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  1 Intro,  0,1   |       Christ the Lord, is a gift of God the Father to his Church
  2 Intro,  0,1   |           mystery of the Kingdom of God already at work in history,
  3 Intro,  0,1   |           he did, at the service of God and their brothers and sisters.
  4 Intro,  0,2   |    community. Together let us thank God for the Religious Orders
  5 Intro,  0,2   |              dedicate themselves to God by a special consecration.
  6 Intro,  0,2   |             of total self-giving to God in Christ is in no way incompatible
  7 Intro,  0,3   |             future of the People of God, since it is an intimate
  8 Intro,  0,5   |    inseparable link between love of God and love of neighbour.~The
  9 Intro,  0,6   |            the definitive vision of God's countenance, Eastern monasticism
 10 Intro,  0,6   |           life in the world, sought God and dedicated themselves
 11 Intro,  0,6   |         dedication to meditation on God's word (lectio divina),
 12 Intro,  0,6   |            abodes for those seeking God and the things of the spirit,
 13 Intro,  0,7   |            alone but by the word of God (cf. Mt 4:4). Such a life "
 14 Intro,  0,7   |            a sign of the Kingdom of God, consecrate their state
 15 Intro,  0,8   |           mountain, bear witness to God's lordship over history
 16 Intro,  0,8   |            listening to the word of God, participating in divine
 17 Intro,  0,8   |             to the contemplation of God. In this way they offer
 18 Intro,  0,8   |             growth of the People of God.hus there is good reason
 19 Intro,  0,9   |           consecrated themselves to God through the public profession
 20 Intro,  0,9   |            service to the People of God. Thus there arose the different
 21 Intro,  0,9   |   multiplicity of gifts bestowed by God on founders and foundresses
 22 Intro,  0,10  |           out their consecration to God in the world through the
 23 Intro,  0,10  |           they belong completely to God and are thus fully consecrated
 24 Intro,  0,13  |          joy of the whole People of God. As they become better acquainted
 25 Intro,  0,13  |         awareness to thank Almighty God for this great gift.In an
 26 Intro,  0,13  |          offer the entire People of God a number of systematic talks
 27   I,  0,14    |           to welcome the Kingdom of God into their own lives, but
 28   I,  0,14    |          share with him the toil of God's plan and to set off courageously
 29   I,  0,16    |           that the Incarnate Son of God is the eschatological goal
 30   I,  0,16    |             which he, as the Son of God, accepted in entering this
 31   I,  0,16    |        wonder the sublime beauty of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
 32   I,  1,17    |                 A Patre ad Patrem": God's initiative~17. Contemplation
 33   I,  1,17    |           themselves to the love of God who wishes them to be exclusively
 34   I,  1,17    |            of this gracious love of God is so deep and so powerful
 35   I,  1,17    |       dedicating his or her life to God, consecrating to him all
 36   I,  1,18    |              image of the invisible God" (Col 1:15) and the reflection
 37   I,  1,18    |             it was embraced by him, God and man, as the expression
 38   I,  1,18    |           herself at the service of God's plan by the total gift
 39   I,  1,20    |     transcendence of the Kingdom of God and its requirements over
 40   I,  1,20    |      visible the marvels wrought by God in the frail humanity of
 41   I,  1,21    |      manifestation of dedication to God with an undivided heart (
 42   I,  1,21    |          response of total love for God and the brethren.Poverty
 43   I,  1,21    |     brethren.Poverty proclaims that God is man's only real treasure.
 44   I,  1,22    |           Christ for the Kingdom of God~22. The consecrated life,
 45   I,  1,22    |              Jesus is the One whom "God anointed ... with the Holy
 46   I,  2,23    |           absolute transcendence of God over all created things;
 47   I,  2,23    |             the end, are touched by God's love and feel called to
 48   I,  2,24    |             experience the truth of God who is love. It is precisely
 49   I,  2,24    |             the beauty and power of God's love. Saint Augustine
 50   I,  2,24    |       Augustine says: "Beautiful is God, the Word with God ... He
 51   I,  2,24    |     Beautiful is God, the Word with God ... He is beautiful in heaven,
 52   I,  2,24    |            is the superabundance of God's love poured out upon this
 53   I,  2,24    |        sacrifice and abandonment to God's holy will, and in serene
