“I wish, Lord, to receive You with the purity, humility and devotion with which Your most holy Mother received You, with the spirit and fervor of the saints.” – St. Josemaria Escriva
A friend gave me a smart phone last year so I could be more effective in preaching the gospel as I travel. To this end, it has been a wonderful tool. On the down side, I found that I can easily fill up my entire day “doing things.”
I’ve realized that not only is this dangerous from the physical/psychological aspect, but also from the spiritual standpoint.
I now see that the little breaks in my day between visits, phones calls or even when the computer freezes are wonderful opportunities to reconnect with God. Try it out!
About Fr Simon Devereux LC
FR SIMON was born on February 4, 1979, in Dunedin, New Zealand, the seventh son of Marie and Michael Devereux. He entered the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut, on September 15, 1997. After his novitiate and year of humanities in Cheshire, he studied a bachelor’s in Philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome from 2000 to 2002 and from 2005 to 2007, a licentiate in Philosophy. In between, he worked as a youth minister in Quebec, Canada, and he made his perpetual profession in Rome on October 4, 2005. In 2010 he completed a three-year bachelor’s degree in Theology and was ordained on Christmas Eve of the same year with 60 of his brother Legionaries by Card. Velasio di Paolis. Two of his brothers are also Legionary priests. Fr Simon is now based at the Legion of Christ seminary in Cheshire, Connecticut.
