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Turn your gaze to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, meditate on their lives, and unite yourself with their love.
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Pray with Saint John Eudes
Encountering the Heart of Jesus.
Nurturing an intimate relationship with God and welcoming his love and mercy: the writings of Saint John Eudes guide us in personal and communal prayer.
An inner journey
A loving relationship with God
Welcoming mercy
Pray with humility and trust, acknowledge your need for grace, and ask for forgiveness.
Love through action
Carry prayer into acts of charity, through service to people in need and in everyday encounters.
A time for reflection
Paths of prayer
Read the PDF ↗Following Saint Paul, John Eudes (1601–1680) invites us to let Jesus take shape within us. He shares the art of prayer in simple words rooted in everyday life.
Prayer in daily life
Ave Cor
A prayer by Saint John Eudes each day, in audio and text, to nourish personal and communal life. The landscapes of Québec’s North Shore accompany this daily offering through the seasons.
A message to hear
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Our readers
Claudine Bainard
An associate of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary since 2008, in the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes in the Province of France. I also translate Congregation documents between Spanish and French at the request of the Superior General.
Jeanne-Élisabeth Breda
Married for 50 years, mother of three and grandmother of eight. After retiring from teaching, I began exploring Eudist spirituality more deeply. In 2011, through Elisabeth Hébert, I joined the Friends and Associates group in Brétigny.
Marie-Cristine Dove
A widow with one daughter and six grandchildren, I am a practicing Catholic and have volunteered in many areas since I was 20. Aviation has been my passion since I was 17. I live in the Paris region and am a friend of the Eudists’ Essonne Sud group. When I have time, I enjoy reading for people with visual impairments.
Arlette Tsang
Arlette Tsang-Potard is a widow, mother of four, and grandmother of three. In addition to serving as treasurer of the Val d’Yerres parish association, she is a friend of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary in Nord-Essonne. In 2015, she also took part in the first interfaith day in Épinay-sous-Sénart.
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Writings of our founder
Letters of Saint John Eudes
Written for his fellow priests, religious women, and friends, these letters reveal a spirituality shaped by the encounters and trials of daily life. They invite us to grow in trust in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, nurture our inner life, let Jesus live within us, and welcome the Holy Spirit.
The Vow of Martyrdom
This manuscript, dated March 25, 1637 and signed in the blood of Saint John Eudes, is kept at the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd in Cormelles-le-Royal.
Read the prayer
O most loving Jesus, I adore and glorify you countless times for the most painful martyrdom you endured in your Passion and on the cross.
I adore and bless you as best I can in your state as offering and victim in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar, where you are continually offered for the glory of your Father and out of love for us.
I honor and revere you in the great suffering your holy Mother endured at the foot of your cross. I praise and magnify you in the many martyrs among your saints, who endured such terrible torments out of love for you.
I adore and bless all the thoughts, purposes, and infinite love you have had from all eternity for all the blessed martyrs who have lived since the beginning and who will live in your holy Church until the end of the world.
Missionary of Mercy
By Jean-Michel Amouriaux, c.j.m.