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1 I, 0,7(40) | Prague, 8; Writings, SC 325, 102: “And to make my own the
2 I, 0,7(46) | Haereses, 4, 20, 8f.: PG 7, 1037: “It is not only in speaking
3 Conclu, 0,31(94)| Consecrata (25 March 1996), 109.~
4 Intro, 0,1(3) | Consecrata (25 March 1996), 28; 112.~
5 I, 0,4(16) | Evangelia, Homily 38, 3: PL 76, 1283: “In fact, then, God the
6 I, 0,5(25) | Liber 2, Homily 8, 16: CCL 142, 348: “When a person offers
7 I, 0,5(27) | Augustine, Sermo 339, 4: PL 38, 1481: “No-one would surpass me
8 I, 0,5(27) | Consuetudines, 80, 11: PL 153, 757-758: “Above all else,
9 I, 0,5(24) | before Christ”: CSEL 75, 5.163; Maximus the Confessor,
10 Intro, 0,1(2) | Fratres de Monte Dei, I, 1: PL 184, 310: “The Lord himself
11 Intro, 0,2(9) | Gaudete in Domino (9 May 1975), VI: “The Church in fact,
12 I, 0,8(51) | Mutuae Relationes (14 May 1978), 25; Sacred Congregation
13 I, 0,5(24) | of Mount Carmel (31 May 1982): “I do not doubt that the
14 Intro, 0,1(5) | Redemptoris Mater (25 March 1987), 43; Address to Cloistered
15 Intro, 0,1(6) | Orationis Formas (15 October 1989), 1; Catechism of the Catholic
16 I, 0,3(15) | Clare of Assisi (11 August 1993): “In reality, Clare's whole
17 Intro, 0,1(6) | of the Catholic Church, 2566-2567.~
18 Intro, 0,1(6) | the Catholic Church, 2566-2567.~
19 III, 0,22(74) | No. 4, Opera Omnia, V, 296 a: “Let no one believe that
20 Intro, 0,1(2) | Monte Dei, I, 1: PL 184, 310: “The Lord himself lived
21 I, 0,7(40) | Prague, 8; Writings, SC 325, 102: “And to make my own
22 I, 0,4(22) | Institutione Virginis, 24: PL 16, 326-327.~
23 I, 0,4(22) | Virginis, 24: PL 16, 326-327.~
24 I, 0,5(27) | Saint Augustine, Sermo 339, 4: PL 38, 1481: “No-one
25 I, 0,5(25) | Homily 8, 16: CCL 142, 348: “When a person offers to
26 I, 0,5(30) | Poems, I, 2, 1, v. 20: PG 37, 523.~
27 I, 0,7(42) | Manuscript B, 3v.~
28 I, 0,7(43) | of the Church Ad Gentes, 40: “Institutes of contemplative
29 I, 0,5(27) | Epistola ad Hilarium, 3: PL 50, 702-703: “Rightly I call
30 I, 0,5(32) | Sermon 1: Opera Omnia, IX, 504 b: “When a person tastes
31 Intro, 0,1 | spousal love (cf. Lk 2:19, 51). (5)~The esteem which the
32 I, 0,5(30) | I, 2, 1, v. 20: PG 37, 523.~
33 I, 0,6(34) | Dominica Oratione, 23: PL 4, 536.~
34 Intro, 0,1(2) | of the Catholic Church, 555; Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa
35 I, 0,3(10) | Code of Canon Law, Canon 577; Sacred Congregation for
36 III, 0,26(85) | Code of Canon Law, Canon 614.~
37 III, 0,25(84) | Code of Canon Law, Canon 615.~
38 IV, 0,30(93) | Code of Canon Law, Canon 616, 4.~
39 III, 0,24(80) | Code of Canon Law, Canons 619; 641; 661.~
40 I, 0,4 | cf. Hos 1-2; Is 54:4-8; 62:4-5; Jer 2:2; Ezek 16; 2
41 Intro, 0,1(4) | the Church, Lumen Gentium, 63.~
42 III, 0,24(80) | of Canon Law, Canons 619; 641; 661.~
43 III, 0,22(72) | Consecrata (25 March 1996), 65.~
44 III, 0,24(80) | Canon Law, Canons 619; 641; 661.~
45 II, 1,17 | mind that the norm of Canon 665, 1 concerning residence
46 II, 1,20(71) | Code of Canon Law, Canon 666: “In using the means of
47 II, 0,11(59) | Code of Canon Law, Canon 674.~
48 III, 0,23(76) | Consecrata (25 March, 1996), 68; Congregation for Institutes
49 II, 1,17(70) | the directives of Canon 684, 3 must be followed.~
50 I, 0,5(27) | Epistola ad Hilarium, 3: PL 50, 702-703: “Rightly I call the
51 I, 0,5(27) | Hilarium, 3: PL 50, 702-703: “Rightly I call the hermit
52 III, 0,22(75) | Institutioni (2 February 1990), 74.~
53 I, 0,5(24) | placed before Christ”: CSEL 75, 5.163; Maximus the Confessor,
54 I, 0,5(27) | Consuetudines, 80, 11: PL 153, 757-758: “Above all else, solitude
55 I, 0,5(27) | Consuetudines, 80, 11: PL 153, 757-758: “Above all else, solitude
56 I, 0,4(16) | Evangelia, Homily 38, 3: PL 76, 1283: “In fact, then, God
57 I, 0,5(28) | of Virginity, 49: PG 30, 765: “The soul of the virgin,
58 I, 0,5(27) | Solitary Life”, Consuetudines, 80, 11: PL 153, 757-758: “Above
59 Intro, 0,1(2) | Collationes, 10, 6: PL 49, 827: “The sole reason why he
60 I, 0,7(46) | Adversus Haereses, 4, 20, 8f.: PG 7, 1037: “It is not
61 I, 0,5(24) | Liber Asceticus, 43: PG 90, 953 B: “Let us give ourselves
62 II, 0,9(54) | 7 March 1980), 3: “The abandonment of the enclosure would mean
63 I, 0,5 | whom God is reflected and abides; (28) it is like a polished
64 I, 0,7 | and that this Heart was ablaze with love. I understood
65 III, 0,24 | enclosure holds also for absences for reasons of formation. (81)~
66 I, 0,5(24) | Benedict, Regula, 72, 11: “Absolutely nothing is to be placed
67 III, 0,23 | and they should come to accept them during the first period
68 Intro, 0,1 | 17), and in their loving acceptance of that word, cloistered
