“How beautiful and great it is to know and serve God! We have nothing else to do in this world but this. Everything else we do is a waste of time.” (St. John Vianney). These are the words of a fervent soul like the Curé of Ars, who spent much of his priestly ministry in […]
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“God is searching for you, because from time immemorial He has been intent on bringing back the lost sheep.” (Hildegard of Bingen). We are learning to understand ever more deeply this movement of our Father’s love. Our Father is on the lookout for us, as illustrated vividly in the parable of the Prodigal Son. The
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“Do everything, endure everything, to win souls for the Lord.” (Don Bosco) Here, Don Bosco expresses what should move us all: to win souls for God and to take part in the great fishing expedition of love. This statement can become a powerful motivation for us, especially when we consider what God Himself has done
“A man who masters his passions is master of the world. We must either master them or be mastered by them. It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.” (St. Dominic). St. Dominic’s words are a great challenge on the path of following Christ. They remind us that we are all called to
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“The saints will help and serve you” (Inner Word). These promises are important to those of us who strive to serve the Lord by following Christ. The saints are our dearest friends in this endeavor because they are perfected in God’s love and love for their neighbors. How could they do anything other than rush
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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
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This novena, which we have concluded today, has been aimed at showing us the love of the Father, so that we can experience it as the source of our joy. During these nine days we have been invited to deepen our trust in God, to glorify Him, to love Him and to enter into an
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The best thing we can give our Father is our sincere love. Let us remember what Jesus said: “He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me” (Jn 14:21). This is the constant and necessary response for God’s love not only to go out to us, but to penetrate us.
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“Honor to whom honor is due” (Rom 13:7). This applies to our Father more than to anyone else! To Him belong “honour, glory and praise”, as the hymn of the Apocalypse so beautifully proclaims (Rev 5:12). If we could only catch a glimpse of heaven and see how He is constantly honoured by the angels
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In 1932, God the Father appeared to an Italian nun, Sister Eugenia Ravasio. She wrote down the message that the Heavenly Father had entrusted to her. After a long and detailed examination, the local bishop of Grenoble, the place where the apparitions took place, recognised the authenticity of the message. As a result, we have
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