136th Meditation
“If you knew how much I love my disciples and how willing I am to unveil to them all the treasures of grace, you would always be awake, attentive to listen to the voice of your heart to meet me” (Interior Word).
Once our heart has been pierced by the love of the Lord, it will perceive how immense this love is and it will long to receive everything that is a sign of this love. What else could it seek outside of it? Read More
135th Meditation
“In Eucharistic adoration, you open yourselves to the inexpressible torrents of grace that flow toward you from the Heart of God” (Interior Word).
If we ask ourselves how to enter into deeper contact with the ineffable mystery of God’s love, these words give us a guideline. Read More
134th Meditation
“If I scale the heavens you are there,
if I lie descend to Sheol, there you are.
If I speed away on the wings of the dawn,
if I dwell beyond the ocean,
even there your hand will be guiding me,
your right hand holding me fast” (Ps 138:8-10).
133rd Meditation
“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s design that prevails” (Prov 19:21).
Wise is the one who does not simply follow the inclinations of their own heart, but examines whether they are in accord with the Lord’s designs. Indeed, His designs prevail. Not infrequently, our abundant fantasies, dreams and desires serve only to confuse us. They cause us to live in an illusion and can even make us prisoners of certain expectations, which, in the end, are not fulfilled. Then they leave an emptiness and disappointment in the soul. Read More
132nd Meditation
“Even if you have to die, keep faithful, and I will give you the crown of life for your prize” (Rev 2:10).
In the Book of Revelation, the Father conveys these words to us through the mouth of the glorified Lord. God wants to give us the “crown of life,” which is a crown of victory. The Lord wants to adorn us with His glory and make us sharers in His triumph over death and hell. To this end, we must be faithful unto death. Read More
131st Meditation
“Humanity is my great weakness. Therefore you must go in search of them with the same love with which I go in search of them” (Interior Word).
Let us try to understand these words… The love of our Father for us is almost incomprehensible to us. A bishop of Italy, Bishop Salvatore Bocciacco (1938-2008), made the following prayer his own:
“God is my Papa. He loves me to the point of madness. He does wonderful things for me. Read More
130th Meditation
“Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen keep watch in vain” (Ps 127:1b).
All our human efforts always have a limit, which the Father Himself, in His wisdom, has set. We human beings easily exalt ourselves and forget from whom we come, where we are going and who it is that has given us everything we have. Read More
129th Meditation
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” (Prov 3:5-6).
It is a very wise not to lean on one’s own understanding. Although our understanding is a marvelous gift that God grants us on the natural plane, it was obscured as a result of original sin, in addition to being subject to the limitations proper to the world of creation. Read More
128th Meditation
“Despatch wisdom from the holy heavens, send her forth from your throne of glory to help me and to toil with me and teach me what is pleasing to you” (Wis 9:10).
The Father not only sent His Son into the world, but, together with the Son, He also sent the Holy Spirit to lead us into the fullness of truth (Jn 16:13). Read More
127th Meditation
“If you kept a record of our sins, Lord,
who could stand their ground?
But with you is forgiveness,
that you may be revered” (Ps 130:3-4). Read More