69 I, 0,3(15) | offering and sacrifice. She accepted everything and offered it
70 I, 0,3 | or solitary place not accessible to all but only to those
71 I, 0,4 | mystery of the Church was accomplished? (22)~In this light, nuns
72 I, 0,5 | 13:45; Lk 9:23), (24) she accomplishes the sacrifice of all good
73 I, 0,7(46) | and in their every action, accomplishing all that Spirit prompted
74 III, 0,25 | good, requires the free accord of the monasteries themselves
75 I, 0,5 | unnecessary contacts, from the accumulation of images, which are often
76 II, 1,20 | inasmuch as contemplatives are accustomed to interior silence, the
77 I, 0,6 | involved in new forms of active presence, but to remain
78 II, 0,11 | not merely symbolic. Every adaptation of the forms of separation
79 I, 0,6 | Ecclesia)”, with sincere adherence to the Magisterium and unreserved
80 II, 1,18 | priest for the purpose of administering the Sacraments to the sick,
81 III, 0,25 | canonical visitation and the administration of goods.~Since monasteries
82 III, 0,23(77) | must be verified before admission or final profession”.~
83 III, 0,23 | candidates, before they are admitted to the novitiate, have that
84 I, 0,4 | Welcoming the Word in faith and adoring silence, they put themselves
85 I, 0,7 | contemplation", the Church advances down the paths of time with
86 I, 0,6 | to follow the same path, advancing together towards the Lord,
87 III, 0,24 | own monastery also has the advantage of promoting the harmony
88 I, 0,7(46) | Cf. Saint Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, 4, 20, 8f.: PG
89 II, 1,16 | judgement regarding the advisability of entries and exits from
90 III, 0,23 | that degree of personal, affective, human and spiritual maturity
91 | again
92 I, 0,4(17) | will appear fully in the age to come and through which
93 II, 1,19 | provided that the nuns freely agree and such meetings do not
94 III, 0,26 | autonomy proper to each, aims at preserving in the monasteries
95 I, 0,7 | it, thus keeping prophecy alive in the nuptial heart of
96 III, 0,24 | the case, the Superior may allow courses relating to the
97 II, 1,14 | choir. Guests cannot be allowed to enter the monastery enclosure. ~
98 I, 0,5(25) | When a person offers to Almighty God all that she has, her
99 | already
100 II, 0,9 | charism from any attempt to alter it, whether coming from
101 | although
102 | am
103 I, 0,4(22) | Cf. Saint Ambrose, De Institutione Virginis,
104 II, 1,20 | the content but also the amount and the medium itself. It
105 I, 0,7(44) | Letter IV to Blessed Diana d'Andolò: “What you achieve in your
106 Intro, 0,1(7) | Caritatis, 7; cf. John Paul II, Angelus (17 November 1996): “What
107 IV, 0,30 | make a request and how to answer a request, in accordance
108 I, 0,4(16) | end of the ages”; Saint Anthony of Padua, Sermons, Twentieth
109 II, 0,10 | expectation and radiant in the anticipated contemplation of Christ'
110 I, 0,8 | hearts the sufferings and anxieties of all those who seek their
111 | anyone
112 I, 0,7(40) | my own the words of the Apostle, I esteem you as a fellow-worker
113 Conclu, 0,31 | contemplatives: “As the Apostles, gathered in prayer with
114 IV, 0,30 | difficult circumstances, can appeal to the President and her
115 I, 0,4(17) | marriage made by God which will appear fully in the age to come
116 I, 0,5(27) | favours sweetness of psalmody, application to reading, fervour in prayer,
117 IV, 0,27 | Holy See, which likewise approves their Statutes, exercises
118 Intro, 0,1(2) | Church, 555; Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, III,
119 I, 0,5 | belonging to him alone. It is an archetypal and effective way of living
120 I, 0,5 | monastery, with its distinctive architectural form, is intended to create
121 II, 1,18 | time. When the occasion arises, for liturgical processions
122 III, 0,24 | in the spiritual life and arrives at the grace of contemplation.
123 Conclu, 0,31 | 1999, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord.~Eduardo Card.
124 II, 1,21 | visitation, the Visitator must ascertain whether the norms of enclosure
125 III, 0,24 | divina, Marian devotion, ascetic practices and work, the
126 II, 0,12 | engaging chiefly in prayer, asceticism and fervent spiritual progress,
127 I, 0,5(24) | Maximus the Confessor, Liber Asceticus, 43: PG 90, 953 B: “Let
128 I, 0,7(41) | Basilica (30 November 1997): “I ask the cloistered nuns in particular
129 I, 0,6 | contemplatives therefore are not asked to be involved in new forms
130 I, 0,3 | expiation, [it assumes] the aspect of thanksgiving to the Father,
131 II, 1,18 | to the monastery's own aspirants and to visiting nuns, should
132 II, 1,19 | organization of federal Assemblies, with due respect for the
