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502 Intro, 0,1 | every Christian to enter a grace-filled encounter with God in prayer.
503 Intro, 0,1 | and wellspring of heavenly graces”. (7)~
504 III, 0,24 | substitute for systematic and gradual formation in one's own community.~
505 Conclu, 0,31 | May the Mother of the Lord grant that from your monasteries
506 I, 0,5 | cloistered desert helps greatly in the pursuit of purity
507 I, 0,8 | where the Spirit always groans in supplication for the
508 I, 0,4(19) | et Spes, 19: “The supreme ground of the dignity of man is
509 III, 0,24 | her own monastery, the nun grows and matures in the spiritual
510 IV, 0,30 | which are no longer able to guarantee a regular life, or find
511 III, 0,25 | of every community, and guarantees the best conditions for
512 I, 0,8 | cf. Ex 17:11), or to the guard who keeps the night watch
513 I, 0,8 | The monastery is the place guarded by God (cf. Zach 2:9); it
514 I, 0,8 | the Bishops are the chief guardians of the contemplative charism.
515 II, 1,14 | to enter the nuns' choir. Guests cannot be allowed to enter
516 I, 0,8 | existence.~As pastors and guides of all of God's flock, (50)
517 I, 0,5(27) | is sweet and it is good”; Guigo I, “In Praise of the Solitary
518 I, 0,7(46) | Saint Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, 4, 20, 8f.: PG 7, 1037: “
519 I, 0,4 | loving heart and praying hands of cloistered nuns.~
520 II, 0,10 | the sole desire and sole happiness of the nun, joyful in her
521 Intro, 0,1(2) | Peter said immediately: How happy I would be to dwell here
522 I, 0,7(43) | sends labourers into his harvest (cf Mt 9:38), opens the
523 I, 0,7(43) | souls of non-Christians to hear the Gospel (cf. Acts 16:
524 I, 0,4 | Lamb ... coming down out of heaven, from God, shining with
525 I, 0,6 | of their own community, helping one another to follow the
526 I, 0,5 | The cloistered desert helps greatly in the pursuit of
527 | hence
528 | here
529 I, 0,5(27) | 703: “Rightly I call the hermit a boundless temple of our
530 I, 0,7 | deeply aware and, without hesitation she forcefully proclaims,
531 Conclu, 0,31 | to confirm the Church's high esteem for the wholly contemplative
532 I, 0,5(27) | Laude Eremi”, Epistola ad Hilarium, 3: PL 50, 702-703: “Rightly
533 III, 0,24 | respected. The law of enclosure holds also for absences for reasons
534 I, 0,5(25) | that she enjoys, she is a holocaust ... And that is what is
535 I, 0,8 | space and is recognized and honoured as the only Lord.~A contemplative
536 Conclu, 0,31 | community of the faithful hopes today to be able to experience,
537 I, 0,4(16) | between God and his people. Hosea, for instance, puts it thus
538 III, 0,22(74) | love, to understand without humility, to study without divine
539 Intro, 0,2 | Instruction Venite Seorsum (I-V) and the Exhortation Vita
540 I, 0,5 | this sublime contemplative ideal, which implies total dedication,
541 II, 1,18 | from protracted or serious illness and, when necessary celebrating
542 I, 0,8 | dispersion, a lack of silence and illusory values, the life of monasteries,
543 Intro, 0,2 | Venite Seorsum wonderfully illustrate the evangelical, theological,
544 I, 0,5 | As an ascetical means of immense value, (23) the cloister
545 II, 1,17 | cases of extremely grave and imminent danger, is given by the
546 I, 0,3(10) | consecration of love. His selfless immolation for his Body, the Church,
547 I, 0,7 | the eschatological Church immutable in its possession and contemplation
548 I, 0,6(33) | above all else. You are impelled by an irresistible attraction
549 I, 0,7 | ventures, leaving the practical implementation of them to those whose vocation
550 I, 0,8 | day (cf. Col 3:17).~It is important that the faithful learn
551 III, 0,26 | service, without creating improper submission to themselves,
552 II, 1,20 | should be remembered that, inasmuch as contemplatives are accustomed
553 I, 0,4 | desert”, a desert which includes inner solitude, the trials
554 IV, 0,30 | obliged to help one another, including, when truly necessary and
555 I, 0,5(32) | soul sees him who is most incomparably beautiful, not all the bonds
556 IV, 0,28 | contemplation is preserved and increased within the Federation; in
557 | indeed
558 III, 0,25 | monasteries are autonomous and independent of one another, any form
559 I, 0,4 | describe the intimate and indissoluble link between God and his
560 I, 0,4 | rediscovering themselves individually in the spousal dimension
561 II, 1,14 | residence and to all areas, indoors and outdoors, reserved to
562 I, 0,7(40) | vacillating members of his ineffable Body”.~
563 Intro, 0,1(7) | November 1996): “What an inestimable treasure for the Church
564 I, 0,3(15) | Father in union with the infinite 'thanks' of the only-begotten
