Reflections

Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591) Carmelite, Doctor of the Church The Spiritual Canticle, B, stanza 1, 6-7 (trans. ©Institute

Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) Dominican tertiary, Doctor of the Church, co-patron of Europe Treatise on Divine Providence : How

Cardinal Charles Journet (1891-1975) theologian The mystery of the Incarnation, preached retreat in Geneva Aug. 17-30 Your soul is a

Saint Maximus of Turin (?-c.420) Bishop Sermon for Lent ; CC Sermon 50, p. 202 ; PL 57, 585 “Do

Saint John Chrysostom (c.345-407) priest at Antioch then Bishop of Constantinople, Doctor of the Church From various homilies: On the

Aphrahat (?-c.345) monk and Bishop near Mosul Expositions, no.3 « On Fasting » ;  SC 349 “This is the fasting that

Jesus answered the disciples of John the Baptist when they asked him: “Why do your disciples not fast?” Jesus answered:

My dear brethren, today we set out on the great Lenten journey. So let us take our food and drink

We can apply these hourly periods to each individual person’s life. Morning is the childhood of our understanding. The third

“Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest” Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) priest, founder