Category: Scripture

  • Do what You want with your own

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    Gabriele
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    Aut non licet mihi quod volo, facere? Matthew 20:15 Do I not want to consider myself of the Lord? Do I not want to belong to Him entirely, to somehow devote my life to His service? Then, I should take these words to heart. Can I not do what I want with what is mine?…

  • Coming back to my vocation pt. 1

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    Gabriele
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    Domine, si tu es, iube me venire ad te super aquas […] et continuo Iesus extendens manum adprehendit eum et ait illi: modicae fidei, quare dubitasti? Matthew 14:28;31 Last Sunday’s reading portrayed Saint Peter asking the Lord to command him to come to Him to walk on the stormy waters. Peter then doubted and cried…

  • Before my pain

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    Gabriele
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    There is something paralysing about one’s struggles. I suspect particularly with those inner struggles that feel invisible to the eyes – or come as a consequence of physical and material difficulties. They can feel deeply personal and isolating. I’m often stopped in my tracks by the Lord’s invitation to: “Come to me, all you that…