565 II, 1,17 | of the nuns, the care of infirm nuns, the exercise of civil
566 III, 0,22 | Church. (72)~Formation must influence the individual at the deepest
567 II, 1,20 | monastery, for the exchange of information or for reasons of work.~
568 II, 1,20 | make efforts to be duly informed about the Church and the
569 I, 0,5 | like a polished crystal infused with God's light, giving
570 I, 0,6(33) | s beauty has become your inheritance, your life's programme,
571 I, 0,7 | will be Love”. (42)~The insight of the Saint of Lisieux
572 IV, 0,28 | 28. The Federation, insofar as it is at the service
573 IV, 0,30 | truly necessary and avoiding instability, by means of the exchange
574 I, 0,4(16) | and his people. Hosea, for instance, puts it thus in this marvellous
575 I, 0,4(22) | Cf. Saint Ambrose, De Institutione Virginis, 24: PL 16, 326-
576 III, 0,24 | giving them the necessary instruments for their spiritual and
577 III, 0,25 | be capable of preserving intact its own heritage. (82)~Autonomy
578 IV, 0,29 | involves a spiritual and intellectual commitment which is not
579 II, 0,9 | maintain and defend, firmly and intelligently, their special vocation,
580 I, 0,5 | distinctive architectural form, is intended to create a space of separation,
581 I, 0,3 | oneself in solitude to a more intense life of prayer is nothing
582 I, 0,4(16) | New Testament the nuptial intensity which marks the relationship
583 I, 0,5 | things, so that the creature, intent on God and absorbed by him,
584 Conclu, 0,31 | 31. The intention of this Instruction is to
585 II, 0,10 | entirety of the individual's intentions and actions, so that Jesus
586 I, 0,6 | daily self-offering, they intercede for the whole people of
587 I, 0,3(15) | prayer, praise, supplication, intercession, weeping, offering and sacrifice.
588 I, 0,5 | of love and without undue interference from persons or material
589 IV, 0,29 | commitment which is not intermittent but continuous, and which
590 II, 1,20 | cellular telephones or the Internet, may be permitted in the
591 II, 1,21 | Superior do not ordinarily intervene in the granting of dispensations
592 II, 1,17 | express her consent, with the intervention of her Council or of the
593 III, 0,25 | or diminished by external interventions. Autonomy does not however
594 I, 0,5 | the fullness of beatitude, intoning in her heart the new song
595 Intro | INTRODUCTION~
596 III, 0,24(79) | Societies of Apostolic Life, Intruction Potissimum Institutioni (
597 I, 0,7 | wonderment of her splendid intuition, Saint Thérèse of the Child
598 III, 0,22(74) | speculate without devotion, to investigate without wonder, to observe
599 I, 0,3 | the desert (cf. Lk 4:1), invites the nun to share the solitude
600 III, 0,24 | of its members but should involve the entire community, in
601 I, 0,7(46) | Cf. Saint Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, 4, 20,
602 I, 0,6(33) | You are impelled by an irresistible attraction which draws you
603 I, 0,8 | determined the fate of Israel's battles (cf. Ex 17:11),
604 III, 0,22(74) | note 32; Saint Bonavenure, Itinerarium Mentis in Deum: Prologue,
605 III, 0,25 | recognizes every monastery “sui iuris” as possessing legitimate
606 I, 0,5(32) | Sermon 1: Opera Omnia, IX, 504 b: “When a person tastes
607 III, 0,23(77) | the General Audience (4 January 1995), 8: Contemplatives
608 I, 0,4 | straining towards the heavenly Jerusalem and in anticipation of the
609 I, 0,4(16) | the womb of the Virgin he joined Him to human nature, since
610 I, 0,7(44) | Cf. Blessed Jordan of Saxony, Letter IV to
611 I, 0,4 | community of the Church journeys, (20) in order to live for
612 II, 0,10 | sole happiness of the nun, joyful in her expectation and radiant
613 I, 0,5(24) | those of the past are moving joyfully towards the goal of this
614 II, 1,16 | prayer.~It is she who makes a judgement regarding the advisability
615 II, 0,10(58) | Cloistered Nuns, Lisieux (2 June 1980), 4: “Love your separation
616 II, 1,18 | places subject to their jurisdiction; to Visitators during a
617 I, 0,4(16) | in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in
618 I, 0,5(32) | bonds of this world can keep the soul from him”.~
619 I, 0,8 | 11), or to the guard who keeps the night watch awaiting
620 II, 1,17 | monasteries. (68)~It should be kept in mind that the norm of
621 I, 0,5 | the apostolate with this kind of life, which thus becomes
622 I, 0,7(43) | who, when beseeched, sends labourers into his harvest (cf Mt
623 IV, 0,27 | coordination and help are lacking, and Communities might find
624 | latter
625 I, 0,5(27) | Eucherius of Lyons, “De Laude Eremi”, Epistola ad Hilarium,
626 II, 1,14 | Particular law can also lay down stricter norms regarding
627 I, 0,5 | thing that matters is what leads to him. Monastic recollection
