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Resist him, firm in your faith

Resist him, firm in your faith 1 Peter 5:9 There was a French tightrope walker named Charles Blondin.[1] He was able to do incredible tricks on the tightrope. All throughout Paris he performed his acrobatic acts at great heights, which both entertained and frightened his spectators. He performed act after act, doing acrobatics with his […]

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The Greatest Grace

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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The “Absolutely” and “Totally” “Essentials”

The “Absolutely” and “Totally” “Essentials” Cf. Constitutions, 17, 95, 174 and 210; Directory of Spirituality, 37 Upon reading our proper law, especially the Constitutions and Directory of Spirituality, which are our principal documents, you notice that the term essential is used five times.* On two of these occasions, our proper law adds the adverbs “absolutely”[1]

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United in the Mission

Rome, June 1, 2019 United in the Mission Directory of Fraternal Life, 25 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices,  During the month that the Church dedicates to contemplating and honoring the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, which in the Last Supper proclaimed us his friends – after having first told us to love one another

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“[We] must become ‘other Christs’ through the holiness of our lives”

“[We] must become ‘other Christs’ through the holiness of our lives”

Constitutions, 7 Rome, Italy, November 1, 2017. Solemnity of All Saints Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, Pope John XXII, in a very renowned phrase, affirmed “Give me a religious who has been faithful to the rule for his whole life and I will canonize him without any further examination.” This sentence, both brief and

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