“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).
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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
The “Kairos” in the Christian life
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
THE FECUNDITY OF LOVE
“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
Bear with and forgive one another
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:
Light of the nations
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 CONQUERS THE HEART OF GOD
“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).
THE GREAT ‘YES’ OF OUR FATHER
“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).
The Petrine ministry today
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: