Friday, August 8, 2008

Regular Observance

WHEN THINGS get too complicated, my precious friend, this is what simplicity we shall all universally and regularly return to in common practice again and again, one with another, alone or in community, from moment to moment, each and every day of each and every year of our temporal lives - it will be our invisible habit as Laity - the habitual grace of our spiritual charism - the official uniform of our one Solidarity:
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LOVE GOD and love others in God as true self.

Pray always for our Holy Father, the Bishop of Rome,
and all Bishops in communion with the Successor of Saint Peter.
Pray always for the good of our Solidarity as a united whole
and live so that all be of one mind and one heart in God.
Pray each day for the perseverance to live and die
in the faith and obedience of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pray for faith to see through the eyes of God.
Pray for hope to share the strength and fidelity of God.
Pray for love to walk into the heart of God.

Love virtue and cherish and uphold the good in ourselves, and recognizing the one, true Source of all good things; to preserve, advance and fulfill it for the glory of His Name.

Abhor sin and to confront and do battle with the evil in ourselves, and with Jesus Christ Crucified as our pledge of victory; to deter, destroy and uproot it by the saving power of His grace.

Fear the Lord,
love and honor the Holy Mother of God.
be single-hearted and sincere,
be humble and contrite,
be chaste,
be obedient,
be poor in spirit,
be patient and kind,
be holy and apostolic,
be deeply contemplative
and steadfast in prayer and fasting,
be intensely Eucharistic,
be joyous and easily content,
be meek and gentle,
be sober and just,
be temperate and modest,
be studious,
be merciful
and do with generosity
all the works of mercy,
forgive easily and completely
and do penance for sins,
persevere in the way of Christian perfection
and establish firmly
the Kingdom of God in my heart,
be courageous against temptation,
walk with peace and goodwill for all men
and serve all souls without distinction.
Have a spiritual longing for our heavenly home
and desire that all souls be saved.
Live in complete and holy communion with God,
all the holy Angels of God,
all the triumphant Saints in heaven,
all the militant faithful on earth,
all the Holy Souls in purgatory,
and make suffrage for the Holy Souls.
Share the fruits of contemplation with others
and work towards peace and Christian unity.
Proclaim the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ
to the very ends of the earth.
Be true and speak the truth.
Be dedicated to the Truth.
Be brave in our common defense
of Country, true self, each other
and the one universal Christian faith.

Observe faithfully all the elements of this way of life
for love of God,
for love of family and friends,
for love of suffering humanity
and the salvation of my own soul.
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Glory to God in the highest
Adoration to Jesus Christ
Peace to men of good will.

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