Selected Lectio Reading:
Genesis 27-30
Meditatio/Reflection:
It's interesting how my perspective changed when it comes to Esau and Jacob. When I was younger (and being the youngest), I thought that Jacob was cool about how got back at his brother and gained the upper hand. But now I realize just how much of a terrible person that Jacob was. It wasn't Esau's fault that he came out of the womb first so when Jacob takes Esau's birthright, it's pretty harsh. Then Jacob gets even more corrupt when his mother and him steal Esau's blessing. I know that a son always wants to be accepted and loved by his father. And when Esau learns that Issac has no blessing for him, he isn't completely outraged. No, he cries. "Esau said to his father, 'Have you only on blessing, father? Bless me, me also, father!' And Esau lifted up his voice and wept." (Genesis 27:38) Esau weeps when Issac does not bless him. I can almost hear the pain in his voice when he asks his father to bless him. Yet, even after this happened, Jacob was still forgiven by God and built the twelve tribes of Israel.
Thanksgiving:
I am thankful for the love I get from the people around me and how they show my that they love me.
Oratio/Prayer Intention:
Lord, please look over my sister while she learns in college.
Quote of the Day:
"In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart." -Anne Frank
St. Gemma Galgani
"What would have become of me, if I have not had Her?" -St. Gemma
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Genesis 24-26
Selected Lectio Reading:
Genesis 24-26
Meditatio/Reflection:
We all have struggles in life. Rebekah was especially not excluded from this. Just like Sarah, Rebekah was also barren and could not have any children. And I feel as if that truly injured her because she sounds like she really wants to have children. So Issac prayed to God for a child and God heard his prayer. The Lord gave Rebekah the ability to bear a not only one child, but twins. However, Rebekah still struggled with the children in her womb as they fought within her. She in so much physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional pain that she says, "'If it is to be this way, why do I live?'". (Genesis 25:22) She is so broken over her ability to not be able to naturally bear children and take care of her precious babies whilst they struggle within her that she asks why she even exists. I can see how hard it is for a woman to try to conceive and learn that she is not able to. I've also seen the affects of a miscarriage and the loss of a newborn baby. It is one of the hardest things that a woman can go through in her life.
I have an aunt and uncle who cannot have any children of their own. And I know that almost everyday my aunt would go and pray to God for a child. She was so very lost about what she was supposed to do. She sadly never had any of her own, but she did adopt. She adopted two little Korean boys and loves them as if she had given birth to them. So I guess that God provides in His own ways.
Thanksgiving:
I am thankful for all of my healthy cousins and the way that all of my family lives pretty close by.
Oratio/Prayer Intention:
Oh God, please look after my mother and reduce her stress. Please also look all of the women who have had complications or tragedies with having children.
Quote of the Day:
"If a shooting star was every time I thought about you, I would own the whole galaxy." -Raye Hunter
Genesis 24-26
Meditatio/Reflection:
We all have struggles in life. Rebekah was especially not excluded from this. Just like Sarah, Rebekah was also barren and could not have any children. And I feel as if that truly injured her because she sounds like she really wants to have children. So Issac prayed to God for a child and God heard his prayer. The Lord gave Rebekah the ability to bear a not only one child, but twins. However, Rebekah still struggled with the children in her womb as they fought within her. She in so much physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional pain that she says, "'If it is to be this way, why do I live?'". (Genesis 25:22) She is so broken over her ability to not be able to naturally bear children and take care of her precious babies whilst they struggle within her that she asks why she even exists. I can see how hard it is for a woman to try to conceive and learn that she is not able to. I've also seen the affects of a miscarriage and the loss of a newborn baby. It is one of the hardest things that a woman can go through in her life.
I have an aunt and uncle who cannot have any children of their own. And I know that almost everyday my aunt would go and pray to God for a child. She was so very lost about what she was supposed to do. She sadly never had any of her own, but she did adopt. She adopted two little Korean boys and loves them as if she had given birth to them. So I guess that God provides in His own ways.
Thanksgiving:
I am thankful for all of my healthy cousins and the way that all of my family lives pretty close by.
Oratio/Prayer Intention:
Oh God, please look after my mother and reduce her stress. Please also look all of the women who have had complications or tragedies with having children.
Quote of the Day:
"If a shooting star was every time I thought about you, I would own the whole galaxy." -Raye Hunter
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