{"id":11688,"date":"2020-02-06T23:03:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T22:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soeurs-de-la-presentation-de-marie.org\/pom\/?page_id=11688"},"modified":"2022-12-15T15:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:36:36","slug":"spiritual-animation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soeurs-de-la-presentation-de-marie.org\/pom\/spiritual-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_space=”remove_padding_bottom”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Face of Holiness of our Foundress” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:84|text_align:center|color:%23009902″ google_fonts=”font_family:Italianno%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=”NOVEMBER 2020″ title_align=”separator_align_right” color=”sandy_brown” style=”double”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_space=”remove_padding_bottom”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Presentation of Mary<\/p>\n

A name \u2013 A heritage \u2013 A prophecy” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Allerta%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
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IN THANKSGIVING!” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:46|text_align:center|color:%230043a8″ google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_space=”remove_padding_bottom”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Let us meditate the Word of God\u2026” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left|color:%230166bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Alike%20Angular%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Gn 15: 6          <\/strong>Abram <\/em>believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ex 15: 1<\/strong>           Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the <\/em>Lord<\/em>: \u201cI will sing to the <\/em>Lord<\/em>, for he has triumphed gloriously;<\/em> <\/em>horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Col 1: 12         <\/strong>Joyfully <\/sup><\/strong>give thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

2 Th 2: 13        <\/strong>We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord… <\/em><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”… and Our Rule of Life” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Alike%20Angular%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]C49      <\/strong>we are called to live in thanksgiving\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

D39d   <\/strong>Enlightened by the Word of God, in prayer and thanksgiving \u2026  <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

D41b   <\/strong>We celebrate Sunday in joy and thanksgiving \u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

D42a   <\/strong>We bless the Lord, and we give him thanks for the food that renews our strength, for the joy of being together and for the opportunity to share our daily life. <\/em><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_space=”remove_padding_bottom”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Commentary” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left|color:%230166bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Alike%20Angular%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Live in thanksgiving\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/strong>At that time Jesus said,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.  <\/strong><\/sup>All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Mt 11: 25-27<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”\u2026 a prayer” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%230056ad” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Blessed are you, O <\/em>Lord<\/em>, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

the God of our ancestor Israel, forever and ever. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yours, O <\/em>Lord<\/em>, are the greatness, the power, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

the glory, the victory, and the majesty; <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

yours is the kingdom, O <\/em>Lord<\/em>, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

and you are exalted as head above all.  <\/sup><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In your hand are power and might; <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.  <\/sup><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And now, our God, we give thanks to you <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

and praise your glorious name.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/em>ll things come from you, and of your own have we given you.  <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

O <\/em>Lord<\/em> our God, all this abundance that we have provided <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

for building you a house for your holy name <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

comes from your hand and is all your own. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/sup><\/em><\/strong>I know, my God, that you search the heart, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

your people, who are present here, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

offering freely and joyously to you. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

O <\/em>Lord<\/em>, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

                                                                        1 Ch 29: 10-18<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2026 at all times, let us give thanks to God !<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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                Read more…<\/span>   NOVEMBER 2020<\/a><\/h3>\n

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 <\/strong>Mt 6, 6<\/strong>          <\/strong>When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.<\/p>\n

 <\/strong>Mt 6, 21     <\/strong>Where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.<\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”MARIE RIVIER” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%23dd4040″ google_fonts=”font_family:Aubrey%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Let us be women of prayer and God will bless everything<\/strong>.           <\/em>Letter 559<\/p>\n

 <\/em><\/strong>Deepen your interior life, become a daughter of prayer.<\/strong>              <\/em>Letter 771<\/p>\n

 <\/em>Turn frequently to prayer and draw from it all the graces you need.                                                                                                                  <\/em><\/strong>Letter 1243[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”COMMENTARY” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%23dd3333″ google_fonts=”font_family:Aubrey%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Personal prayer is the silent prayer that God himself gives us, the prayer in which he guides and supports us.     This prayer is simple: it is enough to let Jesus come to us and renew today in us his own prayer to the Father, the expression of his filial offering.  The condition of prayer, its substance, is therefore purely and simply the personal configuration to Jesus in his prayer which is the expression of his filial life, of his obedience to the Father.  To follow the way of prayer, says Teresa of Jesus, is to make ourselves servants of love by following Jesus who is Love.  Love is Jesus himself, our living way to the Father.  He loves us (Rev 1:5): love is enough to define him.  <\/p>\n