628 I, 0,8 | important that the faithful learn to honour the charism and
629 III, 0,22 | Through faith the person learns to discern the constant
630 I, 0,7 | spiritual. It is the soul and leaven of apostolic ventures, leaving
631 III, 0,24 | Eucharist, the liturgy, lectio divina, Marian devotion,
632 I, 0,3 | Father. The Holy Spirit, who led Jesus into the desert (cf.
633 II, 1,14 | separation from the world are left to particular law, and are
634 III, 0,25 | sui iuris” as possessing legitimate juridical autonomy of life
635 | less
636 I, 0,5 | with the outside world, lest it disrupt the monastery
637 I, 0,5 | is a clear mirror of what lies within the person, purified
638 Conclu, 0,31 | ray of divine beauty to lighten the path of human existence”. (94)~
639 | likely
640 I, 0,7 | created in his image and likeness. It is therefore a summons
641 IV, 0,27 | reserved to the Holy See, which likewise approves their Statutes,
642 II, 0,11 | works directed, even in a limited way, to the apostolate,
643 III, 0,26 | Superiors which de facto limits the autonomy of monasteries
644 I, 0,4 | intimate and indissoluble link between God and his people (
645 II, 0,9 | monasteries is essentially linked to the authenticity of the
646 III, 0,24(79) | silence prepares the soul to listen to his inner prompting,
647 I, 0,5 | renunciation, of fraternal life, of listening to the word of God, and
648 I, 0,3 | enlivened by his gifts, she listens to the Son (cf. Mt 17:5),
649 II, 1,18 | the occasion arises, for liturgical processions and funerals;~–
650 III, 0,23(77) | of personal oblation so lofty as to require a special
651 II, 0,9(54) | the enclosure would mean loss of what is specific in one
652 Intro, 0,1 | and thus they become a luminous sign of the Kingdom of God (
653 I, 0,5(27) | tears”; Saint Eucherius of Lyons, “De Laude Eremi”, Epistola
654 II, 1,20 | communication, such as fax machines, cellular telephones or
655 III, 0,26 | of monasteries with the male Institute, while respecting
656 II, 0,10 | restated the need for this manner of life, which is a source
657 I, 0,7(42) | Manuscript B, 3v.~
658 III, 0,24 | liturgy, lectio divina, Marian devotion, ascetic practices
659 I, 0,8 | that, in today's society marked by dispersion, a lack of
660 I, 0,4(16) | nuptial intensity which marks the relationship between
661 Conclu, 0,31 | the Lord.~Eduardo Card. Martínez Somalo ~Prefect~Piergiorgio
662 I, 0,5(32) | Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr”, Sermon 1: Opera Omnia,
663 I, 0,4(16) | instance, puts it thus in this marvellous passage: ?...I will betroth
664 II, 1,18 | necessary celebrating Holy Mass for them from time to time.
665 Intro, 0,1(5) | Encyclical Letter Redemptoris Mater (25 March 1987), 43; Address
666 III, 0,24 | monastery, the nun grows and matures in the spiritual life and
667 III, 0,23 | affective, human and spiritual maturity which makes them capable
668 I, 0,5(24) | Christ”: CSEL 75, 5.163; Maximus the Confessor, Liber Asceticus,
669 I, 0,8 | presence more complete and meaningful in the local community. (49)
670 IV, 0,28 | service, Federations are meant to respond to the practical
671 I, 0,5 | with the divine Bridegroom, meditating upon his law day and night
672 II, 1,20 | also the amount and the medium itself. It should be remembered
673 Intro, 0,1 | becoming with her the living “memory” of the Church's spousal
674 III, 0,22(74) | Bonavenure, Itinerarium Mentis in Deum: Prologue, No. 4,
675 I, 0,4(16) | in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me
676 II, 0,11 | effective, (60) and not merely symbolic. Every adaptation
677 I, 0,7 | saving and uplifting Gospel message”. (43)~The specific contribution
678 I, 0,8 | Tent of Meeting where he is met day after day, where the
679 III, 0,22 | self-giving to the Father. The method proper to formation must
680 III, 0,23 | nuns the foundations and methods for a personal and community
681 | might
682 Conclu, 0,31 | the threshold of the Third Millennium. Dear Sisters, I entrust
683 I, 0,5 | because it reduces to the bare minimum the opportunities for contact
684 II, 0,11 | participation in events and ministries of the ecclesial community; (59)
685 I, 0,7(38) | Encyclical Letter Redemptoris Missio (7 December 1990), 23.~
686 I, 0,3 | Mt 17:1-9; Lk 6:12-13; Mk 6:30-31; 2 Pt 1:16-18).~
687 I, 0,5 | his creatures and a unique mode of belonging to him alone.
688 II, 1,20 | media should be used with moderation and discretion, (71) not
689 Intro, 0,2 | the future with genuine momentum and renewed vigour. (9)~
690 Intro, 0,1(2) | Saint Thierry, Ad Fratres de Monte Dei, I, 1: PL 184, 310: “
691 II, 1,16 | entire community has the moral obligation of protecting,
692 I, 0,8 | community may be compared to Moses who, in prayer, determined
