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The Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Office invites you to reflect on the daily readings during this Advent Seasson. For some this may be a spring board for meditation, for others a source of insight and for others the beginning or renewal of a mystical relationship with our God. However the Spirit leads you, may you experience peace
Sunday November 6th
Monday November 7th
Tuesday November 8th
Wednesday November 9th
Thursday November10th
Friday November 11th
Saturday November 12th
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Sunday November 6
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Wisdom 6: 12-16
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Matthew 25:1-13 |
"Resplendent and unfading is wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her."
(Wisdom 6) |
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Where do I seek wisdom? And in what places or persons do I find her?
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Monday November 7
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Wisdom 1: 1-7
Luke 17:1-6
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"If your brother …wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, 'I am sorry,' you should forgive him.”
(Luke 17) |
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How willing am I to forgive those who wrong me? And how willing am I to ask for forgiveness when I have wronged another?
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Tuesday November 8
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Wisdom 2:23 – 3:9
Luke 17:7-10 |
"When you have done all that you have been commanded say, 'We are unprofitable servants, we have done what we were obliged to do.’” (Luke 17) |
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“I have done what was mine to do; may Christ teach you what is yours.” Francis of Assisi spoke these words to his brothers soon before he died. How well do I pay attention to “what is mine to do?”
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Wednesday November 9
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Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12
1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17
John 2:13-22 |
"Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
(1 Corinthians 3) |
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How would others know that God’s Spirit dwells in me? And in what ways do I recognize that Spirit in those around me?
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Thursday November 10
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Wisdom 7:22b-8:1
Luke 17:20-25 |
"For Wisdom is the refulgence of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the power of God..." (Wisdom 7) |
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Help me to recognize and to make part of my life the sparks of wisdom Jesus' companionship can give me.
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Friday November 11
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Wisdom 13: 1-9
Luke 17:26-37 |
"Whoever seeks to preserve his/her life will lose it, but whoever loses his/her life will save it." (Luke 17) |
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Victor Frankl has observed that the more one forgets oneself - by giving oneself to a cause or to serve another person – the more one’s life has meaning. To what cause or person have I given myself?
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Saturday November 12
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Wisdom 18-14-16; 19:6-9
Luke 18:1-8 |
"Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary."
(Luke 18) |
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Help me to lift my thoughts to God many times during the day
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