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Novena to God the Father, Day 1 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. If we would […]

To all of you who follow my daily remarks: I am happy that there are many people who receive the meditations with sacred music as spiritual nourishment. In fact, I try to make the Word of God come alive and also to include the spiritual way of following Christ in these meditations. It is of

Ex 33:7-11; 34:5-9, 28 Moses used to take the Tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting. Anyone who wanted to consult Yahweh would go out to the Tent of Meeting, outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the Tent, the people would

Mt 13:16-17 (Gospel for the Memorial of Sts. Joachim and Anne) ‘But blessed are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear! In truth I tell you, many prophets and upright people longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it. Our eyes

Eph 4:1-6 I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you were called. With all humility and gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love. Take every care to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There

Mt 13:24-30 ‘Jesus put another parable before them, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, then the darnel appeared as well. The

Gal 2:19-20 (Reading corresponding to the memorial of Saint Brigida) ‘In fact, through the Law I am dead to the Law so that I can be alive to God. I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me. The life that I

Song 3:1-4a ‘On my bed at night I sought the man who is my sweetheart: I sought but could not find him! So I shall get up and go through the city; in the streets and in the squares, I shall seek my sweetheart. I sought but could not find him! I came upon the

Mt 13:1-9 ‘That same day, Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the shore, and he told them many things in parables. He said, ‘Listen, a sower went out to sow. As

Sir 51: 1-8 ‘I shall give thanks to you, Lord and King, and praise you, God my Saviour, I give thanks to your name; for you have been my guard and support and redeemed my body from destruction, from the snare of the lying tongue, from lips that fabricate falsehood; in the presence of my