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Spiritual Support
73. Spiritual and religious study1, carried out in a spirit of prayer, are indispensable means of deepening our faith. They also enable us to enrich our spiritual culture and to equip ourselves for our catechetical role. Just as each has the right to sufficient time for them, so, too, each has the duty of devoting sufficient time to them.
It is important for the growth of our spiritual life to be accompanied by another person. This is necessary to overcome the difficulties we encounter at certain stages of our life.
The annual retreat2 offers each one the opportunity of renewing the spirit of his consecration. From time to time, days of recollection serve to renew the interior unity of our active life.
73.1 Part of the community planning is to ensure that the time and the means are provided for spiritual and religiousstudy.
73.2 Each year we make a week's spiritual retreat along the lines indicated by the Brother Provincial. The community or the Province decides on the days of recollection.(c 663, 5)
73.3 Traditionally in the Institute, Good Friday is a day of recollection and prayer. The last day of the year is devoted to asking pardon and to giving thanks.
(Life 342; 320)
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