693 II, 1,19 | region can be organized, if motivated by a genuine need for common
694 II, 1,16 | secondary or subjective motivations do not take precedence over
695 Intro, 0,2 | mission, cloistered nuns may move into the future with genuine
696 I, 0,3(15) | thanksgiving. All its actions, its movements, its thoughts and aspirations,
697 I, 0,5 | brothers and sisters. She moves towards the perfection of
698 IV, 0,28 | cloistered vocation, not by multiplying meetings and shared experiences,
699 I, 0,8(51) | Congregation for Bishops, Directive Mutuae Relationes (14 May 1978),
700 Intro, 0,1(5) | tireless contemplation of the mysteries of salvation”.~
701 I, 0,7 | Their life thus becomes a mysterious source of apostolic fruitfulness (39)
702 | namely
703 IV, 0,28 | monasteries.~The Holy See usually names a religious Assistant to
704 II, 1,19 | Institute within the same nation or region can be organized,
705 I, 0,5(30) | Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Poems, I, 2, 1, v. 20:
706 Conclu, 0,31 | Prefect~Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti ~Secretary ~
707 II, 1,14 | effective, not just symbolic or “neutral”. These means are to be
708 | Nevertheless
709 I, 0,5(27) | Sermo 339, 4: PL 38, 1481: “No-one would surpass me in love
710 II, 1,20 | fact be undermined when noise, news and talk fill the
711 I, 0,7(43) | 38), opens the souls of non-Christians to hear the Gospel (cf.
712 I, 0,5 | God, in an uninterrupted nostalgia of the heart which with
713 III, 0,22(74) | Formation Optatam Totius, 16, note 32; Saint Bonavenure, Itinerarium
714 IV, 0,30 | way, the President will notify the Diocesan Bishop and
715 III, 0,24 | nuns, by teaching them to nourish themselves on the mystery
716 I, 0,8 | the life of monasteries, nourished by the Holy Spirit, may
717 III, 0,24 | formation, (79) since the daily nourishment of the Eucharist, the liturgy,
718 II, 1,18 | accompanying them; to Apostolic Nuncios and Delegates in places
719 I, 0,8 | charism. Therefore, they must nurture contemplative communities
720 IV, 0,30 | belonging to a Federation are obliged to help one another, including,
721 II, 1,16 | protecting, promoting and observing papal enclosure, in such
722 II, 1,17 | care, permission must be obtained from the Holy See.~The Superior
723 III, 0,23 | continuous and not restricted to occasional experiences.~
724 II, 1,20 | permitted on particular occasions of a religious character.~
725 Intro, 0,1(6) | Meditation Orationis Formas (15 October 1989), 1; Catechism of the
726 I, 0,5(25) | 142, 348: “When a person offers to Almighty God all that
727 I, 0,8(50) | Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops Christus Dominus,
728 I, 0,3 | world in order to dedicate oneself in solitude to a more intense
729 I, 0,3(15) | infinite 'thanks' of the only-begotten Son”; Blessed Elizabeth
730 III, 0,25 | but is just, right and opportune in order to protect the
731 I, 0,5 | to the bare minimum the opportunities for contact with the outside
732 III, 0,22(74) | Decree on Priestly Formation Optatam Totius, 16, note 32; Saint
733 I, 0,6(34) | Saint Cyprian, De Dominica Oratione, 23: PL 4, 536.~
734 Intro, 0,1(6) | of Christian Meditation Orationis Formas (15 October 1989),
735 III, 0,26 | juridical supervision by Orders of men and regular Superiors
736 II, 1,19 | statutes the frequency and the organization of federal Assemblies, with
737 I, 0,4 | presence, watched over the origins of the Church, so too now
738 | otherwise
739 II, 1,14 | to all areas, indoors and outdoors, reserved to the nuns.~The
740 IV, 0,29 | contemplative culture and outlook. ~
741 II, 1,14 | both for the nuns and for outsiders.~
742 III, 0,26 | women, it is necessary to overcome, wherever it may still exist,
743 I, 0,4(16) | ages”; Saint Anthony of Padua, Sermons, Twentieth Sunday
744 II, 0,10(58) | the desert of the Bible. Paradoxically, this desert is not emptiness.
745 II, 1,14 | building itself, the choir, the parlours and all areas reserved to
746 I, 0,7 | the truth (cf. 3 Jn v. 8), participants in Christ's work of Redemption (
747 I, 0,4(16) | thus in this marvellous passage: ?...I will betroth you
748 I, 0,4 | of self-offering in the Passion and is for ever given as
749 I, 0,5(24) | no less than those of the past are moving joyfully towards
750 I, 0,8 | truth of God's existence.~As pastors and guides of all of God'
751 I, 0,7 | Church advances down the paths of time with her eyes fixed
752 I, 0,5 | disturbing its atmosphere of peace and holy union with the
753 I, 0,5 | sisters. She moves towards the perfection of charity, choosing God
754 II, 0,10(58) | separation from the world, perfectly comparable to the desert
755 III, 0,23 | accept them during the first period of formation, and certainly
756 II, 1,17(70) | the definitive transfer of perpetually or solemnly professed nuns
