Good Day! As we realize the goodness and mercy of the Lord, our “ora et labora” become more and more real. Keep them up, and God bless you! The disasters that are predicted in the readings today certainly assist us in turning our whole attention to God in prayer. As Blessed Columba Marmion reminds us (Xt. Life of Soul ca 310), the liturgy of the hours speaks to us of the goodness and mercy of the Lord. “the Lord is faithful in all His words; He is gracious and merciful. The Lord is sweet to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works… The Lord is nigh unto all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. He will do the will of them those who fear Him: He will hear their prayer and save them. The Lord keeps all those who love Him… Let all that is within me bless His holy name, for His mercy endures forever…” These are some of the accents the Holy Spirit Himself places on our lips. We should love to use these inspired accents to praise God, repeating with psalmist: “I will sing to the Lord as long as I live”. A soul that loves God feels indeed the need of praising and blessing Him and exalting His perfections, delighting in celebrating them as they merit (Treatise on the Love of God, by St. Francis of Sales. Book V, Chap. 7, 8 a. 9.)
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:08:03 +0000
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