133 IV, 0,28 | proposed and determined by the Assembly of the Superiors of the
134 Intro, 0,1(5) | speak this 'yes' in a daily assent to the work of God and in
135 III, 0,22 | fulfilment of the divine plan by assimilating their specific charism.~
136 I, 0,8 | necessary the spiritual assistance of properly trained priests.
137 II, 0,12 | the contemplative life but associate some work of the apostolate
138 III, 0,22 | formation must therefore assume and express the character
139 I, 0,3 | sacrifice and expiation, [it assumes] the aspect of thanksgiving
140 I, 0,5 | different ways, disturbing its atmosphere of peace and holy union
141 I, 0,5 | the person, free from all attachment, disquiet or distraction,
142 II, 0,11 | completely ordered to the attainment of union with God in contemplation.~
143 II, 0,9 | specific charism from any attempt to alter it, whether coming
144 III, 0,24 | reasons of formation. (81)~Attendance at courses of formation
145 I, 0,6(33) | impelled by an irresistible attraction which draws you towards
146 I, 0,8 | all men and women. Deeply attuned to the experiences of the
147 III, 0,23(77) | Address at the General Audience (4 January 1995), 8: Contemplatives
148 I, 0,5(27) | Cf. Saint Augustine, Sermo 339, 4: PL 38, 1481: “
149 II, 1,17 | in the Constitutions, can authorize a departure for whatever
150 Conclu, 0,31 | Societies of Apostolic Life, and authorized its publication.~From the
151 II, 1,17 | also apply these rules in authorizing departures for the sake
152 IV, 0,29 | self-sufficient and freely wish to avail themselves of the same;
153 I, 0,8 | who keeps the night watch awaiting the dawn (cf. Is 21:6).~
154 I, 0,5(27) | ecstatic contemplation and the baptism of tears”; Saint Eucherius
155 I, 0,5 | because it reduces to the bare minimum the opportunities
156 IV, 0,27 | being able to respond to basic needs of various kinds.~
157 I, 0,5(28) | Cf. Saint Basil, The True Integrity of Virginity,
158 I, 0,7(41) | II, Homily in the Vatican Basilica (30 November 1997): “I ask
159 I, 0,8 | determined the fate of Israel's battles (cf. Ex 17:11), or to the
160 I, 0,8 | tenderness of Christ”, (52) nuns bear in their hearts the sufferings
161 I, 0,5 | herself for the fullness of beatitude, intoning in her heart the
162 I, 0,5(32) | who is most incomparably beautiful, not all the bonds of this
163 II, 0,12 | Constitutions an enclosure befitting their specific character
164 | beginning
165 I, 0,4 | exchange of love, which begins in the Incarnation, comes
166 I, 0,3 | Son towards the One who begot him from all eternity.~This
167 I, 0,5(27) | Beyond doubt it must be believed that God is most immediately
168 I, 0,5(24) | Cf. Saint Benedict, Regula, 72, 11: “Absolutely
169 I, 0,3 | of contacts, of so many benefits of creation”, (12) at one
170 I, 0,7(43) | because it is God who, when beseeched, sends labourers into his
171 | besides
172 III, 0,25 | community, and guarantees the best conditions for the exercise
173 II, 0,10(58) | comparable to the desert of the Bible. Paradoxically, this desert
174 II, 0,10 | Since a stable and binding self-offering to God more
175 I, 0,3(15) | Eighth Centenary of the Birth of Saint Clare of Assisi (
176 I, 0,3(14) | body has been 'given', his blood has been 'poured out' (cf.
177 I, 0,5(32) | Cf. Saint Bonaventure, “In Honour of Saint Agnes,
178 III, 0,22(74) | Totius, 16, note 32; Saint Bonavenure, Itinerarium Mentis in Deum:
179 II, 1,15 | entrances and exits in a book may be maintained, at the
180 I, 0,5(27) | Rightly I call the hermit a boundless temple of our God. ... Beyond
181 III, 0,26 | families made up of different branches, essentially united in the
182 I, 0,8 | contemplative communities with the bread of the Word and the Eucharist,
183 I, 0,4 | presents himself as the Bridegroom-Messiah (cf. Mt 9:15; 25:1), come
184 II, 0,10 | separation, better manifests and brings about the total dedication
185 I, 0,5 | and loving in God all the brothers and sisters. She moves towards
186 I, 0,4(16) | Wisdom, the Son of God, has built the house of his humanity
187 I, 0,3 | but only to those whom he calls to be with him, apart from
188 Conclu, 0,31 | Word was made flesh and came to live among us should
189 II, 0,9 | received by the Church and canonically ordered for the benefit
190 III, 0,24(80) | Cf. Code of Canon Law, Canons 619; 641; 661.~
191 I, 0,7(41) | Spiritual Canticle 29, 2; cf. John Paul II,
192 I, 0,4 | has therefore a special capacity to embody the nuptial relationship
193 Conclu, 0,31 | Ascension of the Lord.~Eduardo Card. Martínez Somalo ~Prefect~
194 II, 1,18 | indults of the Holy See:~– to Cardinals, who may have someone accompanying
195 II, 0,12 | spiritual progress, in the careful celebration of the liturgy,
