"The simplest we will write will be the best"

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"We follow you, Lord Jesus. But so that we may follow you, call us, because without you no one will go up to you. For you are the way the truth, the life. You are also our help, our faith, our reward. Those who are yours, welcome them, you who are the way; strengthen them, you who are the truth; enliven them, you who are life." St Ambrose (Aurelius Ambrosius v.340-397 Bishop of Milano) Sermon "On the benefit of death", 12, 52-55: CSEL 32, 747-750

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"The simplest we will write will be the best. By trying to flower things, we denature them". Bernadette on her deathbed, April 1879.
St Bernadette, in this year dedicated to you, pray for us so that we may cultivate simplicity in everything every day.


PRAYER TO ST BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS OF LOURDES "Please Bernadette, lend me your hooves!" :

"To put in your footsteps my too hesitant steps, please, Bernadette, lend me your hooves! They are for me a symbol of common sense, a spirit of humility and simplicity. And you know well, alas, that I miss all this. Please, Bernadette, lend me your hooves! You were going to pick up the wood that flame and gather the men together by comforting them, so that I may also warm up those who are cold and enlighten those who need a smile, please Bernadette, lend me your hooves. Maybe your hooves will be too small for me. It will be fine! It will remind me that I am limited, that I don't know everything, that I can fall and rise. Please Bernadette, lend me your hooves. To go to Marie with more confidence, to discover the living water offered to the thirsty people, to welcome the Bread that God gives us, please Bernadette, lend me your hooves. To go up to the Father who waits  for me and loves me, to walk on the road with my joys and sorrows, to enter the party at the end of the road, while asking you to give me the hand, please Bernadette, give me your hooves! Let it be "  

Community prayer

St. Augustine

O Thou Good Omnipotent, Who so carest for every one of us, as if Thou carest for him alone; and so for all, as if all were but one! Blessed is the man who loveth Thee, and his friend in Thee, and his enemy for Thee. For he only loses none dear to him, to whom all are dear in Him who cannot be lost. And who is that but our God, the God that made heaven and earth, and filleth them, even by filling them creating them. And Thy law is truth, and the truth is Thyself. I behold how some things pass away that others may replace them, but Thou dost never depart, O God, my Father supremely good, Beauty of all things beautiful. To Thee will I intrust whatsoever I have received from Thee, so shall I lose nothing. Thou madest me for Thyself, and my heart is restless until it reposes in Thee. Amen.

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. Col 4:6

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