“Don’t quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.” – Ken Blanchard
During vacation last month we stopped at Blueberry Island on Lake Winnipesaukee to see the Eagle’s nest on top of a tall pine tree. Much to our surprise, the baby eagle came down and perched within touching distance.
After watching the eagle fly so gracefully I felt God saying: Don’t be content staying in the comfortable yet somber forests of mediocrity. Take the risk of soaring like an eagle and come bask in the freedom of my light and love.
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.
“Don’t quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.” – Ken Blanchard