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Posted on February 2, 2026January 8, 2026

If we seek only God’s glory and are ready to make every sacrifice for so good a ruler, then the more trials we have to face, the better everything will succeed.

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St. Brother André Bessette, CSC, spent a life of simple hospitality. Reflect upon how you might extend hospitality to someone today who might not otherwise be seen.

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

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Posted on February 1, 2026January 8, 2026

Each of us is that steward of which the gospel speaks, to whom the master confided a certain number of talents to be made profitable and for which we must give an account.

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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 Directory.

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Posted on January 31, 2026January 8, 2026

Continue, my dear friend, to devote yourself to developing the interior life; without this, we are simply wasting our time.

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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 January 30, 2026January 8, 2026

To seek the road on which we should walk is to enter into the plan of God for us.

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Imagine the person of Jesus in your place today. Reflect on how you as Jesus, would approach the very actions, work, and tasks that you need to engage in today.

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

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Posted on January 29, 2026January 8, 2026

I feel the need of recommending to you the spirit of union; love one another, without any distinctions among you.

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Reflect upon the text. How will your day impact the poor and the marginalized today?

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

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Posted on January 28, 2026January 8, 2026

Let us not forget that the development of the work entrusted to us depends upon our acceptance of the inspirations of grace and fidelity to seconding the designs of providence.

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 Letters.

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Posted on January 27, 2026January 8, 2026

We have to do with a God who knows the clay from which we are made, so let us strive to be what we will want to be by the time of our death.

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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 January 26, 2026January 8, 2026

Let us apply ourselves to practicing the presence of God, patience, recollection, and silence.

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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 January 25, 2026January 8, 2026

God, give me a heart more worthy of you; rather, make mine gentle, humble, zealous and loving like your own.

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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 Exercises.

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Posted on January 24, 2026January 8, 2026

In accomplishing the little things of our everyday life, we are certain of doing the work of God in the way that God desires.

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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 Conference.

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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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