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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

THE MESSIAH HAS COME

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“To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11).

This is the Good News for all time: our Heavenly Father had it announced by the angels to His people Israel, with a view to all humanity. It is the holy and joyful message that God has not forgotten mankind. Man, who lost his original state of innocence and sinned against God, needs a Savior. He cannot redeem himself. He needs to encounter the love of God, who has mercy on him in his condition and offers him true life.

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In Biblical Meditations

EPISTLE OF JAMES – “The Meaning and Essence of Temptation”  

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With the start of the new year, I would like to begin systematically meditating on a book of the Holy Scriptures again. This time, I have chosen the Epistle of James. As always, we will include links at the end of each text for those who would prefer to listen to a meditation on the reading or gospel of the day.

Jas 1:2-18

Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.

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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

“A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN TO US”

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“To us a child is born” (Is 9:6).

Could our Father have done better? Of course not! Otherwise, He would have done it differently.

Thus, the Child of Bethlehem is the most beautiful gift that the Heavenly Father has given to humanity with all His love. Let us contemplate the Child! Does He not conquer our hearts? That is precisely what He wants! He does not need riches for Himself; otherwise, the Father would have given them to Him. He was born poor, but surrounded by the love of Mary and Joseph, and that was enough for Him!

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In Biblical Meditations

The Name of Jesus and the Resistance to Antichrist

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According to the traditional calendar, the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus is celebrated on 2 January or the following Sunday. We will therefore listen to the short Gospel reading for this occasion:

Lk 2:21

At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

The name Jesus means “God saves” and expresses in a very simple way what God has done for our salvation through Himself. Through His Son, God rescued man from his desperate situation, who could never have freed himself from the chains of sin and death. For this, man needs the grace of God, who manifested Himself as man in the Messiah of all peoples.

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In Reflexion

MEDITATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS (8/8): “The Mother of God”

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If, at the beginning of the year, we set our gaze on the Mother of the Lord, as the Church urges us to do, then everything becomes enlightened, despite the dark clouds that currently hang over the world.

Everything becomes enlightened, because you, O Mary, were chosen as the daughter of the human race. You not only gave birth to the Son of God, but you also followed Him as a disciple. Thus the Lord included you in a special way in the plan of salvation. This gives us hope, because our Father, who entrusted you with his only begotten Son, also made you the Mother of redeemed humanity.

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In Reflexion

MEDITATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS (6/8): “Nothing can separate us from Your love”

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Hardly had You come into the world, O Divine Child, when Your parents had to flee with You to Egypt. The obedience of Your adoptive father, St. Joseph, in leaving immediately after having received this order in a dream, is admirable (Mt 2:13-14).

Toil, hardship and adversity, suffering and death characterise this world as a consequence of sin, and we would be lost forever if it were not for the fact that You came to us and brought us the light of hope.

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MEDITATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS (5/8): “Light for revelation to the gentiles”

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As Jews faithful to the Law of the Lord, eight days after Your birth Your parents circumcised You and gave You the name of Jesus, the Saviour (Lk 2:21).

When, forty days later, they brought You to the Temple to present You to the Lord, You met Simeon, one of the faithful of Your people (Lk 2:22-25). The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not die before he had seen you. And so it happened! Filled with the Holy Spirit and taking You in His arms, He pronounced over You those unforgettable words:

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