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Category: Letters

Posted on April 6, 2022

We must strive to become saints, and never shall we be saints without the spirit of self-denial.

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As Jesus was fully human, what feelings might you mutually share with him as you reflect upon today’s reading?

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

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Posted on April 5, 2022

The perfect life will be marked by our commitment to the work of teaching or to any other employment.

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Blessed Moreau speaks about the “zeal.” What fosters zeal and passion in your life?

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

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Posted on April 4, 2022

The perfect life will promote a family spirit by humility and charitable patience with others.

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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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Posted on April 3, 2022

The perfect life will be marked by devotion to our responsibilities, in a spirit of love rather than fear, and in a spirit of faith rather than for human motives.

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Reflecting upon today’s reading, what are the roadblocks for you today in experiencing God’s presence? How might you offer those into God’s hands today?

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

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Posted on April 2, 2022

How good it is to abandon ourselves to the love of God who is in heaven, and to seek God’s holy will.

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Spend a moment in silence listening to the words of the text within you.

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

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Posted on April 1, 2022

Our one ambition must be to bring forth followers of Jesus Christ by means of Christian education or apostolic ministry.

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Reflect on the text and image. What can you take away for your life and ministry/work today?

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

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Posted on March 31, 2022

Our union with one another is a powerful lever with which we can move, direct, and sanctify the whole world.

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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 March 30, 2022

Nothing is more opposed to the maxims of the gospel and the spirit of your work than fear; nothing is more capable of paralyzing the good which has been so auspiciously begun.

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How might you open yourself today to the mystery of God expressed through Jesus?

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

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Posted on March 28, 2022

Christianity is nothing else than the life of Jesus Christ reproduced in our conduct.

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How might you model the life and person of Christ for others today?

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

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Posted on March 25, 2022

I ask you to be faithful to prayer and your spiritual life wherever you may be and whatever your work.

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Reflecting upon the words of Moreau, reflect upon a physical place that feels sacred to you and how it draws you closer to God.

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

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Blessed Father Moreau

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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