Let us say to ourselves with the full conviction of telling the truth, ” My soul, begin today to do the good works which to this day you have not done”. Let us be moved by the presence of God. Let us often say to ourselves, “God sees me, and as He looks at me He also judges me”. Let us act in such a way that He sees only good in us. Leggi tutto »
Through divine grace we are at the beginning of a new year. God alone knows whether we shall reach the end of it, so we should spend it in reparation for the past and in preparing for the future with good resolutions. Good works go hand in hand with good intentions. Leggi tutto »
Bethlem: è la stazione del bramato riposo dalle fatiche dell’attesa, è la sorprendente notizia nella notte stellare. E’ nato il Figlio di Dio per noi. Il male non si arrende; cerca ” nuove vie “, ma voi: ” Vivete il dono dell’amore/ che giurate insieme nella gioia./ Lasciate ogni bimbo sbocciare:/ è il frutto più bello della vita”.
Ramo fiorito
Tanti fiori sul ramo di pesco
d’improvviso sono sbocciati;
tante stelle si sono affacciate
dal profondo azzurro del cielo.
The palm of victory is reserved only for those who fight up to the end. Therefore let us begin this year our holy battle. God will assist us and crown us with eternel triumph. Leggi tutto »
And yet, once last hour has come, and our hearts have ceased to beat, everything will be finished for us and the tima to merit as well as to demerit. We will present ourselves to Christ the Judge just as death finds us. Our cries of supplication, our tears, our sighs of repentance, which while still on earth would have won God’s heart, could have made us with the help of the sacraments, saints out of sinners, today is worthless; the time of mercy is passed, now begins the yime of justice. Leggi tutto »
The worldly, engulfed in their affairs, live in obscurity and error, nor do they try to learn about God, or give a thoight to their eternal salvation, or try to find out about the coming of that longedfor Messiah who was awaited by men and prophesied and predicted by the prophets. Leggi tutto »
