Various practices of piety have arisen among the faithful to honour God the Father: Rosaries and litanies dedicated to Him, different prayers of consecration, among others… A form of worship that is proper to us is the “Office to God the Father”, as well as various ejaculatory prayers that can be repeated as a prayer of the heart. These newly initiated daily impulses are also intended to serve this purpose.
What is essential in all these forms of devotion is that we learn to perceive God’s love and that we live as His children, according to the certainty given to us by the Apostle John in his letter: “You must see what great love the Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God’s children – which is what we are!” (1 Jn 3:1).
In the Message to Mother Eugenia the Father lets us know:
“The most important thing will be to honour Me as I told you, by establishing a feast in My honour and serving Me with the simplicity of true children of your God, Father, Creator and Saviour of the human race.”
The simplicity of God’s true children enables Him to work easily through them and to overcome in the course of time the many obstacles that still stand in the way of His love. In this simplicity we learn to quickly follow the inspirations of the Holy Spirit, without allowing ourselves to be bound by our own ideas and illusions. This attitude of simplicity puts its trust in the Father, and His love begins to dispel all the false images we may still have of Him, as if He were an inflexible and severe judge. Thus, living in the simplicity of the children of God, our tensions and even our deep-rooted self-possession dissolve. In its place appears the spirit of piety, which already when we wake up raises our eyes to heaven and asks, “What are Your plans for today, beloved Father? What can I do for You this day?”
Little by little, our whole life becomes a love song to the Father. And the Father? He Himself inspires this song and his angels join in: “Te Deum laudamos” (We praise Thee, O God).