196 II, 0,12 | enclosure.~Such monasteries carefully preserve their principal
197 I, 0,5(24) | I do not doubt that the Carmelites of today no less than those
198 III, 0,26 | nuns.~Men Superiors are to carry out their task in a spirit
199 Intro, 0,1(2) | Spirit in the shining cloud”; Cassian, Collationes, 10, 6: PL
200 II, 1,15 | requires a just and grave cause, (66) dictated, that is,
201 I, 0,5(25) | Liber 2, Homily 8, 16: CCL 142, 348: “When a person
202 I, 0,4 | the Holy Spirit who never ceases to cry out with the Bride: “
203 II, 1,18 | illness and, when necessary celebrating Holy Mass for them from
204 I, 0,3 | the Father. The solitary cell, the closed cloister, are
205 II, 1,20 | communication, such as fax machines, cellular telephones or the Internet,
206 I, 0,3(15) | the Occasion of the Eighth Centenary of the Birth of Saint Clare
207 IV, 0,29 | However, while avoiding any centralization, the Federation can establish
208 I, 0,6(33) | Christ on the mountain) is centred on the twofold communion
209 III, 0,26 | Institutes of men~26. Over the centuries the Holy Spirit has given
210 III, 0,23 | period of formation, and certainly before the profession of
211 III, 0,24 | monastery, moreover, with its characteristic environment and rhythm of
212 I, 0,6(33) | Persons and Cloistered Nuns, Chiavari (18 September 1998), 4: “
213 I, 0,8 | the Bishops are the chief guardians of the contemplative
214 I, 0,7 | intuition, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus declares: “I understood
215 I, 0,5 | the perfection of charity, choosing God as “the one thing necessary” (
216 II, 1,15 | with the vocation they have chosen. By its very nature then,
217 I, 0,8(50) | Pastoral Office of Bishops Christus Dominus, 15; Code of Canon
218 IV, 0,30 | in particularly difficult circumstances, can appeal to the President
219 I, 0,5 | apart or in the heart of the city, the monastery, with its
220 II, 1,17 | infirm nuns, the exercise of civil rights and needs of the
221 I, 0,5(27) | divine treasure far from all clamour. It is sweet and it is good”;
222 I, 0,6(33) | Paul II, Address to the Clergy, Consecrated Persons and
223 Intro, 0,1(2) | lived the solitary life in close union with others when he
224 I, 0,3 | The solitary cell, the closed cloister, are the place
225 II, 0,10(58) | speaks to your heart and closely associates you with his
226 IV, 0,28 | support. (88)~The forms of collaboration between monasteries and
227 Intro, 0,1(2) | shining cloud”; Cassian, Collationes, 10, 6: PL 49, 827: “The
228 I, 0,4(16) | a house upheld by seven columns, that is by the gifts of
229 I, 0,5 | highest degree the First Commandment of the Lord: “You will love
230 II, 0,10(58) | from the world, perfectly comparable to the desert of the Bible.
231 I, 0,8 | monastic community may be compared to Moses who, in prayer,
232 III, 0,23 | particular importance. It comprises, although they are clearly
233 I, 0,3 | Incarnate Word, lives wholly concentrated with Christ in God. The
234 Conclu, 0,31 | nuns, and to reaffirm her concern to safeguard its authentic
235 III, 0,24 | geographical area. The monasteries concerned shall determine the form,
236 Conclu | CONCLUSION~
237 III, 0,26 | family with a view to its concrete expression in a solely contemplative
238 II, 0,11(60) | from the world expressed concretely and effectively, proclaims
239 IV, 0,27 | Association, Federation or Confederation of monasteries of nuns is
240 I, 0,5(24) | CSEL 75, 5.163; Maximus the Confessor, Liber Asceticus, 43: PG
241 Conclu, 0,31 | of this Instruction is to confirm the Church's high esteem
242 I, 0,3 | cloistered contemplatives conform to Christ Jesus in prayer
243 I, 0,3 | and allows herself to be conformed to his life, to the point
244 I, 0,8 | the extent and in a way conforming to the spirit and tradition
245 Intro, 0,1(2) | from all human turmoil and confusion”; William of Saint Thierry,
246 I, 0,7 | that there is an intimate connection between prayer and the spreading
247 I, 0,3 | Vatican Council, explicitly connects the contemplative life to
248 II, 1,14 | entails a grave obligation of conscience both for the nuns and for
249 I, 0,5 | sacrifice of all good things,“consecrating” every good thing to God
250 I, 0,5 | contemplation of God.~In consequence, the regulation of the cloister,
251 I, 0,8 | apostolic mission, which consists in “concerning themselves
252 I, 0,3 | nun in order to offer it constantly to the Father (cf. Heb 7:
253 I, 0,8 | their silent witness which constitutes a call to prayer and a reminder
254 I, 0,5(27) | Praise of the Solitary Life”, Consuetudines, 80, 11: PL 153, 757-758: “
255 I, 0,5 | minimum the opportunities for contact with the outside world,