757 I, 0,4 | this light, nuns relive and perpetuate in the Church the presence
758 III, 0,23 | the cloister and likely to persevere. Individual candidates should
759 Intro, 0,1(2) | them such a desire that Peter said immediately: How happy
760 I, 0,3 | self-offering to the Father (cf. Phil 2:5 ff.), for the praise
761 Conclu, 0,31 | Martínez Somalo ~Prefect~Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti ~Secretary ~
762 I, 0,7 | mission of the Church~7. “The pilgrim Church is by her very nature
763 III, 0,22 | fulfilment of the divine plan by assimilating their specific
764 Intro, 0,1 | Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Mt 3:17), and in their
765 II, 0,9(54) | Paul II, Address at the Plenary Meeting of the Sacred Congregation
766 I, 0,5(30) | Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Poems, I, 2, 1, v. 20: PG 37,
767 I, 0,3 | conformed to his life, to the point of the supreme self-offering
768 IV, 0,30 | the basis of the essential points of their spirituality, in
769 I, 0,5 | abides; (28) it is like a polished crystal infused with God'
770 I, 0,5(27) | nothing sweeter thanto ponder the divine treasure far
771 III, 0,25 | monastery “sui iuris” as possessing legitimate juridical autonomy
772 II, 1,14 | enclosure, nuns, novices and postulants must live within the enclosure
773 I, 0,4 | Eucharist.~The Lord Jesus pours into human hearts his love
774 I, 0,3 | himself by means of a radical poverty, expressed in ... renunciation
775 IV, 0,28 | does not have governing power over them, and therefore
776 II, 1,20 | silence, the media have a more powerful impact on their sensitivity
777 I, 0,4 | as women, show forth more powerfully the mystery of the Church
778 III, 0,24 | Marian devotion, ascetic practices and work, the exercise of
779 I, 0,7(40) | Third Letter to Agnes of Prague, 8; Writings, SC 325, 102: “
780 Intro, 0,1(2) | withdrew to the mountain to pray was to teach us in this
781 I, 0,4 | to the loving heart and praying hands of cloistered nuns.~
782 II, 0,11(60) | constant reminder of the pre-eminence of contemplation over action,
783 II, 1,16 | motivations do not take precedence over the purpose of separation.~
784 I, 0,4 | vocation of cloistered nuns, precisely because their life is entirely
785 II, 0,12 | preserve their principal or predominant character of contemplation
786 II, 0,9(54) | manifests to the world the preeminence of contemplation over action,
787 Conclu, 0,31 | Eduardo Card. Martínez Somalo ~Prefect~Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti ~
788 II, 1,19 | frequently. These meetings should preferably be held in a monastery of
789 III, 0,23 | should ensure a level of preparation suited to the dignity and
790 I, 0,4 | history of spousal love, prepared for in the Old Testament
791 III, 0,24(79) | sweet presence and silence prepares the soul to listen to his
792 III, 0,22 | cloistered nuns is aimed at preparing them for total consecration
793 II, 1,20 | communications in all their present-day forms are aimed at safeguarding
794 III, 0,23 | of formation, aiming at presenting the foundations of knowledge
795 II, 0,12 | Such monasteries carefully preserve their principal or predominant
796 III, 0,25 | particular with regard to presiding at elections, the canonical
797 II, 1,18 | of the Superior:~– to a priest for the purpose of administering
798 III, 0,22(74) | Ecumenical Council, Decree on Priestly Formation Optatam Totius,
799 I, 0,8 | assistance of properly trained priests. At the same time they share
800 III, 0,22 | of contemplative nuns is primarily formation in faith, in which
801 II, 0,12 | apostolate or charity to the primary purpose of divine worship
802 III, 0,24 | monastery, as the person principally responsible for formation, (80)
803 II, 1,14 | General Principles~14. § 1. The enclosure of
804 II, 1,18 | occasion arises, for liturgical processions and funerals;~– to those
805 I, 0,7 | who exert themselves in proclaiming the Gospel”. (45)~As a reflection
806 I, 0,7 | spiritual values, a silent proclamation of the mystery of God and
807 II, 0,12 | Monasteries of nuns who profess the contemplative life but
808 II, 1,21 | Church, by virtue of her profound esteem for their vocation,
809 IV, 0,29 | the same; these formation programmes are to be determined in
810 III, 0,22 | involving the whole person in a progressive journey of conformity to
811 III, 0,22(74) | Itinerarium Mentis in Deum: Prologue, No. 4, Opera Omnia, V,
812 I, 0,3(14) | Cross, gives definitive prominence to the spousal meaning of
813 IV, 0,27 | Such bodies are to be promoted, especially where other
814 I, 0,7(46) | accomplishing all that Spirit prompted them to do”.~
815 III, 0,24(79) | soul to listen to his inner prompting, are the place where you
