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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 300, 1839.

I have left Rennes. I have not a single person or creature on earth in whom I can put my trust. I have nothing, and I do not know what…

Spiritual writings, 193.

The most difficult things cost nothing to a soul who is really in the prayer of affection. We undertake everything and we are capable of everything. The more intense the…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, II, 354, 1839.

Always be careful to prepare your prayer the night before. At the moments that you have no attraction, and when you find yourself without affections or feelings, in a kind…

Brottier: quoted in the process of beatification

To serve means to forget about yourself and, for the love of God, to sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others. It means to have no rights - only duties.…

Cf. Notes and Documents, VII, 418, 1845.

As for distractions in your prayers, do not worry. As soon as you perceive them, dismiss them, continue peacefully in your prayer or vocal prayer. It is impossible for us…

Libermann: advice to the 'Bandes de Piété, ND I, p. 668

Try then, dear brothers, to be always available before God. Live peacefully and with great confidence in the goodness of God; he will surpass all that we could imagine if…

Spiritual Writings, 529.

For prayer to truly obtain the results that God requires, and for it not to become an illusion, we must seriously give ourselves in to self-abnegation. It is the basis…

Opening of the junior seminary at Saverne.

Cardinal Margéot: Homily for the beatification

The influence of Jacques Laval also spread to the other Christians, whether practising or not, who made up the society of the time. Gradually, the circle of conversions grew bigger.…

Spiritual Writing, 193.

Prayer puts the soul in a continual habit of love of God, the soul does everything out of love. We are always in a great joy because the soul is…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 355, 1839.

The true means for you to prepare a great gift of prayer is the most perfect renunciation. This is what you only need to apply and must aim at in…

Cf. Notes and Documents, VII, 418, 1845.

From time to time, you will lift your heart to our Lord to revive you in the good dispositions that will be placed during the morning prayers. By doing so,…

Spiritual writings, 193.

A soul of prayer lives without anxieties and worries. We adore God, we seek to love and to serve him.

Cf. Notes and Documents, VII, 418, 1845.

Your meditation must not be dry and just the work of your mind alone but it is essential that your heart dilates and pours out before the good Master, like…

Jacques Laval: quoted in his process of beatification

In all things, put your trust only in the Lord. And if some day it happens, as with everybody, that you do something stupid, and even fall several times, don't…

Cf. Notes and Documents, X, 537, 1849.

The missionary rapports between them will be those of the children of the same family, which is that of Jesus and Mary. They must treat themselves as brothers animated by…

In every facet of our lives, but particularly in our prayer, Mary is our model of willing obedience and faithfulness. We offer her veneration and prayer so that we may,…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 108, 1835.

How could the heavenly Father, who has planned and settled the least painstaking movement for all eternity, not have determined the words of life and love that his beloved Son…

P. Joaquim Alves Correia, em "Vida Mais Alta"

Um cristão egoísta, um filho de Deus refastelado no seu comodismo, enquanto outros sofrem e definham, é verdadeira monstruosidade, na ordem actual da Providência – que é a sobrenatural –…

Libermann: Commentary on St. John, 3:3

"Unless a person is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God". O Jesus, what a tremendous love you have for poor people like us!. I am ignorant and…

Cf. Commentary of Saint John, Introduction and 391.

The way which I go about reading this holy and adorable Word is to seek to penetrate the most intimate and simple depths of our divine Saviour. I endeavour to…

From the notes and correspondence of Père Leman, the founder of Blackrock...

I don't know what these modest beginning will bring, but each day I am becoming more and more attached to this work in IrelandÀSo as to avoid wasting time and…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, III, 473, 1845.

Do not be afraid of this loving Father. Love him, be full of confidence in him. He loves seeing you in peace and trust, this is pleasing to him, and…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 282, 1839.

When we speak of the love of Jesus in souls, we can never explain ourselves or make ourselves understood, for who has ever been able to understand, the length, breadth,…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 301, 1837.

