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Meditation
1) Place yourself in the presence of God.
2) Ask for the grace of having a great desire to be pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, and to have eternal life as the only goal of my most important choices, without letting myself be seduced by the spirit of the world.
3) Read the text below and then spend a brief period of time reflecting on it.
What is the “worldly environment”? (From Antonio Royo Marín, Theology of Christian Perfection).
This harmful environment is constituted and manifests itself in four main ways. We will consider one way each day for the next four days.
Today we will take a look at the first one: False maxims. They are the principles of thought in direct opposition to those of the Gospel. The world exalts riches, pleasures, violence, deceits and frauds put at the service of one’s selfishness. It is unlimited “freedom” to surrender to every type of excesses and sins, saying: “We are young and should enjoy life”; “God is good and understanding. He would not condemn us because we are enjoying ourselves and having fun.” Or saying: “It is necessary to earn a lot of money, no matter how.” “The most important thing is health, having a long life, eating and dressing well, and having fun as much as possible.” etc. These are the maxims consecrated by the world. It [the world] does not conceive anything as being the noblest or highest. The values opposed to the world’s maxims are precisely those of the Gospel. But these are considered to be tiring and upsetting. So, the world continues reversing values: a thief is “skillful in his business,” a seducer is “a cheerful man,” a free thinker is “strong spirited,” a woman dressed indecently and provocatively as “fashionable” etc.
To get rid the worldly environment (especially the first form of false maxims), we should replace them in our mind with verses from Scripture. Let us recall the Biblical passage: Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. (Rm. 12:2).
Do I subconsciously follow any of the world’s maxims?
4) Conclude the meditation with the Litany of Humility.
Meditation
1) Place yourself in the presence of God.
2) Ask for the grace of having a great desire to be pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, and to have eternal life as the only goal of my most important choices, without letting myself be seduced by the spirit of the world.
3) Read the text below and then spend a brief period of time reflecting on it.
What is the “worldly environment”? (From Antonio Royo Marín, Theology of Christian Perfection).
This harmful environment is constituted and manifests itself in four main ways. We will consider one way each day for the next four days.
Today we will take a look at the first one: False maxims. They are the principles of thought in direct opposition to those of the Gospel. The world exalts riches, pleasures, violence, deceits and frauds put at the service of one’s selfishness. It is unlimited “freedom” to surrender to every type of excesses and sins, saying: “We are young and should enjoy life”; “God is good and understanding. He would not condemn us because we are enjoying ourselves and having fun.” Or saying: “It is necessary to earn a lot of money, no matter how.” “The most important thing is health, having a long life, eating and dressing well, and having fun as much as possible.” etc. These are the maxims consecrated by the world. It [the world] does not conceive anything as being the noblest or highest. The values opposed to the world’s maxims are precisely those of the Gospel. But these are considered to be tiring and upsetting. So, the world continues reversing values: a thief is “skillful in his business,” a seducer is “a cheerful man,” a free thinker is “strong spirited,” a woman dressed indecently and provocatively as “fashionable” etc.
To get rid the worldly environment (especially the first form of false maxims), we should replace them in our mind with verses from Scripture. Let us recall the Biblical passage: Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. (Rm. 12:2).
Do I subconsciously follow any of the world’s maxims?
4) Conclude the meditation with the Litany of Humility.
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