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What are we doing to put our Spirituality into practice? Spirituality is about the way we live, after all. This is a place for Communal Lectio, Centering on the Word. Ministry of the Word is central to Precious Blood Spirituality.


Monday, December 16, 2002  

Next Sunday, December 22, 2002 is the Fourth Sunday of Advent

Here are the readings.

The Gospel is Luke 1:26-38

posted by Fr. Jeffrey Keyes, C.PP.S. | 7:53 AM


Sunday, December 15, 2002  

Feeling: To be honest, I had some difficulty finding or realizing what I was feeling in response to these readings. My head could get around the words, but my heart pretty much wanted to avoid it. They called for rejoicing, but much about this week was very sad. The Gospel had many words about testimony or testifying to the light, so if "called" is a feeling, I felt called or impelled to testify to light in the midst of such much darkness.

Doing: I will find some version of Phos hilaron or "O Joyful Light" and sing it in the quiet darkness of this evening before I sleep. I will strive to see that each of my words and each of my actions this week will somehow testify to the light that never fades. Since much of this is not up to me, it means that I have to pray before each encounter that the joyful light that never fades be with the person or persons that I am with.

posted by Fr. Jeffrey Keyes, C.PP.S. | 2:09 PM
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What are we doing to put our Spirituality into practice? Spirituality is about the way we live, after all.



Conversation will be on the Gospel or any of the Scriptures for the coming Sunday. The lens we will use to attend to the Word of God will include an understanding of Precious Blood Spirituality and the Life and mission of St. Gaspar del Bufalo. Each entry must be an answer to one of these questions pertaining to the gospel:

1. What did I hear?
What did he say that affected me? What did I hear for the first time? What leapt off the page at me? What word or phrase is important?

2. How does this make me feel?
No thoughts, opinions or judgments. If you can use the words, I think... intelligibly in the sentence it is not a feeling. Stick to feelings. Maybe start the sentence with I am...

3. What will I do?
How does the gospel call me to live? No plans, hopes or dreams; what concrete action will I do this week?

4. How shall I pray?
Prayers, litanies, tropes, and other forms based on the readings may be posted.

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