St John Regis was sent as a Jesuit priest to the mountainous region of southeastern France in the early 17th century, an area where there was little law and order and where the Church and the Catholic faith were no longer very strong. His Jesuit superiors adapt of model of parish missions to reenergize the faithful there, modeled after the ministry of St Vincent de Paul and St John Eudes. Arriving in 1631 right after his ordination, he was a missionary in this area of France until his death 10 years later. He used any resources he could obtain to help the poor and the abandoned of this region. In a world today where we are looking for successful and creative models of evangelization, St John Regis is a great example of faith for us.
God sends the prophet Elijah to King Ahab, delivering a message of doom, since Ahab led the people away from the path of faith. In response, Ahab repents. The Lord saw the humility of Ahab’s repentance, not bringing wrath upon his house during his lifetime, but reserves that wrath for the reign of his son. God is always happy when we repent. We are always offered opportunities to repent and to change our ways. May we look at our own lives and see the ways God wants us to change.
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