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SATURDAY OF EASTER WEEK: “John saw and believed”

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We have heard it many times in the accounts. It has happened: The Lord has risen from the dead! He is truly risen! Alleluia! This cry resounds throughout the Christian faith and gives it hope—hope even in dark times, when it seems to be fading—for the Resurrection of Christ is the visible sign of victory over hell and death! “O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?” (1 Cor 15:55) May this cry never fall silent. May it lift up all despondent hearts and pierce through the darkness. The Lord is risen! Today’s Gospel reading in the Old Rite (John 20:1–9) takes us back once more to the disciples on the early morning of Easter. They still have a journey to make to understand what happened on Easter morning. It is still unclear to them, and they are shaken and grieving over the death of their Lord. What will happen after His death? The Lord now lay in the tomb … Read More
In 3 Minutes for God the Father

“NEVER STAND STILL”

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“Saints are always called to grow and never to stand still” (inner word)

On our path of discipleship and in our Father’s arms, we can ease the taut bow a little—without, however, setting it aside or losing sight of it. This does no harm; rather, it removes unnecessary hardness from us. For as children of our Father, we know well that God adjusts every cross to our abilities and gives all the grace needed to bear it.

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“A BLESSING FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH”

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“The greatest happiness of our lives: to become like Jesus.” (St. John Eudes)

What joy—for You and for humanity—when we strive to put these words of John Eudes into practice. You did not send Your Son merely as our Redeemer, so that He might be the way to You. You also set Him before our eyes so that we might become like Him and be as He is.

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FRIDAY OF EASTER WEEK: “The commission from the risen Lord”

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“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” (Mt 28:18-20)

These are the words You, as the Risen Lord, spoke to the eleven disciples on the mountain in Galilee. They remain true forever.

These are the holy words that moved the missionaries to go to the ends of the earth and joyfully serve Your holy mission amid the greatest hardships and sufferings.

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“JESUS’ GAZE UPON THE FATHER (II)”

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Beloved Father, yesterday I shared with Your children the wonderful gift You bestowed upon us three years ago, on the most holy day of Your Son’s death, and which remains with us to this day. Contemplating the Face of the Lord, who draws us to Himself with His gentleness, is always a great comfort. In an inner word, the Lord has exhorted us: “From the cross of this world, which causes so much suffering, lift your gaze with Me to the Father.”

These words leave us with an important lesson, for, having set out to follow Your Son, we wish to resemble Him as closely as possible. Everything Jesus did, He did with His gaze fixed on You. In His High Priestly Prayer, we hear Him say to You: “I glorified thee on earth, having accomplished the work which thou gavest me to do” (Jn 17:4).

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TUESDAY OF EASTER WEEK: “It is I, fear not”

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“Peace be to you (…). Why are you troubled? (…) it is I myself” (Lk 24:36, 38–39).

This is how the Risen Lord addressed His disciples when He appeared among them. They still could not quite believe it and were filled with dread and fear (Lk 24:37). Who was this who spoke to them? Their eyes had not yet been opened; they could not recognize the Risen One.

Was He perhaps a spirit? No, it was the Lord! It was the very One with whom they had journeyed and whom they had followed for three years, with whom they had eaten and drunk; the One who had performed miracles before their eyes and had instructed them with the fullness of wisdom. Yet now they could not recognize Him. Could He perhaps be a ghost?

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“JESUS’ GAZE UPON THE FATHER (I)”

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Beloved Father, today I would like to share with those who follow “3 Minutes for Abba” a wonderful event with which You have blessed our community. Some of them may already be familiar with it; others will be hearing about it for the first time.

It happened on April 7, 2023, Good Friday of that year, at 9 a.m.—the hour when the crucifixion of Your Son began to redeem humanity. As is customary in the Catholic Church during Passiontide, the large crucifix in our chapel was covered with a purple veil.

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“THE BLESSED LIFE”

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“This is precisely what the blessed life consists of: rejoicing in view of You, in You, and for You” (St. Augustine).

St. Augustine is right! This blessed life is already foreshadowed here on Earth, beloved Father. As soon as we wake up and shake off our sleep, Your grace is already with us, moving us to dedicate our first thoughts and words to You. Throughout the night You have watched over us through Your angel. And the new day that dawns awaits us with its task. Read More

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MONDAY OF EASTER WEEK: “By Your death, You have conquered death”

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NOTE: Throughout Easter Week, the daily meditations will take on a more contemplative tone, to help us delve deeper into the great event of our faith: the Resurrection of the Lord. The “3 Minutes for Abba” will continue as usual (https://en.elijamission.net/category/3-minutes-for-god-the-father/).

Just as You foretold, beloved Jesus, it has come to pass. You have truly risen!

You rose from the dead, and the good news has reached us. The first to announce it were the angels at the tomb: “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen” (Lk 24:5). Then came Mary Magdalene; she had the grace to see You first, and then the apostles. There is no doubt! Not even the hostile Jews and the bribed soldiers could hide the truth. Alleluia!

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