I would like to take this opportunity to reflect with you on the meaning of this season. For St. Alphonsus, the Incarnation that we celebrate at Christmas is the first “Mystery of Redemption.” During the Season of Advent, and especially during the Christmas Novena, we wait in joyful hope, praying that God will increase our appetite for the great feast to come.
As Redemptorists, we celebrate in a special way today. When St. Alphonsus Liguori founded the Congregation in 1732, he placed his religious family under the patronage of Mary, the Immaculate Conception.
WITNESSES OF THE REDEEMER: IN SOLIARITY FOR MISSION TO A WOUNDED WORLD Dear Confreres, Sisters, lay Associates and Friends: Greetings from Rome as we celebrate the lmmaculate Conception of Mary, our patroness.
By Father Rodney Olive, C.Ss.R. Father Charles Vermeulen, C.Ss.R., died in Dominica on December 4, at age 85. Although he was born in Belgium, he had served in the island nation for nearly 60 years. The Lord blesses us with gifts to help us to grow and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ.
By Father Rodney Olive, C.Ss.R. Father Charles Vermeulen, C.Ss.R., died in Dominica on December 4, at age 85. Although he was born in Belgium, he had served in the island nation for nearly 60 years. The Lord blesses us with gifts to help us to grow and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ.
At the very heart of the spirituality of St. Alphonsus is love: God’s love fo r us and our love for God in response. St. Alphonsus was overwhelmed by God’s love fo r him and for all of us, and for Alphonsus, this was especially manifest in Jesus.