Marked with the cross of ashes, we advance on this holy Lenten journey towards deeper conversion. With fasting we provide good wood for the fire of love and in everything we keep our gaze fixed on God, without seeking the praise of men. Read More
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LENTEN ITINERARY | Day 3: Do everything with your eyes fixed on the Lord
The Gospel presented to us today in the lectionary of the Traditional Mass offers us important warnings for our holy journey towards the Feast of the Resurrection.
Having set out, marked with the cross of ashes, determined to deepen our conversion and to integrate fasting as an important aid on the spiritual journey, the Lord warns us today in the Gospel of an inclination that we must overcome with His help:
“Be careful not to parade your uprightness in public to attract attention; otherwise you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven” (Mt 6:1). Read More
GOD HAS LOVED US FROM ALL TIME
253rd Meditation
“You knew me through and through, my being held no secrets from you, when I was being formed in secret, textured in the depths of the earth” (Ps 138:15).
When we were marked with the cross of ashes, we heard the words: “Remember, you are dust, and unto dust you shall return” (cf. Gen 3:19). These are words that place us in our full creaturehood, for from God we come and to Him we return. Our body will be transformed for eternal life. This is another of the works of our loving Father that we still await, for “this mortal nature must put on immortality” (cft.1 Cor 15:54). Read More
LENTEN ITINERARY | Day 2: Wood for the fire of love
The holy journey of Lent also includes – whenever possible – bodily fasting and the renunciation of certain things.
In doing so, we exercise ourselves in an asceticism that is beneficial for the spiritual life. If practised properly, the words of one of the Lenten Prefaces become a reality:
“For through bodily fasting you restrain our faults,
raise up our minds, and bestow both virtue and its rewards,
through Christ our lord.” Read More
THE JOY OF THE FATHER
252nd Meditation
“I have dispelled your acts of revolt like a cloud and your sins like a mist. Come back to me, for I have redeemed you” (Is 44:22).
This is what we can expect especially in the Lenten Season that has begun, because our Father keeps His promises. Read More
THE FATHER CALLS US TO CONVERSION
251st Meditation
Our Father calls us to return home….
Conversion means to open ourselves to God’s love and goodness, to turn away from wrong or useless ways, to turn our hearts to the Lord.
God’s heart is open to us! He never closes it and is always ready to welcome us when we seek Him. A single word from a sincere heart, a single “You are my Father”, has the power to deliver us from eternal damnation. Read More
LENTEN ITINERARY | Day 1: The Call to Conversion
Today begins the 40-day itinerary, which calls us to prepare ourselves for the celebration of the greatest feast in the Church: the victorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Filled with joy we will exclaim: “Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?” (1 Cor 15:55) The Lord is risen from the dead! Read More
How do you deal with the trials?
Sir 2:1-11
My child, if you aspire to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for an ordeal. Be sincere of heart, be steadfast, and do not be alarmed when disaster comes. Cling to him and do not leave him, so that you may be honoured at the end of your days. Whatever happens to you, accept it, and in the uncertainties of your humble state, be patient, since gold is tested in the fire, and the chosen in the furnace of humiliation. Read More
TRUST IN THE VIRGIN
250th Meditation
“Entrust all things to my Mother” (Interior Word).
When considering the greatest gifts that the Heavenly Father has given us humans, our gaze rests on the Virgin Mary, the Mother of His divine Son. Read More
SEND WISDOM FROM YOUR THRONE OF GLORY
249th Meditation
“Despatch her [wisdom] from the holy heavens,
send her forth from your throne of glory
to help me and to toil with me
and teach me what is pleasing to you” (Wis 9:10). Read More