362nd Meditation
To know, honour and love the Father…
When the trusting relationship between the Father and us has grown, that is to say, when we have come to know Him more deeply, we will notice how God begins to make us sharers in the desires of His heart. He will make us realise that we must go with Him in search of the “lost sheep” of humanity, to lead them back to the Father’s house. Read More
361st Meditation
To know, honour and love the Father…
The knowledge of our Father through His daily details for us, through His Word and through the richness of the holy sacraments is intended to lead us step by step to understand that our whole existence is due to the great YES of God to us. This great YES is not only valid on a general level for all people, but has a very personal character: “I have called you by your name, you are mine” (Is 43:1). Read More
360th Meditation
To know, honour and love the Father…
It is necessary that we perceive in our daily life God’s loving care and gentleness towards us. When we know that we are loved by a person, we notice with gratitude even the smallest and sometimes insignificant gestures of love. These speak to us about that person, so that by perceiving them, we learn to know them better. With the passage of time, we may come to understand that their details towards us are not just transitory or sporadic gestures; but that they come from the heart of that person. Read More
359th Meditation
To know, honour and love the Father…
In the Message to Mother Eugenia Ravasio, which played an essential role in bringing about these “3 minutes for Abba”, the Father repeatedly invites us to know, honour and love Him. If we do so, He will be able to grant us more and more all that He has in store for us. Read More
358th Meditation
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Ps 22:1).
These are the words of Psalm 22 that Jesus pronounces shortly before He dies.
Our Father never forsook Him, but because Jesus bore all the sin of this world and nailed it to the Cross, God allowed Him to experience “in the flesh” the full weight of estrangement from God, that terrible inner state of being excluded from love and true life, “like the slaughtered lying in the grave” (Ps 88:5). Read More
357th Meditation
“My Son, I am your Father. Trust in me without limits, for I love you, and I love especially those who want to resemble my Son” (Interior Word).
Our Heavenly Father invites us to trust without limits. Read More
356th Meditation
Today I want to share with you an extract from an inner word I received in prayer in the year 1984.
“Seek my Face and remain in silence before it, so that it may penetrate you. My Face is again giving a face to this world. It must pierce the darkness and imprint my features on the world. Seek my loving, suffering and holy Face.” Read More
355th Meditation
“I shall speak of your instructions before kings and will not be shamed” (Ps 119:46).
Do we have the courage to speak publicly about our faith, professing it as it is? Or have we already been intimidated by the increasingly anti-Christian spirit of this world, which, if possible, would like to banish Christian witness altogether? What would happen if we were brought before the civil authorities, before the “kings” of this world? Would we lose our courage? Read More
354th Meditation
“Listen, my people, while I give you warning; Israel, if only you would listen to me! You shall have no strange gods, shall worship no alien god” (Ps 81:8-9).
These words of our Father are no less important for us today than they were in that time for the people of Israel. If we obey our Father, His Spirit can easily shape our lives, because the Lord wants to come to a union of hearts with us. The prerequisite for this is that we listen to Him and obey Him. Read More
353rd Meditation
“I am your consoler. Why then should you be afraid of mortal human beings, of a child of man, whose fate is that of the grass?” (Is 51:12).
Our Father invites us to focus all our attention on Him, becoming aware of His presence again and again. Our forgetfulness and carelessness cause us, in certain situations of life, not to think of Him. So it happens that we easily let circumstances determine us, and even dominate us. Read More
