Daily Meditation - Friday 19September 2008 - WHERE AM I IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS?

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[Januarius (http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2008-09-19)

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Meditation

Are you ready to serve the Lord and to support the work of the gospel with your personal resources?

During his three years of public ministry Jesus traveled widely.

• The gospel records that a band of women accompanied Jesus and the twelve apostles.
• This was a diverse group of women; some came from rich and prominent families;
• some had been prostitutes,
• and others had been afflicted with mental and physical infirmities.

We know that Mary Magdalene had lived a very troubled life before Jesus freed her from seven demons.
She was privileged to be the first to see Jesus as the risen Lord.

• As the wife of King Herod’s chief financial officer, Joanna was a wealthy lady of the court.
• It’s unlikely that these two would have ever met under other circumstances.
• What brought them together and united them in a bond of friendship, service, and loyalty to Jesus?

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