Podcast – Seek humility/Accept our weaknesses
Francis Kohn Seek humility/Accept our weaknesses. I will first emphasize how fundamental humility is in Pierre Goursat’s spiritual journey, and then I will show that he was deeply moved by the “little way” of the spiritual childhood of Saint Therese of Lisieux. -I) Pierre Goursat and humility In 1933 Pierre Goursat went to the […]
Podcast – Learning from the Heart of Jesus, and Mary, our mother
Francis kohn Learning from the Heart of Jesus, and Mary, our mother Pierre Goursat’s mother transmitted to her son a great love for Mary. She also gave him a great love for the ‘Heart of Jesus’ – the term Pierre used to refer to the ‘Sacred Heart’. At his birth, on 15th August […]
Podcast – Community life and fraternal communion
Francis Kohn Community life and fraternal communion In a previous teaching, I explain how Pierre Goursat received the “gift of brothers and sisters” as a direct consequence of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In February 1972, Pierre Goursat and Martine Laffite, who knew each other very little before a weekend spent together in Troussures, […]
Podcast – Evangelisation and serving the Church
Francis Kohn Evangelisation and serving the Church Pierre’s profound love for the Church drew him to serve her during various periods in his life, and his service took the form of making evangelisation a priority. This teaching is about evangelisation and service, which I will develop in two distinct parts. -I) Evangelisation had always […]
Podcast – Showing compassion and love for the poor
Francis kohn Showing compassion and love for the poor In the previous teaching, we see how the zeal for “the salvation of souls” animating Pierre Goursat, has its origins in adoration. I would like to show you now, how adoration is also the origin of his great compassion, charity, love for the poor, and […]
Podcast – Burning with love from adoration: desiring the salvation of souls
Francis Kohn Burning with love from adoration: desiring the salvation of souls In my previous teaching, I talked about the importance of prayer for Pierre Goursat, and in particular, eucharistic adoration. In this teaching, entitled “Burning with love from adoration: desiring the salvation of souls”, I will develop the subject further, using 5 principal […]
Podcast – Opening ourselves to the Holy Spirit
Francis Kohn Opening ourselves to the Holy Spirit “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above”, Jesus answers Nicodemus, a notable Jew, who comes questioning him in the night. A righteous man, searching for God, he sees Jesus is not like the other Rabis. And […]
Podcast – Live in union with God through prayer
Francis Kohn Live in union with God through prayer This teaching proposes to show us how prayer was essential to Pierre Goursat and the very foundation of his life. To begin with, let us ask the question, what do we mean by Christian prayer? The 4th part of the Catechism of the Catholic […]