816 IV, 0,28 | reciprocal support and their promptness in replying to requests
817 I, 0,7 | who become the absolute property of God become God's gift
818 I, 0,7 | witness to it, thus keeping prophecy alive in the nuptial heart
819 I, 0,7(46) | in speaking that prophets prophesied, but also in contemplating
820 I, 0,7(46) | not only in speaking that prophets prophesied, but also in
821 II, 1,16 | the moral obligation of protecting, promoting and observing
822 II, 0,9 | therefore a gift, for it protects the foundational charism
823 II, 1,18 | assisting those suffering from protracted or serious illness and,
824 II, 0,9 | have found the enclosure a proven help in the fulfilment of
825 II, 1,18 | health of the nuns or to provide for the needs of the monastery.~–
826 II, 1,16 | enclosure, weighing with prudence and discretion whether they
827 II, 1,20 | religious character.~With prudent discernment and for everyone'
828 I, 0,5(27) | which favours sweetness of psalmody, application to reading,
829 Conclu, 0,31 | Life, and authorized its publication.~From the Vatican, 13 May
830 I, 0,5 | superabundant grace in the pulsing heart of the Church as Bride.
831 I, 0,5 | undividedly, reflecting the purest love of the Blessed Trinity,
832 I, 0,4 | and adoring silence, they put themselves at the service
833 I, 0,4(16) | people. Hosea, for instance, puts it thus in this marvellous
834 I, 0,3 | thus gives a Eucharistic quality to the whole of cloistered
835 II, 0,11 | the fervent and constant quest for union with God;~b) it
836 IV, 0,29 | Chapter of the monastery in question.~Each monastery has of right
837 I, 0,7 | As a reflection and radiation of their contemplative life,
838 II, 1,20 | more difficult.~The use of radio and television can be permitted
839 I, 0,3(15) | from her cloister she raised up a continual 'thanksgiving'
840 Intro, 0,2 | that it may better suit the range of contemplative Institutes
841 III, 0,22 | in order that they may reach the fulfilment of the divine
842 III, 0,22(74) | believe that it is enough to read without unction, to speculate
843 I, 0,5 | the divine Presence, she readies herself for the fullness
844 I, 0,5(27) | psalmody, application to reading, fervour in prayer, far-reaching
845 Conclu, 0,31 | cloistered nuns, and to reaffirm her concern to safeguard
846 Intro, 0,2 | renewed vigour. (9)~While reaffirming the doctrinal foundations
847 I, 0,3(15) | Assisi (11 August 1993): “In reality, Clare's whole life was
848 Intro, 0,1 | Christ in God” (Col 3:3), realize in a supreme way the contemplative
849 I, 0,4 | of grace and holiness is realized in “the Bride of the Lamb ...
850 II, 0,9 | life of an Institute, which really endures only as long as
851 I, 0,4(17) | Caritatis, 12: “...they recall that wonderful marriage
852 I, 0,8 | maintained, in a way that recalls the meaning of contemplative
853 I, 0,5 | law day and night so as to receive as gift the Wisdom of the
854 I, 0,7 | prayer and the fruitful reception of the saving and uplifting
855 II, 0,10 | enclosure, for nuns, is a recognition of the specific character
856 I, 0,4(16) | 54:4-8). ... we need to recognize in both the Old and the
857 I, 0,8 | the entire space and is recognized and honoured as the only
858 III, 0,25 | monastery~25. The Church recognizes every monastery “sui iuris”
859 II, 1,15 | exception.~The custom of recording entrances and exits in a
860 I, 0,5 | heart the new song of the redeemed, on the Mountain of sacrifice
861 I, 0,3(14) | meaning of God's love. As the Redeemer of the world, Christ is
862 I, 0,4 | in Gethsemane and in his redemptive suffering on the Cross (
863 I, 0,4 | Bride of the Spotless Lamb”, rediscovering themselves individually
864 Intro, 0,1 | women has deepened with the rediscovery of the contemplative nature
865 I, 0,5 | face of God, everything is reduced to the essential, because
866 I, 0,5 | in this way, because it reduces to the bare minimum the
867 IV, 0,28 | decide all matters that refer to the monasteries; nor
868 IV, 0,27 | The norms of this document referring to Federations are equally
869 I, 0,5 | the vision of the Lord. Refined by the purifying flame of
870 III, 0,22(74) | without divine grace, or to reflect as a mirror without divinely
871 I, 0,5 | completely and undividedly, reflecting the purest love of the Blessed
872 II, 1,19 | within the same nation or region can be organized, if motivated
873 I, 0,5(24) | Cf. Saint Benedict, Regula, 72, 11: “Absolutely nothing
874 Intro, 0,2 | establishes the norms which are to regulate the papal enclosure of nuns
875 III, 0,24 | Superior may allow courses relating to the material of the formation
876 I, 0,8(51) | Bishops, Directive Mutuae Relationes (14 May 1978), 25; Sacred
877 III, 0,26 | Relations with Institutes of men~26.
