A Holy Week Every Week: Weekday Meditations

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Saint John Eudes tells us: "The holy exercise of prayer must be considered one of the chief foundations of Christian life and sanctity, since the whole life of Jesus Christ was nothing but a perpetual prayer, which you must continue and express in your life. This is so necessary that the earth on which you live, the air you breathe, the bread that sustains you, the heart that beats in your breast, none of them are so necessary to man for his bodily life as prayer is to a Christian if he is to live as a Christian." This little volume directs one to contemplate the life of Christ in a developmental manner as the week progresses. In this way, a person can develop a habit of constant prayer. Saint John Eudes reminds us: “Prayer is perfect delight, supreme happiness, a true earthly paradise. It is by this divine exercise of prayer that the Christian soul is united to God, who is the center of its being, its goal and its supreme good. It is in prayer that God belongs to the soul and the soul to God. It is by praying that the soul pays Him rightful service, homage, adoration and love, and receives from Him His lights, His blessings and a thousand tokens of His exceeding great love. It is during your prayers that God takes His delight in you." Let us live in a way that our Lord can take delight in us. **### About the Author*"John Eudes: an outstanding man. The sanctity of his life gave a shining example of holiness, not only in his lasting service to humanity but in his illustrious zeal for the salvation of souls."* \- Pope St. Pius X Born during France's "Golden Age of Saints" in the 17th century, he took part in a wave of new evangelization in France alongside Sts. Francis de Sales, Vincent de Paul, Margaret Mary Alacoque, and many others. He founded lasting institutions like *The Congregation of Jesus and Mary* (the Eudists) to train priests in seminaries and continue his work of evangelization; the Sisters of *Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd* (the Good Shepherd Sisters) to care for repentant prostitutes and other victims of human trafficking); and he left his mark on many other orders like the *Little Sisters of the Poor,* and Mother Antonia Brenner's *Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour.*