Download PDF Mt 19:27-29 Reading corresponding to the memorial of St. Clare At that time Peter, taking the word, said to Jesus: ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you. What are we to have, then?’ Jesus said to them, ‘In truth I tell you, when everything is made new again and the Son of […]
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Download PDF Jn 12:24-26 Reading for the Feast of St. Lawrence At that time Jesus said to his disciples: “In all truth I tell you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest. Anyone who loves his life
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Download PDF Est 4:17 k-m, r-t Reading for the memorial of St Edith Stein In those days Queen Esther took refuge with the Lord in the mortal peril which had overtaken her. She took off her sumptuous robes and put on sorrowful mourning. Instead of expensive perfumes, she covered her head with ashes and dung.
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Download PDF Mt 17:22-27 When the disciples were together with Jesus in Galilee, Jesus said to them, ‘The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men; they will put him to death, and on the third day he will be raised up again.’ And a great sadness came over them.
Download PDF Through the meditations of the last days, we have been able to encounter God the Father more closely. Sometimes the negative experiences we have had in our lives prevent us from recognising the true image of God, for example, if the relationship with our biological father has been rather problematic. However, we should
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Download MP3 Download PDF 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
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Download MP3 Download PDF 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
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Download MP3 Download PDF 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
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Download MP3 Download PDF 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
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Download MP3 Download PDF 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
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