The End of Times

 Man has always been fascinated by the end of the world. This Sunday the priest told us something that, I must confess, I had to read the Gospel twice to verify. First, he warned us that false prophets will come, claiming to be Jesus, but we must not believe them. And second, which is what I had to reread in the Gospel, that there will be natural disasters and political conflicts, but as Jesus said, this is not the end. He also told us that no one knows the day or the hour, and this is in the Bible as well. Regarding the destruction of the temple and the persecution of the apostles, he said that this had also been said to all the martyrs who have died for Christ's sake. And also to all Christians who are persecuted for their faith in these times. And as Jesus said, the temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, and only what we now know as the Wailing Wall remained

So, we shouldn't assume we live in the end times, but we should be prepared for our own judgment at the end of our days, because that will surely come. Let's try to live the Beatitudes, go to confession as often as we can and receive the sacraments, read the scriptures, pray, be merciful, and thus we will always be prepared for the end of our lives and even for the end of the world.

Wonderful joy

Inexplicable miracle,

Wonderful joy,

I don't know what to do

Before His Majesty,

I walk, I go in front,

I see Him,

"God with us"

In front of me, 

"The Body of Christ"

I listen,

I answer

"Amen",

I receive Him.

And if I would like to be a saint,

But I know that He loves me like this,

I would like to forget everything

And remember only Him

In the Holy Eucharist.

I wish my thoughts

Just think of Him.

And I don't know how to act,

God,

God is with me,

With all His love

And I would like to be worthy,

But like this, only me,

It's not just me,

Because He joined me

He enters the heart that awaits

His blessing,

And I would like to praise Him forever

And that He not go away. 

No end

  I would like to praise you forever, Lord

To surrender myself completely to Your salvation

To Your redeeming work, to Your love on the cross

Purify my soul and serve you, Lord.

I don't know why I sin

I know I am human

I wouldn't want any more buts

To live my faith.

And to praise you forever

And reach You

By Your grace and in it

I will live forever.

And one day see Your face

Fill me with your light,

And to praise you forever.

Without end, only You,

God

 

What is God? 

   - Tell me, what is God, oh beautiful lights?.. 

  Order! - The stars have answered me. 

  - Say, what is God, beautiful flowers? 

  - Beauty! - Answer me the roses. 

  - Tell me, what is God, my Mother? And she, looking at the Crucifix: 

  “Love is God,” she told me… Love purer than the light of day.

Father Leonardo Castellani

Eternal rest? Father Alberto Maggi

 The dead are not in the cemetery, the place of the "mortal remains", but they continue their existence in the fullness of God, this is the meaning of "They will rest from their labours".

The rest to which the author refers does not indicate the cessation of activities, but the divine condition, as the Creator who "did the work he had done and rested on the seventh day" (Gn 2,2). 

With death the individual rests on the works carried out in his earthly existence, but he is called to collaborate in the creative action of God by communicating life to men: "Whoever has entered into his rest also rests from his works, as God from his own" (Heb 4:10).

Death does not lead to an eternal rest in the sense of a divine idleness for all eternity, but to active and life-giving collaboration with the action of the Creator. 

In this creative action the love that the deceased had for his loved ones is not weakened, but enriched with the same power of love of the Father. Death does not relax human relationships, but it enhances them.

The only thing that man brings with him to the new dimension of life are the works carried out in his earthly existence. The works by which man has transmitted life to others, are his wealth, what have made eternal life already in this existence, triggering in the individual a process of transformation that is not stopped by death, but enhanced.

Father Alberto Maggi

(Montefano, 2 November 2012)

Body of Christ by Sue Werner

 Before the earth was created,

He knew you by your name

You had a special purpose,

Because of you He came...

Knowing you would stumble,

Sin would not define,

The uniqueness of your purpose, 

Thus He whispers

"You are mine"

My Longing

 

What are you looking for? You asked me. 

I heard it while reading a father.

It was not with words that you spoke,

Tell me if I can answer.

In life you never limited me,

But the answer, how will I explain?

I was looking for you and you always loved me,

I may have been a nun, but also a mother.

Maybe it's late, but my consolation,

It will be your face, to see it in heaven

When my soul will take flight.

I seek you, remove the veil,

Make my soul love you with zeal.

My good Jesus: You are my longing!