 54   I,  2,24    |         authority wane. Fidelity to God also inspires devotion to
 55   I,  2,25    |         important thing is to serve God freely, through Christ's
 56   I,  2,25    |           been called and chosen by God, to whom they must therefore
 57   I,  2,25    |          itself as a living sign of God and as an eloquent, albeit
 58   I,  2,26    |          thing necessary is to seek God's "Kingdom and his righteousness" (
 59   I,  2,27    |         Theirs is a hope founded on God's promise contained in the
 60   I,  2,27    |           will see the salvation of God (cf. Lk 3:6; Is 40:5). The
 61   I,  2,27    |        considers monks as angels of God on earth who proclaim the
 62   I,  2,27    |  expectation: memory of the wonders God has wrought and expectation
 63   I,  2,27    |        reminder that the primacy of God gives full meaning and joy
 64   I,  2,27    |          men and women are made for God, and their hearts are restless
 65   I,  2,28    |           she belongs completely to God and is totally devoted to
 66   I,  2,28    |           persons of the primacy of God's initiative. At the same
 67   I,  3,30    |         state of life, obedience to God and to the Church, and a
 68   I,  3,30    |    presupposes a particular gift of God not given to everyone, as
 69   I,  3,31    |     accordance with the richness of God's gift. These vocations
 70   I,  3,31    |             to "seek the Kingdom of God by engaging in temporal
 71   I,  3,31    |            according to the plan of God",the consecration of Baptism
 72   I,  3,31    |            members of the People of God is a sufficient foundation.
 73   I,  3,32    |            of guiding the People of God by the teaching of the word,
 74   I,  3,32    |          will be like the angels of God (cf. Mt 22:30).The Church
 75   I,  3,32    |      proclamation of the Kingdom of God to the multitudes, in his
 76   I,  3,32    |            coming of the Kingdom of God; they unite in a distinctive
 77   I,  3,32    |       temporal affairs according to God's plan, and their cooperation
 78   I,  3,33    |         transfigured and offered to God without the spirit of the
 79   I,  3,33    |            fosters in the People of God an awareness of the need
 80   I,  3,33    |     holiness of life to the love of God poured into their hearts
 81   I,  3,33    |           which is brought about by God's power in Baptism, Confirmation
 82   I,  3,33    |       definitive happiness found in God.~
 83   I,  3,34    |           responsible acceptance of God's gift, exemplified by Mary.
 84   I,  3,34    |           gift, exemplified by Mary.God's people, for their part,
 85   I,  4,35    |        become aware of the glory of God, they also become aware
 86   I,  4,35    |         salutary. It reminds man of God's perfection, and at the
 87   I,  4,35    |            of the Church, called by God to "listen to" Christ, necessarily
 88   I,  4,35    |           seek first the Kingdom of God is first and foremost a
 89   I,  4,35    |         fully for the Lord, so that God may be all in all. Called
 90   I,  4,35    |            must assiduously implore God. The Institutes of Consecrated
 91   I,  4,35    |         milieu for absolute love of God and of neighbour, for witness
 92   I,  4,35    |           family of the children of God".The Church has always seen
 93   I,  4,36    |            thirst for justice which God has promised to satisfy (
 94   I,  4,36    |          person to belong wholly to God, to speak with God or about
 95   I,  4,36    |        wholly to God, to speak with God or about God, as is said
 96   I,  4,36    |             speak with God or about God, as is said of Saint Dominic,
 97   I,  4,36    |             his generous service of God and neighbour. Thus the
 98   I,  4,37    |             in complete openness to God's inspiration and to the
 99   I,  4,38    |           infinite transcendence of God: "We must confess that we
100   I,  4,38    |            never forget that seeing God means coming down the mountain
101   I,  4,38    |          human means rather than on God. The praiseworthy desire
102   I,  4,38    |       wrestling with the mystery of God, whom he confronts in order
103   I,  4,39    |        deepen their friendship with God, consecrated persons become
104   I,  4,39    |           be better able to discern God's will in their lives and
105  II,  1,41    |            ready to "do the will of God" (cf. Mk 3:32-35). After
106  II,  1,41    |           gathered in the praise of God and in a concrete experience
107  II,  1,41    |      Consecrated persons live "for" God and "from" God, and precisely
