When: Friday, July 18, 2008 12:00 AM to Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Words written in red; Words of Jesus
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath." He said to them, "Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. And if you had known what this means, `I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath."
Matthew 12: 1 – 8
Faith is not a wish to believe or a will to believe something contrary to reason. Faith is not living as if something were true. Faith is the acceptance of a truth based on the authority of God’s revelation, as manifested in the Church and in Scripture.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Abba, Father, Lord God, thankful for Your blessings and presence I ask Your special guidance over these next few days. Liken my heart to that of Jesus and let my thoughts, words and actions be guided by what is best for others first, according to Your will. Help me to die to myself, my hurts, my pains and my pride so that I will be free to give what I receive only from You through Jesus in the Spirit, unconditional love, understanding and forgiveness. Today’s readings speak to me in terms of walking righteously, power of prayer, the reality of our passing from under the sun, but most of all Jesus speaks to me in His words and through the words of Bishop Sheen. For in Jesus presence we are called and expected to be greater to rise above the ways under the sun which is the source of our human nature to become filled with His Spirit who through Jesus who is one with You we can become one with You if only for moments. For in these moments we find our salt and shine brightest for You Lord. After all You are our source and no one can deny that everyone seeks their higher source because they know the source under the sun cannot be all there is, everyone knows there has to be more; but can we accept that which is before us, ‘Faith is the acceptance of a truth based on the authority of God’s revelation, as manifested in the Church and in Scripture’; Jesus Christ and Your words has spoken through the Prophets and Saints. For it is a living words which speaks to us each individually, and while we are unit through the Spirit in Jesus with You, You work differently and reveal Your truths according to our own unique needs according to You will and purpose for us under the sun. Always preparing and having us practice that which we will need and us when we pass on to You for eternity. So knowing I cannot change yesterday, nor control tomorrow, I take my roles under the sun most seriously and look to You for guidance as I begin my walk today. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:
The Art of Presence By: Eckhart Tolle In The Art of Presence, Eckhart guides you through seven hours of transformational insights that allow "presence to naturally arise" in you. With his one-of-a-kind instruction, you will learn how to ground yourself in the vibrancy of your "inner body" while simultaneously breaking free from the illusion of separation from the outside world.
The Brain That Changes Itself: Personal Triumphs from the Frontiers of Brain Science (Unabridged) By: Norman Doidge The discovery that our thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains – even into old age – is the most important breakthrough in neuroscience in four centuries.
The Shack Mackenzie Allen Philips’ youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack’s world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You’ll want everyone you know to read this book!
One Walk 