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477th Meditation

“I am making Myself similar to you so as to make you similar to Me” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).

Our Heavenly Father wants us to know Him. He cannot introduce us to the eternal contemplation of His glory, face to face, without first preparing us. We must first make our way on earth as redeemed human beings. In the person of His Son, our Father descends into our human nature and becomes one of us, “equal to us in all things except sin” (Council of Chalcedon, 451 A.D.). Thus God descends and communicates Himself to us in the realm of our human experience. Read More

476th Meditation

“Remember the wonderful works that he has done, the wonders he wrought, the judgments he uttered” (1 Cro 16:12).

Sacred Scripture never tires of reminding us of God’s wonders and praising his wise precepts. Indeed, it is very easy for us human beings to forget what our heavenly Father has done, is doing and will continue to do for us. Read More

475th Meditation

“If your soul dwells too long in the world of nothingness, it becomes emptier” (Inner Word).

“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” – says the Lord in the Gospel (Lk 6:45). This phrase should be understood in the same sense as the Inner Word we have just heard. We need to learn from our Heavenly Father how to manage our free time so that we are not tempted to overload ourselves with useless things. We may not realise at first how this affects us, but our soul knows very well how to distinguish the nourishment we give it. It makes a big difference whether we feed it with good food, which leads it to seek our Father and to be close to Him, or whether we fill it with one distraction after another, which in the long run damages it and weakens it for the spiritual battle it is called to fight. Read More

474th Meditation

 

“For with thee is the fountain of life; in thy light do we see light” (Ps 36:9).

The Psalm speaks of that fountain which is also a recurring theme in the message of God the Father to Sister Eugenia Ravasio. There He invites us to drink from it and even to throw ourselves into the “ocean of God’s love”. It is the fountain of love that flows from the heart of our Father. Read More

473rd Meditation

Through the Cross, also God the Father comes down to us, and in the Eucharist the Lord gives us true life (cf. Jn 6:35). In the tabernacles of the churches He establishes His throne, waiting for us to welcome His close presence and graces. Read More

472nd Meditation

How much has our Father cared for us in opening to us the ways of salvation! His treasures are always accessible to us. Unfortunately, we often pass by without taking advantage of them, and all too often the Lord remains alone in the tabernacle, unvisited. Yet He waits longingly for us to come and thus allow Him to bestow His blessings upon us. What an immense value has the Holy Mass, which makes present the sacrifice of Jesus’ infinite love on the Cross: “Taste and see that the Lord is good” (Ps 34:9). Read More

471st Meditation

How incomparably does the love of God shine forth on the cross:

The love of the Father, who sent His Son to redeem us; the love of the Son for His Father and for us men; the love of the Holy Spirit, who reveals this event of love more deeply to us and makes it present in us.

“But as for me, it is out of the question that I should boast at all, except of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”, exclaims St Paul (Gal 6:14). Read More

470th Meditation

In His compassion, our Father embraces our entire reality. As Creator he has granted us a wonderful existence as human beings, which we must live fully in His grace. He always invites us to receive everything from His hand, so that we can lead a life that corresponds to our vocation. Our Father has thought of us from all eternity, and when the time came to call us into existence, He lovingly pronounced his creative “Yes”. If we were more aware of this, that God-given peace would always dwell in our hearts. Read More

469th Meditation

“As far as trust is concerned, it is enough to know one’s weaknesses and tell the Lord that we want to put all our trust in Him. The measure of Divine Providence in us is the trust we place in it. Let us abandon ourselves unreservedly to this holy Providence and remain in its arms like a child in its mother’s womb!” (Letter of St. Francis de Sales to St. Jeanne de Chantal). Read More

468th Meditation

“And you, My children, who have lost the faith and live in the darkness, raise your eyes, you will see shining rays coming to illuminate you” (The Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).

The situation of those who have lost their faith is one of great need. Let us think, for example, of a religious or a priest who has abandoned his vocation. Perhaps he started well, trying to serve his Lord with great fervour. But then temptations came and he ended up falling into them. The more he fell, the less he was able to resist – and perhaps no longer wanted to. So love grew colder and colder, and darkness spread. And this darkness weighs especially heavily on those who were once close to the Lord. How difficult it is for them to return! Read More