Father Serafino speaks about the nature of Adoration during this first conference which has both an external and internal characteristic. We must adore God with all our body and soul because He is the Supreme Being.

Father Serafino speaks about the nature of Adoration during this first conference which has both an external and internal characteristic. We must adore God with all our body and soul because He is the Supreme Being.

The purpose of Confession is to reconcile man to God. When we sin, we deprive ourselves of God’s grace. And by doing so, we make it even easier to sin some more. The only way out of this downward cycle is to acknowledge our sins, to repent of them, and to ask God’s forgiveness.

Father Serafino talks about the Beauty of the Mass of Ages. In this Second Conference we understand more about the Sacred Silence in the Holy Mass to enter into the mystery of Calvary and help us toward our goal in life to become Saints and lead a life of Christian Perfection.

The Sacrament of Confession is one of the seven sacraments recognised by the Catholic Church. Catholics believe that all of the sacraments were instituted by Jesus Christ himself. In the case of Confession, that institution occurred on Easter Sunday, when Christ appeared to the apostles after his Resurrection. 

The purpose of Confession is to reconcile man to God. When we sin, we deprive ourselves of God’s grace. And by doing so, we make it even easier to sin some more. The only way out of this downward cycle is to acknowledge our sins, to repent of them, and to ask God’s forgiveness.

Silence is one of the principal means to attain the spirit of prayer and to fit oneself for uninterrupted intercourse with God. It is hard to find a truly pious person who talks much. But they who have the spirit of prayer love silence, which has deservedly been called a protectress of innocence.

According to St. Bernard, it forces the soul, as it were, to think of God and heavenly things. For this reason the Saints of God were great lovers of Silence. In the prophecy of Isaias we read: "The work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security forever." (Is. 32:17). 

In the first temptation, the devil plays on Christ's hunger, and suggests he satisfy it by miraculously transforming stones into bread: "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread." Father Serafino speaks to the Marian Group that "Man does not live by Bread alone".

Jesus, of course, cannot be diverted in these temptations by the devil. Thus he said in reply, "It is written: One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God". How can we overcome our greatest temptations of the devil, the world and especially ourselves.