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THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: “A Glimpse of Saint Elizabeth! (Part 1)”

NOTE: According to the traditional liturgical calendar, today is the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will therefore hear the Gospel account of her wonderful encounter with Saint Elizabeth. Luke 1:39-47 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered […]

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“ALL THINGS WILL SUCCEED IN THE LORD”

“You can do everything in Me, and everything will work out if only you remain in Me and live this love.” (Inner word) We know Jesus’ words: “Apart from me you can do nothing,” (Jn 15,5) and they lead us to humble self-awareness. The above words are a continuation of Jesus’ previous statement. They show

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“ON THE OCCASION OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD”

Preliminary note: Today, I would like to extend my greetings and gratitude to our new Brazilian collaborators who, starting today, will help us continue to share my meditations and the “3 Minutes for Abba” in Portuguese. “I have chosen this day to begin My work among men because today is the feast of the Precious

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SOLEMNITY OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LORD: “Purified by His Blood”

NOTE: According to the traditional liturgical calendar, today the Solemnity of the Most Precious Blood is celebrated. We will therefore hear the Gospel reading designated for this day. Jn 19:30-35 When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished”; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Since it was the

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“BEARING WITNESS TO THE TRUTH”

“Every hour in which the poison of false teaching and false practice works unnoticed poisons the Body of the Lord.” (Inner Word) The truth, which is God Himself and which He has entrusted to His Church, is a priceless treasure that must be preserved with the utmost care and love. This is why an undiminished

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Faith can calm storms

Mt 8:23-27 Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples. Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep. So they went to him and woke him saying, ‘Save us, Lord, we are lost!’ And he said to them, ‘Why

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Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: Completing the Race

2 Tim 4:6-8.17-18 ‘As for me, my life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to depart. I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come for me now

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„THE FATHER’S WORK OF LOVE“

“If all men who are far from our Catholic Church heard people talking about this Father Who loves them, Who is their Creator and their God, about this Father Who desires to give them eternal life, then many of these men, even the most obstinate ones, would come to this Father of Whom you had

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Dying to sin

Rom 6:3-11 You cannot have forgotten that all of us, when we were baptised into Christ Jesus, were baptised into his death. So by our baptism into his death we were buried with him, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glorious power, we too should begin living a new

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“LOVE IN ABUNDANCE”

“For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” (Matthew 25:29) We know Jesus’ words in the context of the talents entrusted to us, which were to be multiplied. What does our Father want to

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