Cincinnati Oblate Chapter Minutes
March 29, 2015
Attendance: Susan
Anderson, Rosemary Conrad, John N. Campbell, Linda McCarroll, Nick McCarroll,
Ron Lillie, Karin Mendoza, Clyde Dorn, Pat Dorn, Linda Faulhaber, Eric Kenny,
Marianna Neal, Kathy Gloeckner, Peyton Reed, Mary Louise Reed, Stephen Drees.
Our meeting opened
with the reading of the Mission Statement and introductions. Second Sunday Vespers of Week Two was
prayed/chanted together. Lectio Divina
was shared together using John 12:12-16.
The minutes of the
February 22 meeting were approved after the correction of John Campbell that he
is 90 and not 91. Nick McCarroll states
that our chapter balance at the beginning of this meeting is again $40.00 after
generous donations at the last meeting.
Old/New Business:
Rosemary Conrad stated that the monks are moved out of the monastery
during needed renovations. The date of
our next chapter meeting is April 26 in the St. Gertrude School cafeteria and Fr. Joseph is the
speaker. The annual Day of Reflection is
May 16, 2015 in Columbus.
Program: Video
Conference: Fr. Harry Hagen, OSB
Conference #1:
Praying the Psalms reviews the Psalms as a way of remembering and as a window
or a mirror of other people’s prayers.
Remembering helps us
to be able to connect all of Scripture as the Psalms distill all of
Scripture. An example is Psalm 113 of
Israel in Egypt from Numbers 17,20. As
we pray, remembrance of Israelite history opens us to be larger persons instead
of only remembering self which is narrow.
Psalm 136 gives us a
window into past experience of pain/suffering of the Israelites in Babylon and
helps us become more empathetic. Psalm
129 is ambiguous as it can be a window or a mirror into forgiveness . Psalm 129 begins with cries to the Lord from
the self but transitions in verse 5 to community hope in the Lord who redeems
Israel.
Our meeting ended
with praying the Our Father and shared social time.
Submitted by Susan Anderson
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