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1 I | to achieve perfection. ~1. The Members of States of
2 I | of a child" (I Cor. 13 :11). ~
3 I | perfection" (Colossians 3:14). Beyond all problems and
4 I | Provida Mater of February 2, 1947, on "Secular Institutes"
5 I | delivered on December 8, 1950, to the first Congress of
6 I | Our speech of April 18, 1952, when speaking on the education
7 I | chief as the servant" (Luke 22 :26). Necessary firmness
8 I | as the servant" (Luke 22 :26). Necessary firmness will
9 I | your souls" (Matthew 12 :29). ~If the Lord thus exhorts
10 I | perfection" (Colossians 3:14). Beyond all problems
11 I | longer children" (Ephesians 4:12,13). The Apostle therefore
12 Int| wished to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ordination
13 I | We delivered on December 8, 1950, to the first Congress
14 I | external forces, but as an abandonment of himself into the hands
15 I | This centralization is absolutely foreign to the spirit of
16 I | and make him regard the acceptance of his state of subjection
17 I | Secular Institutes" gives access to states of perfection
18 I | ready to take others into account and to adapt itself to the
19 I | union with God which is achieved through charity. It therefore
20 I | emotional life, or in their actions. But, pursuing the objection
21 I | Church, as the chosen and active members of the Mystical
22 I | others into account and to adapt itself to the requirements
23 I | think about revising and adapting means to achieve it, without
24 I | Christ." ~"And this," he adds, "he has done that we may
25 I | consists in the voluntary adherence to God. This perfection
26 I | discipline and temporal administration and the rest are concerned.
27 I | the passing of time, to adopt modes of thought and action
28 I | rejected most explicitly in adult Christians all the mannerisms
29 I | These modifications will affect those who live in states
30 I | most intimate fibers are affected in some way. But every society
31 I | disappear, without however affecting respect for legitimate authority
32 I | in Canon Law and in the aforementioned Apostolic Constitutions.
33 I | limits. In order to avoid aggravating one side or the other and
34 I | in this regard. ~If it is agreed that major Superiors should
35 I | lack of sincere desire to aim at perfection through obedience,
36 I | total submission the joyful alacrity of one who confirms through
37 I | had been raised against an alleged lessening of the personal
38 I | will therefore always be allied in him to the profound respect
39 | along
40 I | personality and might even alter his orientation toward God
41 | am
42 I | adaptation has created a certain amount of tension in this field;
43 I | shows that it must deal amply with the problem of relations
44 I | themselves, also holds true by analogy for your communities, which
45 Int| wished to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ordination to the
46 Int| complexity of the present-day apostolate. ~We know that a great number
47 I | themselves with a certain wealthy apparel, take part in official functions
48 I | perfection, he is always free to appeal to his own intentions. But
49 I | life in general can also be applied to members of all states
50 I | Superior or an inferior, apply the Apostle's words to himself.
51 I | the Sovereign Pontiffs, in approving a determined way of life,
52 I | before in Our speech of April 18, 1952, when speaking
53 I | Major superiors cannot arbitrarily decide this according to
54 I | freely made. ~Still another argument used against obedience is
55 I | dispel a feeling of sadness arising from a misinterpretation
56 I | discipline, which forbids them to arrogate to themselves those tasks
57 I | where doctrine and life, ascetic formation and observance,
58 I | whole and has a typical aspect, which each member determines
59 I | particular emphasis upon certain aspects of obedience that even serious
60 I | number of souls who eagerly aspire today to a more perfect
61 I | adaptation undertaken within this association necessarily entails certain
62 I | from all walks of life who, assuming the most varied professions
63 I | themselves. ~Each member must assuredly value his own nature and
64 Int| on the decree Salutaris atque, issued by the Sacred Congregation
65 I | of Christ" until they all attained "perfect manhood, to the
66 I | reforms that they cannot attempt without their superiors'
67 I | there. This unfortunate attitude was particularly the doing
68 I | time, for in the favorable attitudes of mind of which We speak,
69 I | which a great number have attributed to the Holy See and complained
70 I | without their superiors' authorization. ~2. The Communities Themselves ~
71 | away
72 I | used against obedience is based on the claim that the subjection
73 I | is quite extensive and beautiful, but there still remain
