Excerpts from the Intent of the Father
and the Associate Constitution
With desire I have
desired to give my Spirit to the world and to communicate it to my creatures
endowed with reason, in order to live with them and in them until the end of
the world.
So
that my creatures, then, might keep in mind the never ending love with which I
have loved them, it has been my good pleasure to choose to make of you a living
memorial (“viva memoria”), for all the people of the world. (So that) His works are always alive before
me. (To) continue the mission of the
Redeemer and so guide the world towards that which is the end and fulfillment
of the world: becoming a new heaven and a new earth where
God will be all in all.
Consequently, stamp
on your spirit the features of his life and be on earth living and inspired
portraits of my beloved Son. You will
carry Him about as the Life of your heart, as the Goal
of your existence and as the Master of your spirit.
What
phrase or sentence touched your heart?
Painting
by Briton Riviere: The Temptation of
Jesus in the Desert
Today’s Gospel
was the Temptation in the desert.
What
do you see in this picture?
Area
looks desolate – no vegetation ~ Spring
brings new life.
Lent
means Spring, as in the lengthening of days.
This year Easter is so late that it truly will be light and bright on
the day of resurrection.
Is
this twilight between sunrise or sunset?
Red
sky at night sailor’s delight. Red sky
in morning, sailor’s warning.
‘Stars’ ~ Venus above his head and Jupiter by his
shoulder
This
past February, Venus and Jupiter rose before the sun each clear morning in this
configuration, so this could well be a winter scene.
Vulture
symbolizes: purification / insight to
choose your path / Death or doom (vulture’s heads are bald to keep them clean
while eating carrion and they urinate on their feet to sanitize them from
bacteria in the carrion.
On
what is Jesus sitting? It looks
like a throne. Devil tempts him with
worldly power. But, as Blessed Celeste says,
‘Christ reigns from the Throne of the Cross.’
What is Jesus thinking?
This
Lent, how can I strive to live more fully
the love of Christ in my life?
the love of Christ in my life?
