Saturday, May 24 : Saint Charles de Foucauld

[Our Lord says:] The teaching that I give you is that, as soon as you declare yourself for my servants, you must expect persecution … I was persecuted all my life … At my birth, Herod wanted me to see myself in the pitfalls of the Pharisees and Herod pursued me from city to city, and set new traps every day, You see I am no longer able to walk in public in Judea without danger of death, my death was decided by the high priest and, in three weeks, it will be accomplished. All of this tells you that if you immitate me by preaching the Gospel and following the truth, the persecution that constantly surrounded me awaits you; It will be necessary to receive it with joy, as precious marks of your resemblance to me, as an imitation of your beloved … To bear them calmly, knowing that if they arrive it is that I allow them, and that they will reach you only insofar as I will allow it, without my permission of which not a hair of your head can not fall … Who arrives is allowed by God, and produces in one way or the other his glory … Suffer it courageously by offering God your sufferings as a sacrifice, in holocaust for his glory and for the accomplishment of his will, a sacrifice which will be all the more pleasant, which will have all the more price, that your sufferings will be greater and will be offered to him with love and joy … Suffer in praying for your persecuters, God wants their salvation and I will give my blood to save them. I myself gave you the example of praying for all men, for our persecutors and our enemies.

Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team

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