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“Since man’s creation, I have never for one moment stopped living beside him. As his Creator and Father, I feel the need to love him” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).

Let us deeply understand the extent to which the Father loves us, with total selflessness. God does not need us for Himself, because He is perfect in Himself and lacks nothing. This is how He describes it in His message to Sister Eugenia: “It is not that I need him, but My love, as Father and Creator, makes Me feel this need to love man”. Read More

The great longing for peace which dwells in the hearts of so many people can be realised if they turn to the true source of peace. First of all, it is necessary to be at peace with God, living according to His will. This He offers us in His Son, through whom “He wanted to reconcile all things to him, everything in heaven and everything on earth, by making peace through His death on the cross” (Col 1:20). To his disciples He says: “My own peace I give you” (Jn 14:27).

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Raising his eyes to heaven, Jesus said: “Father, glorify your Son (…), so that, just as you have given him power over all humanity, he may give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.  And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (Jn 17:2-3).

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Over the next few weeks, we will meditate verse by verse on the 17th chapter of St. John, which is the supreme expression of the profound relationship between the Father and the Son.

“Jesus said, ‘Glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you’ ” (Jn 17:1b).

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“Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: ‘Father…'” (Jn 17:1).

This is the predominant attitude of Jesus: raising His eyes to the Father. It expresses the very depths of His being, for He came into the world to do the will of the Father (cf. Jn 4:34). Nothing was more important to Him! His heart was at all time focused on the Father.

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“Just and true are thy ways, O King of the ages!” (Rev 15:3c).

Who can understand and accept the ways of our Father? Sometimes we can understand them after the fact, but rarely at the time they happen.

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“He who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son” (2 Jn 1:9).

True communion with the Father and the Son takes place when we abide in the right doctrine, says the Apostle John.

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“You must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Mt 5:48).

The creative love of God, on which we meditated yesterday, leads us along the path of sanctification, so that this exhortation of Jesus becomes a reality: “You must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect”.

These words should not discourage us, even though in their sublime light we see how unworthy we are. Let us remember the exclamation we make at every Holy Mass before receiving Communion: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed”. Read More

“The Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights” (Prov 3:12).

Our Father not only surrounds us with His warm, tender, and provident love, which gives us security in our existence; but, moved by this same love, He also reproves and corrects us, thus showing Himself to be our Father who loves us as children.

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“This is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day” (Jn 6:40).

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