 (Jean-Claude Sagne, Accompagnement spirituel et vie d\u2019oraison<\/em>)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”1″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”PRAYER” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:center|color:%23dd0000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Aubrey%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

O MY GOD, TRINITY WHOM I ADORE,<\/strong><\/p>\n

help me to become utterly forgetful of myself<\/p>\n

so that I may establish myself in you,<\/p>\n

as changeless and calm as though my soul were already in eternity. Let nothing disturb my peace<\/p>\n

nor draw me forth f from you, O my unchanging God,<\/p>\n

 but at every moment may I penetrate more deeply<\/p>\n

into the depths of your mystery.<\/p>\n

Give peace to my soul; make it your heaven,<\/p>\n

your cherished dwelling-place and the place of your repose.<\/p>\n

Let me never leave you there alone,<\/p>\n

but keep me there, wholly attentive, wholly alert in my faith,<\/p>\n

wholly adoring and fully given up to your creative action.  <\/p>\n

 (Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Our heart is restless until it rests in you!<\/h4>\n

During adoration, I contemplate Jesus adorer of the Father in Spirit and in truth.  In this month of the Rosary, I pray in the presence of MARY[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Read more …  Prayer October 2020<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\u201cI wish you the most fervent, holy and meritorious year; neglect nothing on your part to make it so and redouble your zeal to procure the glory of God.\u201d (Letter 31)<\/h4>\n

\u201cHow I wish, my dear daughter, that you would become strong and robust in virtue; that there would never again be in you any inconsistency or cowardice, and that you would have a fervor sustained in all things and burning with zeal to work for the glory of God, wherever He wills, and to overcome all your repugnance, and become a perfect imitator of the Holy Child Jesus who loves you and has given you so many graces.\u201d (Letter 69)<\/h4>\n

\u201cMeditate well on Jesus Christ and the Saints; walk in their footsteps, and fear only sin; all else is nothing and is of no great use to us in gaining heaven. Work ardently for your holiness, to fight your faults, to acquire the virtues of Jesus Christ; to detach yourselves from everything; to become gentle and humble of heart, burning with zeal and charity; take care not to injure this virtue in any way.\u201d (Letter 501)<\/h4>\n

\u201cBe burning with zeal for the love of Jesus Christ.\u201d (Letter 1221 (3))<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_space=”remove_padding_bottom”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Let us meditate with the Word of God” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:44|text_align:left|color:%23dd3e3e” google_fonts=”font_family:Allura%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Jn 2:17<\/strong><\/a>           <\/strong>His disciples remembered that it was written, \u201cZeal for your house will consume me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rm 10:2<\/strong><\/a>        <\/strong>I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened.<\/p>\n

Rm 12:11<\/strong><\/a>       <\/strong>Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.<\/p>\n

Phil 3:14<\/strong>        I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”… and our Rule of Life” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:44|text_align:left|color:%23dd3b3b” google_fonts=”font_family:Allura%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]C 109               C 131               C 158b <\/strong><\/p>\n

D 21                D 47                D 53<\/strong><\/p>\n

A sister of the Presentation of Mary, convinced of the holiness and the sublimity of her vocation, and truly filled with the spirit of her state, will experience a secret joy, and feel her strength revive and her zeal blaze forth, when the time comes to begin the holy exercise of catechism. <\/em>(REC, <\/em>p. 74)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_space=”remove_padding_bottom”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Commentaries:” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:44|text_align:left|color:%23dd4040″ google_fonts=”font_family:Allura%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]We do well to keep in mind the early Christians and our many brothers and sisters throughout history who were filled with joy, unflagging courage and zeal in proclaiming the Gospel. Some people nowadays console themselves by saying that things are not as easy as they used to be, yet we know that the Roman empire was not conducive to the Gospel message, the struggle for justice, or the defense of human dignity. Every period of history is marked by the presence of human weakness, self-absorption, complacency and selfishness, to say nothing of the concupiscence which preys upon us all. These things are ever present under one guise or another; they are due to our human limits rather than particular situations. Let us not say, then, that things are harder today; they are simply different. But let us learn also from the saints who have gone before us, who confronted the difficulties of their own day. So I propose that we pause to rediscover <\/strong>some of the reasons which <\/strong>can help us to imitate them today. (Apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium,<\/em> Pope Francis, 24 November 2013, n. 263)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\"\".[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Commitment” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:44|text_align:left|color:%23dd3e3e” google_fonts=”font_family:Allura%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text] <\/p>\n

