Mk 7:14-23
He called the people to him again and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unclean. Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!’ Read More
237th Meditation
“I am just, it is true, but love pays for everything! Listen, My children, let us make a comparison, and you will be assured of My love. For Me, your sins are like iron, and your acts of love like gold. If you gave Me a thousand pounds of iron, it would not be like giving Me just ten pounds of gold! In other words, with just a little love, great iniquities can be expiated” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio). Read More
Mk 7:1-13
The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round him, and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, keep the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing their arms as far as the elbow; and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. Read More
236th Meditation
“How can we ever thank You enough, O Beloved Father, for Your love and Your infinite mercy” (Hymn of Praise to the Most Holy Trinity).
When we become aware of our Father’s love and admire His works, an “eternal thanksgiving” begins to well up in us, leading to unceasing praise of His majesty. Read More
Mt 28:16-20
Gospel corresponding to the memory of St. Paul Miki and companions
Meanwhile the eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Read More
235th Meditation
“Your heart is therefore as sensitive as mine, and mine as yours” (Father’s message to Sr Eugenia Ravasio).
Once again, our Father makes us understand what his Heart is like by reminding us what ours is like, created in the image and likeness of His. If our heart is not completely dull and cold, we know well how we react to true love, to injustice, etc…. Read More
1 Cor 2:1-5
Brothers, when I came to you, I did not come with any brilliance of oratory or wise argument to announce to you the mystery of God. I was resolved that the only knowledge I would have while I was with you was knowledge of Jesus, and of him as the crucified Christ. Read More
234th Meditation
“If you come to know Me, you will love Me and My beloved Son more than you do now” (Message of the Father to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
Certainly all of us want to love our Lord Jesus Christ more than we do now. At Christmas we have said to the Child Jesus what is expressed in a beautiful German carol: “My heart I want to offer you; and all that I have, give you”. Read More
233rd Meditation
“Even if people encounter my ‘wrath’, I want them to know that I love them and call them to conversion” (Inner Word).
“The Lord disciplines the one He loves” (Heb 12:6). Our Father’s intention is always to call us to conversion. If he allows people to feel the consequences of their actions, that is, to encounter His “wrath”, then this too is done out of love, in order to shake them up and awaken them. Sometimes there seems to be no other alternative to turn a person from their evil ways and turn them back to God. Read More
Mk 6, 30-34
The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. And he said to them, ‘Come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while’; for there were so many coming and going that there was no time for them even to eat. So they went off in the boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves. Read More
