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Libermann to Leray, 24.07.1834. L.S.1, p....
I must not miss this opportunity to say a couple of words about the immense love that Jesus has for us. You can see it clearly in the Blessed Sacrament.…
19 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, VIII, 113,...
Be quite sure that nothing is ever accomplished in this line by force, contradiction, resistance, but also, on the contrary, that everything is accomplished and obtained by support, tolerance, gentleness…
19 Jun 1900
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Confessions of St. Patrick
And if ever I have done any good for my God whom I love, I beg him to grant me that I may shed my blood with those exiles and…
18 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, IV, 293,...
Our Master said “I have not come to be served but serve and to lay down my life”. These word contain all the duties of superiorship, it is to the…
18 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, IV, 293,...
About being superior, a general rule which much cover everything is that one has not come to be served, but to serve,. You are the first servant of your community.
17 Jun 1900
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Memoire of Eugène Tisserant
In the summer of 1837, M. Libermann left Saint-Sulpice for Rennes where he joined M. Louis, the superior of the Eudistes, hoping to do some good in that congregation for…
16 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, VII, 92,...
All the works undertaken and carried out in the Church have encountered the same difficulties and often even much greater ones, and yet, these difficulties have not frightened the apostolic…
16 Jun 1900
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Claude Poullart des Places: "Reflections of...
You always deal kindly with me as if you were in need of me. It is as if you glory in subjugating a heart as insensitive as mine. You seem…
15 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, VIII, 113,...
Be master, then, of your own soul and you will be master of the whole world.
15 Jun 1900
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Paul VI: "Populorum Progressio
Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace. As we said to the Fathers of the Council when we returned…
14 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 472,...
Priests often think of their own sanctification alone and souls are somewhat neglected. They have more zeal for recollection and other virtues which tend to their own sanctification than for…
14 Jun 1900
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EGC Dakar, 1995. 4.4.4
At the Itaici Chapter, it was said that 'our mission is a spirituality before it is a strategy, that we are being evangelised at the same time as we evangelise'.…
13 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 472,...
It is impossible to sanctify yourself without working with all your strength for the salvation of the souls entrusted to you. And it is scarcely possible to sanctify these souls…
13 Jun 1900
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Bishop Barron to Libermann, 08.04.1845. N.D.5,...
I am very annoyed that you are not in charge of the mission in Senegal. I am very anxious to hear that a seminary will be established by your congregation…
12 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, X, 24,...
My heart is for the Africans, wholly for the Africans. I am Jesus’ servant. He wants me to love everyone as he loves everyone; but he inspires me with a…
12 Jun 1900
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Libermann to M. Telles L.S.II, p....
It fills me with joy to hear of all the wonders that the Heart of Mary is doing in Paris and in the Seminary. Our poor little Congregation rejoices over…
11 Jun 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 484, 1838.
A priest is something great! He is a man who must possess all the perfections of our Lord, for the greatest quality Jesus was clothed with was his divine priesthood.…
11 Jun 1900
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Le Vavasseur to M. Galais, June...
For missionaries to succeed in such an admirable mission, they have to adopt a life-style that is poorer and more mortified than the local people to whom they are sent;…
10 Jun 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 484, 1838.
A priest should have nothing of a human way of life about him; he ought to act and behave no more as a human being, but the spirit of Jesus…
10 Jun 1900
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Charles Besnard: Vie de Grignon de...
They (the products of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit) consecrate themselves preferably to missionary activity both foreign and domestic, offering to go and stay in the poorest and most abandoned places…
9 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 160,...
When obstacles appear, we must go forward, forward all the time, stay at the foot of the wall, wait until it falls, and then pass over it and move on.
9 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes et Documents, I, 662,...
I do not feel drawn to look for all these human supports, besides, I am not capable of obtaining them. I have presented my project, if God wants it to…
8 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 662,...
It is essential that all those who wish to embark on this holy work have a docile pliable spirit, be disposed to submit to whosoever is given to them as…
7 Jun 1900
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Libermann, to the Director of a...
Tell Jesus something like this: 'Dear Jesus, you know very well that I'm nothing, that I'm worth nothing and that I can do nothing. But here I am, a poor…
6 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 662,...
