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As Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, we must be marked as Jesus was with this twofold quality of gentleness and strength. (J. Chevalier, Le Sacré-Coeur, p. 200) When am I able to be strong? When am I able to be gentle? Reflect on these times.
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If something nice happens to others, rejoice with them as if it had happened to you: congratulate them from your heart. (J. Chevalier, Ecole du Sacré-Coeur, p. 245) Does my heart ever struggles with tinges of 'jealousy'? What might its message be to me?
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God says to me : I have loved you with an everlasting love ! Me ! It is specifically me whom God has so loved, ungrateful me, sinful me. (J. Chevalier, Retraite 1904, p. 17) And God says to me ... ?
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The Heart of Jesus, to whom we owe heaven, fills us with the most consoling hope, for he is mercy incarnate. (J. Chevalier, Le Sacré-Coeur, p. 300) What signs of hope do I see today ...? in me ...? around me ...? in the world...?
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Mary is a mother for us. She is full of tenderness. None of our needs escape her. (J. Chevalier, Méditations II, p. 671) These words describe Chevalier's relationship with Mary. How would you describe your relationship with her?
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To profit from the presence of the Holy Spirit we should come with a docile mind and a heart detached from earthly desires. (J. Chevalier, Méditations I, p. 576) Is there some "attachment" in my life that holds me captive? Closes me in?
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...sculptor can die, but his works remains. But if God should cease to create, even merely for an instant, the world would be no more. (J. Chevalier, Le Sacré-Coeur, p. 281) Will I be in touch with my creativity ... and therefore, in touch with the God creating through me today?
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...or Jules Chevalier, meekness is the strength which enables us to conquer pride, impatience, fatigue. (E.J. Cuskelly MSC, Jules Chevaler, Man with a Mission, p. 120) Meekness is stength Patience ... Tolerance Humility ... Truth Let us walk humbly with our God (Micah...
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Let us call on Mary with the greatest confidence in all our needs, and the Heart of Jesus will shower many blessings upon us. (J. Chevalier, Méditations I, p. 182) When Chevalier referred to Mary, he referred to Jesus. Mary, always in relationship with Jesus ...
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...a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power and love (2 Tim 1: 7). I can do all things in him who strengthens me (Phil 4: 13). (J. Chevalier quoting St. Paul in Le Sacré-Coeur, p. 201) With what personal gifts does God strengthen you to live your life with confidence and peace?
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