What makes my heart burn with zeal? Am I willing to do at least one thing to stir my zeal and act on it – each week? each day?<\/p>\n

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What can I do to keep the fire of zeal burning in my heart and do I have the audacity to do more of it?[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] <\/p>\n

Read more …  Zeal for your house will             consume me<\/a><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_space=”remove_padding_top”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=”AUGUST 2020″ title_align=”separator_align_right” color=”sky” style=”double” add_icon=”true”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Marie Rivier: A Humble Woman” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:54|text_align:center|color:%230095e0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”A good act of humility will draw down more blessings\u2026.
\n– Marie Rivier -” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:center|color:%23528cbf” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”We meditate the Word of God” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Proverbs 22: 4<\/strong>  The result of humility and fear of the LORD is riches, honor and life.<\/p>\n

Luke 9: 48<\/strong>       For the one who is least among all of you is the one who is the greatest.<\/p>\n

Philippians 2: 7-8     <\/strong> Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave\u2026 he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”\u2026and our Rule of Life” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]C189  <\/strong> Day after day, he writes it in our heart, conforms us to Jesus<\/p>\n

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D17b  <\/strong> \u2026sources that mark our spirituality invite us to \u201choly    indifference,\u201d an attitude of openness that renders us capable of preferring the choice of God to our own.<\/p>\n

D27a <\/strong>  It (Sacrament of Reconciliation) <\/em>maintains us in this             humility of heart from which alone praise can burst forth.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Thoughts to live by\u2026” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Pope Francis” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]There is only one way against the spirit of the world: humility.<\/p>\n

                                                                     – Tweet 25 February 2020 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n

None of us must feel ‘superior’ to anyone. None of us should look down at others from above. The only time we can look at a person in this way is when we are helping them to stand up.                                                        <\/p>\n

                                                                        – Address 28 June 2018 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Fathers of the Desert” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Humility itself is a grace, given from above. There are two types of humility, as taught by the holy fathers: to consider oneself as the lowest of all beings and to attribute to God all one’s good deeds. The first is the beginning, the second the end”.                                                                                                                                    <\/p>\n

                                                                                – Saint Gregory of Sinai – <\/em><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Marie Rivier” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Be humbler in the future, but don’t worry about the past, because all this doesn’t make us virtuous; let’s just humble ourselves and do better.                                                                                     –  Letter 29 –<\/em>   <\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”\u2026a prayer” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Lord Jesus, when you walked the earth,                                                          your humility obscured your Kingship.                                                              Your meekness confused the arrogant,                                                      hindering them from grasping your purpose,                                                your nobility in attending to the destitute.                                                      Teach me to be inspired by your greatness,                                                      to submit my human nature to humility.                                                      <\/em>Grant me the natural inclination to never see myself greater than anyone.  Banish all lingering sparks of self-importance that could elevate me greater than you. Let my heart always imitate your humility.<\/p>\n

Amen.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”\u2026 a commitment<\/p>\n

Follow Jesus Christ in his humility. – MR \u2013” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:right|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Courgette%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Read the complete text … HUMILITY 225e AUGUST<\/a> <\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=”JULY” title_align=”separator_align_right” color=”sky” style=”double” add_icon=”true”][vc_custom_heading text=”Marie Rivier : Lover of the Poor” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Clicker%20Script%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”“How beautiful it would be
\nif the poor occupied the same place in our hearts
\nthat they have in God’s heart,“<\/p>\n

