I. Charism - La Salle.org

148
IV. DISCOVERING, LIVING, SHARING THE GIFT OF GOD
and doing in the Christian Schools, through the ministry of those
God has chosen to do his work:
God has had the goodness to remedy so great a misfortune by the
establishment of the Christian Schools, where the teaching is offered
free of charge and for the glory of God. (MTR 194.1).
The glory of God is linked up with gratuity, since the gift of the
faith (where one teaches gratuitously) is gratuitous. The Brothers
have integrated into their vision of their vocation, the terms and the
spirit of the formulae of the vows: it is these words which come to
their minds when they wish to express their connection with John
Baptist de La Salle and set down their relationship with him.
This is why there is always reference to the formulae of the vows.
The glory of God leads to a concrete and practical commitment.
They take as their own this profoundly Lasallian perspective: the
link between the momentum towards God and coming from God,
with its accomplishment in the tissue of daily life, in the history of
the Christian Schools, in their community experience.
The greater good of the Church and of our Society… we recognise
that it is of extreme importance that you take over again the
general leadership of the holy work of God which is also your
work…/…
Which is of such great usefulness to the Church, and it is with justice
that we bear witness that you have always led it with great
success and edification.
The Brothers emphasised the place of their Community in the ministry
of the Church: “the greater good of the Church and of our
Society”. The Community of the Brothers is not isolated from the
Church: it has its place in the common work of salvation. The
Church is the place and the manner by which God wished to remain
present to men. The Church - another essential Lasallian theme: