As the Father has sent me I am sending you

As the Father has sent me I am sending you Mankind must know that they have a Saviour in God, so that they can open themselves to his purifying and sanctifying action. Hence the need for Christ to have messengers among them. It is not only a logical necessity, it is...

To love even more

To Love Even More Let us reread, if you will, that admirable passage from Saint Luke introducing Anna the Prophetess. It takes the Evangelist only a few verses to etch an unforgettable portrait—like a Rembrandt etching—of this woman “of a great age,” to...

Love is stronger than Suffering

Love is stronger than Suffering L’anneau d’or magazine reproduced the text of a talk given by Father Henri Caffarel at Pentecost 1967, in Lourdes, before an audience of 4,500 widows. How easy it is, between intellectuals around a table, to discuss...

A Note on Consecrated Widowhood

A Note on Consecrated Widowhood To understand the greatness of the consecration of widowhood, one must recall the promise of perfect fidelity that the wife made to her husband on their wedding day—signified by the “yes” she gave in response to the priest’s...

Come and follow me

“Come and follow me” The Gospel ideal is not, solely or primarily, a body of doctrine to be adopted, but Someone to be followed. To follow means learning to think, act, and live with Him and like Him. And this Someone is not a man of half-measures or...