De La Mennais Brothers: Making Jesus Christ better known and loved by young people

There's a lovely article over on the wonderful  Mute Swan  website that addresses the question of discerning God's calling. Here's the start of the article with a link to read the rest of it:  This summer I have had many wonderful visits with my nephews–all grown men now, on journeys of their own. But I have watched the struggle they are engaged in to discover their gifts. It seems particularly challenging for young men, in today’s culture, to find their ‘profession’. What if, instead of asking, ‘how can I pay my rent?’ (perhaps today’s question) or being paralyzed by the BIG question, ‘what is my life work?’ we came to God each morning, surrendering ourselves to His guidance to discover our gifts? http://themuteswan.org/2014/07/11/spiritual-gifts/

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Many thanks to my confrère, Bro. Ernest Paquet, for this wonderful collection of contemporary wisdom from some of the greatest minds of the last 100 years... including Arnold Schwarzenegger!! As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder. ~ John Glenn (US first Astronaut 1962). ***** When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. ~ Desmond Tutu (Anti-apartheid Archbishop of Capetown). ***** America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked. ~ David Letterman (American TV host). ***** I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. God dammit, I'm a billionaire. ~ Howard Hughes (US business magnate). ***** Men are like linoleum floors. Lay...

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via Instagram http://ift.tt/1ncFkQH  - Good friend Frère Bob @ Saint-Brieuc One of the perks of having to fly to France once every 6 weeks or so for meetings of our Provincial Council (representing our Brothers in France, England and Italy) is that the Council includes a number of Brothers who have become very good friends of mine over the years and have been incredibly supportive in my own vocational journey as a De La Mennais Brother. The meetings being on the Saturday, I generally stay the Friday nights in our community in Rennes, Brittany. On the Saturdays, I generally travel with a fellow Council member, Frère Bob Léaustic (see photo above) back to his community in Saint-Brieuc on the Breton coast (where he is the Superior). Both our Rennes and Saint-Brieuc communities share with our community in Liverpool a special mandate within the Province as "pôles communautaires" whose job it is to act as a testing ground or laboratory for fresh ideas in terms of living our...

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  The following devotion from the people at the DVO/Pocket Fuel iOS app ( http://dvoapp.com/pQLWbpsT3d ) chimes with the teaching given by Rend Collective in relation to their latest album ("The Art Of Celebration" - see earlier posts). Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! Philippians 4:4 (NLT) PHILIPPIANS 4 SERIES - PART 1 Joy is that one emotion we could all do with more of! But often we mistake joy as a result of good fortune when, in fact, it is a choice to be happy... Because 'joy' is a choice! In fact, every emotion we experience is a choice. Do me a favour for the next 5 minutes and pretend you are a successful millionaire. Make sure that every person you encounter knows about your success, accomplishments and wealth. With it, you have the ability to bless and help lots of people. Immerse yourself in the vision of this experience. What does it look like? What does it feel like? Does it feel good? Of course it does! Note that even thoug...