486th Meditation
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Mt 22:37).
Another passage of Scripture tells us that “perverse thoughts separate men from God” (Wis 1:3).
If we are to love our Heavenly Father with all our mind, and thus reciprocate His love for us, we must be mindful of our thoughts and not simply be carried away by them without examining them. Read More
485th Meditation
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Mt 22:37).
We all know this commandment (Dt 6:5), of which Jesus reminds us again in the Gospel. It is the first and most important of all the commandments. When we observe it, it gives us the strength to keep the second commandment, to love our neighbor as ourselves, as we begin to see him as a beloved child of God. Read More
484th Meditation
“I am the light of lights (…) This light will lighten the ways which lead to the true Catholic Church” (Father’s Message to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
For people who do not yet know the Christian faith, there is an organic way to encounter the light of our Father and to follow His Son, a way that leads them to the true Catholic Church. Read More
483rd Meditation
“I know your heart and I know that you love me. That alone counts, for love forgives much!” (Inner Word)
These words of the Father remind us of that golden phrase attributed to St. Augustine: “Love and do what you want”. Read More
482nd Meditation
“Do not grieve when you feel your weakness. On the contrary, rejoice, for I am your defense and your victory” (Inner Word).
It is very important for us to know that our Father does not measure us by our weaknesses. Rather, we should be aware that His goodness accompanies us precisely in those areas where we feel weak. Of course, as we follow the Lord, we must work on our weaknesses and not just give in to them. But in His wisdom, our Father leaves us certain weaknesses so that we do not become proud and always remember that it is He who gives us the victory. Read More
481st Meditation
“Gentleness, which is the work of the Holy Spirit in the soul, can conquer more hearts than hardness” (Inner word).
This refers to a wonderful fruit of the Holy Spirit in our soul. It is through the Holy Spirit that our Father builds His kingdom in our hearts. Read More
480th Meditation
“The Holy Spirit is always ready to enlighten and strengthen you” (Message of the Father to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
The great gift of the Holy Spirit, sent by the Father and the Son, causes our soul to be enlightened by the supernatural light of God, so that we learn to see everything from the perspective of our Heavenly Father. He is the light of light, and as soon as we turn to the Holy Spirit and ask Him to enlighten us, He will open our inner eyes so that we can better see and perceive the glory of the Father. Read More
479th Meditation
“I desire that the tangible sign of My invisible presence be a picture to show that I am really present. Thus, all men will carry out all their actions under their Father’s gaze” (Father’s message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).
This is one of the desires that our Heavenly Father communicated to Mother Eugenia Ravasio. As a result, a picture of God the Father was made and spread. I (Br. Elijah), who is writing this meditation, asked a Bulgarian iconographer to write an icon according to the specifications of the existing image. This icon is in the crypt of perpetual adoration in our monastery in Germany, and when we receive requests, we also send copies of this image (contact@jemael.org). Read More
478th Meditation
“May the glory of the Lord endure for ever, may the Lord rejoice in his works,
may my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord” (Ps 104:31,34).
How wonderful it is when, instead of looking at ourselves, we learn to focus our hearts on God; when we no longer spend so much time looking at ourselves, but rather seek to do what pleases the Lord! Indeed, when we begin to seek to please Him, when we ask our Heavenly Father how we can bring Him joy today, our eyes are lifted up and we can easily find the “golden clue” that will mark our day. Read More
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
