158th Meditation
“I have come to bring peace with this work of love. I will let a ray of peace fall upon anyone who honours Me and trusts in Me, so that he will be relieved in all his troubles, all his worries, sufferings and afflictions, especially if he calls Me and loves Me as his Father” (Father’s Message to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
Lk 23:35b-43
At that time, the leaders jeered at him with the words, ‘He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar, and saying, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’ Read More
157th Meditation
“Fear not, my child: I protect you as the apple of my eye” (Inner Word).
Undoubtedly there are many dangers that threaten us in this life, both from within and from without. In reality, nowhere are we really safe, no matter how hard we try to acquire all kinds of securities. Nor is a merely human optimism sufficient for being able to cope with the uncertainties of this earthly life. Circumstances may arise everywhere for which we had not accounted or prepared. This is why Jesus tells us in the Gospel: “In the world you will have sufferings,” and then adds: “But be of good cheer: I have overcome the world” (Jn 16:33).
156th Meditation
“Raise yourselves to the dignity of children of God and learn how to respect your own greatness. I will then be your Father more than ever, the most lovable and merciful of fathers!” (Father’s message to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
Here our Father addresses an extremely essential question for the life of mankind: What is the greatness and dignity of man? Even the Lord’s disciples argued among themselves as to which of them was the greatest (Lk 22:24). In response, Jesus taught them that true greatness is found in serving (v. 26). Read More
Rev 11:3-12
I shall send my two witnesses to prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two lamps in attendance on the Lord of the world. Fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies if anyone tries to harm them; Read More
Rev 10:8-11
Then I heard the voice I had heard from heaven speaking to me again. ‘Go’, it said, ‘and take that open scroll from the hand of the angel standing on sea and land.’ I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll, and he said, ‘Take it and eat it; it will turn your stomach sour, but it will taste as sweet as honey.’ Read More
155th Meditation
“I sent My Son to them. He was adorned with all the divine perfections be-cause He was the Son of a perfect God. It was He Who showed them the ways to perfection. Through Him I adopted you in My infinite love, as real children” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).
154th Meditation
“God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him” (1Jn 4:16b).
Whether expressed in contemplation, meditation or works, the royal road is love. If we remain in love, the Father remains in us. And this path we can walk at any time and in any circumstance: we can always try to opt for the greater love. Read More
Rev 5:1-10
I saw that in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne there was a scroll that was written on back and front and was sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a powerful angel who called with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?’ But there was no one, in heaven or on the earth or under the earth, who was able to open the scroll and read it. Read More
153rd Meditation
“Abide in me, as I abide in you” (Jn 15:4).
In addition to abiding in God and He in us through contemplation and meditation, there is also the aspect of abiding in the Father through the works we do.
We will be able to identify these different approaches very well by observing, for example, the different religious communities we have within the Church. Read More
