1=4&bv2=5&ev2=5&bv3=7&ev3=7>
John 21:20-25<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=John&ch=21&bv1=20&ev1=25>
Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:
NKJV: The Word of Promise – multi-voiced, faithful rendering of the New King James Version (NKJV) New Testament is presented by a diverse, star-studded cast includes Jim Caviezel from movie The Passion of Jesus Christ.
A New Earth (Unabridged), by Eckhart Tolle
Pope Benedict XVI Apostolic Journey to USA<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/travels/2008/index_stati-uniti_en.htm>
Pope Benedict XVI Encyclical Letter<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html>
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