74 | before
75 I | observe without prejudice the behavior of men and women who belong
76 I | from the very condition of being. One must strive to achieve
77 I | limitations, the state to which he belongs and the offering he makes
78 Int| wished to gather in Rome, beloved sons and daughters, to study
79 I | you Our paternal Apostolic Benediction.~
80 I | this sentiments of esteem, benevolence, courtesy, the will to collaborate,
81 I | communities, a sincere and benevolent effort toward union and
82 Int| later the relations that bind them among themselves and
83 I | have charity, which is the bond of perfection" (Colossians
84 Int| revision, by tightening the bonds uniting organizations among
85 I | perfection, into which We have briefly entered with you, is quite
86 I | invited them to grow in the "building up of the body of Christ"
87 I | all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest . . .
88 I | the manner described in Canon Law and in the aforementioned
89 I | committed to any juridic or canonical state of perfection. ~
90 Int| most worthy and zealous Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation
91 I | all its purity and expect careful measures to be taken in
92 I | But if this is not the case, he must revert to the idea
93 I | themselves to God and never cease to offer to the Lord an
94 Int| time you have wished to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
95 I | lend themselves to this censure. ~Those who make this complaint
96 I | modern life undergo deep changes, modifications will be required
97 Int| certain points of a general character concerning the problem of
98 I | consideration here: first, the characteristic spirit through which the
99 I | thought and feeling that characterized childhood. "When I was a
100 I | youngest, and him who is the chief as the servant" (Luke 22 :
101 I | feeling that characterized childhood. "When I was a child, I
102 I | we may be now no longer children" (Ephesians 4:12,13). The
103 I | which is the Church, as the chosen and active members of the
104 Int| Constitutions Provida Mater, Sponsa Christi, and Sedes Sapientiae as
105 I | most explicitly in adult Christians all the mannerisms of thought
106 I | God over consciences. In claiming that a man falls under the
107 I | system of government that claims to take everything into
108 I | institution of Christ Himself and clarified and defined by the Church
109 I | Modifications in Application ~It is clear that in the essential elements
110 Int| also aims at establishing clearly the ends to be pursued,
111 I | number of laymen, as well as clerics and religious, are taking
112 I | have to be established in a climate of complete trust, sincerity
113 I | you will constantly draw closer to perfection. This is the
114 I | benevolence, courtesy, the will to collaborate, holy emulation and magnanimous
115 I | the words of the Lord: "Come to me, all you who labor
116 Int| this congress intend to be commentaries on the three Apostolic Constitutions
117 I | it although they are not committed to any juridic or canonical
118 Int| conferences, unions and committees of major Superiors. Lastly,
119 I | these questions today. ~By comparing them with certain modern
120 I | functions. Are they not compelled then to surround themselves
121 I | dignity that generously compensates for the sacrifice he has
122 I | tasks that fall within the competence of superiors and to undertake
123 I | attributed to the Holy See and complained to the Holy See about. ~
124 I | censure. ~Those who make this complaint should remember that when
125 I | they are in good faith and completely sincere. If the major Superior
126 I | a number of serious and complex problems, the solution of
127 Int| by the wide embrace and complexity of the present-day apostolate. ~
128 Int| Congress, which is in complete compliance with the desire for bringing
129 I | the faithful respect and comply with them, those who are
130 I | one who confirms through a concrete daily pledge the total giving
131 I | it derives from the very condition of being. One must strive
132 I | adaptation. But, since the conditions of modern life undergo deep
133 Int| countries, they seek to conduct in common the tasks of organization
134 I | himself through obedience confer upon him a dignity that
135 Int| observed in the action of conferences, unions and committees of
136 I | say that prerogatives are conferred upon the Superior that belong
137 I | joyful alacrity of one who confirms through a concrete daily
138 Int| the national or regional congresses of states of perfection,
139 I | direct domination of God over consciences. In claiming that a man
140 I | obedience that even serious and conscientious religious would like to
141 I | love and serve Him, and consecrates itself for this same purpose
