Rev. John Campoli, i.v.dei
His Love Ministries
Remember that our heavenly Father has our best interests at the forefront of His plan for our lives. Jesus always walks with us, especially in our sufferings. Cling to Him with everything you’ve got and give Him all your pain, suffering, and disillusions. He can turn them into joy, and glory and, finally, will turn our death into life.
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Daily Meditation
Thanksgiving Day is the time to sit back and reflect on all of God’s blessings.
One of those blessings for me is you, your friendship, prayers, and your loving support.
I cannot begin to express how thankful I am to have you in my life. You are always in my prayers.
Never forget how much God loves you.
God bless you
Father John
Christ Is Our King
The French philosopher Simone Weil was once asked, as she looked at the crucifix in a church, “Simone, what do you see when you look at the cross?”
And she said, “I see God’s apology for all the pain.”
What a wonderful understanding: “God’s apology for all the pain.”
God could not take away our pain without taking away our freedom, and He created us for freedom, not for slavery. And while He couldn’t take it away, He could do only one thing that was left, and that was to share our pain.
And that is why His Son takes on human flesh, becomes vulnerable, and, in the end, suffers, perhaps as no man in history from the beginning of time to the end of time ever suffered.
And he suffered, and we say, “How could God allow this to happen?”
How could He look down and watch His Son destroyed, abandoned, hated, despised? Even his friends ran away.
And then we say to ourselves, “For what purpose? Why?”
And we know the answer: God so loved the world that He gave His Son, that we not perish, but have everlasting life.
And even through everything, why the great pain? Why did He have to suffer so much?
Simone Weil says, “Because on the high hill of Calvary, nobody from the beginning of time to the end of time can say anything but, ‘He understands.’”
He understands
He understands our lives. He understands our confusion, and He understands our fears and pain.
He understands.
Jesus came to establish God’s kingdom on earth. His kingdom, as we pray in the preface to the Eucharistic prayer for the Feast of Christ the King, is a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love, and peace. Christ’s kingship rests on the authority of complete, sacrificial, never-ending, and all-encompassing love. It is the complete love of God.
We are all called to be kingdom builders. Not our own kingdoms, but the kingdom of God. Our society has become so “me” centered. Our world has lost faith. It has lost hope. It has lost love. We’ve been blinded by the quest for power and self-sufficiency.
Jesus offers us the promise of a different kingdom. This reign begins not in power and majesty but in a manger in Bethlehem.
ABOUT
Father John Campoli
Since 1982, Father John Campoli has conducted healing Masses, Retreats, Parish Missions, and Days of Recollection in the United States, England, Ireland, Trinidad, Belize, and the Middle East.
A priest of the Voluntas Dei Institute was ordained in 1970 for the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey. Father holds a Master’s degree in Theology from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Maryland, and has pursued post-graduate studies in Liturgy at Catholic University. From 1970 until 1991, he served the Diocese as parochial vicar and pastor in several parishes, as well as being the Diocesan Director of Liturgy for ten years.
In 1991, Father felt a call to a more consecrated life and with the bishop’s permission left the diocese to join Voluntas Dei, a Secular Institute of Pontifical Rite. He is a priest in good standing in the Voluntas Dei Institute. As a member of the Institute, he has successfully completed its Safe Environment Program and the criminal background checks as mandated by the Dallas Charter.
Father Campoli has been involved in Renewal and the Healing Ministry for over forty years. He is the author of several books and has appeared on television and radio. In addition to having produced an extensive series of CDs on healing and spirituality, he has written many articles for newspapers and magazines. Father John celebrates a Sunday Mass each week, which is available on YouTube and Facebook
When Father Campoli is asked to give a brief summary of the objectives of the Ministry, he would say that he tries to bring people to an understanding that “God is love, love is mercy, mercy is forgiveness, and forgiveness heals.”
Father Campoli is available for
Retreats,
Conferences,
Parish Missions.
Mass Cards
and Weekly Mass Intentions
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