DEFINITION:

Meditation comes from the Latin word ‘Meditari’

which means ‘to concentrate’.

So meditation means to concentrate on

something. The word ‘something’ is an inclusive

word that stands for any person, group of

persons, any incident, any object or anything

under the sun.

Meditation could be described as application of

the mind to anything present to it. When the mind

applies itself to something it reflects over the

object presented to it. Hence meditation can also

be called reflection.

Meditation is the act

of the mind in which

the intellect analyses

the object presented

to it by the senses

and presents to the

will, the findings of

its analysis.

ILLUSTRATION WITH THE

SCRIPTURE JN. 2:1-11

1. The sense presents the passage to the intellect.

2. The intellect reflects over the passage and arrives at certain conclusions like:

Mother Mary voluntarily comes forward to assist the marriage party. Jesus respects his Mother’s request. Jesus has the power to perform

miracles.

3. Now what will our will do?

Our Will will desire normally to live like Mary.

Our Will will like to give due respect to parents and elders.

Our Will will desire to approach Jesus during the hour of difficulty since He has the power to work miracles.

4. When such desires are expressed by the will the intellect will draw a plan of action which will help the will to fulfil its desires in day-to- day life.

The one who meditates will resolve to help the people voluntarily without waiting for a call from those who are in distress.

He or she will obey his or her Father and mother and all those who are senior to him or her.

During the hour of trials, without giving room for despair, he or she will approach Jesus with great belief in his power to work miracles.

METHOD A:

1. Preparatory part

2. Considerations

3. Affections and resolutions

4. Conclusion.

PREPARATORY PART:

1. We place ourselves in the presence of God.

2. We ask the Holy Spirit to direct us.

CONSIDERATIONS:

1. Consideration means to think about something and try to know about that subject or object.

2. Reading of the passage of the scripture begins if you choose so.

NOTE: “Knowledge is the Mother of love and love is the Mother of experience.”

AFFECTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS:

1. Here feelings develop. This is called affections.

2. Such feeling will bear decisions. The decisions are called resolutions.

CONCLUSION:

1. We thank God for the useful and grace-filled

considerations, affections and resolutions.

2. We ask the Lord to grant us the grace to stand

by our resolutions.

EXERCISES:

Let us meditate on the Gospel of Luke 18:35-43.

REVIEW:

1. What happened to me?

2. What touched me?

3. What was the resistance?

4. What were the considerations during the

meditation?

METHOD B:Using the scripture Luke

18:35-43.

1. Imagine that you are sitting at a

roadside known to you, like the blind

beggar.

2. Jesus is passing by with His disciples.

3. Read your movements and reactions.

4. How do you respond to the presence

of Jesus?

5. Share with Jesus, all the problems,

anxieties, trials, plans, difficulties,

sickness, failures, etc., associated

with your personal life and your

community life.

METHOD B, Continues. 6. Surrender yourself unto Jesus.

7. Have a familiar dialogue with Jesus

and share with Him your joys and

sorrows.

8. Surrender yourself fully to the Lord

and ask Him to touch you and heal

you.

CONCLUSION OF THE MEDITATION:

1. Our Father …

2. In the Name …

Spiritual Exercises and Reading:

Meditation on Nazareth: Luke 4:14-30

1. Read the passage meditatively.

2. Jesus tries to work some miracles there in Nazareth

- Imagine that you witnessed some of the cures.

3. Some people plan to slay Him.

4. They take Him to a hill-top with the intention of rolling Him down from the top.

Spiritual Exercises and Reading:

5. If you were to be in the crowd that wanted to kill Jesus, what will be your reactions?

- Would you look at Jesus helplessly?

- Would you try to deliver Him from the clutches of the angry crowd?

- Would you offer yourself in the place of Jesus?

6. Make your prayer and resolution.

7. Then conclude.

Note: You will submit the prayer you make through this exercise.