“This is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day” (Jn 6:40).
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God alone is our King
1 Sam 8:4-7,10-22a (Reading from the Novus Ordo)
The elders of Israel all assembled, went back to Samuel at Ramah, and said, ‘Look, you are old, and your sons are not following your example. So give us a king to judge us, like the other nations.’ Samuel thought that it was wrong of them to say, ‘Let us have a king to judge us,’ so he prayed to Yahweh. But Yahweh said to Samuel, ‘Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you: it is not you they have rejected but me, not wishing me to reign over them anymore. Everything that Yahweh had said, Samuel then repeated to the people who were asking him for a king.
THE LITTLE FLOCK
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Lk 12:32).
The little flock… They are those who remain faithful to the Father even in the midst of tribulation. Even when persecutions arise because the world rejects the Gospel, though confusion pervades even the Church, though apocalyptic plagues descend upon humanity and antichristian powers seek to dominate the world, our Father will preserve His own.
Believing, listening and doing God’s will
Mk 1:40-45 (Reading from the Novus Ordo)
And a leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And he sternly charged him, and sent him away at once, and said to him, “See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.” But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.
GOOD WORKS
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven” (Mt 5:16).
The works of the Lord that we do and the light in which we live by God’s grace must bear witness to the loving presence of our heavenly Father in this world.
Prayer and inner cell
Mk 1:29-39 (Reading from the Novus Ordo)
And at once on leaving the synagogue, he went with James and John straight to the house of Simon and Andrew. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed and feverish, and at once they told him about her. He went in to her, took her by the hand and helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to serve them. That evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were possessed by devils.
WORDS OF BISHOP CAILLOT
Today’s meditation is a continuation of the one given yesterday. I am quoting from the testimony of Monsignor Caillot, the bishop responsible for Sr. Eugenia at the time.
THE GREAT DESIRE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
“Oh, how I would like you to know the range of this enterprise, its greatness, its breadth, its depth, its height” (Message of God the Father to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
The supplicatory prayer and the vow
1 Sam 1:9-20 (Reading from the Novus Ordo)
When they had finished eating in the room, Hannah got up and stood before Yahweh. Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of Yahweh. In the bitterness of her soul she prayed to Yahweh with many tears, and she made this vow, ‘Yahweh Sabaoth! Should you condescend to notice the humiliation of your servant and keep her in mind instead of disregarding your servant, and give her a boy, I will give him to Yahweh for the whole of his life and no razor shall ever touch his head.’ While she went on praying to Yahweh, Eli was watching her mouth, for Hannah was speaking under her breath; her lips were moving but her voice could not be heard, and Eli thought that she was drunk.
A MATURE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THE FATHER
“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