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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

GOD DRAWS US TO HIS HEART

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“With everlasting love God has loved us. Therefore, being lifted up above the earth, He has drawn us to His heart, having compassion on us” (Lauds Antiphon of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus).

It is not so easy for us to imagine eternal love because, as human beings, we are so limited. However, there are moments in life that we wish would never end. This can happen to people in love or when God touches us deeply in prayer, making the passage of time seem unimportant. In those moments, the soul says, “I want to stay here forever. I am not looking for anything else.”

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In Biblical Meditations

The objective value of a blessing

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Gen 27:1-5,15-29

When Isaac had grown old, and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he summoned his elder son Esau. ‘Son!’ he said, and Esau replied, ‘Here I am.’ He then said, ‘Look, I am old and do not know when I may die. Now take your weapons, your quiver and bow; go out into the country and hunt me some game. Make me the kind of appetising dish I like and bring it to me to eat and I shall give you my special blessing before I die.’ Rebekah was listening while Isaac was talking to his son Esau. So when Esau went into the country to hunt game for his father, Rebekah took her elder son Esau’s best clothes, which she had at home, and dressed her younger son Jacob in them, covering his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skins of the kids.

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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

“YOUR EYES SHALL GUARD MY WAYS”

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“Son, give me your heart, and your eyes shall keep my ways” (Antiphon of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus).

In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord tells us, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Mt 5:8). This promise corresponds to the antiphon we heard today. When we surrender our heart to our Heavenly Father, the eyes of our soul are opened and we begin to see everything around us – even God Himself – in His light. “For with thee is the fountain of life; in thy light do we see light” (Psalm 36:9).

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In Biblical Meditations

Essential Points in Evangelisation

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  Mt 9:9-13 ‘As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him. Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your master eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ When he heard this he replied, ‘It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. Go and learn the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice. And indeed I came to call not the upright, but sinner.’ Today the Lord gives us three indications that should always accompany us in our evangelistic attempts: Read More
In Biblical Meditations

Essential Points in Evangelisation    

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Mt 9:9-13

‘As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him. Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your master eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ When he heard this he replied, ‘It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. Go and learn the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice. And indeed I came to call not the upright, but sinner.’ Today the Lord gives us three indications that should always accompany us in our evangelistic attempts: Read More

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Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle: Reflection on the Church  

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Eph 2:19-22

Brothers: you are no longer aliens or foreign visitors; you are fellow-citizens with the holy people of God and part of God’s household. You are built upon the foundations of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone. Every structure knit together in him grows into a holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are being built up into a dwelling-place of God in the Spirit.

On this day on which we celebrate the Feast of an apostle, it is worth meditating a little on the Church.

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Liberated by the Gospel

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Over the past few months, we have systematically worked our way through the Gospel of John, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Letter to the Romans. Starting today, I will return to meditating on the daily reading or gospel. I have already meditated on many of the daily readings in recent years, so at times I will draw on reflections from past years. Occasionally, I will also take the readings according to the traditional calendar, that is, those read at the Tridentine Mass.

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