The Put out into the deep[1] pronounced by the Incarnate Word on the shores of the lake of Gennesaret and whose echo mystically resounds since then, has been embraced through the span of the centuries by countless souls who, taking the demands of the Gospel seriously, are prepared to die, like the grain of wheat, […]
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Apostolic Creativity “One cannot be an apostle without being creative; and without being creative, one cannot be a missionary.”[1] Hence, for us who confess to be “essentially missionaries,”[2] one of the non-negotiable elements adjoined to the charism of the Institute is precisely apostolic creativity. It is an element that follows from the very mandate
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Biting Reality With the expression “biting reality,”[1] we desire to signify the effective insertion of our apostolic work into the culture that we seek to evangelize. This aspect is, without doubt, one of the essential components of our task of evangelizing and that which gives our priestly ministry a distinctive note. First, this “biting
The grace of combat No enemies[1] You have no enemies, you say? Alas! my friend, the boast is poor; He who has mingled in the fray Of duty, that the brave endure, Must have made foes! If you have none, Small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the
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This coming May 8th, the Church throughout the world will celebrate the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which will happily coincide with the beautiful feast of our Most Holy Mother, the Virgin of Lujan as well as the 5th anniversary of our offering of the golden rose “as a perpetual testimony of our love
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“The Self-destruction of the Church” Saint Paul VI[1] G. K. Chesterton once said: “Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.” By this he meant that unless we have a fixed concept of what progress really is, we will never really
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The Church in the Wilderness Recently, the American commentator Tucker Carlson said in his weekly column: “Is God dead? That’s the question that Time Magazine famously asked way back in 1966 when Time Magazine mattered. The answer then and now is no, God is not dead, but a lot of the people who believed in
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Contemplation and Witness Directory of Consecrated Life, 234 It is necessary to affirm that the current crisis of religious life is preponderantly and principally rooted in the deviation, lack, or simple abandoning of an authentic and profound life of prayer. The Holy Father himself said: “We are facing a ‘hemorrhage’ that is weakening consecrated life
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Rome, August 1, 2019 Being in the world without being of the world Directory of Spirituality, 46 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians and Novices: On the 6th of August we will commemorate with great joy and solemnity the specific end of our very small Religious Family, the evangelization of the culture, that is, to transfigure it
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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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