Marc Chagall (The White Crucifixion)
SPIRITUALITY
What is our way of
living the Christian spirituality?
Our spirituality is such that a
living synthesis of consecration and secularity may be carried on. It is based on what
Vatican II says about lay people: “The laity, by their
very vocation, seeks the kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering
them according to the plan of God.” (Vatican II, Dogmatic Const. On the Church,
31)
We share this
spirituality with all lay people in the Church.
We are aware that
our entire life depends on God. He is our creator and we are His creatures.
Consequently we
need His daily help. We have toconstantly ask to be able to respond to His will. Furthermore, we
are aware that such a way of life cannot be carried on by relying only on our skill and
will. Without God’s help we can do
nothing. This is why we pray.
The ways and
methods of our prayer are conditioned by secularity. We share in the liturgy of the Church
as the entire Catholic flock do. We give
also to prayer a special place and time in our daily life according to a personal
regulation of life established each year with the Director. Daily Eucharist, when
it’s possible, and personal reading and meditation of the Word of God are the strong
points of our prayer. Two daily hours of prayer are required.
The community of the Institute is
inspired by Christ the King in the sense that its members, by means of participation in
His redeeming death, intend to live and work in the world and in the Church to bear
witness to the sovereignty of Christ resurrected and glorified. The Institute’s name
also means that, for its members, the prospect of the kingdom of God is the main animator
of history.