Week 6 - Entering into the Kenosis of Jesus Day 6



"Week 6 - Entering into the Kenosis of Jesus Day 6

MORNING FACE TO FACE WITH GOD:
Begin with Prayer to the Holy Spirit

REPETITION OF DAYS FOUR AND FIVE:
Ask for an intimate knowledge of our Lord, who has become man for me, that I may love Him more and follow Him more closely (#104)

Today, you are doing a repetition of Days Four and Five of this week. In a repetition St. Ignatius says that "we should pay attention to and dwell upon those points in which we have experienced greater consolation or desolation or greater spiritual appreciation" (# 62). If you wish, you can do a triple colloquy: refer to #63 of the Third Exercise of the First Week."  Taken from Mold me as Your Disciple. 

I watched this morning as Mary and Joesph's world got thrown into chaos, how what was once normal has been turned upside down.  They went from living in peace to feeling the anxiety of their present moment.  Fleeing into Egypt, finding out Jesus is no where to be found.  In all of this chaos there is one constant and that is God and His protection.  A life built upon God and His teachings brings about peace within the events of life.  Even though the norm had been changed, Mary and Joesph had to know that God was with them.  I find it ironic that Jesus is found in Church, sitting in the temple and as a people we have forgotten that.  

As our world continues to be disrupted and as truth is being distorted there is always the constant of God, sitting patiently waiting.   Jesus can always be found in His Fathers house so no matter what is going on in your world know that peace isn't far away if you go looking for Him.  

What is God saying to you? 

Dear Father, we begin another week with the unknown of tomorrow in that uncertain You are the constant in all of it.  In You I find solace and Your loving embrace, in these times Father, You are still constant, still can be found, still welcoming us in to sit in a peaceful world.  I thank You for this day and for what this week holds.  Prayers for a friend fighting Covid, energize his body and breath life into him.  Prayers for another who lost his fight, comfort his family as they go into uncharted waters with the knowledge that You are God and all will be well.  I ask this in the name of Your Son, Jesus.  Amen.  

Mary, Our Lady of Victory, Pray for us. 

St Joesph, Glory of Home Life, Pray for us. 

Viva Cristi Rey

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Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.  1 John 4:4b