TO HONOUR THE HEAVENLY FATHER (Part I)

364th Meditation

To know, honour and love the Father…

These three things our Heavenly Father asks of us in our relationship with Him. All three are interrelated. The more we know the Father, the more we will honour and love Him.

The honour we pay to God is kindled by the knowledge of His holiness. All authentic gestures of piety and worship to the Heavenly Father point to His holiness. He alone is worthy of adoration! Read More

TO KNOW THE HEAVENLY FATHER (Part 4)

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

TO KNOW THE HEAVENLY FATHER (Part 3)

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

TO KNOW THE HEAVENLY FATHER (Part 2)

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

“MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?”

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