Union with Christ is first and foremost a way of life.
This is a central point in Fr. Chevalier's teaching.
(D. Murphy MSC, Issoudun Papers, 1996)



This is a central characteristic of our charism...
To be the Heart of Jesus on earth today.
How must my heart change? 

Jules Chevalier's charism was
first dominated by concern for the evils of his time
and then by Christ who had compassion on the crowds.
(E.J. Cuskelly MSC, Jules Chevalier - Man with a Mission, p. 126)



What is your present world-image
and what feelings are associated with it?
What is your present Christ-image
and how is this image inspiring your day?  

Let us penetrate through the wound of the Heart of Jesus
and there, discover the inexhaustible source of grace.
(J. Chevalier, Méditations I, pp. 497-498)



The wound in the Heart of Jesus
opens the source of all grace.
Darkness leads to Light.
Am I being called to integrate
the 'shadow' of woundedness with the 'light' of grace?

For us, sanctity should consist
in putting the precept of St. Paul into practice:
"Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus"
(J. Chevalier, Manuel du Religieux du Sacré-Coeur, 1884)



... Let Jesus' mind be in you ...
How are these words speaking to your experiences today?

Everywhere, in all his actions, Jesus is preoccupied
with the mission he has come to fulfil on this earth.
(J. Chevalier, Méditations II, p. 578)



As I live through this day, with what am I preoccupied?
Is it Jesus' mission?