– Pope Francis, Homily 17 Nov 2019 -” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%233d82bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Alike%20Angular%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Marie Rivier: Her Love for the Poor” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Alice%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]\u201cYour love for the poor pleases me very much, my dear daughter; I hope it will bring you the blessings of the Father of the poor.\u201d (Letter 867)<\/p>\n

\u201cI learn with great joy that you are happy and that you love your holy vocation and the education of poor children. These are indeed the ones most cherished by the Heart of God. Therefore, instruct them with zeal, inspire them with great love for our holy religion, make them pious and make them feel that true happiness consists only in a truly Christian and virtuous life.\u201d (Letter 1066)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Let us Meditate the Word of God” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

2 Cor 8:9         Lk 4:18            Phil 2:5-11<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”\u2026 and our Rule of Life” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]C 103             <\/strong>C 108               C 176            <\/strong><\/p>\n

D 3d                D 5c<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Commentary\u2026” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]True love is always contemplative, and permits us to serve the other not out of necessity or vanity, but rather because he or she is beautiful above and beyond mere appearances: \u201cThe love by which we find the other pleasing leads us to offer him something freely\u201d. The poor person, when loved, \u201cis esteemed as of great value\u201d, and this is what makes the authentic option for the poor differ from any other ideology, from any attempt to exploit the poor for one\u2019s own personal or political interest. <\/strong>Only on the basis of this real and sincere closeness can we properly accompany the poor on their path of liberation. Only this will ensure that \u201cin every Christian community the poor feel at home. Would not this approach be the greatest and most effective presentation of the good news of the kingdom?\u201d Without the preferential option for the poor, \u201cthe proclamation of the Gospel, which is itself the prime form of charity, risks being misunderstood or submerged by the ocean of words which daily engulfs us in today\u2019s society of mass communications\u201d. (Apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium,<\/em> Pope Francis, 24 November 2013, n. 199)[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”\u2026 a prayer” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
\nand in the smallest of your creatures.
\nYou embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
\nPour out upon us the power of your love,
\nthat we may protect life and beauty.
\nFill us with peace, so that we may live
\nas brothers and sisters, harming no one.
\nO God of the poor,
\nhelp us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
\nso precious in your eyes.
\nBring healing to our lives,
\nthat we may protect the world and not prey on it,
\nthat we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
\nTouch the hearts
\nof those who look only for gain
\nat the expense of the poor and the earth.
\nTeach us to discover the worth of each thing,
\nto be filled with awe and contemplation,
\nto recognize that we are profoundly united
\nwith every creature
\nas we journey towards your infinite light.
\nWe thank you for being with us each day.
\nEncourage us, we pray, in our struggle
\nfor justice, love and peace. Amen.<\/p>\n

(Laudato si\u2019<\/em>, n. 246)<\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=”June 2020″ title_align=”separator_align_right” color=”sky” style=”double”][vc_custom_heading text=”Marie Rivier : A Woman of Compassion” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:54|text_align:left|color:%230e5af2″ google_fonts=”font_family:Great%20Vibes%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”It is indeed God who gives you these feelings of compassion, of tenderness for his beloved members, and he will take your good desires into account, since we are powerless to help them.
\n(Letter 888)” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:center|color:%23146de2″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alike%20Angular%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Word of God” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%23116ebf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Hos 2: 21<\/strong>  I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy.<\/p>\n

Ps 69: 21<\/strong> I looked for compassion, the there was none, for comforters, but found none.<\/p>\n

Ps 86: 15<\/strong> But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, most loving and true.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Rule of Life” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230973c4″ google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]C 5<\/span><\/span><\/strong>     \u2026 a community of adoration, locus of his presence and of his mercy for all, sign of God\u2019s Kingdom on earth.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

C 101<\/strong>   Far from keeping enchained the Word of mercy which we have received from the Father, we announce it boldly.<\/p>\n

D 29<\/strong>     He restores and saves us by his gentle mercy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Commentary” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%231c5ccc” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]The words of Jesus: “Be merciful as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36) echo the ancient commandment: “Be holy as I, the Lord your God, am holy” (Leviticus 19:2). To describe holiness, Jesus spoke of mercy. Mercy is the purest reflection of God in a human life. “Through mercy towards your neighbour you resemble God” (Basil the Great).  Mercy is the humanity of God. It is also the divine future of man.<\/p>\n

