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

Angel...

Photo of an Angel

I like the humor of God, gives me a joy hard to explain. He leaves his trail here and there, so we do exercise our faith, and we see it.

Many times our Creator decides to make his mark with a touch to allow dissemination of crowds, so people strengthen their faith. And, in His Infinite Wisdom, makes use of their creativity to give two or three touches of the brush Creator to nature around us.

In this case, I see these Brushstrokes in this photo that comes from Margarita Island, Venezuela. They took this photograph in the blue sky, amazed at what they saw. Some of you will say why do we have to believe in this? Well, no one is forced to believe, because this is just for a smile, and enjoy God's touch that makes this so so nice.

Admire this photo, the Angel is praying, as they always are. I have something special with the Angels, let me join them special thread makes me yearn including their voices, their voices tuned infinitely sing and praise. The Angel of the photo, without doubt, is singing praises to the Lord. Look at your hands, collection delivery position in the eyes of the Throne of God. If you go to the cuff of the sleeve of his robe. Look its two wings, picked because it is in a moment of contemplation, of interior recollection. Look at the profile of his face, a face that rises manly and mature look with humility and peace. The angel is kneeling, as befits a heavenly being who bows before his Creator.

I see this picture and I can not fail to surprise the love of God, who gives us these touches of His tenderness, of his infinite love towards us.

Friends, enjoy this photo because it smells Kingdom, God smells.

Gospel of the day...

Saturday 25/AGO/12
Gospel of the Day

Mt 23, 1-12.

Before God.

Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: The Scribes and Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses, you make and keep everything they are told, but not be guided by their works, because they do what they say. They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others, while they do not want to move even a finger. Everything is done for you to see: enlarged phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments like occupy the first places at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, to be greeted in the marketplaces and being called "my teacher" by the people. As for you, do not call "master", because they have only one Master and you are all brothers. No one in the world called "father", because they have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called either "doctors", because only a doctor, who is Messiah. The greatest among you will be the one that serves them, for he who exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

reflection:

"Everything they do for to be seen." This was the conduct of the scribes and Pharisees of Jesus' day. We must carefully avoid this error and try to act only to please God. Consider that what men may say, for good or bad about us, does not matter. It only matters what God says about us, and that's what we have to take care, that God's opinion is favorable on our behavior and be happy with our work.

Let us ask the Blessed Virgin ever desilusionemos to our loving God.

Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls.

Sleep...

Not because sleep, stop dawn

Not because you cry, you avoid the damage caused
tears, nor because laugh, either.
Life goes on and the important thing is not to cure,
but to prevent and risk.

No dream, if you dare to think
and runs the risk of idealizing.

No change, if you put your mind
and you run the risk of living differently.

You have company, if not more deliveries
of what you get and you have the risk
of being dumped and left alone.

You have no fruit, if not planting
and run the risk of not harvesting.

No money, if you do not save
and run the risk of spending.

If you do not love, nobody likes you and you run
the risk that you will not apply.

You always have to give, love and deliver
others, most of what you get,
to avoid the risk of dying
without having lived and live forever in God
and in memory of those who knew you.

Other...

Put yourself in the place of another

Put yourself in the place of another person involves
be with each other for a moment, to know
how to think and feel, unlike many times
of what we believe or interpret
about them.

Being in the place of another, occasionally,
especially when you're going to criticize,
avoid getting caught up in the reaction
and make a mistake.

Today eliminating critical thought and judgment
of our daily lives is a difficult task to perform,
especially if you've been trained in this principle.
At the same time, reflected in peaceful
that would become our existence if we could succeed.
Think for a moment ... Do you agree?

It is always easier to see from outside the errors
committed by others, because we were taught
to focus our attention on others and not ourselves.
Sometimes critical attitude becomes a habit
awareness difficult, sometimes are the rage,
pain, frustration, envy or jealousy,
the source of motivation to criticize harshly
to another, without realizing that we ignore
one of the laws that preserves the balance
the universe, the law of action and reaction,
that is the cause of everything we do
or deliver to the other, we are returned
always in the same direction, even
most strongly in almost all cases.
In this way we can learn life
to experience in ourselves
the consequences of our behavior.

The next time you feel like doing
something negative about someone,
stop and think:
Can you improve with your comment
attitude or behavior, or perhaps
give solution to this situation, or avoid
conflict or post-conflict?
If the answer is no, stop, because
can cause more harm than good.
If the answer is yes, then choose
the time and the words you will use
to share with them your suggestion,
designed to build and provide.

"Walk through life gently
not hurt others and yet do
firmly to make a mark
Unlike your product. "

This is life...

Wake up, this is life!

Wake up already! This is the life!
Life is what happens when
all your plans are met, or what will happen
when you have that you desire.
Life is what is happening at this very moment.
Your life right now is to read this paragraph,
Wherever you're doing
and circumstances around you now.
At this time your heart carries blood
every cell of your body and your lungs
carry oxygen to where it is needed.

At this time we can not understand something,
keeps you alive and you can, see, think, express,
move, laugh, mourn if you want to!

Do not get used to life, do not get used
to wake up every day and be bored,
or cranky, or worried. Open your eyes
and appreciates all the blessings we can see,
Thank your ability to hear the birds singing,
your favorite music, the laughter of your babies.
Put your hands on your chest and feel
your heart pounding telling:
"I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive".

I know life is not perfect,
which is full of difficult situations.
Perhaps this is how it's supposed to be.
Maybe that's why you have given all
the tools you need to face:
A great strength that you can withstand
losses, the freedom to choose how to react
to what happens, love and support
of your loved ones.

It is also that you are not perfect,
nobody is. And yet millions
circumstances have gathered for you exist.
You were formed from a wonderful design
and share with all mankind its virtues
and defects. As it is written in your genes,
in the genes of every human
that have existed and will exist at all.

Your passions, your fears, your wounds,
your weaknesses, your secrets and your aggression,
share them with all your brothers.
Welcome to the human race!
Such alleged defects are part
your freedom, part of your humanity.

If you wonder ...
Who am I to say all this?
I reply that I am nobody,
I am simply a different version
than you are. Another human being
among billions, but one that has decided
be free and recover all the power of his life ...
I hope you also decide to do so.

I want you to have a great day!