256 IV, 0,29 | up a ratio formationis, containing the practical norms to be
257 II, 1,20 | only with regard to the content but also the amount and
258 III, 0,23 | conventual Chapter.~The cultural context of our time implies that
259 I, 0,3(15) | cloister she raised up a continual 'thanksgiving' to God in
260 III, 0,24 | on the mystery of God who continually gives himself in the liturgy
261 III, 0,24 | encouraging them to grow continuously as a requirement of fidelity
262 IV, 0,28 | of greater importance; to contribute to the solid formation of
263 IV, 0,28 | replying to requests for help, contributing according to their possibilities
264 I, 0,5 | virtues, the nun is called to converse with the divine Bridegroom,
265 I, 0,7(46) | also in contemplating and conversing with God and in their every
266 I, 0,7 | Saint of Lisieux is the conviction of the Church, repeatedly
267 I, 0,8 | and of people today, they cooperate spiritually in building
268 III, 0,24 | monastery to be followed by correspondence.~When a monastery cannot
269 IV, 0,28 | communion in a way that corresponds to their cloistered vocation,
270 II, 0,11 | since it would become a counter witness to their true participation
271 I, 0,5 | architectural form, is intended to create a space of separation, solitude
272 I, 0,7 | transcendence of the human person, created in his image and likeness.
273 III, 0,26 | humble service, without creating improper submission to themselves,
274 I, 0,3 | of so many benefits of creation”, (12) at one with the fruitful
275 I, 0,5 | holy watchfulness over his creatures and a unique mode of belonging
276 I, 0,8 | contemplatives, their discreet but crucial presence, and their silent
277 I, 0,7 | Cross writes that “truly a crumb of pure love is more precious
278 I, 0,4 | Spirit who never ceases to cry out with the Bride: “Come!” (
279 I, 0,5 | it is like a polished crystal infused with God's light,
280 I, 0,5(24) | be placed before Christ”: CSEL 75, 5.163; Maximus the Confessor,
281 III, 0,23 | conventual Chapter.~The cultural context of our time implies
282 IV, 0,29 | monasteries of a contemplative culture and outlook. ~
283 I, 0,7 | of God in the different cultures, is eminently spiritual.
284 I, 0,6 | mind of the Church (sentire cum Ecclesia)”, with sincere
285 II, 1,15 | constitute an exception.~The custom of recording entrances and
286 III, 0,24 | norm is that the entire cycle of initial and permanent
287 I, 0,6(34) | the Holy Spirit”; Saint Cyprian, De Dominica Oratione, 23:
288 I, 0,7(44) | Letter IV to Blessed Diana d'Andolò: “What you achieve
289 II, 1,17 | extremely grave and imminent danger, is given by the Superior
290 I, 0,8 | night watch awaiting the dawn (cf. Is 21:6).~The monastery
291 I, 0,3 | Paschal Mystery, which is death for the sake of resurrection. (10)~
292 I, 0,7(38) | Letter Redemptoris Missio (7 December 1990), 23.~
293 IV, 0,27 | monasteries from them.~The decision to belong or not to such
294 I, 0,7 | Thérèse of the Child Jesus declares: “I understood that the
295 Intro, 0,2 | Exhortation Vita Consecrata he decreed that to this end specific
296 I, 0,5(24) | to respond rightly to the deep aspirations which spring
297 Intro, 0,1 | contemplative women has deepened with the rediscovery of
298 III, 0,22 | influence the individual at the deepest level, aiming at involving
299 II, 0,13 | follows papal enclosure or defines its own enclosure in its
300 III, 0,26 | For this reason, the definition of reciprocal rights and
301 IV, 0,28 | Assistant to whom it can delegate, as far as considered necessary
302 II, 1,18 | to Apostolic Nuncios and Delegates in places subject to their
303 III, 0,23 | Holy See, with the prior deliberative vote of the conventual Chapter.~
304 II, 1,15 | safeguard the conditions demanded by the wholly contemplative
305 II, 1,17 | Constitutions, can authorize a departure for whatever time is needed,
306 II, 1,17 | these rules in authorizing departures for the sake of taking part,
307 III, 0,22 | the contemplative life is dependent on the formation given to
308 IV, 0,27 | belong or not to such bodies depends on each community, whose
309 Intro, 0,2 | Magisterium have explored in depth the meaning and value of
310 I, 0,4 | uses the nuptial image to describe the intimate and indissoluble
311 I, 0,5 | worldly thoughts and vain desires, of news and emotions which
312 I, 0,5 | slows down and the final destination disappears from view”. (31)~
313 III, 0,24 | monasteries concerned shall determine the form, frequency and
314 III, 0,22(74) | Bonavenure, Itinerarium Mentis in Deum: Prologue, No. 4, Opera
315 I, 0,7(44) | Saxony, Letter IV to Blessed Diana d'Andolò: “What you achieve
316 II, 1,15 | just and grave cause, (66) dictated, that is, by genuine need
