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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 119, 1835.
You know what Jesus Christ desires from all Christians: you will love the Lord your God with all your heart. This means that there must be no desire or affection…
24 May 1900
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Joseph Shanahan: to a Holy Rosary...
By your life in all its activities, teach them the secret of God's living love in the very centre of their own soul. And so, the stream of divine life…
23 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 58, 1834.
If it pleases God to make your works succeed, rejoice before him and give him a very humble thanksgiving. If on the contrary, it goes wrong, bless him still with…
23 May 1900
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B. Kelly, Life began at Forty,...
Libermann would insist that the real source of unity and continuity in his life was his relationship with God. Nothing is more true. Psychologically unsuited to life in public eye,…
22 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letter, I, 58, 1834.
Anxiety and trouble are for hell fire. The children of God must not experience it. Do your work with peace and tranquillity, do all that is in you, according to…
22 May 1900
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Séan Farragher in Memoire Spiritaine devoted...
The first Mass of Claude (who had been ordained on 17.12.1707) must have been a big event, too large to have taken place in the property of rue Rollin. We…
21 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Writings, Supplement 102.
Do we not know that, when it comes to seeking the Heart of Jesus, it is with Mary that we have to find it?
21 May 1900
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EGC at Dakar, no. 4.4.4
Through our missionary undertakings, we receive something of the abundant riches of grace that God gives to different nations. Before drawing up our own initiatives and programmes, it is our…
20 May 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 149,...
I am always contented, always happy. My heart is always in a perfect tranquillity and nothing is capable of troubling this peace.
20 May 1900
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John Paul II: Redemptoris Missio
The specific nature of this mission ad gentes consists in its being addressed to "non-Christians." It is therefore necessary to ensure that this specifically "missionary work that Jesus entrusted and…
19 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 424, 1840.
It is not the words that fill our soul with divine love and which keep us united in this holy love, but the Spirit of Our Lord, who lives in…
19 May 1900
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John Paul II: Redemptoris Missio 34
Missionary activity proper, namely the mission ad gentes, is directed to "peoples or groups who do not yet believe in Christ," "who are far from Christ," in whom the Church…
18 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 109, 1835.
One must love nothing on earth or in heaven but God alone, and every other things must be loved uniquely for him and in him. It seems a bit hard,…
18 May 1900
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Nazaire Diatta: Memoire Spiritaine on Poullart...
For me, the most striking thing about his (Poullart) spirituality is that he followed the path of the rich young man but in the opposite direction! In contrast to the…
17 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 109, 1835.
We must love God with all our soul, with all our desires and with all our affections. Just when do we love God in this way? It is when we…
17 May 1900
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Bernard Kelly: Life began at Forty,...
Always derived from experience, never tied to a system, personal holiness was for Libermann the key of life. In a sheltered seminary setting, it took the shape of a personal…
16 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 424, 1840.
May Jesus live in us as he lived in Mary. May we be united to Mary as she was united with Jesus, in a union of desire, a union of…
16 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 424, 1840.
It would be a great and admirable thing, for the Holy Spirit to accomplish in our souls this holy union with Jesus in Mary and with Mary in Jesus.
15 May 1900
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SRL no. 5
We live out our mission in willing obedience to the Holy Spirit, tak-ing Mary as our model. This condition of habitual fidelity to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is…
14 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 468, 1840.
Let everything be natural in you and come from the Holy Spirit. Yet, everything which flow from this Spirit is gentle, mild, modest and humble. Strength and mildness, is the…
14 May 1900
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Charles Besnard: Life of Grignon de...
Claude began by renting a room in the rue des Cordiers near the College and gathered there the poor students whom he had already been helping before and whose dispositions…
13 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 64, 1834.
Please note my very dear, that the admirable interior of the Most Blessed Virgin is perfectly similar to that of Jesus. A ray of light and grace flow throughout eternity…
13 May 1900
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Libermann: E.S. supplement, p. 17-19
Why do we fail to make progress in our union with God? Because we are never within ourselves to listen to him. We don't hear him because there is no…
12 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 424, 1940.
It is sufficient for me therefore to give my soul unceasingly to Jesus Christ our Lord and to the Most Blessed Virgin our good Mother, so that the divine Spirit…
12 May 1900
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Pope John Paul II: Populorum Progressio,...
