“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
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
“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.
Dt 4:32-40
Moses spoke to the people saying: Ask of the days of old, that have been before thy time from the day that God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to the other end thereof if ever there was done the like thing, or it hath been known at any time, that a people should hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of fire, as thou hast heard, and lived: If God ever did so as to go, and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by temptations, signs, and wonders, by fight, and a strong hand, and stretched out arm, and horrible visions according to all the things that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes. That thou mightest know that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him.
“Rejoice, for God holds you so firmly in His hand that you need not lean on your own security” (St. Hildegard of Bingen).
St. Hildegard of Bingen offers us a wonderful invitation that will grant us great freedom if we follow it. We love to lean on our own security so that we always have a solution at hand. Instead, Hildegard exhorts us to place all our trust in the hands of our Father, who can truly provide us with the security we need. Read More
Through the meditations of the last few days, we have had the opportunity to encounter God the Father more closely. Sometimes negative experiences that we may have had in our lives prevent us from recognizing the true image of God, for example, if the relationship with our biological father was rather problematic. However, one should not get caught up in these experiences; instead, it becomes even more necessary to discover God as our loving Father, who is able to heal our wounds and fill any inner emptiness with Himself.
“I would like a great trust to arise between man and his Father in Heaven—a true spirit of familiarity and gentleness, so that my great goodness may not be abused” (Message of God the Father to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).
We are already on the doorstep of the date You proposed for the liturgical Feast in Your honour: the 7th of August or the first Sunday of the same month.
Father, we are always abundantly blessed by You… At some point, we, Your children – in all our weakness – want to give something back to You. We know that the most beautiful thing we can give You is our heart! It must belong to You totally and unreservedly!
As You give us to understand, Beloved Father, You are not far away, but very close to us, and You will come even closer, to the extent that we allow You and open our hearts to You.
Since this is so and You call us to infinite trust, knowing that You are watching over all that happens to Your children, we come to You also at this hour of history, to ask You what is currently happening on earth.
There is so much discord and confusion. Even Your Church is involved, and it would seem that the anti-Christian powers are gaining more and more dominance. Can You give us some light?
Dear Father, it is true that only in eternity, as we contemplate You from face to face, will we experience the fullness of happiness, towards which we are heading. There is no doubt about it!
However, it is not that You want us to experience only tribulation until then, even if this sometimes helps us not to enjoy a false happiness. If this were so, Beloved Father, You would not have told us through our friend St. Paul that we should always rejoice (Phil 4:4).
