458th Meditation
“You saved Noah from the flood and Lot from the destruction of the corrupt city. In Abraham you blessed all peoples” (Praise of the Blessed Trinity).
Even in the midst of the growing chaos in humanity, our Father always found a just man whom He could draw to Himself in a special way, showing Him His favor and saving him from widespread corruption. Read More
457th Meditation
“In your constant goodness you have always sought out man. In Paradise you exclaimed, ‘Adam, where are you?’” (Praise of the Blessed Trinity).
This was our Father’s response to the painful fall of human being, the consequence of which was that sin proliferated and all future generations had to live under the shadow of original sin, except for the Virgin Mary, whom You preserved from the stain of sin so that she could be the bridge across which the Redeemer would come into the world. Read More
456th Meditation
“But man did not remain in his splendor. Tempted by the Evil One, he disobeyed your command and was banished from Paradise” (Hymn of Praise to the Blessed Trinity).
Our Father had made it easy for man… Of all the things that abounded in the beautiful garden of Paradise, only one was forbidden: the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen 2:16-17). But our first parents listened to the lies of the fallen angel, which aroused their sensual and spiritual appetites. Adam and Eve thus disobeyed God’s commandment, with all the consequences our Father had warned them about. What had happened could not be undone: man had listened to seduction and had to leave Paradise. Read More
455th Meditation
“You created angels and men according to Your image. To man You gave Paradise, for him to live in Your presence in holiness and justice” (Praise of the Blessed Trinity).
God’s “cosmos” includes not only His visible creation – the material environment of humankind – but also the invisible creation. Read More
454th Meditation
“All peoples come to worship You and give glory to Your name, because You are the Holy God, living, true and good” (Hymn of Praise to the Most Holy Trinity).
So it should be and so it will be, once the darkness has been separated from the light and our Father has finally restored the order of love in the chaos created by sin. Read More
453rd Meditation
“All praise to you Eternal Father, Holy God, living and all-powerful. You have no equal, and nothing compares with the works You have created.”
The hymn of praise to the Most Holy Trinity, the first phrase of which we have just heard, was written after someone asked me what would be a good way to begin our time of silent prayer, which is the first thing we do in the early morning in our community. Read More
452nd Meditation
“The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in love” (Ps 103:8).
Our Father is gracious. Read More
451st Meditation
“Now that I am giving you this light, remain in this light and carry it to everyone. It will be a powerful means to obtain conversions and even, if possible, to close the gates of hell” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).
Our Father is doing everything to save us human beings. To see this, it is enough to look at His Son and His sacrifice on the Cross. Read More
450th Meditation
“In My goodness and My love I realize that the beings I have drawn from nothing and adopted as My true children are falling in great numbers into eternal unhappiness with the devils” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio). Read More
449th Meditation
“I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me (…), and they have kept thy word” (Jn 17:6).
It is important for our Lord that we accept Him as the One sent by the Father and that we keep His Word, because it is the Word of our Heavenly Father.
Those who do so are safe, for, as the Lord tells us in the Gospel, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (Mt 24:35). And so it is! Read More
