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Posted on August 30, 2021

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 29, 2021

Your heart lives only on love, and God created the heart for God alone; your heart is so big only God can fill it.

swan

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

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

Image by Kim Garza, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Posted on August 28, 2021August 9, 2021

To the one who loves God all is simple and gentle; one can even love suffering endured for God.

sculpture of St. Joseph teaching Jesus to write

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

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

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Posted on August 27, 2021

To follow Jesus Christ means to imitate him; this is the commitment we contracted in baptism.

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In your own life, who is the marginalized person that you encounter daily, and how might the text today impact your encounter with them?

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

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Posted on August 26, 2021

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.

streetlight at night

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, 2021

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.

garden trelis

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.

Image by Kim Garza, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Posted on August 24, 2021

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

fields from the air

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.

Image by Mark Miller, used under CC BY.

Posted on August 23, 2021

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, 2021

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

watering a garden

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, 2021

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.

campfire

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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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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