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Charity is not a right

by Fr. Francesco Cardarelli, cpps Let us remember in a special way, my dear brothers, our obligation to promote charity among ourselves. Let us respect one another, pity one another, help one another. Let it not be among us who speak or act out of sympathy or antipathy; nor let us demand that others practice [...]

By |2024-11-20T12:38:06+01:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: Merlini|Comments Off on Charity is not a right

A distinguished citizen of Spoleto and the city that shaped him

by Fr. Michele Colagiovanni, cpps I called Merlini a “supreme confrere” because Gaspare del Bufalo himself - who won him over to the missionary vocation when he was already a secular priest - used to say of him, playing on the surname derived from a bird: “The Blackbird flies high!” In this way he judged [...]

By |2024-11-20T11:38:18+01:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: Merlini|Comments Off on A distinguished citizen of Spoleto and the city that shaped him

“Let’s see what he can do” The holy challenge to a great man of God.

Diocesan inquiry opened into an alleged miraculous healing adventure through the  intercession of Venerable don Giovanni Merlini. by Fr. Valerio Volpi, cpps “Devotion to the Blood of Christ is the most powerful protection against the evils of the world,” said Don Giovanni Merlini,” and since we have many evils in this world, I believe there [...]

By |2024-11-20T10:07:18+01:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: Merlini|Tags: |Comments Off on “Let’s see what he can do” The holy challenge to a great man of God.

Day 77. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

  “Try to maintain the balance of the spirit in a holy abandonment to God. His glory is our desire. Let us leave our eternal salvation to God.” (Letter 07)

By |2024-11-18T08:57:57+01:00November 18th, 2024|Categories: English|Tags: |Comments Off on Day 77. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

Day 76. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

“Let us cast our fears into the sea of divine mercy, and let us keep moving forward as God desires and until God desires it. We will be able to rest in Paradise...” (Letter 021)

By |2024-11-17T13:36:06+01:00November 17th, 2024|Categories: English, Uncategorized|Tags: |Comments Off on Day 76. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

Day 75. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

Love Jesus; become saints. (This is an expression Saint Gaspar used to say.) (Letter 452)

By |2024-11-15T09:20:34+01:00November 15th, 2024|Categories: English|Tags: |Comments Off on Day 75. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

Day 74. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"Let us unite even more with God, and wish to belong only to God. May our divine Lord reunite us, one day, in his loving Abode..." (Letter 26)

By |2024-11-14T09:01:23+01:00November 14th, 2024|Categories: English|Tags: |Comments Off on Day 74. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

Day 73. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"It is good to thank God for his providence, and it is good to continue to pray for it, in order to recognize all the good things that come from God." (Letter 165)

By |2024-11-13T09:15:17+01:00November 13th, 2024|Categories: English|Tags: |Comments Off on Day 73. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

Day 72. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"Learn to distinguish virtue from sin. Failing to practice virtue is not a sin, but we should practice virtue, although we are not obliged."

By |2024-11-12T10:08:49+01:00November 12th, 2024|Categories: English|Tags: |Comments Off on Day 72. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!
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