“Today I wish to say that openness to Christ, who as the Redeemer of the world fully reveals man himself, can only be achieved through an ever more mature reference to the Father and His love” (Encyclical “Dives in misericordia”, Pope John Paul II).
Pope John Paul II speaks of an ever more mature relationship with our Father that will help the world to open itself to the Savior. Read More
Mk 1:14-20 (Reading from the Novus Ordo)
After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the gospel from God saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the gospel.’ As he was walking along by the Lake of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon’s brother Andrew casting a net in the lake – for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Come after me and I will make you into fishers of people. ‘ Read More
“Live for me and I will make you fruitful for many souls” (Inner Word).
This word applies to many people. Whenever we give our life completely to our Heavenly Father, so that He can take possession of us in His love, our life becomes fruitful. This fruitfulness is due to the Lord Himself, because every work He does in us will communicate His love to people. Read More
In the traditional calendar, today is the Feast of the Holy Family. Our meditation today will therefore be based on the reading for this feast. If any of our listeners would like to hear a meditation for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord according to the new liturgical calendar, you can find it at the following link:
Is 60: 1-6
Arise, shine; for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
“Trust in me with a trust that transforms you and that I cannot resist. Then I will forgive your faults and fill you with the greatest graces” (Message of the Father to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).
“Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them” (Ps 139:16).
According to the traditional calendar, today is the feast of St Telesphorus, who, according to the list of St Irenaeus, was the sixth successor of St Peter and died a martyr’s death. Telesphorus is said to have lived as a hermit on Mount Carmel before his election to the See of Peter. To honour his memory, the following passage from the Letter of St Peter is read:
“Your measure is not shadows, it is the fire of my love” (Inner Word).
Undoubtedly, we live in times marked by the spiritual shadow that hangs over the world. But this shadow must not cloud us or become the measure of our lives, even though it increases day by day. Again and again our heavenly Father exhorts us to lift up our eyes to Him and makes us understand that His response to man’s growing alienation will be an even greater love to save him.
1 Jn 3:7-10
Children, do not let anyone lead you astray. Whoever acts uprightly is upright, just as he is upright. Whoever lives sinfully belongs to the devil, since the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. This was the purpose of the appearing of the Son of God, to undo the work of the devil. No one who is a child of God sins because God’s seed remains in him. Nor can he sin, because he is a child of God. This is what distinguishes the children of God from the children of the devil: whoever does not live uprightly and does not love his brother is not from God.
