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Poullart des Places, quoted by Pierre Thomas in his "Mémoire sur la...

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…

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…

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…

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…

Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 143, 1830.

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…

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,…

Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 662, 1839.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Libermann: A Notice on the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and the...

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…

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…

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…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 341, 1839.

It is essential that you be open and gentle with everyone.

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…

Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 143, 1830.

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…

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…

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…

Joseph Shanahan: to a Holy Rosary Sister 11.02.1937. Letters I, 133

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…

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…

B. Kelly, Life began at Forty, p.111-113

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,…

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…

Séan Farragher in Memoire Spiritaine devoted to Poullart des Places p. 162.

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…

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?

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…

Cf. Notes and Documents, I, 149, 1828.

I am always contented, always happy. My heart is always in a perfect tranquillity and nothing is capable of troubling this peace.

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Nazaire Diatta: Memoire Spiritaine on Poullart des Places, p. 219

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…

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…

Bernard Kelly: Life began at Forty, p.111-113

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

Charles Besnard: Life of Grignon de Montfort

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…

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…

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…

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…

Pope John Paul II: Populorum Progressio, no, 42

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…

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…

Bishop Barron to Libermann, N.D.5, p. 64-65. In the same letter he...

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…

Cf. Notes and Documents, VII, 37, 1845.

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.

Pierre Haas, Superior General: Christmas Letter, 1989

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…

Cf. Notes and Documents, III, 102, 1842.

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…

EGC Arusha, 1989. cf. Spiritan News no. 77

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…

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