THE NIGHT SHINES LIKE THE DAY

190th Meditation

 

“In the daytime God sends his faithful love, and even at night; the song it inspires in me is a prayer to my living God” (Ps 42:9).

An attentive soul always waits for the Lord and experiences His help in the middle of the day, when it has to perform all the tasks entrusted to it. When she accepts God’s goodness, which always accompanies her like a warm ray of the “rising Sun from on high”, our Father makes her capable of everything. In this way, every day becomes an opportunity for God to pour out His goodness on this world through our daily ministry. Read More

“DO NOT BE AFRAID OF YOUR WEAKNESS”

188th Meditation

“Do not be afraid of your weakness, I am your strength” (Inner Word).

What true words! We humans like to be strong and to feel sure, but how often we experience that we are not. Sometimes we even have the impression that everything is crumbling under our feet. It seems that nothing can stop this world from jumping from one catastrophe to another. Political, social and even ecclesiastical realities are tottering, and man, in his weakness, feels powerless in the face of it all. Read More

“ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER”

187th Meditation on God the Father

 

We cannot yet behold God face to face. The beatific vision is reserved for eternity and will be an endless joy. However, even before that, our Father makes Himself known in many ways and, in an unsurpassable manner, He manifests Himself in His own Son: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” (Jn 14:9). Read More

“ACCEPTING PATERNAL CORRECTIONS” (REV 3:19)

186th Meditation

Those whom I love, I rebuke and correct” (Rev 3:19) – the Lord tells us in the Book of Revelation, and it is a grace to experience this. Indeed, our Father’s love for us is not only a tender and warm love that gives us security and shelters us; it is also a love that forms us. He wants to educate us so that we may advance on the spiritual path. Read More

 THE GREAT DAY IS AT HAND

185th Meditation

 

The Feast of the Nativity of the Son of God draws nearer every day. Our hearts are to be filled with great joy and warmth. The promises announced and prepared from all eternity by our Father are coming to fulfillment. The plan of His love is becoming a reality…

In spite of all the adversities and falls of humanity; in spite of all the devil’s attempts to hinder the work of salvation, no one can stop God and, after all, everything must serve His plans! Read More

THE FATHER GIVES US THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT

184th Meditation

“Could I give a more precious gift to humankind than my only-begotten Son?” (Interior Word).

In these days when the so-called “O Antiphons” prepare us for the Coming of the Savior, we can take a deep look into the Heart of our Father. Indeed, it was He who sent us His Son, thus giving us what He loves most and doing for us the most He could have done. Read More

 A CONTRITE HEART

183rd Meditation

“A broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise” (Ps 50:17).

A contrite heart is a great treasure for our Father. A contrite heart has put aside all self-defense and has acquired a profound awareness of the abysses that are still within it. It has discovered that, of itself, it would not be able to do good, and that its inclination to evil would prevail if it were left to itself and did not rely on grace. This awareness shakes the soul, making it ready to throw itself completely into the arms of God, without vanity or conditions. Therefore, a contrite heart is a treasure for the Father. Read More