878 I, 0,7 | in itself proclaims and relays the primacy of God and the
879 I, 0,4 | In this light, nuns relive and perpetuate in the Church
880 II, 1,20 | medium itself. It should be remembered that, inasmuch as contemplatives
881 IV, 0,30 | Renewing and supporting monasteries~
882 IV, 0,28 | appropriate renewal and reorganization of monasteries, formation
883 I, 0,7 | conviction of the Church, repeatedly voiced by the Magisterium: “
884 IV, 0,28 | and their promptness in replying to requests for help, contributing
885 I, 0,7 | contemplation of God; they “visibly represent the goal towards which the
886 IV, 0,28 | the monasteries; nor is it representative of the Order.~Federated
887 I, 0,8 | Church to which it belongs. Representing the prayerful face of the
888 I, 0,8 | Is 21:6).~The monastery represents what is most intimate to
889 II, 0,11 | therefore should not be requested of nuns, since it would
890 IV, 0,28 | promptness in replying to requests for help, contributing according
891 I, 0,5(24) | may welcome him without reserve”; John Paul II, Letter to
892 III, 0,24 | to find within itself the resources to ensure its own vitality
893 I, 0,3 | body unreservedly, the nun responds in like terms with the gift
894 I, 0,3 | the cloister becomes a response to the absolute love of
895 II, 1,21 | cloistered life and to express responsibly in their lives the spirit
896 II, 0,10 | s Magisterium has often restated the need for this manner
897 I, 0,7 | eyes fixed on the future restoration of all things in Christ”. (48) ~
898 II, 0,9 | considered genuine when it restores its original splendour.~
899 III, 0,26 | with an Institute of men retains its own rule of life and
900 I, 0,3(15) | of the Trinity, Writings, Retreat 10, 2: “Praise of glory
901 I, 0,3 | watchful waiting for the Lord's return, the cloister becomes a
902 I, 0,3 | mystery of this communion is revealed to her to the extent that,
903 IV, 0,30 | vigour to monasteries, by revitalizing their vocational drive on
904 III, 0,24 | characteristic environment and rhythm of life, is the most suitable
905 III, 0,24(79) | communities, with their own rhythms of prayer and the practice
906 I, 0,4(16) | will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast
907 II, 0,10 | enclosure, with its particularly rigorous form of separation, better
908 III, 0,26 | the Holy Spirit has given rise in the Church to religious
909 I, 0,8 | community and where thanksgiving rises unceasingly for the Life
910 I, 0,3(15) | aspirations, just as they root the praise of glory more
911 II, 0,9 | only as long as it remains rooted in its original charism. (54)
912 Intro, 0,2 | spiritual and ascetical roots of separation from the world
913 IV, 0,28 | fraternal service to help in the running of the Federation and in
914 II, 1,18 | purpose of administering the Sacraments to the sick, assisting those
915 III, 0,26 | discipline of enclosure is safeguarded, can favour growth in their
916 I, 0,8 | of contemplative life and safeguards the conditions for it, in
917 Intro, 0,1(2) | such a desire that Peter said immediately: How happy I
918 I, 0,3(15) | like an echo of the eternal Sanctus”.~
919 I, 0,7 | fruitful reception of the saving and uplifting Gospel message”. (43)~
920 Intro, 0,1(5) | one's being to welcome the Saviour? You speak this 'yes' in
921 I, 0,7(44) | Cf. Blessed Jordan of Saxony, Letter IV to Blessed Diana
922 I, 0,4(16) | grace. This is the same as saying: I celebrated the marriage
923 I, 0,7(40) | of Prague, 8; Writings, SC 325, 102: “And to make my
924 I, 0,6 | community is also an excellent school of fraternal life; it is
925 III, 0,23 | in Christian revelation, “scrutinizing in the light of faith all
926 I, 0,4 | Mt 9:15; 25:1), come to seal the marriage of God with
927 II, 1,16 | enclosure, in such a way that secondary or subjective motivations
928 Conclu, 0,31 | Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti ~Secretary ~
929 I, 0,5(27) | surpass me in love of a secure and tranquil life of contemplation;
930 Intro, 0,2(9) | task and mission, must be seen as the true 'youthfulness
931 I, 0,5(32) | splendour eternal. If the soul sees him who is most incomparably
932 III, 0,22 | Christ and to his total self-giving to the Father. The method
933 I, 0,3(10) | consecration of love. His selfless immolation for his Body,
934 II, 1,17 | cloistered nuns.~§ 3. To send novices or professed nuns,
935 III, 0,26 | freedom of spirit and a sense of responsibility.~
936 II, 1,20 | powerful impact on their sensitivity and emotions, making recollection
937 I, 0,6 | the mind of the Church (sentire cum Ecclesia)”, with sincere
938 II, 1,14 | reserved to the nuns are separated from the outside must be
939 IV, 0,27 | monasteries with them or separates monasteries from them.~The
