Feast of St. Mark, the Evangelist
1Pe 5,5-14
In the same way, younger people, be subject to the elders. Humility towards one another must be the garment you all wear constantly because God opposes the proud but accords his favor to the humble. Bow down, then, before the power of God now, so that he may raise you up in due time; unload all your burden onto him, since he is concerned about you. Read More
313th Meditation
“Better one day in your courts than a thousand at my own devices” (Ps 84:10).
How much the psalmist understood what it means to be in the nearness of God! Indeed, isn’t that so? Even if it were only one day that we could spend close to our beloved Father, how incomparable it would be in relation to all the other days when we were not near Him! Read More
Jn 6:22-29
After Jesus fed some five thousand men, his disciples saw Him walking over the water. The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side saw that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had set off by themselves. Other boats, however, had put in from Tiberias, near the place where the bread had been eaten. Read More
312th Meditation
“If only my people would listen to me, if only Israel would walk in my ways, I would feed him on pure wheat, would give you your fill of honey from the rock” (Ps 81:13.16).
This is what our Heavenly Father has in store for us: a life in abundance, a life in His loving presence, abundantly supplying the bodily and spiritual needs of His children and filling them with His overflowing and unceasing love. These are the intentions of our Father, which remain unchanging! With the eyes of faith we can recognise them and rejoice in the Father day by day. Read More
1 Pe 1:17-21
Bretheren, if you address as Father him who judges without favouritism according to each individual’s deeds, live out the time of your exile here in reverent awe. For you know that the price of your ransom from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors was paid, not in anything perishable like silver or gold, but in precious blood as of a blameless and spotless lamb, Christ. Read More
311st Meditation
“My people would not listen to me, Israel would have none of me. So I left them to their stubborn selves, to follow their own devices” (Ps 81:11-12).
These verses of the psalm describe the consequence of not listening to the voice of our Father. God makes us see that with our will we refuse to obey Him: “Israel would have none of me”. Read More
310th Meditation
“Listen, my people, while I give you warning; Israel, if only you would listen to me!” (Ps 81:8).
We know a little of the great suffering that results when we do not listen to the voice of the Lord, when we do not heed His warnings and directives, when we deviate from His commandments… When this happens, a person turns away from the guidance of the Lord and can even fall under the sway of influences hostile to God. Thus, life can become a disaster. Read More
Jn 6:16-21
That evening the disciples went down to the shore of the sea and got into a boat to make for Capernaum on the other side of the sea. It was getting dark by now and Jesus had still not rejoined them. The wind was strong, and the sea was getting rough. They had rowed three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming towards the boat. Read More
309th Meditation
In the Message to Mother Eugenia, the Heavenly Father tells us, “You cannot see Me, apart from a single person, the one to whom I am dictating this message! Only one among all of humanity! Yet I am talking to you, and in her whom I see and to whom I am talking I see you all and am speaking to each and every one of you, and I love you as if you could see Me!” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio). Read More
Jn 6:1-15
After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee – or of Tiberias- and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick. Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples. The time of the Jewish Passover was near. Read More
