Sunday, March 1, 2020

Spiritual Quote of the Day (St. Theophane Venard, on Brotherhood, ‘Written Not on the Walls, But in the Heart’)


“To realize the true meaning of Brotherhood it should be written not on the walls, but in the heart. There is a beautiful reciprocity of feeling in the different relations of life where all are united in one great love in him who sacrificed his life for us, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! If only everyone could feel this, how perfect would be the harmony on earth!”—St. Theophane Venard (1829-1861), French Catholic missionary and martyr in Indo-China, in a letter to his brother Henry, quoted in Life of J. Théophane Vénard, Martyr in Tonquin; or, What Love Can Do, translated by Lady Mary Elizabeth Herbert (1870)

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