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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Memorial of BVM
DESCRIPTION:MARY AND \nTHE VIRTUE OF HOPE \nBy Fr Romano Guardini \n◊◊◊ \nElizabeth calls the Virgin Blessed because she had faith – for everything \nwould happen as the Lord had told her; through the power of the Holy Spirit she \nwould become the Mother of the Redeemer\, and in this find the fulfillment of \nher life and salvation. To be assured of this was not always easy. When the \nGospel speaks of Mary and her son\, one perceives a great love\, but also a \nremoteness. \nThe answer of the twelve-year-old boy in the temple; the answer Jesus \ngave at the wedding feast of Cana; his words to the bystanders\, when Mary\, at \nthe door\, asks for him; what he said to the woman who exalted his Mother; and \nhis last testament in which he committed her to the care of the disciple – in each \nof these\, something is revealed that removes him from her\, and we always sense \nthe possibility that she might have become perplexed about God’s guidance. But \neach time her confidence increased and she placed all into his hands. Mary lived \ncompletely through her confidence in God’s power\, a power that is capable of \nconsummating all\, even in darkness and opposition. \nHope is confidence in God’s power to accomplish all things. He has \npromised that we shall become new persons\, and that his creation shall be a \n“new heaven and a new earth”. This is gainsaid by the impression made on us by \nworldly things; by the course our life is taking; by the opinions of people around \nus; by our own daily insufficiency and sin – by everything. Hope is the \n“nevertheless” of faith. In spite of all contradiction\, the new life is within us\, and \nGod will complete it if we trust in him despite all opposition. But that is difficult\, \nsometimes impossible. So we must ask again that the Lord “may strengthen our \nhope.”
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-memorial-of-bvm-16/
CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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SUMMARY:LCG Chicago Monthly Meeting 9:00 am CDT
DESCRIPTION:All are Welcome.  Join us on Zoom at: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86028356465 \nMeeting ID: 860 2835 6465 \nOne tap mobile \n+13126266799\,\,86028356465# US (Chicago) \n+13092053325\,\,86028356465# US \n  \nOur August meeting agenda follows: \n9:00 Gather for Opening prayer. \nWe also pray for all our lay Cistercian sisters and brothers in the US and around the world.  Specially we pray for our Gethsemani monks.  Finally\, we pray this month specially for: \nFr. Peter Tong \nBr. Bartholomew Pollard \nFr. Lawrence Morey \n 9:10 Lectio. Our lectio piece will be led by Mary Haley. \n 9:50  Reading.  Our reading this month is completion of God For All Days (Parts 2 and 3). \n 10:45 Housekeeping.   Volunteer to lead lectio next month?  Selection our next reading (Fr. James’ recommended Contemplation by Francis Nemeck and Marie Theresa Combs). Chicago Report on LCG Advisory Council activity.  Followup on events at the international lay Cistercian meeting last month. \n11:00 Update.   Share how the Holy Spirt has entered our lives as lay Cistercians since our last meeting. \n11:45 Closing worship and prayer.  We will pray the liturgical hour of None as with our Gethsemani monks (identical Psalms as done today at Gethsemani Abbey.) \nOur next meeting: September 13\, 2025.
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/lcg-chicago-monthly-meeting-900-am-cdt-2/
CATEGORIES:LCG Local Community Meetings,LCG open events
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