Showing all posts in January 2023
DIVINE REWARD
219th Meditation
“We serve a great and exalted king, who pays His servants not with regal or imperial, but with divine reward” (St. Arnold Janssen).
Kings and emperors can only repay our services with worldly rewards, with things which they can dispose of, but which are fleeting. What they can offer us is only a share in their earthly power or honour. God, on the other hand, repays each of our services with divine reward, making us partakers of His immortality, of His imperishable being. Read More
“THE CHRISTIAN IS BORN TO FIGHT” (POPE LEO XIII)
218th Meditation
“The fiercer the battle, the surer the victory, with God’s help” (Pope Leo XIII).
Day by day and at different levels, the Father makes us fight this battle. For the duration of our pilgrimage towards the glorious vision of God in eternity, the battle is our constant companion. Blessed are those who engage in it and take their place in the “army of the Lamb”! Read More
Agnes in the wake of the Lamb (Part 3): Unsullied in purity
TRUE JOY
217th Meditation
“The only reason to be afraid to surrender your whole life to God is to believe that your own project is better” (Esther Maria Magnis).
The author of this sentence describes very well what might prevent us from abandoning ourselves completely to our Heavenly Father. Indeed, there can be no reason, neither of our understanding nor of faith and love, that could discourage us from entrusting ourselves to our loving Father. What, then, makes us hesitate to follow His invitation, as befits love and truth? Read More
Agnes in the wake of the Lamb (Part 2): Unyielding in tribulation
Agnes in the wake of the Lamb (Part 1): Bride of Christ
INFLAMED BY LOVE
216th Meditation
“If the saints in heaven could return once more to earth, they would strive tirelessly, inflamed with love, to spread the faith throughout the world, with the intention of making known to the whole world the infinite love of God for souls. For the saints know far better than anyone on earth how much the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit deserve to be known. They are enraptured when they see with what glory even the smallest act done to spread the faith is rewarded in heaven” (St. Vincent Pallotti). Read More
YOU KNOW ME
215th Meditation
“You know when I sit, when I rise,
You understand my thoughts from afar” (Ps 138:2).
What an immeasurable grace it is to live in the certainty that everything we do happens under the loving gaze of our Heavenly Father! Read More
Doing the good permanently
Heb 6:10-20
God would not be so unjust as to forget all you have done, the love that you have for his name or the services you have done, and are still doing, for the holy people of God. Our desire is that every one of you should go on showing the same enthusiasm till the ultimate fulfilment of your hope, never growing careless, but taking as your model those who by their faith and perseverance are heirs of the promises. Read More