miniZibaldone

Upon entering the gate of Jesus, the door of faith and of the Gospel, we can get out from worldly attitudes, bad habits, by selfishness and by our own closures. When there is contact with the love and mercy of God, there is a real change. And our life is illuminated by the light of the Holy Spirit: an inextinguishable light! From the angelus He leads us into fellowship with the Father, where we find love, understanding and protection. But why is this door narrow? One can ask. Why is it narrow?  It is a narrow door not because it is oppressive – no, but because it asks us to restrict and limit our pride and our fear, to open ourselves with humble and trusting heart to Him, recognizing ourselves as sinners, in need of His forgiveness. For this [reason], it is narrow: to contain our pride, which bloats us.  The door of God’s mercy is narrow but always wide open, wide open for everyone! God has no favorites, but always welcomes everyone, without distinction.  A door, th...

From the homily Jesus wished to introduce his companions into the mystery of Life, into the mystery of His life.  He showed them by eating, sleeping, curing, preaching and praying, what it means to be Son of God.  He invited them to share his life, his interiority, and in his presence among them he allowed them to touch, in his flesh, the life of the Father.  He helped them to experience, in his gaze, in his going out in power, the newness of saying “Our Father”.  In Jesus this expression “Our Father” has no trace of routine or mere repetition. On the contrary, it contains a sense of life, of experience, of authenticity.  With these two words, “Our Father”, he knew how to live praying and to pray living.  Jesus invites us to do the same.  Our first call is to experience this merciful love of the Father in our lives, in our experiences.     [full text] I prefer a family with tired faces from generous giving, to a family with faces ful...