Lectio Divina with Fr. Lawrence
II Corinthians 5:15
Read
He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Meditation
The Fourth Eucharistic Prayer is seldom used because of its length. However, these words, quoted directly from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, have always caught my attention. Why did God give me life – the greatest gift of all? Like all of the gifts that come from God, this gift is not to be hoarded by me. Rather, this gift was given to me so that I can return it to Jesus. When I give my life to Jesus, I have come to understand that my life is for others just as the life of Jesus was for others.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, you died and were raised for my sake. Help me to remember that I am called to be a servant; that like you, I have come to serve, not to be served. Amen.
Contemplate
Daily Thought from the Saints
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Daily Scripture Verse
"He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness* was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross [through him], whether those on earth or those in heaven."
Colossians 1:18-20
Daily Meditation
"I think all Christians would agree with me if I said that though Christianity seems at first to be all about morality, all about duties and rules and guilt and virtue, yet it leads you on, out of all that, into something beyond. One has a glimpse of a country where they do not talk of those things . . . Every one there is filled full with what we should call goodness as a mirror is filled with light."
— C.S. Lewis
Daily Catholic Wisdom
(Like St John the Baptist did) — Prepare a path for God so that He can enter your heart.
—St. John Baptist de La Salle
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. John Conley, C.S.C.
Lord, you have given Jesus authority over all creation, over each one of us. He exercises his authority by having become one with us in our flesh and blood, in our struggles and hopes. Help us to be so closely united with Jesus that our truest selves will be molded in Jesus’ likeness and that his marvelous compassion quiets the storms within us. Amen.