The Word of the Lord today reminds us to trust in Him, regardless of the situation in which we find ourselves. Let us not delude ourselves: the one who follows Jesus Master will, sooner or later, encounter difficulties, perhaps even persecution, but God will never abandon us. He asks us, however, to be “prudent as serpents and simple as doves”. Such was the life of Venerable Mother Maria Scholastica Rivata, whose 127th anniversary of birth we are celebrating today. Let us give thanks to the Divine Master for having given her to our Congregation and to the Church, and we pray that her sanctity of life may soon be recognized.
Listening her voice:
D: Excuse me, one other thing… Were you always content?
R: Always. Always, always, always.
D: Even when there were difficulties?
R: There were many difficulties, that only the Lord knows! I passed through times of anguish that I was able to overcome only through the grace of God. But I never doubted my vocation for a moment. There was never an indecisive moment to say: should I continue? Go ahead? Never! I said it, and thus it will be. Even if I should have to die for my vocation, it doesn’t matter to me! I gave my life to the Lord and he, the Lord, will give me the grace to receive him, to belong entirely to him always.