Jesus fully reveals to us the God who never stops doing good, who always makes a new beginning possible for those who come to him.  As Brother Roger often said: “God can do nothing but love.” (Taiz\u00e9)<\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Prayer” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]”O Jesus, I desire to live in the present moment, to live as if this were the last day of my life, to use every moment carefully for the greater glory of God, to draw from every circumstance a blessing for my soul. To look at everything, considering that nothing happens without the will of God. God of unfathomable mercy, envelop the whole world and pour out your own self upon us through the compassionate Heart of Jesus. \u00bb  (Sister Faustine)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Commitment” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]I make an act of mercy or compassion towards \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

either by a gesture, a word or by prayer.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

 Read more…MERCY June 2020 <\/a><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=”May 2020″ title_align=”separator_align_right” color=”blue” style=”double”][vc_custom_heading text=”Marie Rivier: Her love for Our Lady” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:75|text_align:left|color:%231488fc” google_fonts=”font_family:Lovers%20Quarrel%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”\u201cBehold your Mother! From that hour the disciple took her into his home.\u201d
\n– Jn 19:27 -” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:justify|color:%23dd8d13″ google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”I received everything through the prayer of the rosary! I have always loved talking to the Blessed Virgin,
\nquite simply, like a child to its mother.
\n– Marie Rivier -” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:center|color:%23138bf4″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alice%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Word of God” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Lk 2 : 19          <\/strong>Mary, however, kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.<\/p>\n

Jn 19: 25-27    <\/strong> <\/strong>Behold your Mother! From that hour the disciple took her into his home.<\/p>\n

 <\/strong>Ac 1 : 14<\/strong>          All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Rule of Life” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]C 11<\/strong>     We are daughters of Mary<\/em><\/p>\n

C 77<\/strong>     Mary cooperates with Christ and the Church in educating us spiritually<\/p>\n

C 99     <\/strong>As on the apostles in the Upper Room, Mary draws upon us the Spirit of fortitude[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Commentary” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Jesus in his love gave his mother to the disciple, to the Church and to humanity.<\/p>\n

Marian devotion has its ultimate reason in the unfathomable will of God, in his plan of love. God loved Mary for himself and loved her for us too. He gave her to himself and he also gave her to us. The gift of Mary belongs to the testament of Jesus and is related to the paschal mystery.<\/p>\n

Loving and welcoming Mary into your home is not a private initiative, it is not an ecclesial initiative, it is an initiative of Christ<\/strong>.  The disciples welcome the precious <\/em>Mother as the heritage of the Master.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Blessed Virgin’s role as Mother leads the People of God to turn with filial confidence to her who is ever ready to listen with a mother’s affection and efficacious assistance.\u201d (Pope Paul VI, Marialis Cultus 57)<\/em> \u201cBy her maternal charity, she cares for the brethren of her Son, who still journey on earth.\u201d (Lumen Gentium, 62)<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”… a prayer” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Lord, you who left your Mother in our midst <\/strong><\/p>\n

so that she might accompany us, <\/strong><\/p>\n

grant that she might take care of us, <\/strong><\/p>\n

protect us on our journey, <\/strong><\/p>\n

in our hearts, in our faith. <\/strong><\/p>\n

May she make of us disciples, just as she was, <\/strong>and missionaries as she also was.   <\/strong><\/p>\n

                                               –  <\/strong>Pope Francis –<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”\u2026 a commitment” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Marie Rivier said: I obtained everything through the prayer of the rosary.  <\/strong><\/em>We are daughters of Mary!  In our journey as we prepare for the celebration of the jubilee of our foundation, let us renew our relationship with Mary, Mother of Jesus and our Mother.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong> …  WITH MARY 225th May 2020 ENGLISH<\/a><\/h4>\n

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\nMarie Rivier – Letter 595″ font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:center|color:%230f7ac1″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alice%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Word of God …” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Jn 15 : 11<\/strong> \u2026 so that my JOY<\/strong> might be in you and your JOY<\/strong> might be complete. <\/p>\n

