“Would not this love that you offer me [as children], under My impulse, become an active love, extending itself to the rest of humanity who still do not know this Christian society and who know even less Him Who created them and is their Father?” (Father’s Message to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
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THE ‘WEAK SIDE’ OF GOD
“One must know how to take [God] by the heart; this is His weak side…” (St. Therese of the Child Jesus).
GOD FIRST LOVED US
“We love because He first loved us” (1 Jn 4:19).
IMITATING THE LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD
“Let those by mercy now be cured, whom loving – kindness long endured” (Lauds hymn of Lent).
THE LORD IS GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL
YOU DO NOT KNOW ME AS I AM
“The missionaries have spoken and still speak of God as far as they know Him, but I assure you, you do not know Me as I am, because I am coming to proclaim Myself the Father of all and the most tender of fathers, in order to transform your love, which has become distorted by fear” (Father’s Message to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
The words of the Father’s Message, which we heard recently, exhorted us to witness “how sweet it is to live in truth”. The passage we meditate on today shows us how important it is to also transmit the right image of God. Read More
WITH LETTERS OF GOLD
“The deepest reason for the Incarnation of Christ was God’s desire to show us his love and to bring it emphatically close to our hearts” (St. Augustine).
WISDOM AND JOY
“Listening to the Spirit is the greatest wisdom; living in intimacy with Him is a source of joy” (Interior Word).
DESTINED FOR THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY
(EPH 1:11-12)
“We (…) have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory” (Eph 1:12).
TO UNITE ALL THINGS IN CHRIST
“[The Father made] known to us the mystery of his will, a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth” (Eph. 1:9a-10).