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In Biblical Meditations

Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist

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Jer 1:17-19

Reading corresponding to the memorial of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist

In those days, I received this word from the Lord: Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee. Be not afraid at their presence: for I will make thee not to fear their countenance.  For behold I have made thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass, over all the land, to the kings of Juda, to the princes thereof, and to the priests, and to the people of the land.  And they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

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In Reflexion

 A true conversion

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It is with great joy that we look today at St. Augustine, whose conversion brought so much blessing to the Church. We can be sure that the prayer of his mother, St. Monica, and her struggle for him played an important role in Augustine’s finally finding the way to God. He himself wrote down his struggle in his so-called “Confessions”, a book that is always worth reading. He began to write it after the light of faith had shone on him; after he had understood how to live the following of Christ. Read More

In 3 Minutes for God the Father

PEACE IN GOD

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429th Meditation

“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You.” (Confessions, i, 1, 1).

St. Augustine, the tireless seeker of God, left us these wonderful words. Whatever we try to fill our heart with, it will never find true peace or true happiness until it opens itself to the love of God. It is only for this love that it was created! Read More

In 3 Minutes for God the Father

THE FATHER IS OUR JUDGE

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428th Meditation

“I alone am the judge, for I know and see all things” (Inner Word).

These words help us to remember that in all situations of our life we are ultimately accountable to our Father.

There may be times in our lives when our actions and intentions are not understood or even misunderstood by others. Then, it can easily happen that we feel totally uncertain and perplexed, not knowing what to do or where to turn. Read More

In Biblical Meditations

God’s wisdom in everything

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Rom 11:33-36

O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!  For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him? For of him, and by him, and in him, are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.  Read More

In 3 Minutes for God the Father

HOW RIGHT IT IS TO LOVE YOU

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427th Meditation

“Your love is better than wine. (…) You will be our joy and our gladness. We shall praise your love more than wine; how right it is to love you!” (Ct 1:2b.4).

Incomparable and overwhelming is the love of God. All forms of true love are a gift of the Father’s goodness; a participation in His being, because “God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him” (1 Jn 4:16). Read More

In Biblical Meditations

A lesson in humility

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Mt 23:1-12

Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.  For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them. And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.

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In Biblical Meditations

The love of Ruth

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Ruth 1:1,3-6,14b-16,22

In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.  And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.  And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years.  

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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

EMPTY SPACES

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425th Meditation

“When your soul dwells too long in the world of nothingness, it grows emptier. Certain interests weaken your soul and keep it trapped in infertile spaces” (based on an inner word).

This exhortation is addressed to those who have already seriously set out to deepen their spiritual life. Even if the fundamental decision to follow the Lord unconditionally has already been made, it is necessary to remember it again and again and to defend it with wisdom from the influences of this world. Read More