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...
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
You may know that in Paris —as in Lyons but for far more plausible reasons— processions are forbidden; but, as some disrupters like Catholicism to be enclosed in the temples of the great cities, this is no reason why young Christians, to whom God has endowed a...
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...
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
It is foolish to consume the days accumulating what is not to be enjoyed; it is madness also to pile up for the children. Children who see forming a heap of gold for themselves are strongly tempted to sit and fold their arms. To prepare a fortune for them is often to...
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 23, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
What constitutes the life of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is the home visit to the poor; it is not enough to attend meetings regularly […]. The visit, in order to obtain from it the fruits that one has the right to expect, must be punctual, respectful and...
