{"id":1599,"date":"2018-02-15T21:46:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T02:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2018-02-15T21:50:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T02:50:53","slug":"daily-lenten-meditations-thursday-after-ash-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.latinliturgy.org\/phila\/2018\/02\/daily-lenten-meditations-thursday-after-ash-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Lenten Meditations: Thursday after Ash Wednesday. (Today’s and all subsequently posted Daily Lenten Medications are from Angelus Press)."},"content":{"rendered":"

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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They stood there, the three, Jesus, Andrew, and John, facing one another where they had met on the path that wound its way along the bank of the river. To the kind question of the Master: What do you seek? the captivated disciples replied with a counterquery that must have set the Heart of Jesus throbbing. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Master,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d they said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153where do You live?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It was a simple question but it told, at long last, of awakened interest in hearts for which Jesus was ardently yearning. It told of a new-born desire for the bond of close friendship in hearts for which, through eternal ages, He had been waiting.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Master, where do You live?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It was a good question and fruitful of bountiful blessings for the favored disciples. It is a good question also for me. Indeed, it should be the focal point of my deepest, dearest interest. To find where Jesus dwells that I may wear away the step of His door by frequent calling upon Him, such should be my life-long study. And so it is with those who really love our Lord. They must know where to find Him. Away from Him their hearts are sad. Away from Him their lives are empty. Without His presence earth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dreary exile grows well-nigh unbearable.<\/p>\n

Yes, so it is with those who really love our Lord. And what of myself? I take time to find out where my friends live. The paths that lead to their homes are eagerly sought and frequently traveled. But where Jesus is to be found, what path I must follow to come to His dwelling\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwell, is not my indifference decidedly shaming? Can I honestly claim that I really long for close union with Jesus? What does my conscience say?<\/p>\n

Jesus, Gentle Master, have mercy on us.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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TODAY’S EPISTLE AND GOSPEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

EPISTLE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is. 38:1-6<\/em><\/p>\n

The Epistle of today inculcates the spirit of prayer which forms part of the forty days\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 penance. It was by prayer that Ezechias obtained a prolongation of his life. It is by prayer that we shall obtain from God the strength to mortify ourselves in order that we may gain pardon of our sins and win the healing remedy for our souls unto life everlasting.<\/em><\/p>\n

In those days Ezechias was sick even to death, and Isaias the son of Amos the Prophet came unto him, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Take order with thy house, for thou shalt die, and not live.
\nAnd Ezechias turned his face towards the wall, and prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech Thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in Thy sight.
\nAnd Ezechias wept with great weeping.
\nAnd the\u00c2\u00a0word of the Lord came to Isaias, saying: Go and say to Ezechias: Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen thy tears: behold I will add to thy days \u00ef\u00ac\u0081fteen years: and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it, saith the Lord almighty.<\/p>\n

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GOSPEL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mt. 8:5-13<\/em><\/p>\n

It was by the prayer of faith that the centurion obtained the healing of his servant.<\/em><\/p>\n

At that time, when Jesus had entered in Capharnaum, there came to Him a centurion, beseeching Him, and saying: Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy and is grievously tormented.
\nAnd Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
\nAnd the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this: Go, and he goeth, and to another: Come, and he cometh; and to my servant: Do this, and he doeth it.
\nAnd Jesus hearing this, marveled, and said to them that followed Him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel. And I say to\u00c2\u00a0you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven: but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
\nAnd Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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