Il demonio ti dà tutto, ma in cambio vuole una cosa - Don Roberto De Meo

Summary

Don Roberto De Meo presents life as a journey with a destination: union with God, which he describes as true happiness and fulfillment. Work, marriage, children, health, and career may matter, but he argues that they are not life’s ultimate goal. Forgetting the destination, he says, can leave people living without direction.

He recalls a story about an elderly St. John Bosco, who answered a child asking where he was going: “My son, we’re going to Heaven.” The homily also describes the path toward that goal as difficult and uphill. In the speaker’s Christian framing, the devil tries to draw people away from Jesus, even while offering worldly comforts. The response is to persevere in spiritual life.

Practices Emphasized

• Prayer
• Penance
• Charity
• Asking Our Lady for help in continuing toward union with Jesus

Presenter and Sources

• Presenter: Don Roberto De Meo
• Sources and figures cited: The Church and the Catechism; Scripture and the Gospel; St. John Bosco; Padre Pio; St. Thomas Aquinas; a song by Claudio Villa; Our Lady