“During supper, Jesus got up from table, removed His outer garments and, taking a towel, wrapped it round his waist; he then poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing.” (Jn 13:4-5) Read More
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THE GREATEST HAPPINESS OF THE FATHER
293rd Meditation
“I live close to man, (…) I can see his needs, his toils, all his desires, and My greatest happiness lies in helping him and saving him” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).
Today we look at another aspect that makes our Father happy. Two days ago we had meditated on His joy in being among us; today we consider His tender and paternal happiness in assisting us in all situations, in doing us good and caring for those He loves. Read More
HOLY WEDNESDAY: Thirty silver pieces
Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you prepared to give me if I hand Him over to you?’ They paid him thirty silver pieces. (Mt 26:14-15)
The betrayal of God in exchange for unjust money… How often this story is repeated! How often people sell themselves at the price of money, of honour, of disorderly pleasures, of power! Read More
HOLY TUESDAY: One of you is going to betray me
“In all truth I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” (Jn 13:21b)
Betrayal! Here the most terrible depths of the human heart are revealed. Betraying a friend, betraying the Master and Lord, betraying love… Read More
HAND OVER TO ME ALL THAT WANTS TO BURDEN YOU
292nd Meditation
“Hand over to Me all that wants to burden you. I am your Father” (Inner Word).
The Father invites us to constantly hand over to Him the shadows that hover over our soul, wanting to overwhelm it and – if possible – to bring it to despondency. He is certainly not referring to that noble sadness that we may feel, for example, at our sins or at the death of a loved one. It is rather that vice which the desert fathers called “tristitia”. They even saw in it a demon, which takes over or even provokes melancholic feelings. Read More
THE JOY I FEEL IN BEING WITH YOU
291st Meditation
“The joy I feel in being with you is no less great than that which I felt when I was with My Son Jesus during His mortal life” (Message of the Father to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
What an affirmation of our Father! He introduces us into the mystery of His love to such an extent that we can hardly grasp it. Read More
HOLY MONDAY: A gesture of love for Jesus
“Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair.” (Jn 12:3)
What a tender gesture on Mary’s part this Gospel passage tells us! It is a tenderness that corresponds to the being of a woman, and which reflects something of her beauty and her capacity for self-giving. Read More
PALM SUNDAY: The day Jesus was honoured
“Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heavens!” (Mt 21:9)
The people are gathered, and for a short time that which corresponds to the reality of the coming of the Son of God is happening: He is received with rejoicing and joy, the people receive their true King, their Messiah, the one long promised! Read More
WITH THE LORD, ALL WILL BE WELL
290th Meditation
“I have deep confidence in my beloved Father in heaven that, in the end, everything will turn out well. Therefore, I await with inner serenity all the things that are coming” (Blessed Ludwig Andritzki). Read More
LENTEN ITINERARY | Day 39: “Conclusion of the Lenten itinerary”
We are now on the threshold of Holy Week. From tomorrow, daily meditations, accompanied by a video and many songs, will lead us through the events of this week, which is rightly called the “Great Week” of the year.
The time has come to look back on the path we have travelled, to look at the fruits that have come from it and to give thanks to the Lord. Read More