“O Lord! If only I could trace You in my heart, engrave You with golden letters in the most intimate part of my heart and soul, so that You would never be erased” (Blessed Henry Suso).
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A COVENANT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OUR LORD
“Time presses. I wish men to know as soon as possible that I love them and that I feel the greatest happiness in being with them and talking with them, like a father with his children” (Message of God the Father to Sister Eugenia Ravasio). Read More
GOD’S WORK OF ART
“The more I know You, the more I love You. The more I come to know You, the more kindly You reveal Yourself. Oh, what an unfathomable, perfect and pure treasure you are” (Blessed Henry Suso).
In these words a loving soul is revealed to us. Henry Suso is a German mystic († 1366), one of those saints who speak from their inner experience with our Father, one of those souls who have tasted the sweet fragrance of divine love and lived in intimate union with God.
But this experience is not reserved for a few privileged souls, but God wants to enter into this relationship of love with each one of us. We need to taste and see how good the Lord is (Ps 34:9), to experience how His love seeks us and wants to draw us to Himself.
When we begin to feel at home in this love, we discover how loving God is; with what tenderness, gentleness and at the same time firmness He shapes our soul, molding it according to the face of His Son. How great is His joy when we become more and more like the image in which He created us (Gen 1:27)! How our Father rejoices in His children!
When, thanks to the work of the Holy Spirit, we have become more and more obedient to His will, when the most serious distortions and disfigurements caused by sin have been healed in our being, when our stubborn self-will has yielded to the gentle voice of the Spirit, when our vanities have become a nuisance to us and pride has revealed its nothingness, our Father begins to complete His work of art with the greatest tenderness and care.
His love has already conquered our heart, and now He begins to work to make it like His heart. We begin to perceive God’s presence so lovingly that we cannot and will not deny Him anything. And every response of love increases the love until it reigns over us without restraint.
STAY WITH ME; I GUIDE YOU
“Stay with me; I love you! – Stay with me; I keep you! – Stay with me; I guide you; I am your Father” (inner word).
Once again we are invited to stay with our Father. He wants to take the reins of our life. To be under His guidance means to concretely follow His indications in daily life, to find the “golden thread” and thus to act according to His plan in the most intimate union with Him.
STAY WITH ME, I WILL KEEP YOU
Our Father does not want us to perish.
No one knows better than He how fragile we are and how many dangers surround us! Everywhere we are beset by attacks: within ourselves by our fallen nature, in the world by its seductions, by enemies and the envy of the devil who seeks to harm us.
STAY WITH ME; I LOVE YOU
“Stay with me; I love you! – Stay with me; I guard you! – Stay with me; I guide you; I am your Father” (Inner Word).
What an invitation our heavenly Father addresses to us! And it is not only valid for the short time of our earthly existence; it remains in force forever and will carry us from glory to glory in eternity:
“Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood” (1 Cor 13:12). Read More
MY LOVE IS STRONGER THAN YOUR WEAKNESSES
Before I go into the topic, I would like to say a few words about our mission: Harpa Dei and I have returned safely from a fruitful apostolic trip to Brazil and Argentina. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who daily follow the “3 Minutes for Abba” for their prayers. It was a joy to meet people in both countries who often listen to these meditations. I hope that in the future they will be spread even more for the glory of our Heavenly Father and for the good of souls. The next step would be to begin translating them into French. Read More
THE GLORY OF THE RESURRECTION
“Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?” (1 Cor 15:55).
We can exclaim it with jubilation on this day, the day on which the Church proclaims the Resurrection of the Son of God: The Lord is risen! Indeed He is risen! Hallelujah!
THE SILENT SATURDAY
“I will say, ‘Let the darkness cover me, and the night wrap itself around me,’ even darkness to you is not dark, and night is as clear as the day” (Ps 138:8).
There is nothing that cannot be illuminated by the light of God.
IT IS FULFILLED
“‘It is fulfilled’; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit” (Jn 19:30).
Today, together with the Heavenly Father and all the faithful, our gaze rests on the Cross on which the beloved Son hung. There, on the Cross erected on Calvary, the power of evil was broken by the manifest love of God. It is the Father who grants us true life through the sacrifice of His Son; a new life, which no longer has to hide from God because of its faults. “He was bearing our sins in his own body on the cross” (1 Pet 2:24), and we have been set free. Today is the great Friday, Good Friday! God, the Good One, has done all things well (cf. Mk 7:37).