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Theo Tigno•
9/3/2007 10:19 pm
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Tuesday, September 4th 2007 |
Luke 4:31-37
Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are - the Holy One of God!" Jesus rebuked him and said, "Be quiet! Come out of him!" Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. They were all amazed and said to one another, "What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out." And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for a special intention.
Even the devil believes in Jesus and in today's reading even "those who have turned their hearts from God" knew Who Jesus is.
It is obedience that makes our response different.
Today's reflections will be reflections on obedience from a few saints:
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"Since the devil knows that obedience is the quickest road to perfection, he makes it distasteful and offers many objections to it under the pretext of a higher good." - St. Teresa of Avila
"If ever feeling, thoughts and judgements against obedience should come to
you, even though they may seem good and holy, disregard them and promptly reject them as you would thoughts against chastity and against the faith." - St. John Climacus
"Obedience is a penance of the intellect and therefore a more acceptable sacrifice than all corporal penances. Hence God loves your tiniest act of obedience more than all other homages you might think of offering Him." - St. John of the Cross
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Take care and God Bless.
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