25th November 2024 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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Day NINE: Contemplation in Action
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Text from the Cardinal: The Missionaries will be well convinced if they have faith: they know that no supernatural work can be done properly, and bear fruit, except by the grace of God. They also know that the grace of God is only obtained through prayer. Now, in our little Society, it must be said with regret and trembling, that we act and move around very much, but we pray too little. Undoubtedly, activity is indispensable to the Missionary, and it is not permissible for him to give as much time to prayer as do the members of penitential or contemplative Orders. However, at least it is necessary, while some and most fight in the plain, while others always raise supplicating hands on the mountain. (A2.174). Prayer, the spirit of prayer, is the…