108  II,  1,41    |           live "for" God and "from" God, and precisely for this
109  II,  1,45    |         Jerusalem, "the dwelling of God with men" (Rev 21:3).~The
110  II,  1,46    |           point of human history in God's design".The sense of ecclesial
111  II,  1,46    |             to before the People of God by all consecrated persons,
112  II,  1,46    |             for the whole People of God. Their witness of filial
113  II,  1,46    |              of intimate union with God, and of the unity of all
114  II,  1,48    |           portions of the People of God in which "the one, holy,
115  II,  1,48    |           places for people to seek God, of specific apostolic activities
116  II,  1,49    |              of the whole People of God.~
117  II,  1,51    |            as sons and daughters of God, and inspires a self-giving
118  II,  1,52    |            manifest the richness of God's gifts, will continue to
119  II,  1,53    |        another in trying to discern God's plan in this troubled
120  II,  1,55    |    transform the world according to God's design.The participation
121  II,  1,57    |      blessing the gifts lavished by God upon both men and women,
122  II,  1,57    |          special way to be signs of God's tender love towards the
123  II,  1,58    |       exploration of the mystery of God and their analysis of his
124  II,  1,58    |             cause of the Kingdom of God. This will be expressed
125  II,  2,59    |     possession and contemplation of God".In the light of this vocation
126  II,  2,59    |         humanity to live solely for God in Christ Jesus (cf. Rom
127  II,  2,59    |            spiritual communion with God and with the brethren, where
128  II,  2,59    |             deliver "the Kingdom to God the Father after destroying
129  II,  2,59    |        authority and power ... that God may be everything to everyone" (
130  II,  2,59    |      existence dedicated totally to God in contemplation. As an
131  II,  2,62    |            generosity, attentive to God's invitations revealed through
132  II,  2,62    |         sign of intimate union with God, and of the unity of mankind".
133  II,  3,63    |            response of love towards God and neighbour. Thus it is
134  II,  3,63    |        inseparable unity of love of God and love of neighbour. It
135  II,  3,63    |       memory of the fruitfulness of God's love. New situations of
136  II,  3,64    |  cooperation of the whole People of God, with the support of Providence,
137  II,  3,65    |       consecration of themselves to God in the following of Christ,
138  II,  3,65    |          completely and joyfully to God.Since the very purpose of
139  II,  3,66    |       responsible for formation~66. God the Father, through the
140  II,  3,66    |            with the path of seeking God, so as to be able to accompany
141  II,  3,67    |             to live with those whom God has put at his or her side,
142  II,  3,67    |         interaction between love of God and love of one's brothers
143  II,  3,68    |            converted to the Word of God in the depths of their being
144  II,  3,68    |            to discover the signs of God in earthly realities. At
145  II,  3,68    |          not only continue to "see" God with the eyes of faith in
146  II,  3,70    |             gift of self is made to God more genuinely and with
147  II,  3,70    |       meaning of the covenant which God originally established,
148  II,  3,70    |         each day by the presence of God and the power of the Cross!~
149  II,  3,71    |             called to seek and love God "with all one's heart, and
150  II,  3,71    |           18; Mt 22:37-39). Love of God and of the brethren is a
151  II,  3,71    |           challenges of the word of God, and they allow themselves
152 III           |             LIFE: ~MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S LOVE IN THE WORLD~
153 III,  0,72    |               Jn 10:36), those whom God calls to follow him are
154 III,  0,73    |                   At the service of God and humanity~73. The consecrated
155 III,  0,73    |             reading of the signs of God's providential action in
156 III,  0,73    |            a profound experience of God and be aware of the challenges
157 III,  0,73    |   historical events that we discern God's hidden call to work according
158 III,  0,73    |             accustomed to following God's will in everything can
159 III,  0,73    |            that we need to trust in God as if everything depended
160 III,  0,74    |      spirituality of action, seeing God in all things and all things
161 III,  0,74    |            things and all things in God. In fact, "it is necessary
