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Category: Letters

Posted on August 30, 2026July 8, 2026

I am convinced that providence, which has in the past done everything necessary to develop and perfect this work, will continue to bestow abundant blessings upon it.

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Reflect upon a specific blessing in your life from God.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 26, 2026July 8, 2026

We must be on our guard against selfishness which would be our ruin; egoism gives rise to the whims of self-centeredness and all the rivalries among us.

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Reflect upon times when you have struggled to turn things over to God and how God helped you.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 25, 2026July 8, 2026

Our duty for the present is to seize upon everything that can contribute to realizing God’s designs in our regard, and to see what reasons we have for hope or fear in the future.

Reflect on the text. How is it affirming/challenging/consoling at this time in your life and ministry?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 24, 2026July 8, 2026

Good administration demands knowledge of persons and places; personal visits should be done whenever possible.

Reflect upon the relationships in your life here on earth that enrich your relationship with God.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 23, 2026July 8, 2026

Let those in administration bear in mind that it is their first duty to give good example, and that they should not demand of others what they do not do themselves.

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How might your life’s actions today act as a prayer to God?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 22, 2026July 8, 2026

Each person in administration should be a model for the others.

How might you reflect the image of God in yourself to another person today?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 21, 2026July 8, 2026

The efficacy of the advice of those in administration will be in proportion to their acquaintance with the usual dispositions of those for whom any directives are intended.

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Listening to the words of the text, where do you experience or hope to experience grace in your life today?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 20, 2026July 8, 2026

In fulfilling your duties you should be persuaded, as Saint Paul tells us, that to ‘those who love God all things work together for good.’

Reflecting upon today’s reading, think of a moment when you felt God’s presence through an individual, in a place, or through an event. How did God touch you?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 13, 2026July 8, 2026

I shall regard it as my duty to follow the good pleasure of God, to which I wish to be faithful both in life and in death.

Brother's Garden at St. Edward's University in golden sunlight

With Basile Moreau, let us pray: “Lord, give me a heart more worthy of you; rather, make mine gentle, humble, zealous, and loving like yours.” How does this prayer impact you?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on August 11, 2026July 8, 2026

As the harvest grows, we see more clearly the scarcity of workers; I say to you with Jesus: ‘Pray to the Lord of the harvest that he send laborers into his harvest.’

As you hear the words of Moreau, what vision immediately comes to mind? What significance does this image hold for you?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Blessed Father Moreau was a French priest in the nineteenth century who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross, an order dedicated to educating hearts and minds.

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