142 I | greater part. We shall first consider the persons that are members
143 I | elements must be taken into consideration here: first, the characteristic
144 I | related to various juridic considerations. ~In order to dispel a feeling
145 I | the prescriptions that are considered inviolable by constitutions. ~
146 I | hard to reconcile with the constant preoccupation with the mortification
147 I | union with God, and you will constantly draw closer to perfection.
148 I | Church. While leaving to the constituted Superiors the initiatives
149 I | perfection. ~None of the constituting elements of Christian perfection
150 I | order to be effective, these contacts will have to be established
151 I | soul through which, not content to fulfill the duties that
152 Int| twenty-five countries of all continents. In close collaboration
153 I | that now exist and must continue to exist among communities,
154 I | member determines by the contribution of his own part. Every effort
155 I | human reasons of utility or convenience, even less out of pure constraint.
156 I | to the requirements of a coordination that necessarily implies
157 I | possible to promote good and correct evil in time, for in the
158 I | duties of inferiors are correlative in this sense. ~The Church
159 | could
160 I | defined by the Church in the course of the centuries, must remain
161 I | of esteem, benevolence, courtesy, the will to collaborate,
162 I | movement of adaptation has created a certain amount of tension
163 Int| study and above all the creation of institutes of superior
164 I | as that of every rational creature consists in the voluntary
165 Int| the most sublime of all creatures and model for all those
166 Int| religious formation and culture meant for members of the
167 I | confirms through a concrete daily pledge the total giving
168 I | words to himself. Every danger of infantilism will then
169 I | perfection. No one would dare say that the majority of
170 Int| in Rome, beloved sons and daughters, to study the present problems
171 I | Christ, from His passion and death-the inexhaustible fonts in which
172 I | address We delivered on December 8, 1950, to the first Congress
173 I | sincere submission to its decisions. ~We shall not retract what
174 Int| Sapientiae as well as on the decree Salutaris atque, issued
175 I | Him in their fellowmen, dedicate their person and all their
176 I | any manner from the entire dedication of themselves to God and
177 I | Holy Church. It is easy to deduce from this sentiments of
178 I | conditions of modern life undergo deep changes, modifications will
179 I | you will know how to delve deeply into them with good result. ~
180 I | Pontiffs still intend to defend rights and exhort men to
181 I | matter of fact, has never defended nor approved such a thesis.
182 I | end. ~We do not need to define the elements of perfection
183 I | Himself and clarified and defined by the Church in the course
184 I | essential elements of its definition and its realization, Christian
185 I | We said in the address We delivered on December 8, 1950, to
186 I | that you will know how to delve deeply into them with good
187 I | yield to infantilism, but he demands that they become "perfect
188 I | material goods, they do not depart in any manner from the entire
189 I | that a man falls under the dependence of another even in his personal
190 I | obedience on which essentially depends the revision of the spirit
191 I | partly obligatory because it derives from the very condition
192 I | according to the manner described in Canon Law and in the
193 I | word "centralization" can designate a system of government that
194 I | intention to enter into details on these matters. We feel
195 I | ideas and principles, they detect in them a number of serious
196 I | Pontiffs, in approving a determined way of life, expect it to
197 I | aspect, which each member determines by the contribution of his
198 I | for tradition, and without detracting from the prescriptions that
199 I | religious, hinders the full development of his personality and might
200 I | reasons for the errors and deviations that were mentioned there.
201 I | that, while preserving the differences that now exist and must
202 I | force. ~As regards present difficulties concerning religious obedience,
203 I | teach man how to make a discerning use of his freedom and to
204 I | hard to bear, they must discover the meaning of real submission
205 I | Beyond all problems and discussions, seek first of all union
206 I | are supported by certain disillusions experienced personally or
207 I | emulation and magnanimous disinterestedness that will preside over the
208 I | considerations. ~In order to dispel a feeling of sadness arising
209 I | use of his freedom and to dispense with the help of a teacher.
210 I | perfection as an habitual disposition of the Christian soul through
