SAINT IGNATIUS NOVENA

               Novena Day 9

Opening Prayer: Lord Jesus, teach me to be generous;

teach me to serve you as you deserve,

to give and not count the cost,

to fight and not to heed the wounds,

to toil and not to seek for rest, 

to labor and not to seek reward, 

except that of knowing that I do your will. Amen

Gospel Reading (LK. 17:1-10) 

Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’ you should forgive him.” Saying of Faith. And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to [this] mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.  Attitude of a Servant. “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished’? Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded? So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’”

Meditation: What struck you most in this passage? What hinders us from having a stronger faith?

Wherever we find ourselves, we not only may but should, seek perfection – St. Francis de Sales

Concluding Prayer: St. Ignatius of  Loyola

 Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou has given all to me. To Thee, O Lord, I return it. All is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. Give me Thy love and Thy grace, for this is sufficient for me.

St Ignatius Loyola, pray for us. 

AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIEM

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