Per Christum

“She asked him one question, ‘What is your religion?’”

“You don’t understand Mr. Bonniville, my Catholic faith is the greatest thing I have and I am not going to do anything in the world to weaken it.”

Where did that go from there? We got ourselves a Catholic… Then we got ourselves Dominican.

How many Catholics do you think he got from there?

Dear faithful, do you think about how your efforts today stand in the light of eternity?

Do you think about how your representation of the importance of your faith resonate through the ages?

If this side of the Beatific Vision we were granted the graces to see and understand the effects of our witness, we could easily fall to pride. I believe that.

But can we sustain, with quiet confidence, that our end (which should be always before us) is of singular importance?

Hold unto you faith. Even when it seems insignificant, there is nothing more significant than that!

If Miss Elisabeth would not have stood firm in her Catholic Faith, would Mr. Boniwell have converted?

If he had not converted, would they have married and had children, leading to this magnificent Son of St. Dominic?

If it had not been for this fine Father of the Order of Preachers - serving as a chaplain in the US Army in WW1 -who would have been a chaplain to hear a last confession or offer last rites to the soldier that needed it?<

The influence and witness you take today - this very day - in your “chance” meetings, will echo through the ages. So as you go along ask yourself: “How does this look - sub specie æternitais - in the light of eternity?”

One day we will all find out.