Jn 17 : 13<\/strong> \u2026 so that they may share my JOY<\/strong> completely.<\/p>\n

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Jn 20 : 20 <\/strong>He showed them his hands and his side.  The disciples REJOICED <\/strong>when they saw the Lord.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”… Words of Marie Rivier” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230166bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]\u201cLive in God, my dear daughter, and love him with all your heart: I wish you his peace and his JOY<\/strong>.\u201d     Marie Rivier, September 19, 1815 to Sister Marie R\u00e9gis, Teacher in Largenti\u00e8re, Ard\u00e8che,                                                <\/em>Letter 48<\/p>\n

\u201cLive as daughters of the RESURRECTION:<\/strong> think and work only for heaven; seek Jesus Christ crucified.\u201d   Marie Rivier, April 5, 1836 to Sister Marie Ad\u00e9la\u00efde Director of the Convent of the Presentation at Alais, Gard,<\/em> Letter 555<\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”From our Rule of Life …” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]We are called to live this covenant of love that God\u2019s tenderness offers us from moment to moment, in thanksgiving and the ever renewed JOY<\/strong> of Mary\u2019s Magnificat. C49<\/em><\/p>\n

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With our hearts fixed on Jesus Christ to think as he thought, act as he acted, love as he loved<\/em>, day after day, we seek to live the concrete gestures of a generous fidelity even in the smallest details.  By this radical option lived in JOY<\/strong>, we glorify the Father, the Son and the Spirit of holiness. D6c<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”… From Marie Rivier” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]\u201cLive in the peace and JOY<\/strong> of the Lord.  Love the Virgin Mary dearly.\u201d<\/em> Marie Rivier, February 11, 1825 to Sister Marie of the Visitation at the Convent of the Presentation at Salon,<\/em> Letter 280<\/p>\n

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“Seek only to please Jesus Christ, and take him as a model in all your conduct; you will taste peace and JOY<\/strong> only by imitating Jesus Christ\u201d<\/em> Marie Rivier, January 23, 1822 to Sister Marie Th\u00e9otiste, Teacher at Salon, Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne<\/em>, Letter 513 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”JOY in the life of Marie Rivier \u2013 Mourret” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Marinette would RADIATE JOY.<\/strong> “It is today, she would say, that the Blessed Virgin will heal me! I’ll come back alone, I won’t need anyone else.\u201d  Mourret p. 10<\/p>\n

On the great day of the Resurrection, HER JOY WOULD BURST FORTH AND WOULD BE PROLONGED <\/strong>during the time she referred to as “the glorious forty days\u201d. “Oh, how I love this time,” she once said to one of her Sisters. \u201cIt always seems to me that Our Lord is there appearing to me.\u201d Mourret p. 439[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”A Prayer…” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%230072d6″ google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Risen Jesus,<\/p>\n

you invite me to live in your JOY<\/strong> !<\/p>\n

Show me how I can do so.<\/p>\n

Lead me in your JOY.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”A Commitment…” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%230166bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]From now on,<\/p>\n

I choose to LIVE <\/strong>each day IN JOY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The JOY <\/strong>that is yours will be my strength.<\/p>\n

By your grace I want to be a person<\/p>\n

who bears witness to the JOY <\/strong>of the Gospel.<\/p>\n

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Read more …  JOY April 2020 <\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n

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 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=”MARCH 2020″ title_align=”separator_align_right” color=”green” style=”double” add_icon=”true”][vc_custom_heading text=”Marie Rivier, Woman of Faith!” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:76|text_align:left|color:%230166bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Lovers%20Quarrel%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Fight the good fight, that of faith, take hold of eternal life ! 1 Tm 6: 12″ font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40|text_align:center|color:%23dd901c” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Live in faith<\/em><\/strong>, my child, it is the life of the righteous, and if you want to become interior, animate all your actions with a holy motive.                                                                                                                          <\/em>Marie Rivier, Letter 648<\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Let us meditate the Word of God\u2026” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%230568bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Mt 17: 20<\/strong> If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain: \u201cMove from here to there\u201d and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.<\/p>\n

