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307th Meditation

“I pour out my worry in his presence, in his presence I unfold my troubles” (Ps 142:2).

We can and even ought to speak openly to our Father about all that distresses us; to ask Him the questions we carry in our hearts, especially those for which we have not found an answer and whose answer we perhaps even fear in some way. We know many verses in the psalms in which the psalmist expresses the depths of his anguish. He is unable to overcome them on his own and so he turns to the heavenly Father. Read More

306th Meditation

“Who can detect his own failings? Wash away my hidden faults” (Ps 19:13).

Our Heavenly Father’s concern for our eternal salvation covers not only the realm of sin and bad attitudes that we are aware of and can work to overcome; it also includes all those spheres of which we are unaware and which nevertheless have an effect within us. Read More

305th Meditation

 

 “Lord, mount a guard over my mouth, a guard at the door of my lips” (Ps 141:3).

Who can control his tongue? The Apostle James answers us: “Nobody can tame the tongue — it is a pest that will not keep still, full of deadly poison” (James 3:8). Read More

304th Meditation

 “Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son” (2 Jn 1:9b).

Our Father has entrusted us with a great treasure, which the Church has faithfully guarded: the teaching of Christ. It provides our understanding with supernatural light, so that we do not go astray and thus fall into the snares of the Evil One. Error in matters of faith tarnishes our relationship with God, because it is a “false light” that penetrates our soul, taking the place of the true knowledge of God. Thus, false doctrine also affects our capacity to love, because it hinders a deeper knowledge of God, which, in turn, would increasingly awaken our love for Him. Read More

303rd Meditation

“Look with me to the Father and you will achieve all things, whatever they may be” (Inner Word).

As we look with Jesus to the Father, everything that happens is transformed and becomes a constant surrender to our Heavenly Father. Nothing that Jesus said and did was ever contrary to the Will of God. Rather, the Son of God leads all humanity in need of redemption back to the Father. Read More

302nd Meditation

“Every child of God overcomes the world” (1 Jn 5:4a).

It is an illusion to believe that we, as Christians, can live as the world lives. It is an illusion if the pastors of the Church hierarchy think that we should adapt ourselves more to the world in order to win over the people of this time. It is an illusion to put the Christian faith on the same level as other religions, or even to want to create an ecumenical religious entity, in which all people have a place regardless of their creed, and pretend that this entity is greater than the Catholic Church. Read More

301st Meditation

“The world does not acknowledge us, because it did not acknowledge Him” (1 Jn 3:1b).

We can hope that, through a trustworthy witness on our part, people will find access to the love of our Heavenly Father. However, the words we have heard from the Apostle John exhort us always to be realistic. In the Prologue of his Gospel, St. John writes: “Light shines in darkness, and darkness did not comprehend it” (Jn 1:5). Read More

300th Meditation

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God’s children — which is what we are!” (1 Jn 3:1)

As children of our Father we pass through this life. But “what we shall be in the future has not yet been revealed” – the Apostle John tells us further on. It will only be fully revealed to us when we come face to face with our Father in eternity. Read More

299th Meditation

“In God whose word I praise (…), in God I put my trust and have no fear; what can mortal man do to me?” (Ps 56:10-11).

Nowhere will we find true peace and security as long as the word of our Father does not become our daily food. In all situations that come our way, the Word of the Lord will nourish us. If we give ourselves unreservedly to our Father, we will know how to accept even the difficult situations in our lives from His hand, so that they will be transformed from within. Read More

298th Meditation

“I enfold in my love all the rational creatures who make up humanity” (Message of the Father to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).

Our Father’s love is for all people. From our faith we receive this certainty and we strive to accept this love, filling ourselves with it and allowing ourselves to be formed by it. Read More