162 III,  1,75    |          Jesus reveals the depth of God's love for humanity: in
163 III,  1,75    |             for humanity: in Jesus, God places himself at the service
164 III,  1,75    |     continue serving the Kingdom of God: "Come down, Peter! You
165 III,  1,75    |            down. Preach the word of God, be insistent both when
166 III,  1,75    |           for the deformed image of God on the faces of their brothers
167 III,  1,75    |             in giving yourselves to God in order to love our Lord
168 III,  1,76    |             a life given totally to God and to their brothers and
169 III,  1,77    |          nations~77. Those who love God, the Father of all, cannot
170 III,  1,77    |           the full manifestation of God's love in Christ. The result,
171 III,  1,77    |       interior consecration made to God.The desire so often expresssed
172 III,  1,77    |         meditating on what the Lord God will expect from them and
173 III,  1,79    |        entire peoples the traces of God's presence, a presence guiding
174 III,  1,80    |            a sign of the primacy of God and his Kingdom, it can,
175 III,  1,80    |      inhuman; it bears witness that God alone strengthens and perfects
176 III,  1,82    |          many sons and daughters of God, and commit themselves to
177 III,  1,82    |           person of his poor ... As God he is rich, as man he is
178 III,  1,82    |         consecrate himself fully to God, built the cells of his
179 III,  1,82    |          dedicated to the praise of God.Saint Vincent de Paul, for
180 III,  1,82    |    interrupted, because "one leaves God to serve God".erving the
181 III,  1,82    |             one leaves God to serve God".erving the poor is an act
182 III,  2,84    | communicates to the whole People of God. There is a prophetic dimension
183 III,  2,84    |        witness to the primacy which God and the truths of the Gospel
184 III,  2,84    |    courageous prophet and friend of God.He lived in God's presence
185 III,  2,84    |           friend of God.He lived in God's presence and contemplated
186 III,  2,84    |         people and boldly announced God's will; he defended God'
187 III,  2,84    |             God's will; he defended God's sovereignty and came to
188 III,  2,84    |            and women consecrated to God who, through a special gift
189 III,  2,84    |             speaking in the name of God to all, even to the Pastors
190 III,  2,84    |            True prophecy is born of God, from friendship with him,
191 III,  2,84    |          desire for the holiness of God and, having heard his word
192 III,  2,84    |       becoming people who speak for God against evil and sin. Prophetic
193 III,  2,84    |           and passionate search for God's will, for self-giving,
194 III,  2,84    |        expectation of the coming of God's Kingdom.~
195 III,  2,85    |             seems that the signs of God's presence have been lost
196 III,  2,85    |       affirmation of the primacy of God and of eternal life, as
197 III,  2,85    |         consecrated to the glory of God and to the love of his brethren.
198 III,  2,85    |            the light of the word of God.Thus will they be able to
199 III,  2,87    |     relativizes them by pointing to God as the absolute good. Thus,
200 III,  2,87    |             make visible the living God. The consecrated life, especially
201 III,  2,88    |             witness to the power of God's love manifested in the
202 III,  2,88    |       Christ it is possible to love God with all one's heart, putting
203 III,  2,88    |        creature with the freedom of God! This testimony is more
204 III,  2,88    |           to show that the power of God's love can accomplish great
205 III,  2,90    |             fact, is to attest that God is the true wealth of the
206 III,  2,90    |            life "hid with Christ in God" (Col 3:3) for the salvation
207 III,  2,92    |         which to discern and accept God's will, and to walk together
208 III,  2,92    |     expression of the fatherhood of God and the exercise of authority
209 III,  2,92    |             authority received from God, at the service of discernment
210 III,  2,92    |         fatherhood which comes from God, of the brotherhood born
211 III,  2,92    |        those who put their trust in God, despite the human limitations
212 III,  2,92    |          those who hear the word of God and keep it" (Lk 11:28)
213 III,  2,93    |            particular covenant with God, indeed of a spousal covenant
214 III,  2,93    |         programme of relations with God and one's surroundings,
215 III,  2,94    |            Listening to the word of God~94. The word of God is the
