“Do not overburden yourselves or burden yourselves with unnecessary worries – let me take care of everything! I want you totally pure and sincere, walking hand in hand with the Father like children, without worrying about what tomorrow will bring” (Inner Word).
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Not seeing and yet believing
Jn 20: 24-29
Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, ‘We have seen the Lord,’ but he answered, ‘Unless I can see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.’ Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. ‘Peace be with you,’ he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving any more but believe.’ Thomas replied, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him: You believe because you can see me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. Read More
LOVE IS THE LIGHT
“He who longs ardently to love will soon love ardently” (St. Francis de Sales).
Undoubtedly, this deep longing will open wide the door of our Father’s heart, even if we still feel incapable of loving and always collide with the limitations of our heart. Read More
God exults for His people
NOTE: According to the traditional calendar, today is the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary.
Zeph 3:14-18
Reading for the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
The Lord has taken away the judgments against you,
he has cast out your enemies. Read More
WE ARE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD, AND SO WE ARE!
“We should be called children of God; and so we are. (…) It does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 Jn 3:1-2).
Follow the Call
Mt 8:18-22
‘When Jesus saw the crowd all about him he gave orders to leave for the other side. One of the scribes then came up and said to him, ‘Master, I will follow you wherever you go. ‘Jesus said, ‘Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.’ Another man, one of the disciples, said to him, ‘Lord, let me go and bury my father first.’ But Jesus said, ‘Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.’
FACE EVERYTHING WITH HOPE
“Whatever happens, face it with hope, not with fear” (St. Francis de Sales).
A wise and great phrase of the Saint, how much a situation changes when we put into practice what he tells us here! It is worth clarifying that hope is not simply an optimistic feeling that everything will turn out well, but it is trust in God, knowing that He has everything in His hands and will turn it all to good. Read More
God Has Done All Things Well
Wis 1:13-15,2:23-24
For God did not make Death, he takes no pleasure in destroying the living. To exist – for this he created all things; the creatures of the world have health in them, in them is no fatal poison, and Hades has no power over the world: for uprightness is immortal. For God created human beings to be immortal, he made them as an image of his own nature; Death came into the world only through the Devil’s envy, as those who belong to him find to their cost. Read More
INNER PEACE
“Do not lose your inner peace for anything, even if the whole world seems to be falling apart” (St. Francis de Sales).
The true Church
Mt 16:13-19
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a blessed man! Because it was no human agency that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my community.