“Even so let your light shine before men, in order that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven” (Mt 5:16).
August 7, 2014
Today is one of two dates that God the Father suggested to Mother Eugenia Ravasio (in a Church approved private revelation), be celebrated at the Feast of God the Father of Mankind. Before I remembered that today was one of those two dates (The other suggestion was the first Sunday in August.), I had the inspiration during my morning prayer to start using this blog to honor God the Father. I have been counting the times that the Father is mentioned by Name in the Gospels. In the Gospel of St. Matthew alone, Jesus mentions the Father by Name forty two times! In St. Mark the Father is mentioned five times; in St. Luke He is mentioned fifteen times. And most astonishing of all is that in the Gospel of St. John the Father is mentioned by Name one hundred twenty one times!!
Since everlasting life depends on knowing the Father and Him Whom He has sent (John 17:3), it seems that these blogposts could serve no greater purpose than that of making our Heavenly Father known, loved, and honored.
For this reason I hope to write a series of blogposts that will be meditations on all the Gospel references to the Father, one mention for each blogpost. The purpose of doing this is “so as to give light to all in the house” (Mt 5:15).
