Meditation...

MEDITATION FOR TODAY

What God wants.

In adversity known to man. San Francisco de Sales dearly loved the Order of the Visitation, which had cost so many jobs. Often the missing chop saw, the brunt of the persecution that raged over it, but never lost the holy peace, and was happy until the destruction of the Order if the Lord would please, that's when he said: "From For some time the adversities and contradictions I experience have made me so calm enjoy peace, which has no similar, and presages the day be as near the stable union of the soul with God, only desire of my heart. "

 "Practice love of Jesus Christ" - St. Alphonsus Liguori

Comment:

Many times we do good works, even excellent works. But sometimes it happens that we get excited both these works, we forget that we are in this world to meet and abetting the Divine and to join God, and that these works should lead us to union with God.

So what good is occasionally think that the Lord is the one who holds the reins of everything! And our work is and serves as long as it pleases the Lord, and bring us closer to Him

Remember, once in a while, amid the bustle of the struggle and activity, why we fight, why we act. Because if we forget that we work for God, and to unite us to Him and gain heaven, we run the risk of having a messy love the same work.

Always looking up to God and offer what we do, what we have and what we are, remembering that we have to leave everything in this world, and then choose as Mary, the best part, so while meeting the Marta function, appropriate for every apostle of the Lord.

If the Lord allows adversity in our works, and they fall on the floor, no matter. What does matter is that everything that happens us closer to God, because that is what the holiness to which we must all strive. All of us should serve to advance in virtue, both success and failure.

Ordinary time...

XXI Week in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1st Reading of the Book of Joshua 24, 1-2. 15-17. 18b
Reading 2nd Letter of Paul to the Ephesians 5, 21-32
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John 6, 60-69
Today, the Gospel stands in Capernaum, where Jesus is followed by many for having seen his miracles, especially by the multiplication of the loaves spectacular. Socially, Jesus there is the risk of dying of success, as is often said, even I want to nominate King. It is a key moment in the catechesis of Jesus. It is the time when he began to exhibit clearly the supernatural dimension of your message. And, as Jesus is so good catechist, perfect priest, bishop and pope the best, let them go, feel sorrow, but He is faithful to his message, the popular success not blind.

He said a great priest who, throughout the history of the Church, who have fallen columns seemed indispensable: "He went back, and walked no more with him" (Jn 6.66). You and I can fall, "pass", march, criticizing, "go to ours." With humility and trust Jesus Tell the good we want to be faithful today, tomorrow and every day to make us see the gospel that has little sense to discuss the teachings of God or the Church because they "do not understand": "Lord, to whom shall we go?" (Jn 6:68). Pray more supernatural. Only Jesus and His Church found in the Word of eternal life: "You have the words of eternal life" (Jn 6:68).

Like Peter, we know that Jesus speaks with supernatural language, language to be tuned correctly to enter its full meaning, otherwise only hear unpleasant noises and incoherent; need to fine-tune. Like Peter, also in our Christian life we ​​have moments when we must renew and say that we are in Jesus and we want to continue with Him Peter loved Jesus Christ, so we stayed, the others wanted him for bread, by "candy" for political reasons and leave. The secret is to love loyalty, trust. Let us ask the Virgin to help us here and now to be faithful to the Church we have.
Brother Fernando Fortunato OSB.
Have a good weekend
Regards