What must be aimed at is complete humanism. And what is that if not the fully-rounded development of the whole person? A humanism closed in on itself and not open…
11 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 388, 1838.
For the chaplet, do not absolutely seek to enter in all the sentiments and thoughts of the prayer that you recite. Keep yourself peacefully united to the Lord or to…
11 May 1900
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Bishop Barron to Libermann, N.D.5, p....
I fear that our missionary enterprise has resulted in failure. I believe that the best way to evangelise the west coast of Africa would be to find young boys in…
10 May 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, VII, 37,...
Mental prayer is an important business, but a very simple. It should consist in a repose which is simple, peaceful and full of confidence before Our Lord that is all.
10 May 1900
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Pierre Haas, Superior General: Christmas Letter,...
The EGC of Arusha invites us to turn our gaze towards the future. During its recent session, the General Council, taking into account the suggestions made at Arusha, decided that…
9 May 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, III, 102,...
It is the Spirit who must work in our souls, more or less perfectly according to God’s plans for us and according to our fidelity to correspond to them. Without…
9 May 1900
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EGC Arusha, 1989. cf. Spiritan News...
Young Provinces and Foundations are increasing in number: what is the process for passing from Foundation to Province? Above all, we must preserve both the originality and identity of the…
8 May 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 143,...
O my good Mother you love me a thousand and a thousand times more than mothers love their children, and you would leave me in sorrow without giving me any…
8 May 1900
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EGC Carcavelos, 1982. cf. I/D no....
With the passage of time, all institutes grow old in their commitments and fall away from their ideal. There is constant need for the Congregation to rejuvenate itself, especially in…
7 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 458, 1847.
Support one another mutually, put up with your faults, ease your mutual troubles, comfort your confreres, do not judge them, love them, and be gentle towards them, even when you…
7 May 1900
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Provisional Rule , 2nd part, Chapter...
Three elements go to make up the spiritual state of the Congregation: community life, the apostolate and the spirit of religion. The "spirit of religion" means that we totally abandon…
6 May 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 143,...
I seem to hear this Holy Mother yelling at all of us “Come, my dear children, come to me, come and rest on my Heart. My dear Son has put…
6 May 1900
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Nigeria
The appointment of Fr Léon Lejeune as Prefect Apostolic of Southern Nigeria after 14 years in Gabon sets the mission on a new course. His program emphasises the planting and…
5 May 1900
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Bernard Kelly, Life began at Forty,...
Libermann welcomed the invasion of God into his life. His natural sensitivity gave a richness and depth to the impression he received. Periods of solitude and passivity became the most…
5 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 120, 1835.
It is necessary that our will exist only in God’s will. Meditate on this very well and you will find treasures of graces. Besides, not only our will that is…
5 May 1900
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J. Michel: Mémoire Spiritaine, Etudes et...
From his childhood, Claude Poullart des Places had a great concern for the poor. He was convinced 'that their souls were no less dear to Jesus than those of the…
4 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 159, 1836.
If God finds our heart disposed and empty of the world and of worldly desires, he fills them with his love, with this love so beautiful, so kind, so full…
4 May 1900
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Joseph Shanahan to Mother Bernard, 01.07.1935,...
I see now more fully realised than ever the beauty of religious life - the staunch fraternal love both human and divine that binds us all together in and with…
3 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 209, 1839.
If you make it a habit to live with Jesus and Mary, you cannot fail to strengthen yourself and be soon filled with divine love, because when one is between…
3 May 1900
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Libermann to Poupart, 01.01.1839. L.S.II 386-390
I do not know if I was right, I felt that since they (people being directed by Libermann) were really trying to live the interior life and to renounce all…
2 May 1900
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Cf. Commentary of Saint John, 328.
For all those who desire to obtain the salvation and the sanctification of souls, the great means that they have is to go to Our Lord with this devotion to…
2 May 1900
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Libermann: Règle Provisoire, 1,2,3, gloss
We are called to the apostolate; to carry out this apostolate fruit-fully we need the apostolic spirit. Apart from Our Lord himself, where can we find this spirit more perfectly…
1 May 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, III, 287, 1843.
Saint Joseph must be very dear to every member of the Congregation, because of his intimate relationship with Jesus and Mary because he so deserved the tenderness of the Heart…
1 May 1900
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Claude Poullart des Places: Fragments from...
Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit, whom I adore with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength, I beg you to grant me faith, humility, chastity…
30 Apr 1900
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