The Works of Mercy In a society in which science and technology advance at dizzying speeds, and notwithstanding the social and industrial development that permeates large sectors of society, there still remain poverty, pain, sickness, physical and moral suffering, lack of meaning, and loneliness, thus begetting new poor people; the whole Institute, as another […]
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The Greatest Grace Directory of Spirituality, 37 “If we look seriously at the time we live in now, we have to admit that the situation for us Christians in Germany is far more comfortless and confused than it was for the early Christians under the bloodiest persecutions. Many people would perhaps think, ‘Why did God
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Our joy should be spiritual and supernatural Directory of Consecrated Life, 392 Fulton Shen says that “Our world is growing old with seriousness…The priest today has a mission to maintain the diaphanous character of the universe and thus preserve humor.”[1] Within a few days time we are going to celebrate together with all the Christians
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For the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven[1] Constitutions, 257 Each year the Institute of the Incarnate Word’s members make the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola wherein the Spanish saint “invites [us] to the great conquest of sanctity.”[2] Throughout the ‘second week’ of said Exercises, we are given the opportunity to meditate
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Rome, November 1st, 2019 “In order to build the Kingdom, Jesus called men to make them disciples” Directory of Spirituality, 118 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, On Sunday, November 24th, the last of the liturgical year, we will celebrate the solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the universe, a feast that was instituted relatively
Pumpenai, Lithuania, April 1st, 2019 For freedom Christ set us free Gal 5: 1 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices: In a couple of weeks, we will solemnly celebrate Holy Week, appropriately called the Great Week of all Christendom. During this week we will contemplate Jesus Christ, Crucified and Risen, “who gave himself for us
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San José, USA, September 1, 2018. “This doctrine of the Cross must be what we preach” Directory of Spirituality, 140 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, “The crucified Son of God is the historic event upon which every attempt of the mind to construct an adequate explanation of the meaning of existence upon merely human
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