141st Meditation
“You can awaken love even more, so that it may inundate you completely. This is what love wants, and for this it seeks you” (Interior Word).
Love has no limits, because “God is love” (1 Jn 4:16). This is how Sacred Scripture describes it to us. There is nothing more important than to live in love, “for love covers a multitude of sins” (1 Pt 4:8). Read More
140th Meditation
“The joy I feel in being with you is no less great than that which I felt when I was with My Son Jesus during His mortal life” (Father’s Message to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
Who could please our Father as much as His only-begotten Son, who was obedient to Him even unto death? And what a joy it must have been for the Father to hear the Virgin Mary’s “yes” to His Will! Read More
Phil 3:3-8
We are the true people of the circumcision since we worship by the Spirit of God and make Christ Jesus our only boast, not relying on physical qualifications, although, I myself could rely on these too. If anyone does claim to rely on them, my claim is better. Circumcised on the eighth day of my life, I was born of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrew parents. Read More
Commemoration of the Faithful Departed
Lam 3:17-26
I have been deprived of peace, I have forgotten what happiness is and thought, ‘My lasting hope in the Lord is lost.’ Bring to mind my misery and anguish; it is wormwood and gall! My heart dwells on this continually and sinks within me. Read More
138th Meditation
“It is necessary for you to have a transformed heart, totally focused on God; a vigilant, attentive and loving heart. Only then will you be able to understand God’s plans and be able to work for peace” (Inner Word).
Our Father, who is the source of true unity and peace among us, invites us to cooperate in the plans of salvation. He grants us a new heart from which, under the influence of grace, streams of living water will flow for the world (cf. Jn 7:38). Read More
Rev 7:2-4,9-14
Then I saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ And I heard how many had been sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel. Read More
138th Meditation
“We are called children of God, and so we are!” (1 Jn 3:1).
To be the children of God is a great predilection, and all are called to this dignity. Thus, the Father unites us in Himself. He is the true foundation of the unity of humanity; a unity which we seek in so many different ways, but which we can never attain unless it is grounded in God. Unity among all humanity is rooted in God Himself and can only become a reality to the extent that we truly live as His children. Read More
Today, being the last day of the month of October, we will conclude the series on the spiritual life, which was intended to give us a perspective on what is conducive to the path of following Christ and what makes it fruitful. Before we resume our customary biblical meditations tomorrow, today’s meditation – the last in this series on spirituality – will point us to a basic condition that we must fulfill if we are to grow spiritually. Read More
137th Meditation
“I have opened in front of you a door that no one will be able to close” (Rev 3:8).
These words addressed to the “angel of the Church of Philadelphia” are extended to all those who have accepted God’s invitation. The door to the Father’s Heart is wide open, so that all those who have embarked on the path of salvation can come to Him. Read More
Even if we apply all our will to carry out in ourselves the active purification, we will not be able to overcome everything that prevents us from fully corresponding to the love of the Lord. There are attitudes and attachments that are too deeply rooted, and often we are not even aware of them… That is why the Lord comes to our aid by means of another process, which goes beyond what our own efforts in active purification could bring us: It is the so-called “passive purification”. Read More
