Author Archives: Fr Simon Devereux LC

“Live calmly and do not worry excessively, because in order to work more freely in us, the Holy Spirit needs tranquility and calm.” — St. Pio Last Wednesday we took the seminarians to the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. Seeing the … Continue reading →

“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 … Continue reading →

“If you fast, you’ll last. If you pray, you’ll stay. If you confess, you’ll be blest. If you adore, you’ll soar.” – Fr. Joseph Rogers, homily on January 22 Fr. David Daly and I took 20 seminarians down to DC … Continue reading →

Next time you think that God would never choose you for a mission, just remember:   Noah was a drunk Abraham was too old Isaac was a daydreamer Jacob was a liar Leah was ugly Joseph was abused Moses had … Continue reading →

“Conversion is sincere when it reaches your pocket.” — Pope Francis Why did Jesus talk more about money than heaven and hell combined? Because money is the number one obstacle to our relationship with God. Money is not evil in … Continue reading →

“There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior’s Passion. In all my difficulties I never found anything so efficacious as the wounds of Christ: In them I sleep secure; from them … Continue reading →

Pope’s 9 picks 1. “Care for your spiritual life, your relationship with God,” he said was the first, because “this is the backbone of everything we do and everything we are.” 2. Care for your family life, “giving to your … Continue reading →

“Service above self.” I saw this motto engraved on a WWI Memorial at a park beside Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. This year, 2014, is the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. And as I stood on … Continue reading →

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” –– Abraham Lincoln What miracle occurred last December in America’s largest maximum security prison, Angola (Louisiana)? The inmates built a Catholic chapel dedicated to Our Lady … Continue reading →

“A pure soul is like a fine pearl. As long as it is hidden in the shell, at the bottom of the sea, no one thinks of admiring it. But if you bring it into the sunshine, this pearl will … Continue reading →