Day 22

BIBLE VERSE FOR THE DAY

“The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until all of it had fermented.”

Matthew 13:33


INTERFAITH PRAYER OF THE DAY

Dear Lord, help me to see beyond the corruption of this life and world into the Truth of the incorruptible that is 

The Great I Am

Thou Art That.

A COURSE IN MIRACLES

Lesson 22

What I see is a form of vengeance.

Look at the world about you at least five times today, for at least a minute each time. As your eyes move slowly from one object to another, from one body to another, say to yourself:

I see only the perishable. 

I see nothing that will last. 

What I see is not real.

What I see is a form of vengeance.

At the end of each practice period, ask yourself:

Is this the world I really want to see?

The answer is surely obvious.

EDGAR CAYCE DAILY READING

Think on This...

Individuals do not meet by chance. They ARE necessary in the experiences of others, though they may not always use their opportunities in a spiritual way or manner.

Reading 2751-1

CATHOLIC SAINT OF THE DAY

St. Vincent

According to the story we have (and as with some of the other early martyrs the unusual devotion he inspired must have had a basis in a very heroic life), Vincent was ordained deacon by his friend St. Valerius of Zaragossa in Spain. The Roman emperors had published their edicts against the clergy in 303, and the following year against the laity. Vincent and his bishop were imprisoned in Valencia. Hunger and torture failed to break them. Like the youths in the fiery furnace (Book of Daniel, chapter three), they seemed to thrive on suffering.

Valerius was sent into exile, and Dacian, the Roman governor, now turned the full force of his fury on Vincent. Tortures that sound like those of World War II were tried. But their main effect was the progressive disintegration of Dacian himself. He had the torturers beaten because they failed.

Finally he suggested a compromise: Would Vincent at least give up the sacred books to be burned according to the emperor’s edict? He would not. Torture on the gridiron continued, the prisoner remaining courageous, the torturer losing control of himself. Vincent was thrown into a filthy prison cell—and converted the jailer. Dacian wept with rage, but strangely enough, ordered the prisoner to be given some rest.

Friends among the faithful came to visit him, but he was to have no earthly rest. When they finally settled him on a comfortable bed, he went to his eternal rest.

RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS

Remember that during those daymare stressful times

that all of this is nothing more than a dream

to which 

I, You, We

Can and Will Awake

from, into

The Truth of Infinite Bliss