You will catch people, Fr. Nivard

----- Forwarded Message -----

Rowan Tree in enclosure

From: Nivard . . ..

Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013, 11:01
Subject: You will catch people

Dear All, many thanks for recent Skype calls. Great to hear about your holiday in the West. Donald and I sure miss out in absence of an annual summer holiday.. Fr L...  and I will attend Mass and Celebrations for 150 yrs of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Edinburgh on Saturday D.V. . . .

Love and Blessings. Nivard 

Daily Reading & Med, Adapted  (c) 2013 Don Schwager   22 Thur 5 Aug 2013 You will catch people. Lk 5:1-11

   God chooses ordinary people, like you and me, as his ambassadors. He uses the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives to draw others into his kingdom. We will "catch people" for the kingdom of God if we allow the light of Jesus Christ to shine through us. God wants others to see the light of Christ in us in the way we live, speak, and witness the joy of the gospel. Paul the Apostles says, "Thanks be to God, we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing." (2 Cor. 2:15).

Father, fill our hearts with love and compassion for those who do not know you or follow you, through Christ our Lord.

Night Office

First Reading from Amos 4: 1-13

From a sermon by Ogerius  

Sermo 10, 13-14: PL 184, 927-928

It is those he loves that God strikes and chastises, for he chastises every child he accepts. Chastisement now is the lot of those destined to rejoice in eternity. Those who complain 0 their harsh treatment, however, cannot approach the Most High: on the contrary, if they fail to endure the chastisement of their heavenly Father with patience and love, their inheritance of heavenly joy will be forfeited. All who grumble at being scourged by the Lord should know for certain that they will incur the punishment due to grumblers.

So, my dear brethren, do not complain about the chastisement that comes to you from our Lord, nor grow weary when he rebukes you. Of course, discipline is never pleasant; at the time it seems painful, but afterward it bears the fruit of peace and goodness in those who have been trained by it. The Lord's discipline weakens sensuality, and strengthens spiritual virtues:the flesh loses what it can well spare, and the spirit gains virtues it lacked.

 . . . . .

Ogerius (c. 1205-1214)
A disciple of St. Bernard of ClairvauxSome of his sermons to his monastic community are among the works of Saint Bernard.