I know you will not find many like that, who are already capable of suffering pains and humiliations, but they must at least have the ardent and sincere desire to…
6 Jun 1900
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Libermann, to the Director of a...
Stay quiet and allow God to do what he wants. Never seek to advance further than he wishes you to do. Be content to aim at a total self denial…
5 Jun 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 282, 1839.
May Jesus transform every sentiment in you into pure, chaste and holy love of which he himself is filled with, or rather that he himself be your love and your…
5 Jun 1900
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Jacques Laval to Libermann, 1844. N.D.VI,...
This is the fruit of three years work: about 250 instructed and baptised, both Madagascans and Mozambicans, around 350 first communions, nearly all old people. Nearly all have persevered, apart…
4 Jun 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 687, 1851.
Be like a poor victim offered by Jesus Christ to his Father, for the salvation of souls and the divine mercy will be your lot.
4 Jun 1900
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EGC Dakar, 1995, 4.2.3
Sometimes we become almost drugged by our work, to the detriment of our openness, our relationships with others and our prayer life. We become so attached to our job that…
3 Jun 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 662,...
For the mission, we need men devoted to the glory of God, men determined to give up everything for him, men who have already got the better of their principal…
3 Jun 1900
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Poullart des Places, quoted by Pierre...
I felt God's blessings visibly in my eagerness to approach the Blessed Sacrament. Although I was fortunate enough to receive communion frequently, I did not yet receive it as often…
2 Jun 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 282, 1839.
Essentially, do not to be surprised for the love of yourself, from now on, the affection of your heart must not be for you but for Jesus, your sovereign and…
2 Jun 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 109, 1835.
How should one take one’s holiday? Very happily I would say you have to take a walk, have fun, but do all with decency and gravity, and by taking care…
1 Jun 1900
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Michael Amaladoss S.J.: Planète-Mission. Lourdes, 1994
The Church does not create dialogue between God and man, but she is an on-going sign of its presence, she nourishes it and strengthens it by symbolic acts both at…
31 May 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 143,...
Go and present yourself confidently to the most powerful Mother of God, and you will have everything you want. Did you not know that the Holy Heart of Mary is…
31 May 1900
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Michael Amaladoss S.J.: Planète-Mission. Lourdes, 1994
So to be on mission is to come in contact with a mystery that em-braces the whole world, the whole of history and all peoples: to look, contemplate, discern, listen,…
30 May 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 662,...
I believe that all those who seem ready to give themselves to God in this holy work will be disposed for everything, and can only experience greater spiritual joy, in…
30 May 1900
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Michael Amaladoss S.J.: Planète-Mission. Lourdes, 1994
We do not bring Christ to where he is not already present: Christ and his Spirit are already there, in a hidden way, before we arrive. So our task is…
29 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 282, 1839.
It is necessary to preserve the life of our Lord in your interior by the purity of your desires and your affections. You must be careful, and never let yourself…
29 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 122, 1835.
Do not worry yourself about my health, the good God knows what He has to do. Let Him act in the fullness of his love. Do not worry yourself about…
28 May 1900
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Libermann: A Notice on the Congregation...
The Congregation of the Holy Spirit was founded on the day of Pentecost, 1703, by M. Poulart-Deplaces of the diocese of Rennes with a view to training priests consecrated to…
27 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 120, 1835.
I desire that you do a little mental prayer, in order to occupy your mind in a most intimate way of the things of God and by so doing you…
27 May 1900
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Libermann: Notice, 15.08.1850
When the Society of the Holy Heart of Mary had passed through many trials to which the Lord, in his goodness, allowed it to be ex-posed, and had gained a…
26 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 341, 1839.
It is essential that you be open and gentle with everyone.
26 May 1900
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Itaici 38.1.2
Once, while preaching, someone asked Jesus where he lived. His answer was 'Come and see'. The Lay Associates are also asking our Spiritan family a similar question: 'Where do you…
25 May 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 143,...
Why did our good Lord put so much of abundance in the Holy Heart of Mary? Oh! This is easy to guess: it is because he knows the misery in…
25 May 1900
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SRL 14
We count the following as constitutive parts of our mission of evangelisation: the 'integral liberation' of people, action for justice and peace and participation in development. It follows that we…
24 May 1900
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