Today’s Consuming Fire
Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s
Scriptures
Wednesday
of the Twenty Second Week of Ordinary Time
The
Healing Touch of Jesus
I
was sick. For days, I could not pray because I was so weak. The great heat of
this summer contributed to my fatigue. I could hardly walk. When I felt a
little stronger, I firmly resolved to return to prayer at night. I asked Jesus,
“My adored Jesus, give me strength.” At 3:00 a.m., the Lord awakened me by His
presence and His words. (Elizabeth) (August 1, 1962)
Today’s
Readings: At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them
to him.
He
laid his hands on each of them and cured them. (Luke 4)
Prayer Meditation- O Lord, so many are sick today. Some are struggling with physical and chronic illness. Some are sick in mind and spirit- depression and anxiety and other maladies of the heart. We can feel so weak, sometimes it is just so hard to pray! But Lord, You are always willing to touch and heal us- prayer can be so hard but Lord we need most of all to ask for Your Strength. Lord lay Your Hands on us through Your Word, Your Sacraments, and through the loving care of others. Lord help us to be Jesus to those among us who may be too weak or feel too defeated to reach out to You- let us be Your Hands and Feet today to those who are most in need of Your Healing Touch!
