Part two of four on Almsgiving…a reflection on a full article by Ozanam, which is among Frederic’s most outstanding.
Texts by Ozanam
On Almsgiving (Part 1)
Over the next four weeks we are going to reflect on a full article by Ozanam, which is among Frederic’s most outstanding. On Almsgiving, Part 1.
Charity Knows No Limits
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?
The Poor are Part of our Family
The couple was generous with their alms. “Almsgiving was not a duty for him, but a great honor.”
God’s Mercy is Eternal • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
It is important that we see in this primitive text of Ozanam the passion preserved throughout his life when defending his convictions.
Merry Christmas! • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
That bond, God that unites family in distance, comforts Frederic, gives him “strength and courage.” Did you wish family and friends a Merry Christmas?
Music and Evangelization • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
Do we use music, as a means of evangelization, in our group, branch, parish, etc? Should we?
Charity, the Most Beautiful Title • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
Am I convinced that the first and most important thing is charity, and without it nothing else makes sense?
My Three Angels • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
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
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 future, the only means of salvation for the Church of France. The curés must set aside their bourgeois parish congregations, little flocks of good sheep...
Doing Good Wherever We Are • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
Truth has no need of me, but I do need Truth. The Cause of Christian Science, the Cause of Faith, is deep in the roots of my heart. [...] As Truth is threatened, as the letters are the battlefield in which the quarrel takes place, as the teaching occupies in it a...
The Laity are Apostles • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
Mr. Bailly [...] told me about all the tribulations that the Society [of Saint Vincent de Paul] had to suffer on the part of some ecclesiastics who sought to seize it, and, above all, on the part of a political party that wanted to exploit or disorganize it in its...