Eucharistic Heart

Our "Father" not only spoke to us of the Eucharistic Bread, but became himself the good bread that was eaten by everyone. The Founder spent long hours in the contemplation of the timeless Face of Christ, copying in himself Christ's features. For hours he paused in silent adoration and in attentive listening to the heartbeats of Jesus, which made his own heart expand beyond the limits of all human love. (Giuliana, June 15, 2004)

What could be more beautiful than the Heart of Jesus living in us?

The Father's Love

Everywhere and every moment we are involved in this tension toward the fullness of the love that the Father has shown us in His Son.
- Bishop Giaquinta

His Promise in Full Color!

The exhortation to not fear takes us by the hand, as it were, and leads us with confidence through the familiar love of the One in whom we trust.

Indeed, when we free our spirits from fear and open our hearts to confidence, hope appears to us as a great rainbow in the sky. Not as a mere symbolic sign, but as the sure sign of a true reality – a reality truer than all the concerns that keep us anxious. It is the rainbow of hope, painted in many colors, symbol of our eagerness to walk toward the ultimate and final goal, while still pressed by the demands of our daily living. It is the luminous sign of our oblation that grows and enriches our lives with many gifts, blending into harmony the various parts of the same body – despite all our poverty and limitations.

This sign appears to us not only as a sign of hope, but also as a messenger of peace, inviting us to overcome divisions and to become witnesses of something new, something greater.
(Giuliana, Aug. 2004)

Found by Him

At the end of the road, day, year, time, at the front of the Church, at the top of the cross, in the secret of my heart, You wait for me.
You passionately call, remind, encourage, desire, and gaze upon me.
What are these gentle gifts that You hold out before me but a burning invitation to be eternally united with You, forever receiving the Father's love?

Clothed in Glory

I rejoice heartily in the LORD,
in my God is the joy of my soul;
For he has clothed me with a robe of salvation,
and wrapped me in a mantle of justice,
Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
like a bride bedecked with her jewels.
As the earth brings forth its plants,
and a garden makes its growth spring up,
So will the Lord GOD make justice and praise
spring up before all the nations.
(Is. 61:10-11)

Draw all Nations to Yourself, Lord!

PRAYER OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI AT THE WESTERN WALL
Jerusalem, Tuesday, 12 May 2009

God of all the ages,
on my visit to Jerusalem, the “City of Peace”,
spiritual home to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike,
I bring before you the joys, the hopes and the aspirations,
the trials, the suffering and the pain of all your people throughout the world.

God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
hear the cry of the afflicted, the fearful, the bereft;
send your peace upon this Holy Land, upon the Middle East,
upon the entire human family;
stir the hearts of all who call upon your name,
to walk humbly in the path of justice and compassion.

“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him” (Lam 3:25)!

Lead Me Lord

LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
you know when I sit and stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My travels and my rest you mark;
with all my ways you are familiar.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
LORD, you know it all.
Behind and before you encircle me
and rest your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is beyond me,
far too lofty for me to reach.
Where can I hide from your spirit?
From your presence, where can I flee?
If I ascend to the heavens, you are there;
if I lie down in Sheol, you are there too.
If I fly with the wings of dawn
and alight beyond the sea,
Even there your hand will guide me,
Your right hand hold me fast.
(Psalm 139:1-10)