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

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…

EGC Carcavelos, 1982. cf. I/D no. 32

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…

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…

Provisional Rule , 2nd part, Chapter 1

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

J. Michel: Mémoire Spiritaine, Etudes et Documents no. 4, p. 113

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…

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…

Joseph Shanahan to Mother Bernard, 01.07.1935, Letters II, p.144

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Claude Poullart des Places: Fragments from a personal Rule

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…

Cf. Commentary of Saint John, 328.

Our Lord will communicate the most abundant gift of his Holy Spirit to us, which will fill us so much with his love, his holiness, his power and all the…

Cardinal Margéot: Homily for the beatification of Jacques Laval

The poor are evangelised by the poor. It was the custom in the co-lonial society at that time for mothers to give their babies to local women to nurse because…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 109, 1835.

Of what good is it to amuse our hearts with frivolities during the short time that stay on earth? Will all these things not pass away? All these things vanish,…

Spiritan Rule of 11.03.1848, edited by M. Leguay

The aim of the Congregation is to form associates who will be committed to ecclesiastical discipline, with a love for all the virtues, especially obedience and poverty. They will be…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 238, 1836.

There would be many things to say about genuine simplicity, because generally, we do not know what it is. We look at it as something ordinary, and yet, it is…

From E.G.C. Knechsteden, 1978. cf. I/D no 18

It is important that we Spiritans see ourselves as religious missionaries. There may be an unconscious assumption amongst us that the priesthood is more 'important' than the religious life; that…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 419, 1838.

A cardinal principle in spiritual life is to simplify things as much as possible. The more simple and uniform our way of acting is, the more perfect it is, and…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 341, 1839.

Once recreation is over, think no more of what you have said and done. If an indiscreet word has escaped you which might have displeased a confrere, do not trouble…

Eugénie Caps, foundress of the Spiritan Sisters

During my thanksgiving after communion this morning, Jesus made it clear to me that he wants a new order of missionary sisters and that you and I must bring it…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 341, 1839.

In the course of a conversation, observe moderation, peace, gentleness. Do not centre too much on yourself, forget yourself completely. In fact, anytime you start thinking of yourself, you will…

John Paul II: Redemptoris Missio no. 91

The missionary is a person of the Beatitudes. Before sending out the Twelve to evangelise, Jesus teaches them the paths of mission: poverty, meekness, acceptance of suffering and persecution, the…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 341, 1839.

Try to keep your mind free, cheerful, and open. This openness of heart and mind is indispensable for the acquisition of true interior spirit.

Libermann: Règlements of 1849. III,I, nos. 2-3

As the Congregation, along with all its members and all its works, exists only for the glory of God, all its undertakings must be of a religious nature. Consequently, nobody…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 341, 1839.

Go your way cheerfully, simply, without dissipation, but without strain or inhibition, without apprehension of being well or ill judged, of pleasing or displeasing, without wanting to appear important, to…

Samson Libermann, talking of his younger brother, Jacob. N.D I, p. 51

Up to the age of 15, Jacob studied nothing but Jewish theology. The only subject for his meditations was the Talmud and its various commentaries. Until he was 20, he…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 687, 1851.

May your life be therefore one of love, peace, of zeal and mercy. Live for God in this spirit and for these souls that are so poor.

Pius XII: Fidei Donum

With the coming of independence in Africa and the establishment of hierarchies to govern the local Churches, the resultant missionary needs are urgent and serious. Everybody, from bishops to lay…

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

With regards to prayer, there is no need to look for lots of reflections, or to produce lots of acts of the will. Stand before Jesus like a poor miserable…

Libermann to Luquet: 26.11.1838. L.S. II, p.116-117

Don't allow yourself to get upset about the faults you commit. Guard against becoming impatient with yourself or getting depressed because of your weaknesses. Beware of any sort of anguish…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, II, 388, 1839.

When I noticed a soul that seemed to be called to the perfection of interior life, I would try to keep it away from too much movement, precipitation, trouble, anxieties,…

Populorum Progressio no. 37

There are some countries and geographic and cultural areas which do not have a local community of Christians; elsewhere such communities are so small that they are hardly a clear…

Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 144, 1851.

All rigidity of will, all trust in oneself and one’s own ideas must disappear, and be wiped out, if one is to possess these two magnificent virtues which are gentleness…

Jacques Laval to Libermann: 25.01.1848

I won't talk to you about my poor soul; it is very tired and cowardly, rarely thinks about God, hardly loves Our Lord Jesus any more and is no longer…

Cf. Spiritual Letters I, 126, 1835.

Enter most deeply into your innermost self and never come out. If you do that, your joy will be full and the peace of Our Lord Jesus Christ will flood…

Since the beginning, the service of the poor has been one of the basic commitments of the Congregation and nearly all the significant experiences take root in this same concern.…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 687, 1851.

May God give you his peace and his love.

Joseph Shanahan, to Sister Brigid, 17.11.1935. Letters II, p.221

I am convinced that all missionaries should have an unbounded confidence in God's holy Providence, especially in the midst of grave temptation: e.g. serious difficulties of no matter what nature,…

Cf. Commentary of Saint John, 85, 1840.

Lord! Please drown me in your so desirable and desired heavenly waters, drown there my concupiscence, drown there my pride, drown there all my vices and faults, in order that…

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

Libermann was ambitious. He wanted badly to make the most of his life and, to this end, he was prepared to make great demands on himself. He was a man…

Cf. Commentary of Saint John, 338, 1840.

My Lord Jesus! I hear your cry, you call me, Lord, here I am: I am thirsty! Oh! Great thirst, which goes to failure, for I am completely empty and…

Libermann: Instructions to Missionaries, 14.04.1851. E.S. p. 480-495

Just as Jesus Christ was sent by his Father and lived for his Father, you also have been sent by him and you must live for him in the spirit…

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