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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

“GUIDED BY THE LORD”

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 ‘Go deep and immerse yourself again and again in me. Then you will find the inner guidance you need’ (Inner Word).

Our Father will never leave us without His guidance. He can reveal it to us in various ways. In today’s sentence, God urges us to go within ourselves. When we seek Him and perceive Him in our soul, when we immerse ourselves in Him and remain there, we make it easy for our Father to communicate His Will to us. The various influences and distractions from outside diminish. The more we have learned to distinguish the voice of God whispering within us from the impulses of our nature or even from the dark side, the easier it will be for us to understand His instructions.

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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

“A SINGLE WORD OF GRATITUDE”

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 ‘If the word “thank you” were the only prayer you ever uttered, it would be enough’ (Master Eckhart).

We might be tempted to think that such statements make salvation too easy for human beings. But let us also remember the words of God the Father to Sister Eugenia Ravasio, in which He says that anyone who sincerely calls upon Him once with the name ‘Father’ will not be condemned. This gives us great hope for the salvation of souls, grounded in God’s saving will.

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In Biblical Meditations

PREPARATION FOR PENTECOST: “The best of comforters”

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“You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;

 In our labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.”

 

The Holy Spirit is the Comforter whom the Lord has given us. The Apostle Paul tells us: “He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God” (2 Cor 1:4).

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In Biblical Meditations

PREPARATION FOR PENTECOST: “Come, Father of the poor!”

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“Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine”.

The term “poor” includes all of us, especially those who are aware of their own poverty.

In our spiritual life we learn that we are always in need. It is the Holy Spirit who teaches us how great God’s love is and how far we are from it.

However, this knowledge does not become a reason for us to sink into sadness or even despair. On the contrary, it is a reason to lean even more on God’s love, trusting that He will have mercy on our poverty. Then it will be God who will make us rich, for He Himself is our wealth.

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In Biblical Meditations

PREPARATION FOR PENTECOST: ‘Come, Holy Spirit’

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Having concluded our journey through the Acts of the Apostles, in which we have accompanied these tireless witnesses of the Gospel on their missionary journeys, with all their sufferings but also with their joy at the spread of the faith, we now wish to focus our attention on the Holy Spirit, in keeping with the liturgical season.

For it was He who guided the mission of the apostles, who had to wait for His coming before beginning their ministry among all peoples. With today’s meditation we enter into the imminent preparation for Pentecost.

As a guiding star for the following meditations, I turn to the Pentecost Sequence, which is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful prayers of the Church:

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In 3 Minutes for God the Father

“TORRENTS OF KINDNESS FROM THE HEART OF THE FATHER”

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‘You only have to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and then everything that my fatherly kindness has planned can come true’ (Inner Word).

The Father and the Son have sent us the best inner Teacher, who guides us safely through this life, shapes us in God’s image and makes our life fruitful, always provided we follow His instructions: it is the Holy Spirit.

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In Biblical Meditations

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES: “Conclusion of the Acts of the Apostles”

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Shortly after Paul was taken to Caesarea, the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and the lawyer Tertullus to bring their charges against him before the procurator Felix (Acts 24:1). However, Paul defended himself, and Felix found no grounds for condemning him, so he postponed the case (v. 22). So Paul remained in Caesarea for two years, under guard but with certain liberties. Felix’s successor, Porcius Festus, left Paul in prison to please the Jews (v. 27).

As soon as he took office, Festus had to face the accusations of the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews against Paul (Acts 25:1-2). They asked him to transfer him from Caesarea to Jerusalem, ‘planning an ambush to kill him on the way’ (v. 3). But Festus refused and replied that they should go down to Caesarea (vv. 4-5). When they arrived and presented their accusations, Festus asked Paul if he wanted to go up to Jerusalem to be tried there (v. 9), to which Paul replied:

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