Meditation Lk 13,18-21

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace:I will beg God our Lordthat all my intentionsand actions may be directed purelyto the praise and serviceof His Divine Majesty. (The Spiritual Exercises No.46)

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: Imagine a garden. There is a gardener in this garden. He’s holding a tiny mustard seed in his hand. He plants them in the ground. He comes every day to see how it grows, if needed watering them. The seed begins to germinate, the stem, leaves appear. The plant grows larger and reaches a height of about 3 meters. It becomes a tree where birds nest their nests. Maybe you are the gardener?

Ask for the fruit of meditation: that I would like to grow for the kingdom of God

  1. A large three and sometimes even a four-meter tree can grow from a tiny mustard seed. In our life, too, small steps create one large step. Therefore, it is important for us to make small changes that affect our development for the greater glory of God. Our changes affect others change. It is easy to care for planted grains, plants, even for others, but it is much harder to change something in yourself. What positive changes have you made recently and what can you do today to increase even more to the Fullness of Life in God?
  2. You have a mustard seed in you. How do you take care of it so that a huge tree can grow out of it? It is important that this tree should serve others. It should be a place, where others can feel safe because they are accepted as they are. They can twist the nests they want. What kind of tree are you for others?
  3. What is the kingdom of God for you? How do you understand it?
  4. Look what moved you in today’s prayer. Be with it and talk to Jesus about it.

Meditation:St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 …Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar, such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)

 

Meditation Lk 12,35-38

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace:I will beg God our Lordthat all my intentionsand actions may be directed purelyto the praise and serviceof His Divine Majesty. (The Spiritual Exercises No.46)

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: Imagine a house or a flat.There are people who are waiting for Jesus.See what they are doing, how they prepare the flat and themselves for his coming.Jesus comes and invites everyone to the table, and he begins to serve.Maybe you are sitting at the table, too ….

Ask for the fruit of meditation: for the joy of meeting Jesus

  1. be like those who are waiting …

When we are sure of full acceptance by another person, then our waiting is calmer, we do not worry that something is still imperfectly done, but we are filled with joy of meeting. However, if we fall into the fear of the reaction of the other person and constantly improve something, clean and in fact we are closed of the meeting and it is difficult for us to feel real joy.So, we prepare the whole preparation for the arrival of the guest because of fear and but our love.Maybe we cannot hear a knock on the door because of our fear.

Consider in this context what it means for you:  to be waiting for.How are you waiting for a second person?What affects the way you wait?See also how are you waiting for Jesus?What relationship connects you with him, how do you feel in it?What is your waiting for Jesus?What do you want to surprise him with?

  1. Lamps lit illuminate the space. They let us see what would be invisible in the dark.What is your lamp?What helps you to notice?What God’s activities do you see through her?
  2. What must be the host who comes and starts to serve his servants, who turns into roles with his servants?How much he must love them!Today, Jesus comes to you and invites you to sit at the table. Let him serve you.

 

Meditation:St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 … Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar, such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)

 

Meditation LK 11,37-41

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace:I will beg God our Lordthat all my intentionsand actions may be directed purelyto the praise and serviceof His Divine Majesty

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: Jesus was invited by the Pharisee for a meal. So, Jesus went to his house. Contrary to customs, Jesus did not wash himself before eating, but he went to the table and took his place. The Pharisee expressed his surprise with the behavior of Jesus. Jesus then criticized the attitude of the Pharisees. The guest criticizes the host of the house. Be present in this scene.

Ask for the fruit of meditation: for my encounter Jesus

  1. The Pharisee invites Jesus for a meal to his home and expects Jesus to wash first and then sit down at the table. However, this is not happening. Jesus comes, he answers the Pharisee’s invitation, but he does not do what the Pharisee expects. Maybe the Pharisee wanted to welcome Jesus on his terms, and Jesus did not fulfill them. The Pharisee, therefore, feels surprised, perhaps disappointed.

a) And how do you invite Jesus? What are your conditions? What are your expectations? What are the feelings that make you Jesus’s visit?

b) How do you accept others? What are your expectations for others? What are you giving them?

c) How do you accept yourself? What goods have you given lately?

