Negation
Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but later you will follow." Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can't I follow You now? I will give my life for You. Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the cock will not crow until you have denied me three times. [Jn 13: 36-38] Long-suffering and fragility shine in Peter. He is ready to give his life for Jesus, but also to deny Him in order to save himself. It is a contrast that is also inherent in each of us. We are ready to do what is good and what is right, but we are also blocked by fear of the price to be paid. Only humble awareness of our handicaps helps us not to be surprised by fear in the moment of trial. Peter, only after acknowledging and crying over his denial, will he be ready to give his life for the Master. How we are like Peter, Lord Jesus. We are your fearful students who don't know how to stay by your side at the time of trial. How easy it is to deny you how dangerous it is to claim to be a friend! How easy it is to cheat on you when something is offered to us which seems worth more than you. Don't leave us in temptation. Forgive us and trust us again if we've done wrong. Florenzo Salvi Giampietro Polini
Your relationship with God
Your relationship with God is vital. Because that is the only way you can realize your self fully. All your other relationships are conditioned and dictated by lots of limitations. But your relationship with your creator is without conditions or restrictions. Creator is the fullness of creation. So, in God you can find your fullness. The more open we are to this infinite reality the more we have the opportunity to grow into the realization of our self. In Him you can find your perfect design of your self. Don Giorgio
The smell of love
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. [John 12, 1-3] Jesus also had friends. The family of Martha, Maria and Lazarus was certainly a point of reference, and he loved being in this house where he felt welcomed and loved. During the last supper with them, Maria makes a surprising gesture. Her love for him is so profound that she finds no other way to express it than with this very expensive perfume, poured out with exaggerated abundance, applied with gestures of extreme tenderness. It is the last real consolation for Jesus, before His Passion. I would like to learn from Martha how to serve you, from Lazarus to be with you, from Maria, to show you my generous love poured out like precious oil with exaggerated abundance. I would like your presence to smell in my home, in my family, in my community ... Jesus, let me live each day in deep friendship with You. Fiorenzo Salvi Giampietro Polini