24th November 2024 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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Day EIGHT: In the Spirit of Sacrifice and Self denial
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Text from the Cardinal: You began by forsaking everything, (…) exchanging language, clothing and food, habits for those of people to whom you want to give the light. After having done all this, having been made all things to all men, according to the expression of the Apostle (…) you seek only one thing: life for these poor souls and for you, with the grace of God who will make you persevere in this work, through persecutions and a cruel death if necessary … (I.42). Poverty – Two Obligations: Not to be attached to wealth; not spend unnecessarily what we have … ‘My share of inheritance and my cup, it is you, Lord’. How is it missing in the Society? – Order and poverty, two necessary virtues, especially with poverty. What do we…