211 I | contact and to keep at a distance was one of the principal
212 I | between God and the inferior, diverting to his own profit the homage
213 I | communities, which are united by divine grace in the Body of the
214 I | attitude was particularly the doing of certain members of the
215 I | to the supreme and direct domination of God over consciences.
216 | done
217 Int| Body of Christ, aims at drawing up the record of progress
218 I | however failing to show due respect for tradition, and
219 I | possible number of souls who eagerly aspire today to a more perfect
220 I | observance under law that can easily become costly and hard to
221 I | of the Holy Church. It is easy to deduce from this sentiments
222 Int| with the Holy See and the ecclesiastical Hierarchy of their countries,
223 I | perfection. In order to be effective, these contacts will have
224 Int| projects that will insure its effectiveness in the movement of revision,
225 | either
226 Int| are required by the wide embrace and complexity of the present-day
227 I | in their intellectual and emotional life, or in their actions.
228 I | there is today particular emphasis upon certain aspects of
229 I | of Perfection ~We shall emphasize only one point where individual
230 I | will to collaborate, holy emulation and magnanimous disinterestedness
231 I | the principles that will enable us to find an answer. ~Bringing
232 I | beyond it. One can, in fact, encounter heroic Christian perfection,
233 I | Sincerity and Docility ~In the Encyclical Humani Generis We indicated
234 | end
235 I | the practice of obedience endangers the human dignity of the
236 Int| establishing clearly the ends to be pursued, the limits
237 I | and second, the obstacles engendered by certain prejudices against
238 Int| past few years under the enlightened impulse of your associations.
239 I | association necessarily entails certain modifications of
240 I | therefore not Our intention to enter into details on these matters.
241 I | into which We have briefly entered with you, is quite extensive
242 I | sin, it surrenders itself entirely to God to love and serve
243 I | Each member of the Body is entitled to receive the help of the
244 I | purpose and to whom she has entrusted the task of directing others
245 I | now no longer children" (Ephesians 4:12,13). The Apostle therefore
246 I | problems, the solution of which escapes them however, in spite of
247 I | even more so the latter, especially if they hold a high social
248 I | religious obedience on which essentially depends the revision of
249 I | therefore a need to try to establish and maintain contact with
250 I | from this sentiments of esteem, benevolence, courtesy,
251 I | promote good and correct evil in time, for in the favorable
252 Int| questions that you will examine during your meetings, but
253 I | One first point should be examined, that of the mutual relations
254 Int| states of perfection" by examining first their relations with
255 I | perfection must give the good example. There is therefore a need
256 I | members of a community, he is exercising his right and the inferiors
257 I | intend to defend rights and exhort men to their duties, but
258 I | 29). ~If the Lord thus exhorts men to take His yoke upon
259 I | by certain disillusions experienced personally or noted in others,
260 I | Corinthians, he rejected most explicitly in adult Christians all
261 I | remain some parts of it to explore. We have called your attention
262 Int| Holy See. ~The reports and exposes of this congress intend
263 I | The principle St. Paul expounds in the well-known passage
264 I | hands of God whose will expresses itself through the visible
265 I | perfection," and that it also extends greatly beyond it. One can,
266 I | entered with you, is quite extensive and beautiful, but there
267 I | constraint imposed upon him by external forces, but as an abandonment
268 I | achieve it, without however failing to show due respect for
269 I | Congregation of Religious will be faithfully observed. ~
270 I | themselves those tasks that fall within the competence of
271 I | and Christian humility. Far from offending the dignity
272 I | respect and tactfulness of a fatherly heart. ~
273 I | evil in time, for in the favorable attitudes of mind of which
274 I | strive to achieve it for fear of not fulfilling one's
275 I | Constitution Provida Mater of February 2, 1947, on "Secular Institutes"
276 I | purpose to the service of its fellow man. ~The perfection of
277 I | order to serve Him in their fellowmen, dedicate their person and
278 I | child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as
279 | few
280 I | to say, its most intimate fibers are affected in some way.
281 I | amount of tension in this field; not through a lack of sincere
282 I | concerned with the task of filling their own lives with it.
