“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.” – ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Today we celebrate the Last Supper.
There in the Upper Room, Our Lord gave us three amazing gifts: the commandment of charity, the sacrament of the Eucharist and the gift of the priesthood.
The first is the path to Heaven. Unless we love like Christ, we will not be fit for eternal life. The second gift, the Eucharist, is our food to help us love in this way. Finally, our priests, acting in the person of Christ, perpetuate the spiritual food of the Eucharist down through the centuries.
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.
“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.” – ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien