“The love of God begets the love of the soul. God is the first to direct His attention to the soul, and so it fixes itself on Him. He takes care of it, and so it begins to take care of Him.” (St. Bernard)
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MARIAN MEDITATIONS (1/3) – Mary: Daughter of the Father
Could one imagine a daughter of the Heavenly Father more enchanting than you, beloved Virgin Mary?
A daughter who so enraptures her Father that He entrusts to her the most precious thing: His beloved Son.
No, there can be no equal to you.
You are the one whom the Lord has chosen. Only God, the Holy One, knows all your beauty, with which He Himself adorned you; and He knows with what joy and tenderness you filled His Heart, seeing you in the splendour of His grace.
THE FOCUS OF THE HEART
“Gather all the forces of your heart and concentrate on one thing so that your heart does not become accustomed to a restless attitude” (St. Hildegard of Bingen).
Fights are going on
Deut 31:1-8
Moses went and spoke to all Israel as follows. Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old, and can no longer act as leader. Yahweh has told me, “You shall not Cross this Jordan.” Yahweh your God himself will lead you across, he himself will destroy and dispossess these nations confronting you; Joshua too will lead you across, as Yahweh has said.
GOD HAS PREPARED EVERYTHING
“The good God, who guides us as He pleases, has prepared everything with power and care since time immemorial” (St. Charles de Foucauld).
God is your hymn of praise
Deut 10:12-22
And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God ask of you? Only this: to fear Yahweh your God, to follow all his ways, to love him, to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and all your soul, to keep the commandments and laws of Yahweh, which I am laying down for you today for your own good. Look, to Yahweh your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth and everything on it; yet it was on your ancestors, for love of them, that Yahweh set his heart to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, you yourselves, out of all nations, up to the present day.
Loving watchfulness
Lk 12:32-48
There is no need to be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Get yourselves purses that do not wear out, treasure that will not fail you, in heaven where no thief can reach it and no moth destroy it. For wherever your treasure is, that is where your heart will be too. See that you have your belts done up and your lamps lit. Read More
LIKE THE SON OF GOD
“Anoint people with mercy and consolation as the Son of God did” (St. Hildegard of Bingen).
What a beautiful task is entrusted to us Christians: to resemble the Lord in such a way that, when they meet us, men have at least an idea of what He is like! When I see how sacred music opens people’s hearts, penetrating them with its beauty and drawing them to the love of our Father, I think how wonderful it would be if we allowed the Holy Spirit to transform us into sacred music. Read More
Acting in faith
Mt 17:14-20
When Jesus was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out? Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting. Read More
THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
“In the path of righteousness is life” (Prov 12:28).
If you seek life, walk in the path of justice.
Justice is one of the cardinal virtues that ennobles human beings and orients them towards God. A person who practices justice has a guideline that opens the doors to true life. He has an important criterion of discernment because he judges according to justice, not personal interests.