Am I convinced that the first and most important thing is charity, and without it nothing else makes sense?
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On Almsgiving (Part 3)
by Javier F. Chento | January 11, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Part three of four on Almsgiving…a reflection on a full article by Ozanam, which is among Frederic’s most outstanding.
Charity Knows No Limits
by Javier F. Chento | October 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Ozanam says, This [social] order rests on two virtues, justice and charity, Love and charity: are they the same? How do we try to promote justice?
God’s Mercy is Eternal • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | December 31, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
It is important that we see in this primitive text of Ozanam the passion preserved throughout his life when defending his convictions.
Music and Evangelization • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | December 17, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Do we use music, as a means of evangelization, in our group, branch, parish, etc? Should we?
My Three Angels • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Dec 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Three weeks after the birth of his daughter, Ozanam wrote this precious prayer, My Three Angels, to the Virgin Mary. It is worth reading and rereading it.
Go to the Peripheries • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 26, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Always take care of the servants as much as of the masters, and of the workers as of the rich: that will be, in the...
A Truly Christian Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 17, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
It is easier to use an uplifting language, to fulfill certain positive precepts and to reject certain pleasures, than to be deeply filled with the evangelical spirit, to keep it in the depths of the soul to ennoble it, purify it and improve it; in the end: to...
Friends are a Second Family • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
I have the very pleasant custom to identify myself with my friends, to consider them as a second family and to surround myself with it to cover the gaps that the misfortune has caused around me. As the generation that preceded and covered us, so to speak, is falling...
Young People are the Future … and the Present! • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 16, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
If it is helpful for young people to meet friends and brothers, it is essential for the Society to recruit its members among the Youth. Fourteen years ago, the Society was born: it must not get old as its founders grow old and charity becomes a routine practice. Youth...
A Patron Saint to Imitate and Invoke • A Weekly reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 9, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
A patron saint is not, in fact, a trivial insignia for a Society, such as a St. Denis or St. Nicholas for an inn. Nor is it an honorable name under which a good impression can be made before the religious world: it is a model that we must strive to live, as he himself...
Love is the Only Rule • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 2, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
The only rule to be considered for human actions is that of love: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God above all things, and thy neighbor as thyself"; magnificent law that recognizes three principles of human actions: —the infinite love of God, immense, without limits;...
Let Us Put Our Faith Under the Shelter of Charity • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 4, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
At that time, a number of philosophical and heterodox doctrines were stirring around us, and we felt the desire and need to strengthen our faith amid the attacks that came from the various schools of false science. Some of our young friends were materialistic; some...
Let’s Take Care of the People • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
When I say "Let us go over to the barbarians," I am asking that we do as Pope [Pius IX], that we [...] deal with the people, who have too many needs and few rights, who rightly demand a greater part in public affairs, guarantees for work and against the misery, that...