288th Meditation
“Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will gather me up” (Ps 26:10).
Even the most bitter human suffering is sheltered in God’s hands. We could add to the words of the psalm: “Though all people reject me and point the finger at me, the Lord will take me in”. Read More
287th Meditation
“I have trusted in the Lord without wavering” (Ps 26:1b).
Trust in our Father makes our life upright and secure. It anchors us in His heart and makes our God inclined to show us His love in a special way. Read More
286th Meditation
“Let me always find you on watch, so that I may count on you at all times” (Inner Word).
What an extensive invitation from our Father! Not only does He constantly surround us with His fatherly love and thus give us an eternal home, but He also wants to count on us. The friendship He offers us should not be one-sided, so that it is not only we who can entrust our Father with what is most intimate to us, but that He can also count on us and include us in His plans of salvation. Read More
285th Meditation
“Be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life” (Rev 2:10).
These words are addressed by the glorified Lord to the “angel of the Church of Smyrna” in the Book of Revelation, calling us all to the generous surrender of our lives. Read More
284th Meditation
“I come from God, My Father; to Him I return; to Him alone I belong” (Father’s Message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio).
Let us dwell today on the last part of this sentence of Father’s Message: “To Him alone I belong”.
The Father has given us this certainty, and we must repeat it again and again: “It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Ps 99:3). Read More
283rd Meditation
“I come from God, My Father; to Him I return; to Him alone I belong” (Father’s message to Sr Eugenia Ravasio).
With what simplicity the Father reveals to us our deepest identity, making us discover at the same time the meaning of our existence, which consists in knowing, honouring and loving this our Father. Read More
282nd Meditation
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God” (Ps 42:11).
In the Gospel the Lord tells us: “In the world you will have hardship, but be courageous: I have conquered the world” (Jn 16:33). Read More
281st Meditation
“Your life and your mission are precious to me” (Inner Word).
Every human life has been created by God, and He has given it a task to fulfil. Indeed, each life has to proclaim the One from whose hands it came and to be inserted into the plan of salvation of His love. Read More
280th Meditation
“Time is gold. Use it to the full” (Inner Word).
Our heavenly Father has entrusted us with the short time of our earthly life, so that we may spend it praising and serving Him as true children. Although “our lives are over like a sigh” (Ps 89:9), they are time enough to lay up imperishable treasures in heaven (Mt 6:20). The degree of closeness we have with our Father in eternity will also depend on how much we respond to His love and work for His Kingdom during this life. Read More
279th Meditation
“Your word is well tried, and your servant loves it” (Ps 119:140).
Every word our Father utters springs from His love for us human beings. Seen in this light, the Holy Scriptures are a “love letter” from God to us. This is true even if we find certain things in them difficult to assimilate. Read More
