“The vocation in the littlest ones” Directory of Minor Seminaries, 4 The Lenten atmosphere of the current month is enlightened by celebrations that direct our attention toward the youngest members of our institute: the minor seminarians. For example, in a few days, on February 3rd, we will celebrate the beginning of the minor seminary experience […]
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The Sun and the Eagle Saint Thomas Aquinas’ thought in Saint John of the Cross Nowadays we are invaded by false mystics, who even though apparently study so much, make many mistakes.[1] They are those who know not “this way, (the Word) by which they might descend to Him from themselves …; nor that
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Have Faith in the Incarnation! [1] Saint John Paul II It has only been a few days since Advent began, a time in which we especially dedicate ourselves –as our Directory of Spirituality teaches us– to “prayer, to the practice of charity and piety, to denying oneself, to a better fulfillment of one’s duties, etc.”[2],
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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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“To persevere in this purpose until death” Constitutions, 1 “The vocation, like faith itself, is a treasure that we carry in earthen vessels[1]; therefore, we must safeguard it, as we safeguard the most precious things, so that no one robs us of this treasure, and so it does not lose its beauty with the
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“The irreplaceable importance of a life of prayer” Cf. Constitutions, 40 The Directory of Spirituality, quoting Saint John of the Cross, says: “Let those, then, who are singularly active, who think they can win the world with their preaching and exterior works, observe here that they would profit the Church and please God much more,
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“Fully live the Christian and priestly kingship and lordship” Constitutions, 214 “We want to form priestly souls of priests who are not ‘tributaries,’[1]”[2] our proper law declares with all firmness and clarity. What does it mean to be a tributary? Our documents also explain this: “Tributary […] is the one who recognizes the lordship that
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“The ministry of divine mercy”[1] God… has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation.[2] The words of the Apostle are particularly challenging to us who, as priests, are responsible for the sublime exercise of the ministry of divine mercy. “Man has never needed mercy like he does today,” Saint
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“The unconditionals of God”[1] Formula for the monthly renewal of vows “The soul that has attachment to anything…, will not attain to the liberty of divine union,”[2] wrote Saint John of the Cross. And what he wrote, he practiced, and he tried hard to instill it in souls. Because this is the vocation of
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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
