The Clear intention of following Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint John Paul II wrote, “Philosophy … is the mirror which reflects the culture of a people.”[1] Therefore, the study of philosophy is for us—dedicated specifically to the evangelization of the culture[2]—of singular and eminent relevance. This is pointed out in our Constitutions, where we read […]
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We members of the Institute of the Incarnate Word want to be characterized and stand out by living in “contagious joy.”[1] That joy that is “the fruit of the Holy Spirit and the effect of charity”[2] and that is born from considering that “God is infinite joy.”[3] That is the good news, the great joy[4]—a
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
A Serious Spirituality Our spirituality is profoundly marked by all the aspects of the mystery of the Incarnation,[1] to the point that we could say that our spirituality is that of the “Ave Maria,” that of the “Angelus” and that of the hymn of kenosis,[2] that of the “Magnificat” and that of the “Gloria.”[3]
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A Marked Eucharistic Devotion Because the specific end of our Religious Family is the evangelization of the culture, that is, to work to transfigure it into Christ[1] and for Christ,[2] and because we are convinced that “our feeble breath is only fertile and irresistible when it communes with the Wind of Pentecost,”[3] we members
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“We need a great devotion to the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ: ‘Everything is in the Passion. It is there where one learns the knowledge of the saints’[1]”[2], our proper law indicates this. It also gives us the noble note: “We should not want to know anything except Jesus Christ and him crucified[3]”[4], since
“We were Born for Greater Things” St. Stanislaus Kostka The venerable Pope John Paul I, speaking from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica the day following his election, recalled, among other things, that at the conclave of August 26, when it was already clear that he would be the one to be elected, the
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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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When ‘the Church’ Lets Us Down Every now and then, people find counterfeit money, yet no one would ever say that the American dollar isn’t worth anything. Astronomers have discovered spots on the sun; nevertheless, we have never heard anyone deny that the sun is the light that illumines the world. And yet, we know
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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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