Why do you feel so invisible and spiritually depleted? You need a daily LOVE encounter with Jesus. You need daily nourishment from the "one table of the Lord" (CCC 103).
“You are invited to an encounter with Jesus, Word of God made flesh, as an event of grace that runs through the reading and the hearing of the Sacred Scriptures” (The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church).
L - listen: Reading seeks for the sweetness of a blessed life,
O - observe: meditation perceives it,
V - verbalize: prayer asks for it,
E - entrust: contemplation tastes it.
L - listen: Reading, as it were, puts food whole into the mouth,
O - observe: mediation chews it and breaks it up,
V - verbalize: prayer extracts its flavor,
E - entrust: contemplation is the sweetness itself which gladdens and refreshes.
L - listen: Reading works on the outside,
O - observe: meditation on the pith,
V - verbalize: prayer asks for what we long for,
E - entrust: contemplation gives us delight in the sweetness which we have found.
Adapted from The Ladder of Monks, Guigo (LOVE acronym added)
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L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)
O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.)
“If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31).
Spend some time emphasizing each word of this verse in turn, like this:
“If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31).
“If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31).
“If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31).
“If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31).
“If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31).
After you have emphasized each word, return to the Listen section and read it again. Where do you sense this verse is speaking about the events of your own life? What is God saying to you through this verse? Does it connect at all to what you have sensed through His word in other areas recently?
V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.)
Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin.
E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.)
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….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13
“Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.”
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What We Discussed | Show Notes
Overview:
Minutes 00:00-12:00 – LOVE the Word summary; the "one table of the Lord" (CCC 103)
Minutes 12:01-24:00 – get answers to direct questions with LOVE the Word, such as, "What should the next podcast series be?"; Healing the Father Wound previous series; discerning through seemingly contradictory messages
Minutes 24:01-36:00 – navigating through a difficult publishing contract; long term messages from LOVE the Word; Listen, Observe,