OUR CONSECRATED SECULAR LIFE
In complementarity and solidarity with the rest of the Family of Pierre Bienvenu Noailles, we, the Consecrated Seculars, seek to live the charism of our Founder, Pierre Bienvenu Noailles.
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We participate in the common mission of the Holy
Family according to our specific vocation: in the diversity of situations and commitments at the heart of the world, we seek to extend and strengthen the faith by being a sign of unity.
"His spirit permeates and sanctifies
the world through us."
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We continue the life of
Nazareth and of the first Christian communities, seeking
God Alone: a life of faith, obedience and love…a life of poverty,
of apostolic zeal…a hidden life lived in simplicity
and gentleness.
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Like the leaven in the dough, we are destined
to be a leaven of salvation, of divine presence"
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Our life exteriorly
resembles that of others. We live either alone or in
our family, and earn our own living. Out of love for Christ,
we endeavour to centre our entire existence on him. Our
consecration is lived from within, letting us be moulded by the
Spirit of the Lord.
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In the simplicity of everyday life, with the discretion that characterises
our vocation, we seek what God wants to say to us through daily events,
through the Church and through history.
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Our style of life permits us
to be present to others and to respond freely to all types
of needs in different contexts: the family, the office, school,
hospital… the young and the aged … wherever
there is someone to be loved and helped.
Our consecration opens us to universal love.
We work to make the world "one single family" and to make those around us happy.
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Prayer, Eucharist and the
reading of Scripture nourish our life of faith.
The Lord makes use of the
humblest of instruments to realise his marvels; we are conscious
of possessing a treasure in earthen vessels.
Our life is a constant "yes" to
the Lord, like the "yes" of
Mary at the Annunciation... a "yes" said each day
with a new heart.
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Although isolated from one another,
in God Alone we live a spiritual fraternity which rests on fidelity
to the Charism and communion in prayer. We share, depending
on circumstances, our faith, our prayer and our life. This sharing
cements the union strengthened by a common inspiration, it necessitates
mutual welcome and gift, special solicitude for the sick or infirm
members or those with a heavy burden to bear.
(Constitutions article 67)
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The Secular vocation is addressed to
women who have sufficient maturity to lead their life, capable of helping
others, of living in solitude, having a deep interior life, desirous
of consecrating themselves to God in the midst of the word by the Evangelical
Counsels (obedience, poverty and chastity).
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