Rom 1:16-25
‘For I see no reason to be ashamed of the gospel; it is God’s power for the salvation of everyone who has faith – Jews first, but Greeks as well- for in it is revealed the saving justice of God: a justice based on faith and addressed to faith. As it says in scripture: Anyone who is upright through faith will live. The retribution of God from heaven is being revealed against the ungodliness and injustice of human beings who in their injustice hold back the truth.
Lk 11:29-32
When the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nin′eveh, so will the Son of man be to this generation. Read More
478th Meditation
“May the glory of the Lord endure for ever, may the Lord rejoice in his works,
may my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord” (Ps 104:31,34).
How wonderful it is when, instead of looking at ourselves, we learn to focus our hearts on God; when we no longer spend so much time looking at ourselves, but rather seek to do what pleases the Lord! Indeed, when we begin to seek to please Him, when we ask our Heavenly Father how we can bring Him joy today, our eyes are lifted up and we can easily find the “golden clue” that will mark our day. Read More
477th Meditation
“I am making Myself similar to you so as to make you similar to Me” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).
Our Heavenly Father wants us to know Him. He cannot introduce us to the eternal contemplation of His glory, face to face, without first preparing us. We must first make our way on earth as redeemed human beings. In the person of His Son, our Father descends into our human nature and becomes one of us, “equal to us in all things except sin” (Council of Chalcedon, 451 A.D.). Thus God descends and communicates Himself to us in the realm of our human experience. Read More
Mt 22:1-14
And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast; but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.’ But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
476th Meditation
“Remember the wonderful works that he has done, the wonders he wrought, the judgments he uttered” (1 Cro 16:12).
Sacred Scripture never tires of reminding us of God’s wonders and praising his wise precepts. Indeed, it is very easy for us human beings to forget what our heavenly Father has done, is doing and will continue to do for us. Read More
Lk 11:27-28
While Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
According to the traditional calendar, a few days ago (11 October) we celebrated the Feast of the Motherhood of Mary. Throughout the centuries, the Church has held in high esteem the special vocation of the Mother of God and has rightly dedicated a special feast to her divine motherhood.
475th Meditation
“If your soul dwells too long in the world of nothingness, it becomes emptier” (Inner Word).
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” – says the Lord in the Gospel (Lk 6:45). This phrase should be understood in the same sense as the Inner Word we have just heard. We need to learn from our Heavenly Father how to manage our free time so that we are not tempted to overload ourselves with useless things. We may not realise at first how this affects us, but our soul knows very well how to distinguish the nourishment we give it. It makes a big difference whether we feed it with good food, which leads it to seek our Father and to be close to Him, or whether we fill it with one distraction after another, which in the long run damages it and weakens it for the spiritual battle it is called to fight. Read More
Lk 11:14-26
Jesus was driving out a devil and it was dumb; and it happened that when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed. But some of them said, ‘It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he drives devils out.’ Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, ‘Any kingdom which is divided against itself is heading for ruin, and house collapses against house. So, too, with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? – since you claim that it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out.
Mal 3:13-18
“Your words have been stout against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, ‘How have we spoken against thee?’ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’” Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another;