  1. Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

How do you care for what is the outsideand what is the inside? Remember that what is outside and what is inside should lead you to the Fullness of Life in God here and now.

  1. Invite Jesus to your home, to your heart. Jesus knows what you need and what is best for you. He knows and loves you. Let him come as he wants. Accept Jesus as you can.

Meditation:St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 … Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar, such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)

Meditation Lk 10,38-42

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace:I will beg God our Lordthat all my intentionsand actions may be directed purelyto the praise and serviceof His Divine Majesty

 

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: Jesus comes to Bethany and visits the house of Marta and Maria. Marta deals with various home tasks, prepares a meal for the guest. Mary sits at the feet of Jesus. And what are you doing in this scene?

 

Ask for the fruit of meditation: for the experience of being present in the Presence

 

  1. Jesus is a guest at the house of Marta and Maria. Marta, as a housewife, is absorbed in the many tasks, she wants to serve Jesus in the best way. Marta, maybe in such a clumsy way, shows her love to Jesus. Even such clumsy way of love can be the beginning of the transformation, also of Marta (see Jn 11: 17-27). What is your love for your loved ones? How do you show it? How do you show love to Jesus? How does the love of others and God transform you? How does your love transform others?
  2. … you are worried and distracted by many things, there is need of only one thing.

If you’re worried about much, you’re probably absent. You are absent here and now, you are also absent in the things you are worried about, because they usually relate to past or future events. So, if you’re not in the present moment, where are you? How can you live now to really live this life? What is your presence? What is your one thing?

3.     Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her. In this particular situation, she was able to discern what is most important, which can help her be closer to Jesus. How do you make choices in your life? What are your guiding principles in your process of discernment? What helps you and what prevents you from being present here and now? What motivations are you guiding?

4.     Jesus comes to your home. Be present in the Presence as you can.

Meditation:St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 … Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar, such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)

 

Meditation Mt 18,1-5.10

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace:I will beg God our Lord that all my intentionsand actions may be directed purely to the praise and serviceof His Divine Majesty

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: Jesus is in Capernaum, a settlement of several thousand inhabitants, situated on the Lake of ​​Galilee, near the estuary of the Jordan. Disciples come to Jesus with the question: who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Jesus calls the child, puts him between them and begins to explain. Maybe you are there too.

Ask for the fruit of meditation: that I find my value in God

1.     Disciples often discuss their dignity, being the greatest and most important in the kingdom of God. They are looking for confirmation of their value. However, they do not get a simple answer from Jesus. Earthly honors do not mean honors with God. Perhaps it was not easy for them to accept such a truth.Maybe you are also looking for an answer to the question that the disciples asked Jesus, you also need confirmation of your greatness. How and where do you look for your value? What does it mean to be the greatest for you and what for Jesus?

2.     Take care that you do not despite one of these little ones; …Ask yourself who you think is little one. Perhaps you think about homeless, the poor, the needy. However, it seems easy to feel compassion for them and help them easily. Perhaps it is also because this help is connected with material and financial support. See who is the little one for you, about whom it is difficult for you to think well, with whom it is difficult to talk to and to whom you may feel reluctance. Maybe you are this little one. Give your beloved a goodness, a smile and a gentle look.

3.     … unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven…Look for a child who is spontaneous, simple, who can cry and laugh, which he trusts and thanks for everything he gets. This child has its own needs, he is easy to hurt, he has its desires and dreams, he experiences frustrations. In everything, however, he is sincere, without masks. Ask your inner child what he needs. Do something good for your inner child.

4.     Stand before Jesus like a child. Be with Jesus, talk … as you can.

Meditation:St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 … Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar, such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)