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

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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 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

How do you deal with the trials?

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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

TRUE FRIENDS

248th Meditation

“They [the holy angels] will be your most faithful friends and will assist you in everything” (Inner Word).

Our Father not only accompanies us Himself and dwells in us, but He also sends His holy angels so that we may have fellowship with them. He wants them to be our companions and to be united with us in His love. We are to have true friendship with them and delight in these powerful helpers.

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