Nb 20: 12  <\/em><\/strong> The Lord said to Moses and his brother Aaron:  \u201cBecause you were not faithful to me in showing forth my sanctity before the Israelites, you shall not lead this community into the land I will give them.\u201d<\/p>\n

2 Co 13: 5<\/strong> Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in faith.  Test yourselves.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”… and our Rule of Life” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]                             C 12                             <\/p>\n

                             C46                       <\/p>\n

                             C 50                           <\/p>\n

                             C 96[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Commentary” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%230066bf” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Faith without charity bears no fruit, while charity without faith would be a sentiment constantly at the mercy of doubt. Faith and charity each require the other, in such a way that each allows the other to set out along its respective path \u2026 It is faith that enables us to recognize Christ and it is his love that impels us to assist him whenever he becomes our neighbour along the journey of life. Supported by faith, let us look with hope at our commitment in the world, as we await \u201cnew heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells\u201d (2 Pet 3:13; cf. Rev 21:1).<\/em> Apostolic letter PORTA FIDEI, Pope Benedict XVI<\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”A prayer” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Jesus Christ is at the heart of Marie Rivier’s life as he is at the centre of God’s plan for us.<\/em> C 1 Lord Jesus, support our journey towards the 225th anniversary of the foundation of our Congregation. As we live our faith fully, may we always have the strength to make the profound changes to which the Gospel calls us.<\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”A Commitment” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” google_fonts=”font_family:Almendra%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Aim for what is best – <\/em><\/strong>this will enable us to respond to our vocation according to the heart of God. Dare to ask the question: what motive of faith makes me act?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]READ MORE FAITH  March 2020 <\/a><\/p>\n

 [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=”FEBRUARY 2020″ title_align=”separator_align_right” color=”green” style=”double” add_icon=”true”][vc_custom_heading text=”The face of holiness” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40|text_align:left|color:%2326a004″ google_fonts=”font_family:Droid%20Sans%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Be holy, since I the Lord your God, am holy! Lv 19 :2″ font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2309b7c4″ google_fonts=”font_family:Aladin%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]May this year be a year of holiness for all, may you not lose a single one of your actions. Therefore, always act in the spirit of faith and for the love of Jesus Christ \u2013 <\/em>Letter 404-8.<\/p>\n

I desire that you all renew yourselves and walk with great strides in the ways of holiness.<\/em> Letter 1034-5<\/p>\n

 <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Let us meditate the Word of God \u2026” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|color:%23e0670b” google_fonts=”font_family:Lusitana%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Ps 76 : 14         <\/strong>God, holiness is your pathway ! <\/em><\/p>\n

Is 52 : 10         <\/strong>The Lord has shown us his holy arm \u2026. <\/em><\/p>\n

Lk 1 : 75          \u2026 <\/strong>that we might worship him in holiness and righteousness <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”…and our Rule of Life” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|color:%23e06e0b” google_fonts=”font_family:Lusitana%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]D 16<\/strong>     \u2026 to move forward on the path of Gospel holineess<\/em><\/p>\n

D 37 a)<\/strong> \u2026 to move forward on the pathway of holiness. <\/em><\/p>\n

D 70 b)<\/strong> \u2026a way of holiness and happiness \u2026<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Commentary…” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:left|color:%230ca304″ google_fonts=”font_family:Droid%20Sans%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Being poor of heart: that is holiness! # 70
\nReacting with meekness and humility: that is holiness! #74<\/p>\n

Knowing how to mourn with others: that is holiness! #76<\/p>\n

Hungering and thirsting for righteousness: that is holiness! #79<\/p>\n

Pope Francis, Apostolic Exhortation on Holiness<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”A Prayer” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:26|text_align:left|color:%230c2dd1″ google_fonts=”font_family:Aladin%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]We ask you:<\/p>\n

Make us firm in our faith,<\/p>\n

attentive to your will.<\/p>\n

Strengthen our hope<\/p>\n

so that we can serve and love you,<\/p>\n

in Jesus your Son, today and<\/p>\n

forever and ever.<\/p>\n

Amen.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] <\/p>\n

Read the complete text …MEANING OF THE LOGO <\/a><\/h3>\n

Meaning of the Logo … MEANING OF THE LOGO<\/a><\/h3>\n

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