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and she will spend the last six months entirely in the novitiate in order to prepare
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546 Meals. We will have no meat. Our meals shall be such that not even the poor will
have any reason to envy us. Still, feast days may differ slightly from regular days.
The sisters will eat three times a day. Fasts, especially the two great ones, will be
observed strictly, according to the original spirit. The food should be the same for
all the nuns without (19) exception so that communal life may be kept pure. This
refers not only to food but to clothing and the furnishing of cells as well. However,
if a sister should fall ill, she should receive every consideration.
547 Prayers. One hour of meditation, Holy Mass and Holy Communion, prayers, two
examinations of conscience, office, 111 rosary, spiritual reading, one hour of prayer
during the night. As to the horarium, it is better to draw it up after we have begun
to live this type of life.
548 Suddenly I head these words in my soul: My daughter, I assure you of a
permanent income on which you will live. Your duty will be to trust
completely in My goodness, and My duty will be to give you all you need. I
am making Myself dependent upon your trust: if your trust is great, then My
generosity will be without limit.
549 (20) Work. As poor persons, the nuns themselves will do all the work in the
convent. Each one should be glad when she is given some work which is
humbling or which goes against her nature, as that will greatly help her interior
formation. The superior will often change the sisters‟ duties, and in this way help
them to detach themselves completely from the little details to which women have
a great attachment. Truly, I often find it amusing to see with my own eyes souls
who have forsaken really great things only to attach themselves to fiddle faddle;
that is, trifles. Each sister, including even the superior, shall work in the kitchen for
a month. Every one should take a turn at every chore which is to be done in the
convent.
550 And always and in everything, their intention should be pure, for every sort of
mixed motive is displeasing to God. They should accuse themselves of all external
transgressions, (21) and ask the Superior for a penance. They should do this in a
spirit of humility.
They should love one another with a sublime love, with a pure love, seeing God‟s
likeness in every sister. Love should be the special characteristic of this little
community, so they must not close up their hearts, but embrace the whole world,
rendering mercy to every soul through prayer, according to their calling. If we live
in this spirit of mercy, we ourselves will obtain mercy.
551 How great should each one‟s love for the Church be! As a good child prays for the
mother it loves, so also should every Christian soul pray for the Church, its Mother.
What then should be said of us religious who have especially committed ourselves
to praying for the Church? How great, then, is our apostolate, hidden though it be.
All our little daily nothings will be placed at the feet of the Lord Jesus as a
propitiatory offering for the world; but in order that (22) our offering may be
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