Holy Father, eternal source of existence and love, who, in living man, show the splendour of your glory, and who put in his heart the seed of your call, let no-one, by reason of our negligence, ignore or lose this gift, but may everyone walk, with wholehearted generosity, towards the realisation…
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE REFUSAL Let’s think a bit and see what the consequences of this no may be; in what position do they place the young and where are these “vocations left on a whim” usually going to lead? 1) Consequences for the individual God had prepared religious life…
Mary, image of the Church, the Bride without spot or wrinkle, which by imitating you “preserves with virginal purity an integral faith, a firm hope and a sincere charity”, sustain consecrated persons on their journey towards the sole and eternal Blessedness. To you, Virgin of the Visitation, do we entrust…
IT IS NECESSARY TO TRY THE VOCATIONS The young man who, under our guidance and with our help, makes up his mind either for the religious life or for the priesthood, must not be left to himself, nor should it be believed that further work on our part in his…