317 I, 0,4(16) | Paul II, Apostolic Letter Dies Domini (31 May 1998), 12: “
318 III, 0,26 | from one another and often differing in their way of life.~Monasteries
319 III, 0,25 | cannot be restricted or diminished by external interventions.
320 I, 0,8(51) | Congregation for Bishops, Directive Mutuae Relationes (14 May
321 II, 1,17(70) | solemnly professed nuns the directives of Canon 684, 3 must be
322 II, 1,16 | monastery is responsible directly for the custody of the enclosure,
323 II, 1,14 | the Institute (Statutes, Directories, etc.). (65)~Given the great
324 I, 0,5 | and the final destination disappears from view”. (31)~Withdrawn
325 I, 0,5(24) | John Paul II, Letter to the Discalced Nuns of the Order of the
326 III, 0,22 | faith the person learns to discern the constant presence of
327 Intro, 0,1(2) | others when he was with the disciples and was transfigured on
328 I, 0,8 | of contemplatives, their discreet but crucial presence, and
329 II, 1,21 | intervene in the granting of dispensations from enclosure, but only
330 I, 0,5 | free from all attachment, disquiet or distraction, interior
331 I, 0,5 | the outside world, lest it disrupt the monastery in different
332 I, 0,5 | one thing necessary and dissipate interior harmony. “In the
333 I, 0,5 | presence of God: if it is dissipated by many things, the journey
334 I, 0,5 | the monastery, with its distinctive architectural form, is intended
335 I, 0,5 | news and emotions which distract from the one thing necessary
336 I, 0,5(28) | addressed to the ear nor distracted from its serene tranquillity
337 I, 0,5 | attachment, disquiet or distraction, interior and exterior,
338 I, 0,5 | monastery in different ways, disturbing its atmosphere of peace
339 III, 0,24 | Eucharist, the liturgy, lectio divina, Marian devotion, ascetic
340 III, 0,22(74) | reflect as a mirror without divinely inspired wisdom”.~
341 I, 0,3 | her to the extent that, docile to the Holy Spirit and enlivened
342 Intro, 0,1(6) | 2; Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter to
343 I, 0,4(16) | II, Apostolic Letter Dies Domini (31 May 1998), 12: “God
344 I, 0,6(34) | Spirit”; Saint Cyprian, De Dominica Oratione, 23: PL 4, 536.~
345 Intro, 0,2(9) | Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete in Domino (9 May 1975), VI: “The Church
346 I, 0,8(50) | Office of Bishops Christus Dominus, 15; Code of Canon Law,
347 | done
348 Intro, 0,1(5) | a 'yes' which opens the doors of one's being to welcome
349 I, 0,3 | full communion with him, drawing to himself the entire life
350 IV, 0,30 | revitalizing their vocational drive on the basis of the essential
351 II, 1,20 | should make efforts to be duly informed about the Church
352 III, 0,24 | the form, frequency and duration of these courses, in such
353 IV, 0,28 | regular observance and the dynamics of internal unity.The help
354 I, 0,7 | community of the Church travels. Eager to act and yet devoted to
355 I, 0,5(28) | without and addressed to the ear nor distracted from its
356 I, 0,5 | This is the reason why the earliest spiritual tradition spontaneously
357 I, 0,5(27) | where he is to be found more easily”.~
358 I, 0,6 | the Church (sentire cum Ecclesia)”, with sincere adherence
359 III, 0,25 | however mean independence from ecclesiastical authority, but is just,
360 IV, 0,28 | of the Federation and in economic problems of greater importance;
361 I, 0,5(27) | far-reaching meditation, ecstatic contemplation and the baptism
362 I, 0,7 | nuns to evangelization, to ecumenism, to the growth of the Kingdom
363 Conclu, 0,31 | the Ascension of the Lord.~Eduardo Card. Martínez Somalo ~Prefect~
364 III, 0,22 | character of wholeness, (73) educating to wisdom of heart. (74)
365 IV, 0,29 | establish a Novitiate and other educational courses for those monasteries
366 II, 1,17 | monastery of the Order, and to effect temporary or definitive
367 I, 0,6(33) | its members. It has a most efficacious apostolic impact, even though
368 II, 1,20 | of work.~Nuns should make efforts to be duly informed about
369 I, 0,3(15) | Nuns on the Occasion of the Eighth Centenary of the Birth of
370 | either
371 III, 0,25 | with regard to presiding at elections, the canonical visitation
372 I, 0,5 | In this way the cloister eliminates in large part the dispersion
373 I, 0,3(15) | only-begotten Son”; Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, Writings,
374 I, 0,5 | which thus becomes a silent emanation of love and superabundant
375 II, 0,10 | as a total gift of self, embracing the entirety of the individual'
376 I, 0,7 | the different cultures, is eminently spiritual. It is the soul
377 I, 0,5 | dedication, undivided attention, emotional wholeness and consistency
