“Time spent with the sick is holy time.” — Pope Francis
As a priest I am often at the hospital or nursing home. Spending time with these sick and elderly people has become the highlight of my day. Their faith inspires me, and they give me good advice. I also get them to pray for the seminarians and my priesthood. Their prayers are powerful.
Feb. 11th is World Day of the Sick. Invest some time with a sick person this week; you will be greatly blest.
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.
“Time spent with the sick is holy time.” — Pope Francis