940 I, 0,5(28) | nor distracted from its serene tranquillity by images which
941 II, 1,18 | suffering from protracted or serious illness and, when necessary
942 I, 0,5(27) | Cf. Saint Augustine, Sermo 339, 4: PL 38, 1481: “No-one
943 I, 0,5(32) | Agnes, Virgin and Martyr”, Sermon 1: Opera Omnia, IX, 504
944 I, 0,4(16) | Saint Anthony of Padua, Sermons, Twentieth Sunday after
945 I, 0,6 | of their vocation, which sets them at the heart of the
946 IV, 0,27 | their own Statutes.~The setting up of any form of Association,
947 I, 0,4(16) | Virgin, a house upheld by seven columns, that is by the
948 I, 0,4(16) | that is by the gifts of sevenfold grace. This is the same
949 Conclu, 0,31 | to live among us should shine forth again!”. (95)~On 1
950 I, 0,4 | their very nature as women, show forth more powerfully the
951 Intro, 0,1 | gaze upon Christ Jesus, shrouded in the cloud of God's presence,
952 II, 1,18 | administering the Sacraments to the sick, assisting those suffering
953 I, 0,7 | more precious in the Lord's sight and of greater benefit to
954 I, 0,5 | contemplation. Its totality signals absolute dedication to God,
955 I, 0,4 | Bridegroom.(17)~In a still more significant and radical way, the mystery
956 Conclu, 0,31 | Somalo ~Prefect~Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti ~Secretary ~
957 Intro, 0,1(2) | tenderness of heart, should similarly withdraw from all human
958 I, 0,5 | heart not only purified from sin but unified in the movement
959 II, 1,18 | to those whose work or skills are needed to care for the
960 I, 0,5 | many things, the journey slows down and the final destination
961 Conclu, 0,31 | Vatican, 13 May 1999, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the
962 II, 1,17(70) | transfer of perpetually or solemnly professed nuns the directives
963 IV, 0,28 | importance; to contribute to the solid formation of novices and
964 IV, 0,30 | order to find a suitable solution.~In the case of a community
965 IV, 0,28 | Federations can offer in solving shared problems chiefly
966 Conclu, 0,31 | Eduardo Card. Martínez Somalo ~Prefect~Piergiorgio Silvano
967 | someone
968 I, 0,5 | intoning in her heart the new song of the redeemed, on the
969 I, 0,3 | he exults in his divine Sonship. In this way, he shows the
970 I, 0,5 | silence, where God can be sought more freely in a life not
971 Intro, 0,1(5) | welcome the Saviour? You speak this 'yes' in a daily assent
972 I, 0,7(46) | 1037: “It is not only in speaking that prophets prophesied,
973 II, 0,10(58) | It is there that the Lord speaks to your heart and closely
974 II, 1,14 | the case of norms to be specified in the Constitutions and
975 III, 0,22(74) | read without unction, to speculate without devotion, to investigate
976 I, 0,8 | people today, they cooperate spiritually in building the Kingdom
977 I, 0,7 | In the wonderment of her splendid intuition, Saint Thérèse
978 I, 0,5(32) | completely to the eternal splendours; then he becomes radiant
979 I, 0,5 | earliest spiritual tradition spontaneously associated complete withdrawal
980 I, 0,4(17) | Church has Christ as her only Spouse”; John Paul II, Post-Synodal
981 I, 0,7 | connection between prayer and the spreading of the Kingdom of God, between
982 II, 0,10 | Apostolic See”. (55)~Since a stable and binding self-offering
983 III, 0,24 | ensure that the different stages of formation can be followed
984 II, 1,17 | beyond one week. If the stay outside the monastery has
985 I, 0,4(16) | righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will
986 I, 0,7(44) | What you achieve in your stillness, I achieve by moving from
987 I, 0,5(28) | spring...; it should not be stirred up by words coming from
988 Intro, 0,1(2) | transfigured on the holy mountain, stirring in them such a desire that
989 III, 0,23 | light of faith all truth stored up in the mystery of Christ”. (78)~
990 I, 0,4 | all else, in a ceaseless straining towards the heavenly Jerusalem
991 I, 0,5 | your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind” (Lk
992 II, 1,14 | Particular law can also lay down stricter norms regarding enclosure. ~
993 I, 0,5(28) | tranquillity by images which strike the eye, so that, contemplating
994 II, 1,16 | a way that secondary or subjective motivations do not take
995 I, 0,5 | the realization of this sublime contemplative ideal, which
996 IV, 0,30 | where there is one, and submit the case to the Holy See. (93) ~
997 II, 0,11 | preserved”, (61) and it must be submitted to the approval of the Holy
998 IV, 0,29 | the field of formation is subsidiary. (89) The Federations should
999 III, 0,24 | formation cannot however substitute for systematic and gradual
1000 I, 0,8 | bear in their hearts the sufferings and anxieties of all those
1001 I, 0,3 | Jesus in a solitary place suggests a unique way of sharing