Adrian Olvera, LC
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Christ, our King.
Thy Kingdom come!
Preparatory prayer (to put me in the presence of God)
Me pongo en tu presencia. Dame la gracia del silencio, sobre todo el de mi corazón y de mis pensamientos, para poder escuchar aquello que hoy me quieres decir.
Gospel of the day (to guide your meditation)
From the Holy Gospel according to Luke 14:12-14
En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo al jefe de los fariseos que lo había invitado a comer: “Cuando des una comida o una cena, no invites a tus amigos, ni a tus hermanos, ni a tus parientes, ni a los vecinos ricos; porque puede ser que ellos te inviten a su vez, y con eso quedarías recompensado. Al contrario, cuando des un banquete, invita a los pobres, a los lisiados, a los cojos y a los ciegos; y así serás dichoso, porque ellos no tiene con qué pagarte; pero ya se te pagará, cuando resuciten los justos”.
Word of the Lord.
Meditate on what God tells you in the Gospel
What is most fulfilling for man is to put into action his capacity to love.
For this reason, Jesus always invites us to live a more concrete, freer love... he invites us to live a love that is more and more real.
El egoísmo es lo contrario del amor, pues nos convierte en esclavos de nosotros mismos; nos lleva a usar a los demás, a objetivizarlos aun haciendo los mayores actos de caridad. Nos lleva a “amar” para ser vistos, para no quedar mal, lo cual, al final del día, no es un auténtico amor.
We may be afraid of not being reciprocated, of not being thanked or not receiving a good comment. And this may be normal, because most of the time it does not come naturally to us.
However, Jesus invites us to live a love like his. A love that simply and simply gives itself, that does not seek correspondence, does not seek gratitude, is not contaminated by the gaze of men... A love that consists in loving for the simple fact of loving.
«Jesus» words underline completely different and opposite attitudes: the attitude of the one who chooses his own place and the attitude of the one who lets God assign it to him and expects from Him the reward. Let us not forget: God pays much more than men! He gives us a much more beautiful place than the one men give us! The place that God gives us is close to his heart and its reward is eternal life".
(Homily of H.H. Francis, August 28, 2016).
Dialogue with Christ
This is the most important part of your prayer, prepare yourself to talk with much love with the One who loves you.
Purpose
Propose a personal one. The one that involves the most love in response to the Beloved... or, if you believe that this is what God is asking of you, live what is suggested below.
Today I will try to do an act of hidden charity, with the sole motivation of doing it out of love.
Farewell
We thank you, Lord, for all your benefits, you who live and reign forever and ever.
Amen.
Christ, our King!
Thy Kingdom come!
Most prudent Virgin, Mary, Mother of the Church.
Pray for us.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
