“My God, thou hast remembered me, and hast not forsaken those who love thee” (Dan 14:38).
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True unity among men
Lk 8:19-21
His mother and his brothers came looking for him, but they could not get to him because of the crowd. He was told, ‘Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.’ But he said in answer, ‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and put it into practice.’ Read More
STEPS TOWARDS THE WILL OF GOD
“Every stone that is placed in your way can be used as a stepping stone towards God’s will and help you to move forward” (Inner Word).
DAY BY DAY, HOUR BY HOUR
“Every day is important, every hour I offer my salvation to humanity. You must serve this end for the joy of your Father who loves you” (Inner Word). Read More
Do good without delay
Prov 3:27-34
Refuse no kindness to those who have a right to it, if it is in your power to perform it. Do not say to your neighbour, ‘Go away! Come another time! I will give it you tomorrow,’ if you can do it now. Do not plot harm against your neighbour who is living unsuspecting beside you. Do not pick a groundless quarrel with anyone who has done you no harm. Read More
THE HONOR OF BEING CHILDREN OF GOD
“Call Him Father many times a day and tell Him – alone, in your heart – that you love Him, that you adore Him: that you feel the pride and the strength of being His child” (St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer). Read More
Overcoming evil with good
Wisdom 2:12,17-20
“Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training. Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life; for if the righteous man is God’s son, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries. Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance. Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected.” Read More
Patience
Feast of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist
Eph 4:1-7,11-13
I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you were called. With all humility and gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love. Take every care to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as one hope is the goal of your calling by God. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all, over all, through all and within all. On each one of us God’s favour has been bestowed in whatever way Christ allotted it.
REST IN THE DIVINE SONSHIP
“Rest in the divine sonship. God is a Father – your Father – full of tenderness, full of infinite love” (St Josemaria Escriva).
The Joy of the Resurrection
1 Cor 15:12-20
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ cannot have been raised either, and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is without substance, and so is your faith. What is more, we have proved to be false witnesses to God, for testifying against God that he raised Christ to life when he did not raise him – if it is true that the dead are not raised. For, if the dead are not raised, neither is Christ; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is pointless and you have not, after all, been released from your sins. Read More