Enter fully into the plans of holiness that our Master has for you. Your life will no longer be your own, it will be that of the Spirit of Jesus…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 282, 1839.

If the Master wants you to love any object on earth, your friends for example, your children, your wives, whatsoever it is as coming from him, as belonging to him,…

Cf. Notes and Documents, VI, 38, 1844.

The difficulties far surpassed our weakness, and considering things by virtue of the light of reason alone, we looked on our enterprise as impossible, but at the same time, we…

Guide for Spiritan Formation, no. 88. The need for on-going formation.

Our contact with the people to whom we minister stimulates us to improve the quality of the service that we give by developing our skills and professional conscience. This encourages…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 282, 1839.

It is Jesus who must be the unique and amiable of all our souls. Let us therefore empty our souls of all selfish love and all improper love for creatures,…

Prayer of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit as reported by Nicolas Warnet

Holy Mary, my mother and my queen, humbly kneeling at your feet I beg for your help. Help me, your servant, to dedicate myself to your Spouse, the Holy Spirit,…

Cf. Spiritual Writings, 555.

Fidelity to the divine grace draws a greater predilection of God for us, that is to say a greater superabundance of his graces and of his union with us, and,…

Guide for Spiritan Formation, no. 88 (The need for on-going formation).

Today, the world is constantly changing and some of these changes are on a world scale and of un-paralleled extent and we ourselves are being transformed. By taking time to…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 319, 1839.

That is the sort of work that I am going to undertake, I am going to talk to the great and the powerful, will they even look at me? I…

Guide for Spiritan Formation, no. 88, The need for on-going formation

We believe that our Christian and apostolic vocation brings with it a continuing opportunity of an overall personal growth and the possibility of attaining a greater quality and fullness of…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 319, 1839.

On my own part, you see my situation, abandoned and cut off from all help, not even having a means of support or a way to earn my livelihood, or…

Guide for Spiritan Formation, no. 86

The aim of on-going formation is to help us to continually update our response to God's on-going call, in faithfulness to our tradition and in openness to the signs of…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 300, 1839.

I have left Rennes. I have not a single person or creature on earth in whom I can put my trust. I have nothing, and I do not know what…

From the letters of Daniel Brottier, military chaplain from 1914-1918

May the good Lord spare those who have survived so far and bring these terrible days to an endÀThe weather is awful and the African soldiers are suffering greatly for…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 142, 1835.

whosoever breaths only for the holy will of God takes everything as they are, rejoices in them and always keep his soul well united to God, will soon acquire the…

When you come up against big obstacles in your pastoral ministry, don't get worried or discouraged; at times like that, it is the devil who tries to blind and upset…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 392, 1839.

Make no demands on him or on yourself either. Say calmly “My Jesus, you know well that I am nothing, that I can do nothing and that I am worth…

Libermann to the community in Bourbon, 25.02.1844. N.D. VI, p. 76

It is wrong to think that we must first of all embrace what is assured of success before we take on anything less certain. If St. Paul had reasoned along…

Cf. Commentary of Saint John, 380, 1840.

It is necessary that souls to develop a very strong habit of never stopping to ponder over the graces of Our Lord in them. Their mind must be borne towards…

Libermann: Commentary on St. John, 4:28

'The Samaritan woman left her bucket at the well and went back to the village'. We can see here how powerful are the words of grace that come from the…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 363, 1837.

All that you have to do is to keep yourself docile and pliable in the hands of the Spirit of life whom our Lord has placed in your soul to…

Itaici no. 27: Birth of the East African Province

Our history and the thrust of our mission is mainly rooted in the spirit and charism of our elder confreres who gave their lives on our African soil. Some of…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 392, 1839.

Never want to advance further than is given to you from on high. Be contented to aim at renouncing yourself in everything and having a peaceful desire to live for…

I/D no. 54, May 1997

If we are aware of our history today, it is largely thanks to our predecessors who took care to record and preserve what was happening, the great events as well…

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