With Father Champagnat

68. By living in the presence of God, Father Champagnat became a man of constant prayer, even when engaged in the most absorbing work¹. He was forever in contact with God. "I would never dare to undertake anything without having referred it for a long time to God"². When he celebrated the Eucharist and made his many visits to the Blessed Sacrament, his deep faith made Jesus almost tangibly present to him. He would turn to Mary with child-like confidence³.

In training his Brothers, the Founder frequently came back to the subject of prayer, which he called the "essential point"⁴. His example teaches us to make our whole life a prayer.