Friday, August 19th
St. John Eudes (1601-1680)

Pray for guidance in the way of Truth and Light and Life, and obedience in the Father’s will and loving purpose through My indwelling and the inspiration of Our loving Holy Spirit. The Father’s Word and Love Incarnate informs, enables and empowers. Follow daily in the steps of the Son of Man in obedience and humility and offer all you have and all you are to the Father’s will and loving purpose. The Father, who loves each and every one of His beloved sons and daughters, draws one and all into the orbit and power of His love and into the fellowship of the loved and loving. ‘Abide in Me as I abide in you………and love one another as I have loved you. (John 15:12) through My indwelling and the light and leading of Our Holy Spirit.

‘Our wish , our object , our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion , His affections and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly’. (St. John Eudes , The Life and Reign of Jesus in Christian Souls).