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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

TRUST IN OUR FATHER IN ALL THINGS

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“I trust in God, my Creator, in all things. I love Him with all my heart” (St. Joan of Arc).

True love for our Father, which grows day by day, leads us to abandon ourselves to Him in everything. It is not a lethargic attitude, nor does it resemble that mystical current known as “quietism.” The attitude of abandonment in God does not belittle human capacities, nor does it devalue our cooperation in God’s work. However, it decisively changes the focus. Our security and point of orientation are no longer built on ourselves, our faculties, or the various external circumstances, but on God’s love for us.

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In Biblical Meditations

Contemplative attitude

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Lk 10:38-42

In the course of their journey Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord’s feet and listened to him speaking. Now Martha, who was distracted with all the serving, came to him and said, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all by myself? Please tell her to help me.’ But the Lord answered, ‘Martha, Martha,’ he said, ‘you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part, and it is not to be taken from her.’

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In Biblical Meditations

How do you deal with persecution?

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Mt 12:14-21

‘At this the Pharisees went out and began to plot against him, discussing how to destroy him. Jesus knew this and withdrew from the district. Many followed him and he cured them all but warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: Look! My servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delights, I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will present judgement to the nations; he will not brawl or cry out, his voice is not heard in the streets, he will not break the crushed reed, or snuff the faltering wick, until he has made judgement victorious; in him the nations will put their hope.’ Read More

In 3 Minutes for God the Father

SACRED MUSIC

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“For a dying person, music is like a sister. It is the first sweet sound of the hereafter, and the muse of song is the mystical sister who points to heaven” (St. Bonaventure).

With these words, St. Bonaventure must have been referring, above all, to the sacred music that, especially in times past, resounded in the monasteries. Inspired by the angels, sacred music resounds to the praise of God, thus proclaiming His glory.

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In Biblical Meditations

On Sabbath observance and Sunday sacredness

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Mt 12:1-8

At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat.   And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.   But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:   How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?   Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame? But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.   And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.   For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath. Read More

In 3 Minutes for God the Father

SPIRITUAL GROWTH  

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“You must endure the dark hours and trials so that your trust may fully depend on me” (Inner Word).

This is one of the most difficult lessons we must learn on our way to eternity, but it is also one of the most important and fruitful. Our Father never actively desires evil or suffering. Why would He? However, evil entered the world as a consequence of man’s sin, bringing suffering and death with it, as our faith teaches us. We lost paradisiacal innocence, and now humanity lives under this shadow.

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In Biblical Meditations

The yoke of Jesus

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Mt 11:28-30

‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’

Many people feel crushed under a heavy burden, which they are barely able to bear and which seems to rob their whole existence of joy, determining all their feelings. Already when they wake up they are weighed down by this burden and have to struggle all day long not to sink under it.

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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

DO NOT WEARY THE SOUL

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“Avoid irrelevant things that hinder, paralyze, sap strength and determination, and weary the soul” (Inner Word).

Today’s phrase does not refer to legitimate recreation and rest, but rather to the distractions in our lives. We easily stray from what is essential and get lost in trivialities. In an age when media and cell phones dominate people’s lives excessively, we may no longer even notice the distraction. We may have become accustomed to this scattered, hectic pace of life and even feel comfortable with it.

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In Biblical Meditations

The Simple Way

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Mt 11:20-24

‘At that time Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’

In today’s Gospel, we find two affirmations of the Lord of great importance.

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