Meditations for the Time of the Retreat
St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle
- That God in his Providence has established the Christian Schools
- On the means that must be used by those who are responsible for the education of children to procure their sanctification
- That those who teach the young are cooperators with Jesus Christ in the salvation of souls
- What must be done to be true cooperators with Jesus Christ for the salvation of children
- That those chosen by Providence for the education of children must fulfill the functions of Guardian Angels for them
- How in the education of youth the function of the Guardian Angels is fulfilled
- That the care of instructing youth is one of the most necessary works in the Church
- On what must be done to make your ministry useful to the Church
- On the obligation of those who instruct youth to have much zeal to fulfill well so holy a work
- How a Brother of the Christian Schools ought to show zeal in his work
- On the obligation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools to reprove and correct the faults committed by those whom they are charged to instruct
- On the way in which we must reprove and correct the faults of those whom we are guiding
- That as a teacher you must give an account to God on the way you have done your work
- On matters related to his work on which a Brother of the Christian Schools must give an account to God
- On the reward that those can expect even in this life who have instructed children and have fulfilled this duty well
- On the reward that a Brother of the Christian Schools should expect in heaven, if he is faithful in his work