243rd Meditation
“I am your future” (Inner Word).
How much we would sometimes like to have a glimpse into our future! Not a few people are tempted to try in various ways and end up in questionable practices. Read More
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Zeal for souls
Lk 10:1-9
Gospel for the Feast of St. Cyril and Methodius
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting. And he said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to do his harvesting. Read More
The first fratricide
Gen 4:1-15,25
The man had intercourse with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. ‘I have acquired a man with the help of Lord,’ she said. She gave birth to a second child, Abel, the brother of Cain. Now Abel became a shepherd and kept flocks, while Cain tilled the soil. Read More
“THE ALMIGHTY HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR ME” (LK 1:49)
242nd Meditation
“The Almighty has done great things for me: holy is His name” (Lk 1:49).
How much our Heavenly Father is pleased with the Virgin Mary, who fully accepted His call and thus became the Mother of His Son! Could we imagine a more worthy choice of God than the Virgin of Nazareth, who was ready to give her consent to the enormous grace which the Lord showed her and to cooperate with her “fiat” in the plan of salvation? Read More
SPIRITUAL VIGILANCE
241st Meditation
“Let me find you always vigilant, so that I may be able to count on you at all times” (Inner Word).
Vigilance is a key concept for our spiritual life and must be applied in so many areas. Holy Scripture speaks to us countless times about it. Read More
The fullness of the law
Mt 5:17-37
‘Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them. In truth I tell you, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, is to disappear from the Law until all its purpose is achieved. Read More
The miracles of God
Mk 8:1-10
And now once again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So he called his disciples to him and said to them, ‘I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. If I send them off home hungry they will collapse on the way; some have come a great distance.’ Read More
THE GOOD FIGHT
240th Meditation
“Fight the good fight, trusting in me without limit” (Inner Word).
This exhortation brings to mind the words of St. Paul when he writes to Timothy: “I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith” (2 Tim 4:7).
We are called to a fight, which is explicitly defined as a “good fight”. Many people fight, but it is not necessarily a “good fight” that is pleasing to God. Read More
A way to a pure heart (Part 3)
We continue with the theme from 8 February. It is primarily about this Gospel passage of this date:
‘It is what comes out of someone that makes that person unclean. For it is from within, from the heart, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.’ (Mk 7:20-23) Read More
ABIDE IN MY GUIDANCE
239th Meditation
“Remain in my guidance, and the miracle of my love will accompany you and become palpable to other people” (Inner Word).
Our Father not only wants to keep us with Himself and delight us with His love, but He also wants to make us messengers of His love. If we reciprocate His love and know that we are sheltered by it, this will happen. Read More