A magazine published three times a year by The Marist Fathers and Brothers of the US Province.
Day 35 Lenten Reflection
“We must love all that Jesus Christ loved, abhor all that he abhorred[…] Let us ask for this grace. Life is very short, let us hasten to follow Jesus Christ. We shall have enough rest in eternity. If we wish to rest, let us take rest in the bosom of the Lord. Let there be no divided hearts, however: a heart that is divided will suffer and will be unhappy.”
Stabat Mater
Is there one who would not weep,
Whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ’s dear Mother to behold?
May Mary be Our Guide and Example of Courage in Lent.
(Quote source: A Founder Speaks: Spiritual talks of Jean Claude Colin, #55, 1975)
Day 34 Lenten Reflection
“You are going to leave your homeland, your family, your relatives, your friends, everything, to save the souls and to suffer martyrdom. Yes, if it is not a martyrdom of blood, it will be a martyrdom of hunger, a martyrdom of thirst, a martyrdom of heat, of pain and anguish, of tears. We shall pray for you here.”
Stabat Mater
Christ above in torment hangs,
She beneath beholds the pangs,
Of her dying glorious Son.
May Mary be Our Guide and Example of Courage in Lent.
(Quote source: A Founder Speaks: Spiritual talks of Jean Claude Colin #143.4, 1975)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
The team at Sober St. Patrick’s Day have generously shared a short biographical video on St. Patrick featuring text by Robert Ellsberg, author of “Blessed Among Us” in Give Us This Day.
Day 33 Lenten Reflection
Avoiding obstacles
In the Marist spirit there is much of Saint John the Baptist: “He must increase, and I must decrease,” he said (John, 3,30). Because he wanted to witness to the greatness of the Messiah, John witnessed his smallness. Just like John the Baptist and Mary, the Marist also makes himself small. He knows that arrogance and self-sufficiency lead to “self-idolatry.” Colin said: “My little Marists, make yourselves small, little.”
Stabat Mater
O how sad and sore distressed
Was that Mother, highly blest
Of the sole-begotten One.
May Mary be Our Guide and Example of Courage in Lent.
(Quote source: Original quote inspired by A Founder Speaks: Spiritual talks of Jean Claude Colin, #57.1, 1975)