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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To the Parish Priests of the IVE Number 169 of the Constitutions reads, “The Institute of the Incarnate Word will take on the works of apostolate most conducive to the inculturization of the Gospel”. For this reason, “In response to Bishops’ requests, the Institute can accept requests to help parishes, preferably in missionary areas or
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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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Directory of Consecrated Life, 2 Rome, Italy, September 1, 2017 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, The Sacred Congregation for Religious and for Secular Institutes (current CIVCSVA), in its document “Essential Elements of the Church’s Teaching on Religious Life,” teaches that “religious consecration is lived within a given institute according to constitutions which the Church,
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Rome, ItalySeptember 30th, 2016. Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Seminarians: This coming 16th of October, the Holy Father will raise the Argentine priest José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero (1840-1914) to the honors of the altar, who was a distinguished promoter and director of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and Saint John Paul II
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