Through the meditations of the last few days, we have had the opportunity to encounter God the Father more closely. Sometimes negative experiences that we may have had in our lives prevent us from recognizing the true image of God, for example, if the relationship with our biological father was rather problematic. However, one should not get caught up in these experiences; instead, it becomes even more necessary to discover God as our loving Father, who is able to heal our wounds and fill any inner emptiness with Himself.
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NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 9: A gift for You, Father!
We are already on the doorstep of the date You proposed for the liturgical Feast in Your honour: the 7th of August or the first Sunday of the same month.
Father, we are always abundantly blessed by You… At some point, we, Your children – in all our weakness – want to give something back to You. We know that the most beautiful thing we can give You is our heart! It must belong to You totally and unreservedly!
NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 8: “Whom Shall You Send?”
As You give us to understand, Beloved Father, You are not far away, but very close to us, and You will come even closer, to the extent that we allow You and open our hearts to You.
Since this is so and You call us to infinite trust, knowing that You are watching over all that happens to Your children, we come to You also at this hour of history, to ask You what is currently happening on earth.
There is so much discord and confusion. Even Your Church is involved, and it would seem that the anti-Christian powers are gaining more and more dominance. Can You give us some light?
NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 7: The Anticipation of Heavenly Joy
Dear Father, it is true that only in eternity, as we contemplate You from face to face, will we experience the fullness of happiness, towards which we are heading. There is no doubt about it!
However, it is not that You want us to experience only tribulation until then, even if this sometimes helps us not to enjoy a false happiness. If this were so, Beloved Father, You would not have told us through our friend St. Paul that we should always rejoice (Phil 4:4).
NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 6: Your Name Drives Away Darkness
Dear Father, we are often confronted with evil, both within and without us. Sometimes it might even seem that evil triumphs. It appears powerful and tries to obscure our vision and determine our feelings.
To Mother Eugenia You said:
“Do you wish to gain victory over your enemy? Call upon Me and you will triumph over him.”
NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 5: Come, Beloved Father, and Dwell within Us!
Dear Father, your Son promised us in the Gospel:
“Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.” (Jn 14:23)
Father, we not only want to invite You, but we cry out with all our heart: Come to us, make Yourself at home in us! We want to prepare a dwelling place for You where You can abide. Come and do not delay; stay forever.
This is what You also want to give us to understand when You tell us again and again that You want to be with us.
NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 4: Father, Your Love and Mercy Are Infinite
Beloved Father, in the wonderful Message you conveyed to Mother Eugenia Ravasio, You tell us how You accompanied a certain man throughout his life and showered him with blessings. However, that man did not respond to Your courtship; he became entangled in sin, thus constantly offending You. But You did not cease to call him, nor did You cease to fight for him. Shortly before his death, he finally repented of his evil life and called upon You by the name of “Father”; and You rejoiced that You could forgive him and that he would be with You in eternity.
This story of Yours, O Father, touched me deeply, and it continues to move me to this day…
NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 3: Father, I Want to Be Your Light
Beloved Father, this series of meditations is a Novena in Your honour, and is to help men – Your beloved children – to know You more deeply.
It will also serve to fulfil Your wish that the Church will soon establish a liturgical Feast on which You will be honoured as “Father of all Mankind”. You entrusted this desire of Yours to Mother Eugenia Ravasio. Read More
NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 2: You, Father, Are the Life
To know You, O Father, is life; true life; eternal life…
Indeed, it is this that we always seek… We are constantly on the lookout for something that will fulfil us, that will make us happy – according to our concept of happiness -; for something that will last… But can there be true happiness without You? Read More
NOVENA TO GOD THE FATHER – Day 1: You Are my Father!
In 1932, God the Father appeared to Mother Eugenia Ravasio, an Italian nun, and gave her a message for all of humanity. Essentially, it is a declaration of love for Mankind (https://www.fatherspeaks.net/eugenia_msg.html#THE%20FATHER%C2%B4S%20MESSAGE,%20book%201,%20part%201). The message was carefully examined by the Bishop of Grenoble, the diocese where the events took place, and he concluded that it could only have a supernatural origin. One of the wishes expressed by God the Father in this message is for a liturgical feast to be established in His honour on 7 August each year. Although only the ecclesiastical hierarchy can officially implement this, we can celebrate it privately and dedicate this day to our Heavenly Father. To this end, we will begin a Novena to God the Father tomorrow, 29 July, in preparation for His feast.
To You, Heavenly Father,
we entrust ourselves wholly and unreservedly,
for You are our loving and most beloved Father.
I place these words as the beginning of the novena to God the Father which we begin today, for this is how we men should live. Read More