283 I | through charity. It therefore finds its fulfillment in charity.
284 I | Luke 22 :26). Necessary firmness will therefore always be
285 I | whom the Church has judged fit for this purpose and to
286 I | death-the inexhaustible fonts in which the heroism of
287 I | established, they are not forbidden to think about revising
288 I | religious discipline, which forbids them to arrogate to themselves
289 I | centuries and is still in force. ~As regards present difficulties
290 I | imposed upon him by external forces, but as an abandonment of
291 I | centralization is absolutely foreign to the spirit of the Roman
292 Int| of Religious, which sets forth the rules that must guide
293 | found
294 I | which is not only true but frank, so that it may know the
295 I | a discerning use of his freedom and to dispense with the
296 I | for the sacrifice he has freely made. ~Still another argument
297 I | instructions of the Holy See bear fruit. ~There is another thing
298 I | through which, not content to fulfill the duties that devolve
299 I | his strength, but it is fulfilled in a more complete and certain
300 I | achieve it for fear of not fulfilling one's ultimate end. ~We
301 I | It therefore finds its fulfillment in charity. It is also called
302 I | the religious, hinders the full development of his personality
303 I | the mature measure of the fullness of Christ." ~"And this,"
304 Int| states of perfection more fully into the Church, the Mystical
305 | further
306 Int| life, you have wished to gather in Rome, beloved sons and
307 I | Perfection, in which we gave answer to objections that
308 I | heroism of all Christian generations find their nourishment.
309 I | In the Encyclical Humani Generis We indicated that the tendency
310 I | upon him a dignity that generously compensates for the sacrifice
311 I | on "Secular Institutes" gives access to states of perfection
312 I | concrete daily pledge the total giving of himself to his only Master. ~
313 I | established for the faithful the goal of an ordered life according
314 I | permanent tendency that goes beyond all that falls within
315 I | their duties, but without going beyond just limits. In order
316 I | in the midst of material goods, they do not depart in any
317 I | perfection, that of the Gospel and of Christ's Cross, outside
318 I | misinterpretation of the principles governing the religious life or from
319 I | can designate a system of government that claims to take everything
320 I | major Superiors should be granted the right to tell inferiors
321 I | upon you, while heartily granting you Our paternal Apostolic
322 I | occupy our attention for the greater part. We shall first consider
323 I | and that it also extends greatly beyond it. One can, in fact,
324 I | faith, he invited them to grow in the "building up of the
325 Int| forth the rules that must guide the effort at adaptation
326 I | God and let themselves be guided in matters of obedience
327 | had
328 I | religious state hinder the harmonious evolution of the human personality?
329 I | of others and know how to harmonize with others for the greatest
330 I | implore upon you, while heartily granting you Our paternal
331 | her
332 I | can, in fact, encounter heroic Christian perfection, that
333 I | inexhaustible fonts in which the heroism of all Christian generations
334 Int| See and the ecclesiastical Hierarchy of their countries, they
335 I | especially if they hold a high social rank and even higher
336 I | high social rank and even higher functions. Are they not
337 I | Does the religious state hinder the harmonious evolution
338 I | dignity of the religious, hinders the full development of
339 I | latter, especially if they hold a high social rank and even
340 I | members among themselves, also holds true by analogy for your
341 I | diverting to his own profit the homage rendered to God alone. ~
342 I | Docility ~In the Encyclical Humani Generis We indicated that
343 I | submission and Christian humility. Far from offending the
344 I | case, he must revert to the idea of the founder as it is
345 I | of "perfection" cannot be identified with the concept of "state
346 I | with God" (Luke 18:27). II. STATES OF PERFECTION ~The
347 Int| Under the protection of Mary Immaculate, the most sublime of all
348 I | coordination that necessarily implies also some renunciation in
349 I | that We wish for you and implore upon you, while heartily
350 I | subjection not as a constraint imposed upon him by external forces,
351 I | Christ: "Things that are impossible with men are possible with
352 I | wants to see its members impregnated with this spirit, and it
353 I | to their own tastes and impressions, even though they are in
354 Int| years under the enlightened impulse of your associations. It
355 I | their nourishment. It also includes the work of Christ, that
