On The Feast Day of St. John Eudes



“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.” 

                      (St. John Eudes from The Life and Reign of Jesus in Christian Souls)

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