Message of the Week
Dear Philothea!
This week we move closer to celebrating the Birth of the Lord Jesus. In
Saint John’s words, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace
and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father”
(Jn 1:14). What shall our spiritual wish be for this Christmas? What does our
father Saint Francis de Sales wish for us? Let us listen to him:
“I wish, therefore, dear Philothea, to engrave and inscribe on your heart, before everything
else, this holy and sacred maxim: LIVE JESUS! After that, I am sure that your
life which comes from your heart, like the almond tree from its kernel, will
produce all its actions which are its fruits inscribed and engraved with the
same word of salvation. Just as this gentle Jesus will live in your heart, he
will live also in your conduct and appear in your eyes, in your mouth, in your
hands, even in your hair” (Introduction
to the Devout Life, Part 3, chapter 23).
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| Sr. Florence sends her Christmas greetings from Rome |
We wish you a very grace-filled Christmas, May Jesus take hold of your
heart and live in it. Live Jesus! (In my heart)!
Peace!
Fr. George
For the Philothea Missionaries
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