evening prayer The King who is to come, come, let us adore him! Glory to the Father, and to the FIls, and to the Holy Spirit,to the God who is, who wasIt, and who comes,for the centuries of ifekeys. Amen. Alleluia. Anthem One day of the ages,There was a flashBorn from the end of time,The … Read more
From his conversion until the end of his life, Charles de Foucauld, now celebrated on December 1, showed absolute fidelity to Jesus. To deepen it each day, he had his method. “I understood that I could not do otherwise than to live only for Him”, wrote Charles de Foucauld to his friend Henry de Castries. … Read more
“Let us look at the saints but do not dwell on them. Let us take advantage of their examples but without dwelling on them for long. Let us not seek to imitate them but, with them, to imitate Christ, who is the unique model”, wrote Charles de Foucauld. So let’s follow his advice. And let’s … Read more
His process for beatification had begun in the 1930s and he had been declared “blessed” in 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. On Sunday morning, Charles de Foucauld will be canonized by Pope Francis in Rome, alongside nine other figures of the Church. Nothing predestined Viscount Charles-Eugène de Foucauld, born September 15, 1858 in Strasbourg into … Read more
Brother Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916)Charles de Foucauld was born in Strasbourg in 1958. After a dissipated youth, during a stay in Algeria, at the start of his military career, his discovery of believers in Islam moved him deeply and prepared him for his encounter with Christ. Back in France, he saw a radical conversion after … Read more