September 7

FOCAL POINT:

“Trust, dialogue and communication are of the utmost importance to exercising this freedom. Freedom exercised in this responsible manner will enhance the quality of obedience as the religious grows from a more external submission to authority to a healthier sense of co-responsibility for the work and well-being of the Congregation.” (Con. 156)

Deceased:

Fr. Henry Jasinski, 1958, De Kalb, USA
Fr. Edward Gira, 1971, Chicago, USA
Fr. Charles Westfall, 2012, Hamilton, Canada

Birthday:

Fr. Andrzej Lewandowski, 1958, USA

1. For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation and agony.
2. For all families, especially those families struggling to survive.
3. For all local superiors and house councils.

FURTHER REFLECTION:

“The Founders’ view of the importance and the role of prayer is set down in ‘The Rule of 1850’: ‘The Brothers must realize that the total perfection of religious life consists in tending to a most intimate union with God by love. The necessary means of attaining this end is prayer, for God’s grace depends on prayer, and grace alone leads to this intimate union with God through love.’” (Eight Principles of Resurrectionist Spirituality, 37)