216 III,  2,94    |         word of God~94. The word of God is the first source of all
217 III,  2,94    |        relationship with the living God and with his saving and
218 III,  2,94    |            By its means the word of God is brought to bear on life,
219 III,  2,94    |       riches drawn from the word of God, thanks to which brothers
220 III,  2,94    |            members of the People of God, priests and laity alike.
221 III,  2,94    |            the Scriptures, in which God "speaks to people as friends (
222 III,  2,94    |    tradition teaches, meditation on God's word, and on the mysteries
223 III,  2,94    |           into practice the will of God, who do great works. From
224 III,  2,94    |        works. From familiarity with God's word they draw the light
225 III,  2,94    |           mind, in order to discern God's will about what is good,
226 III,  2,95    |        which nourishes and sustains God's pilgrim people? By its
227 III,  2,95    |          consecrated their lives to God are strengthened and increased.
228 III,  2,95    |             frequent encounter with God's mercy, they purify and
229 III,  3,96    |            listening to the word of God, their practice of discernment,
230 III,  3,98    |         proclamation of the word of God, they too are called to
231 III,  3,98    |             response to the will of God, who reaches out to all
232 III,  3,98    |            ever deeper knowledge of God, the source of light and
233 III,  3,98    |            presence and activity of God in the complex reality of
234 III,  3,99    |         sisters making their way to God.~Nevertheless, it is necessary
235 III,  3,99    |       wisely and in accordance with God's plan, but also to free
236 III,  4,101   |             42) — to the worship of God and to intercession for
237 III,  4,102   |         peace and the protection of God's creation. In these areas,
238 III,  4,103   |           sacred and the desire for God~103. Because of the very
239 III,  4,103   |          partners in the search for God which has always stirred
240 III,  4,103   |            nature of the search for God. They constitute a warning
241 III,  4,103   |          who, moved by a thirst for God and a desire to live the
242 Conclu,  0,104|           whole house. The house of God, the Church, today no less
243 Conclu,  0,104|             in the world."If any of God's children were to know
244 Conclu,  0,104|          divine love, the uncreated God, the incarnate God, the
245 Conclu,  0,104|        uncreated God, the incarnate God, the God who endured suffering,
246 Conclu,  0,104|              the incarnate God, the God who endured suffering, the
247 Conclu,  0,104|          who endured suffering, the God who is the supreme good,
248 Conclu,  0,104|         their being would love this God of love, to the point of
249 Conclu,  0,105|           service of the Kingdom of God~105. "What would become
250 Conclu,  0,105|      devoting themselves totally to God and to others for the love
251 Conclu,  0,105|           to others for the love of God.~The Church can in no way
252 Conclu,  0,105|           show the fatherly face of God and the motherly face of
253 Conclu,  0,105|     themselves to be transformed by God's grace and conform themselves
254 Conclu,  0,106|             age, but readily accept God's plan for you if he invites
255 Conclu,  0,106|        consecrated life. Admire all God's works in the world, but
256 Conclu,  0,106|        peaceful and able to welcome God and, in him, all his sons
257 Conclu,  0,107|            of your children so that God's love can spread in the
258 Conclu,  0,107|          love which gives itself to God and to others. They also
259 Conclu,  0,108|         lead to the living and true God, including the path marked
260 Conclu,  0,108|              sustained by grace and God's love, lies the remedy
261 Conclu,  0,108|       shaped remarkable "seekers of God" and benefactors of humanity,
262 Conclu,  0,108|            paths for those who seek God with a sincere heart. Consider
263 Conclu,  0,108|          have devoted themselves to God! Does not this world of
264 Conclu,  0,108|             the beneficent power of God's love? Does it not also
265 Conclu,  0,109|             full your dedication to God, so that this world may
266 Conclu,  0,109|         hearts which in faith "see" God, people docile to the working
267 Conclu,  0,109|           dedication to the love of God and of your brothers and
268 Conclu,  0,109|    consecrated life is a gift which God offers in order that everyone
269 Conclu,  0,109|       faithfully your commitment to God, in mutual edification and
270 Conclu,  0,109|    captivated by the fascination of God and of his Son's Gospel.