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343rd Meditation

“I shall give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you; I shall remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of flesh instead” (Ezek 36:26).

What is at stake is the heart of man! To whom does it belong?

Our Heavenly Father wants to dwell in our heart and make it receptive to His love, which He unceasingly offers us. The new heart that He gives us is one that is no longer hardened, that no longer closes itself off to love, that opens itself to the needs of all, that no longer tolerates the coldness that it still discovers in itself and allows the love of God to melt the layer of ice that often surrounds it. Read More

342nd Meditation

“As long as you remain in my heart, you will be under my divine protection. Even if the powers of darkness rise up, they will achieve nothing” (Inner Word).

Our Father offers us His Heart as a refuge, for against Him the powers of darkness can achieve nothing. They attack man in order to confuse him and, if possible, to seize his grace. But if we remain in the Heart of God, their efforts will be in vain. Read More

341st Meditation

“Jesus said to Peter, ‘Put away your sword; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?'” (Jn 18:11).

Can we not understand Peter’s reaction? In the garden of Gethsemane, he had to see with his own eyes how his beloved Master was taken prisoner. Should he not defend Him? Would he not thus be demonstrating to Jesus his love, his fidelity and also his courage? Read More

340th Meditation

“This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; listen to Him” (Mt 17:5).

Our Father gives us this instruction on Mount Tabor, during the Transfiguration of Jesus, addressing in the first instance the 3 disciples who accompanied Jesus at that moment. They were able to experience the glorious Transfiguration of the Lord, and we know how awed Peter was when he saw that Moses and Elijah, the representatives of the Law and the Prophets, also appeared. What a fullness! Certainly the disciples could hardly believe their eyes. Read More

339th Meditation

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am” (Jn 17:24a).

In these words, Jesus fully expresses His love for us. He wants to have us with Him forever. To no better place could He take us than to His eternal Kingdom, in communion with the Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit, and all those whose hearts belong to God. Read More

338th Meditation

“In My fatherly goodness I will give you everything, provided that all regard Me as a true Father” (Father’s message to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).

Our Father can and wants to give us everything; to give us Himself together with all that we need for our natural and supernatural life; to give us joy in the present life and unceasing joy in eternity. And the condition He sets for us to receive all this is very easy but indispensable: we must recognize Him as our Father. Read More

337th Meditation

“Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name- the name you gave me- so that they may be one as we are one” (Jn 17:11b).

The Name of Jesus…

How loudly it resounds in the heart!

His Name can and must become the great love of our life. Read More

336th Meditation

“I came from the Father and have come into the world and now I am leaving the world to go to the Father” (Jn 16:28).

This is the all-embracing reality of our Lord Jesus. The Lord proceeds from the Father, fulfils His mission in the world and returns to the Father. Everything is oriented to the Father; all the words Jesus speaks, all His works, everything is a living testimony of the Father’s love for the Son and for us, as well as of the Son’s love for the Father and for us human beings. Read More

335th Meditation

“When that day comes you will ask in my name; and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you, because the Father himself loves you for loving me, and believing that I came from God” (Jn 16:26-27).

Jesus has granted us direct access to our beloved Father, and no one goes to the Father except through Him (Jn 14:6). Read More

334th Meditation

“If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I” (Jn 14:28b).

Jesus introduces His disciples to a different logic, which they can only gradually assimilate. The greatest thing for our Lord Jesus Christ is to return to His Father. Read More