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The Sons never should abandon their period of study and prayer for a work, however urgent it is; but if the Superior or Director assigns them a task out of the period of manual work, they should perform it very quickly and joyfully.

All Sons will go to their assigned place as soon as the bell sounds. The Superior will ring the little bell after a prudential time to permit the Sons to be together.

In Houses of Community, the Radius of Stability and privacy in rooms where the Ordained Sons live must be preserved. The Sons will not leave the Radius of Stability for any cause and will not tread on outside the established area without due permission.

To be an Ordained Son is: To gain nothing. To have nothing. To be nothing. The Vow of Ordination is not the practice of Silence and Fidelity, or of Obedience, in particular, or any other Vow of Virtue: it is the perfection of these Vows, or rather, of their physical, mental and spiritual integrity.

After taking statistics, one can say all religions have more or less the same number of followers. What is the universal religion, and what religion comprises Humanity as a whole?: none.

Truly, you should feel quite happy for being able to pray at this privileged place. It is prayer the essence in Ordination life; and while life of an ordained one is continuous prayer –since even being asleep he goes on praying in his dreams and good wishes– the prayer place itself is of an invaluable, whole value.

What is the meaning of images adorning temples and sanctuaries? How can the Divine Mother be represented that way, so corporally material and with so many different attitudes? Whether with the innocent and pure face of a girl bearing in herself every dream to come true, whether as a mother holding a child, or as the Virgin at the foot of the cross of her Son whose face entirely reflects the sorrow of the world, the Divine Mother is ever there, Mother that in se is Cosmos, Universes, Planets, and finally man with his whole good and evil, and sorrow and bliss.

Divine Mother! We beseech you, oh Beloved Mother, to be nearer to you through a strict, quite faithful fulfillment of the Observance in order to be a part of You and co-substantial with You, with a perfect Observance ruling our lives in such a way that we become actively and truly none, and say, “Mother, I am not, You are; it is not me who lives, it is You who lives in me.

Devotion to our Divine Mother grants to us an advantage: easy contact with the Divinity. God is something abstract, and we are unable to understand Him and penetrate into Him with our poor mind.

“The Master calls you”: Martha said these words to Magdalene, when the latter wept upon Lazarus’ tomb. Seemingly, the Master was more interested about Magdalene’s whereabouts than in Lazarus’ death. Seemingly He says: “Consecrated soul, stand up, do not cry for human things”.