356 I | ultimately related to the increase of charity, the Superior
357 I | His passion and death-the inexhaustible fonts in which the heroism
358 I | to remain in a certain "infantile" state, as some people claim? ~
359 I | wants to receive from you information which is not only true but
360 I | to undertake on their own initiative reforms that they cannot
361 I | constituted Superiors the initiatives provided for by the Constitutions,
362 I | See, established by the institution of Christ Himself and clarified
363 I | responses, regulations and instructions of the Holy See bear fruit. ~
364 I | subalterns to the mere role of instruments. This centralization is
365 Int| activities and projects that will insure its effectiveness in the
366 I | wants to keep this spirit intact. ~It has the right and it
367 I | from infantilism in their intellectual and emotional life, or in
368 I | It is therefore not Our intention to enter into details on
369 I | free to appeal to his own intentions. But if this is not the
370 I | religious, are taking an interest in these questions today. ~
371 I | That is to say, its most intimate fibers are affected in some
372 Int| INTRODUCTION~Under the protection of
373 I | according to the faith, he invited them to grow in the "building
374 Int| decree Salutaris atque, issued by the Sacred Congregation
375 I | in total submission the joyful alacrity of one who confirms
376 I | persons whom the Church has judged fit for this purpose and
377 I | but without going beyond just limits. In order to avoid
378 I | made. There is, in fact, a kind of "common welfare" of communities,
379 I | private and secret vows known only to God and let themselves
380 I | Epistle to the Corinthians (l Cor. 12 :12-27) concerning
381 I | Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I
382 I | this field; not through a lack of sincere desire to aim
383 I | tendency to achieve it are lacking in these men and women.
384 Int| committees of major Superiors. Lastly, it strives to draw up a
385 I | perfection. A great number of laymen, as well as clerics and
386 I | indicated will give you a lead, and We feel certain that
387 I | obedience as a means of leading man to God. Since obedience
388 I | will give you rest . . . learn from me, for I am meek and
389 | least
390 I | center of the Church. While leaving to the constituted Superiors
391 I | however affecting respect for legitimate authority or sincere submission
392 I | thought and action that would lend themselves to this censure. ~
393 | less
394 I | raised against an alleged lessening of the personal and social
395 I | We wished to throw some light on these matters, by recalling
396 | like
397 I | rights are subject to certain limitations, the state to which he belongs
398 I | among themselves along the lines of adaptation and revision
399 I | modifications will affect those who live in states of perfection
400 I | task of filling their own lives with it. The Church on her
401 I | done that we may be now no longer children" (Ephesians 4:12,
402 I | approved such a thesis. She looks upon obedience as a means
403 I | collaborate, holy emulation and magnanimous disinterestedness that will
404 I | to try to establish and maintain contact with the Holy See. ~
405 I | would dare say that the majority of them are suffering from
406 | makes
407 I | they all attained "perfect manhood, to the mature measure of
408 I | adult Christians all the mannerisms of thought and feeling that
409 Int| Under the protection of Mary Immaculate, the most sublime
410 I | giving of himself to his only Master. ~The program of your Second
411 I | And yet, in the midst of material goods, they do not depart
412 I | alone? ~The Church, as a matter of fact, has never defended
413 I | find rest in your souls" (Matthew 12 :29). ~If the Lord thus
414 I | perfect manhood, to the mature measure of the fullness
415 I | they must discover the meaning of real submission and Christian
416 Int| religious formation and culture meant for members of the states
417 I | perfect manhood, to the mature measure of the fullness of Christ." ~"
418 I | purity and expect careful measures to be taken in this regard. ~
419 I | learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and
420 I | associations which do not meet the prescribed requirements
421 Int| will examine during your meetings, but rather to underline
422 Int| associations. It is sufficient to mention the national or regional
423 I | and deviations that were mentioned there. This unfortunate
424 I | reduce all subalterns to the mere role of instruments. This
425 I | Christ? ~And yet, in the midst of material goods, they
426 | might
427 I | the favorable attitudes of mind of which We speak, the responses,
428 I | of sadness arising from a misinterpretation of the principles governing
429 | miss
