Daily Mass Reading & Meditation for Tuesday,
11 March 2014 - Catholic Meditations
Meditations: Matthew 6: 7 In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they
think that they will be heard for their much speaking. 8 Therefore don’t be
like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him. 9
Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. 10 Let your
Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. 11 Give us
today our daily bread. 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is
the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.[a] ’
14 “For if you forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you don’t
forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 6:13 NU omits “For yours is
the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.”
1st Week of Lent
This is how you are to pray. (Matthew
6:9)
Excerpts from St. Francis of Assisi’s
reflections on the Lord’s Prayer:
“Our Father … who art in heaven, in the
angels and the saints, giving them light to know you since you, Lord, are
light; setting them afire to love you, since you, Lord, are love; dwelling in
them and giving them fullness of joy; since you, Lord, are the supreme, eternal
good, and all good comes from you.
“Hallowed be thy name. May we grow to
know you better and better and so appreciate the extent of your favors, the
scope of your promises, the sublimity of your majesty, and the profundity of
your judgments.
“Thy kingdom come, so that you may reign
in us by your grace, and bring us to your kingdom, where we shall see you
clearly, love you perfectly, and, happy in your company, enjoy you forever.
“Thy will be done on earth as it is in
heaven, so that we may love you with all our heart, by always having you in
mind; with all our soul, by always longing for you; with all of our mind, by
determining to seek your glory in everything; and with all our strength, of
body and soul, by lovingly serving you alone. May we love our neighbors as
ourselves and encourage them all to love you, by bearing our share in the joys
and sorrows of others, while giving offense to no one.
“Give us this day our daily bread, your
beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, so that we may remember and appreciate how
much he loved us, and everything he said and did and suffered.
“And forgive us our trespasses, in your
immeasurable mercy, by virtue of the passion of your Son, and through the
intercession of Mary and all your saints.
“As we forgive those who trespass against
us, and if we do not forgive perfectly, Lord, make us forgive perfectly, so
that for love of you, we may really forgive our enemies and fervently pray to
you for them, returning to no one evil for evil, by trying to serve you in
everyone.
“And lead us not into temptation, be it
hidden or obvious, sudden or persistent.
“But deliver us from evil, past, present
or future. Amen.”
“Jesus, thank you for teaching me to
pray!” Amen!
Isaiah 55: 10 For
as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky,
and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 so is my word that goes out of my
mouth:
it will not return to me void,
but it will accomplish that which I please,
and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
Psalm 34: 4 I
sought Yahweh, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
6 This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard
him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who
fear him,
and delivers them.
16 Yahweh’s face is against those who do
evil,
to cut off their memory from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears,
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 Yahweh is near to those who have a
broken heart,
and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the
righteous,
but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
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