Contemplative insight from Mepkin Abbey, drawn from our daily liturgical readings and homily. Help us to pray, one thought per day.
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St Benedict's 12 Steps of Humility:
2) The second step of humility is that a man loves not his own will nor takes
pleasure in the satisfaction of his desires; rather he shall imitate by his actions
that saying of the Lord: I have come not to do my own will, but the will of him
who sent me (John 6:38). (RB 7:31-32)
- Love not one’s own will
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St Benedict's 12 Steps of Humility: 1) The first step of humility, then, is that a man keeps the fear of God always before his eyes (Ps 35[36]:2) and never forgets it. [RB 7:10]
- Respect God
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Hospitality
Be activity, presence
Both welcome Jesus
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- Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
Life in Christ beckons
Life Mysteries with Mary
Be brother to all
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Human needfulness
Harkens to God's love, mercy
Committed as spouse
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May accomplish well
But rejoice that we're with God
Even beyond now
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- St Francis of Assisi
Share in the Lord's life
All are sisters and brothers
Lead each other home
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- Holy Guardian Angels
Celebrate in joy
God's unceasing care for us
Angel for each one
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-St Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (of Lisieux)
“When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,
I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.”
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- St Jerome
"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ."
Where do we meet God?
In the humble and the weak,
in the child, childlike