Solemnity of St. Michael Garicoïts

Magnificat!... Because Father Garicoits was convinced that the God of the humble and the poor had chosen him for this very purpose, him the humble shepherd from the last house in the hamlet of Ibarre, he who was a misfit a nothing.

Magnificat!... For the countless men and women, religious and laity, children, teenagers and adults who today in 15 countries are enthusiastic in wanting to follow the life and choices made by St Michael Garicoits so as to bring the love of the Heart of Jesus into the heart of this world where so many men and women are sorely in need of it!

Magnificat!... For the lives of all those, scattered throughout the world and who continue to be witness to the gentleness, humility and obedience of the Heart of Jesus, as St Michael Garicoits teaches us!

Magnificat!... Because the Congregation which the Lord wanted him to found is now scattered throughout the whole world and continues her mission to bring to others the same happiness the result of being faithful to the love of God manifested in Jesus Christ humble and obedient!

Fr. Gaspar Fernandez Perez scj