Hb 11:1-7
Only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of realities that are unseen. It is for their faith that our ancestors are acknowledged. It is by faith that we understand that the ages were created by a word from God, so that from the invisible the visible world came to be. Read More
247th Meditation
“The heart is more devious than any other thing, and is depraved; who can pierce its secrets?
I, the Lord, search the heart and test the mind” (Jer 17:9-10).
Yesterday we reflected on the heart that, after being tested, has proved its faithfulness to God, as was the case with the Prophet Jeremiah. Today, however, we are reminded of the deplorable state of our heart, of which the Lord also warns us in the Gospel (cf. Mt 15:19). For a heart to stand the test, it first needs to undergo purification, because often it is not even aware of its own evil. Read More
246th Meditation
“You know me, O Lord, you see me, you probe my heart, which is close to yours” (Jer 12:3).
Blessed is the one who can join in Jeremiah’s words! Many adversities preceded this declaration of the prophet, for God had tested his faithfulness and, through many struggles, Jeremiah was able to endure. Read More
Mk 8:34–9:1
He called the people and his disciples to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. Read More
Mk 8:27-33
At that time Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him, ‘John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.’ But you,’ he asked them, ‘who do you say I am?’ Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.’ Read More
245th Meditation
“The world must recognise that I love the Father and that I act just as the Father commanded” (Jn 14:31).
In these words, the Lord expresses the great love of his Heart: it is His Heavenly Father.
Perhaps we tend to be more aware of Jesus’ love for us people, and with good reason we say that we can never thank Him enough for what He has done for our salvation. Read More
244th Meditation
“‘Here I am, I am coming.’ In the scroll of the book it is written of me, my delight is to do your will; your law, my God, is deep in my heart” (Ps 39:8-9).
The source of true joy consists in being united to the Will of our Father and thus receiving the same food that filled the Son of God: to do the Will of the Father (Jn 4:34). Read More
Mk 8:22-26
They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought to him a blind man whom they begged him to touch. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Then, putting spittle on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked, ‘Can you see anything?’ The man, who was beginning to see, replied, ‘I can see people; they look like trees as they walk around.’ Read More
243rd Meditation
“I am your future” (Inner Word).
How much we would sometimes like to have a glimpse into our future! Not a few people are tempted to try in various ways and end up in questionable practices. Read More
Lk 10:1-9
Gospel for the Feast of St. Cyril and Methodius
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting. And he said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to do his harvesting. Read More