378 II, 0,10(58) | Paradoxically, this desert is not emptiness. It is there that the Lord
379 I, 0,3 | of sharing in “Christ's emptying of himself by means of a
380 I, 0,7 | understood that Love alone enabled the Church's members to
381 I, 0,4 | the love of the Father, enabling them to respond fully, through
382 Conclu, 0,31 | blessing be of support and encouragement to all cloistered contemplatives: “
383 II, 1,21 | esteem for their vocation, encourages nuns to remain faithful
384 III, 0,24 | formation and, finally, by encouraging them to grow continuously
385 III, 0,22 | that this formation never ends.~The particular requirements
386 II, 0,9 | Institute, which really endures only as long as it remains
387 II, 0,12 | character of contemplation by engaging chiefly in prayer, asceticism
388 I, 0,5(25) | whole life, all that she enjoys, she is a holocaust ...
389 I, 0,3 | docile to the Holy Spirit and enlivened by his gifts, she listens
390 | enough
391 II, 1,14 | c) The law of enclosure entails a grave obligation of conscience
392 II, 1,15 | Entering and leaving the enclosure~
393 I, 0,5(32) | external activity; then he enters into his heart and opens
394 II, 0,10 | gift of self, embracing the entirety of the individual's intentions
395 II, 1,15 | The custom of recording entrances and exits in a book may
396 II, 1,16 | regarding the advisability of entries and exits from the enclosure,
397 Conclu, 0,31 | Millennium. Dear Sisters, I entrust to Mary, faithful Virgin
398 Conclu, 0,31 | ray of that light which enveloped the world when the Word
399 III, 0,24 | with its characteristic environment and rhythm of life, is the
400 III, 0,26 | in which the Church today envisages the role and presence of
401 I, 0,5(27) | Lyons, “De Laude Eremi”, Epistola ad Hilarium, 3: PL 50, 702-
402 IV, 0,27 | referring to Federations are equally valid for Associations,
403 I, 0,5(27) | Eucherius of Lyons, “De Laude Eremi”, Epistola ad Hilarium,
404 IV, 0,29 | centralization, the Federation can establish a Novitiate and other educational
405 Intro, 0,2 | this present Instruction establishes the norms which are to regulate
406 | etc
407 I, 0,3 | One who begot him from all eternity.~This association of the
408 I, 0,3 | from the world thus gives a Eucharistic quality to the whole of
409 I, 0,5(27) | baptism of tears”; Saint Eucherius of Lyons, “De Laude Eremi”,
410 I, 0,4(16) | Gregory the Great, Homiliae in Evangelia, Homily 38, 3: PL 76, 1283: “
411 I, 0,7 | contribution of nuns to evangelization, to ecumenism, to the growth
412 II, 0,11 | physical participation in events and ministries of the ecclesial
413 I, 0,8 | of Israel's battles (cf. Ex 17:11), or to the guard
414 Intro, 0,1(2) | in this way, giving us an example of the hidden life, so that
415 II, 1,17 | one. Should the absence exceed three months, other than
416 I, 0,6 | cloistered community is also an excellent school of fraternal life;
417 | except
418 II, 0,11 | for union with God;~b) it excludes external works directed,
419 I, 0,5 | cf. Lk 10:42), loving him exclusively as All in all. Through her
420 I, 0,5 | relationship with God in the exclusiveness of love and without undue
421 Intro, 0,1 | the Word shows forth in an exemplary way in those dedicated to
422 IV, 0,27 | approves their Statutes, exercises the necessary vigilance
423 I, 0,7 | apostolic mission of those who exert themselves in proclaiming
424 Intro, 0,2 | Pope John Paul II has often exhorted nuns to remain faithful
425 III, 0,26 | overcome, wherever it may still exist, that form of juridical
426 III, 0,25 | regular Superior, where one exists, exercise their charge according
427 II, 1,15 | then, every entry into or exit from the enclosure must
428 I, 0,4 | cloister, nuns embody the exodus from the world in order
429 II, 0,10 | of the nun, joyful in her expectation and radiant in the anticipated
430 I, 0,6 | presence of the Risen Lord is experienced: (36) in a spirit of communion,
431 I, 0,3 | elements of sacrifice and expiation, [it assumes] the aspect
432 I, 0,3 | Second Vatican Council, explicitly connects the contemplative
433 Intro, 0,2 | of the Magisterium have explored in depth the meaning and
434 I, 0,3 | special way of living and expressing the Paschal Mystery of Christ”. (13)
435 II, 1,17 | monastery has to be further extended, up to three months, the
436 II, 1,14 | The law of papal enclosure extends to the residence and to
437 II, 0,13 | or if they practice more extensive forms of hospitality in
438 II, 1,14 | separation from the world of extern Sisters are to be defined
439 II, 1,17 | the Holy See or cases of extremely grave and imminent danger,
440 I, 0,3 | encounter and communion, when he exults in his divine Sonship. In
