1989 was celebrated as Champagnat Year since it was the bi-centenary of this birth. A booklet about him was compiled as one of the means of commemorating him. It is fitting that we keep him in mind today, two days before we celebrate his feast day on June 6th. On June 4th, he received the Eucharist for the last time, a sacrament he loved and found as the source of his strength. The booklet recalls that "one of the greatest secrets of his success as a parish priest and founder was his simplicity. He had not illusions about his own limitations, put on no airs, and realized that whatever he had and and whatever he accomplished with what he had was God's gift." No doubt that in his thanksgiving after holy communion, he reflected on this basic truth, that all is gift. We might consider incorporating into our post-communion thanksgiving, a prayer thanking God for gifting us with himself and the means to accomplish the work he has entrusted to us, and asking for the simplicity that will help us use those gifts more effectively.
Bro. Rene
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