430 I | authority of those whose mission it is to command. ~The Superior,
431 Int| sublime of all creatures and model for all those who wish to
432 I | passing of time, to adopt modes of thought and action that
433 I | We are thinking at this moment of all those men and women
434 I | constant preoccupation with the mortification of one who wishes to follow
435 I | God. Since obedience is motivated by a desire for union with
436 I | can command only in the name of the Lord and by virtue
437 Int| sufficient to mention the national or regional congresses of
438 I | assuredly value his own nature and his own function within
439 I | servant" (Luke 22 :26). Necessary firmness will therefore
440 | None
441 | nor
442 I | approved by the Church as the norm of a state of perfection,
443 I | Christian generations find their nourishment. It also includes the work
444 I | actions. But, pursuing the objection further, one could not claim
445 I | open for all: where can the objective expression of this spirit
446 I | to the Lord an unreserved oblation of themselves. Such is the
447 I | This perfection is partly obligatory because it derives from
448 I | Obedience ~The specific observation has been made that the practice
449 I | in any way constitute an obstacle placed between God and the
450 I | expressed; and second, the obstacles engendered by certain prejudices
451 I | states of perfection will occupy our attention for the greater
452 I | Christian humility. Far from offending the dignity of the one who
453 I | which he belongs and the offering he makes of himself through
454 I | virtue of his powers of office, and an inferior must obey
455 I | wealthy apparel, take part in official functions and utilize costly
456 | once
457 I | and universal sacrifice of oneself, performed for love of God
458 I | is one question remains open for all: where can the objective
459 I | do not want to miss the opportunity to say a word about, and
460 I | man to a Superior would be opposed to the supreme and direct
461 I | faithful the goal of an ordered life according to the faith,
462 Int| 50th anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of the
463 Int| tightening the bonds uniting organizations among themselves and with
464 I | proper to the community. ~An organized society constitutes a whole
465 I | and might even alter his orientation toward God alone. It seems
466 | other
467 I | perfection and those who do not participate in them. But even more so
468 I | unfortunate attitude was particularly the doing of certain members
469 I | God. This perfection is partly obligatory because it derives
470 I | there still remain some parts of it to explore. We have
471 I | expounds in the well-known passage of the first Epistle to
472 I | Superiors compel them, with the passing of time, to adopt modes
473 I | life of Christ, from His passion and death-the inexhaustible
474 Int| have been taken during the past few years under the enlightened
475 I | heartily granting you Our paternal Apostolic Benediction.~
476 I | the other and to preserve peace, it is sufficient that each
477 I | infantile" state, as some people claim? ~Let us then observe
478 I | only about the habitual and permanent tendency that goes beyond
479 I | charity. It is also called a perpetual and universal sacrifice
480 I | fellowmen, dedicate their person and all their activities
481 I | disillusions experienced personally or noted in others, and
482 I | common welfare. ~That which pertains to the relations between
483 I | way constitute an obstacle placed between God and the inferior,
484 Int| rather to underline certain points of a general character concerning
485 I | and imitate the humble and poor Christ? ~And yet, in the
486 I | rule of the Church and the Popes for centuries and is still
487 I | matters of obedience and poverty by persons whom the Church
488 I | the religious life or from practical errors in their application,
489 Int| perfection, the sessions of prayer and study and above all
490 Int| worthy and zealous Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation
491 I | us then observe without prejudice the behavior of men and
492 I | obstacles engendered by certain prejudices against religious obedience
493 I | reconcile with the constant preoccupation with the mortification of
494 I | associations which do not meet the prescribed requirements do not constitute "
495 I | without detracting from the prescriptions that are considered inviolable
496 Int| embrace and complexity of the present-day apostolate. ~We know that
497 I | of life, expect it to be preserved in all its purity and expect
498 I | Us to recall that, while preserving the differences that now
499 I | disinterestedness that will preside over the relations of communities
500 Int| of the ordination to the priesthood of the most worthy and zealous
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