441 I, 0,5(28) | images which strike the eye, so that, contemplating
442 I, 0,7 | the paths of time with her eyes fixed on the future restoration
443 I, 0,5(25) | Gregory the Great, Homiliae in Ezechielem, Liber 2, Homily 8, 16:
444 I, 0,4 | 54:4-8; 62:4-5; Jer 2:2; Ezek 16; 2 Cor 11:2; Rom 11:29).~
445 III, 0,26 | regular Superiors which de facto limits the autonomy of monasteries
446 III, 0,25 | laws should indicate what falls within their competence,
447 III, 0,26 | the Church to religious families made up of different branches,
448 I, 0,5(27) | reading, fervour in prayer, far-reaching meditation, ecstatic contemplation
449 I, 0,8 | in prayer, determined the fate of Israel's battles (cf.
450 III, 0,26 | enclosure is safeguarded, can favour growth in their common spirituality.
451 II, 1,20 | of communication, such as fax machines, cellular telephones
452 II, 1,19 | and the organization of federal Assemblies, with due respect
453 IV, 0,28 | representative of the Order.~Federated monasteries live their fraternal
454 I, 0,5 | contemplation of the Bridegroom, feeds the ascetical commitment
455 I, 0,6(33) | final goal of all that you feel and do. Contemplation of
456 I, 0,7(40) | Apostle, I esteem you as a fellow-worker of God himself and an upholder
457 II, 0,10 | contemplative life in its feminine form. By fostering in a
458 I, 0,5(27) | application to reading, fervour in prayer, far-reaching
459 I, 0,3 | the Father (cf. Phil 2:5 ff.), for the praise of his
460 IV, 0,29 | Federation may offer in the field of formation is subsidiary. (89)
461 II, 1,20 | when noise, news and talk fill the enclosure.~The communications
462 I, 0,5 | silence of the cloister, filling it with his word and presence,
463 I, 0,8 | where the thrice-Holy God fills the entire space and is
464 III, 0,24 | doctrinal formation and, finally, by encouraging them to
465 IV, 0,28 | and continuing, and mutual financial support. (88)~The forms
466 II, 0,9 | understand, maintain and defend, firmly and intelligently, their
467 I, 0,7 | paths of time with her eyes fixed on the future restoration
468 I, 0,3 | to the Son (cf. Mt 17:5), fixes her gaze upon his face (
469 Intro, 0,1 | mountain” (2 Pt 1:17-18). Fixing their gaze upon Christ Jesus,
470 I, 0,5 | Refined by the purifying flame of the divine Presence,
471 Conclu, 0,31 | world when the Word was made flesh and came to live among us
472 I, 0,8 | and guides of all of God's flock, (50) the Bishops are the
473 II, 0,13 | monastic Congregation either follows papal enclosure or defines
474 I, 0,7 | without hesitation she forcefully proclaims, that there is
475 Intro, 0,1(6) | Christian Meditation Orationis Formas (15 October 1989), 1; Catechism
476 III, 0,23 | 23. For this purpose, the formative programme, inspired by the
477 III, 0,24(79) | the place where you are formed every day by this loving
478 III, 0,22 | in which are found “the foundation and first fruits of authentic
479 II, 0,9 | gift, for it protects the foundational charism of monasteries.~
480 Intro, 0,1(2) | William of Saint Thierry, Ad Fratres de Monte Dei, I, 1: PL 184,
481 II, 1,19 | meetings do not take place too frequently. These meetings should preferably
482 I, 0,7 | mysterious source of apostolic fruitfulness (39) and blessing for the
483 III, 0,22 | the foundation and first fruits of authentic contemplation”. (75)
484 I, 0,6 | communion of the Church, of fulfilling a mission for the good of
485 I, 0,5 | The contemplative nun fulfils to the highest degree the
486 II, 1,21 | foster in the community a fuller and more fruitful contemplation
487 II, 1,18 | liturgical processions and funerals;~– to those whose work or
488 | further
489 I, 0,4 | suffering on the Cross (cf. Gal 6:14).~Nuns moreover, by
490 I, 0,5 | interior and exterior, may gather her faculties and turn to
491 Intro, 0,2(9) | VI, Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete in Domino (9 May 1975),
492 I, 0,3 | intimacy with the Word, who gave himself as Bridegroom in
493 I, 0,8 | Holy Spirit, may remain genuinely and wholly directed towards
494 III, 0,24 | ordinarily of the same geographical area. The monasteries concerned
495 I, 0,4 | the solitude of Jesus in Gethsemane and in his redemptive suffering
496 I, 0,6 | involved, fraternal life is a God-filled space in which the mystical
497 III, 0,22(74) | without joy, to act without godly zeal, to know without love,
498 I, 0,3(10) | praise of his Eternal Father goes on. The totality of his
499 III, 0,25 | and the administration of goods.~Since monasteries are autonomous
500 III, 0,26 | its own rule of life and governance. (85) For this reason, the
501 III, 0,25 | juridical autonomy of life and government in order that it may have