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IV. DISCOVERING, LIVING, SHARING THE GIFT OF GOD
By the vow of stability
We commit ourselves to remaining
in the said Society during all
the time for which we have made
the vow and we cannot during
that time either leave or wish
absolutely to leave of our own
accord or wish to force our expulsion
under any pretext whatsoever
without violating our vow time
for which we have made the vow
and we cannot during that time
either leave or wish absolutely to
leave of our own accord or wish to
force our expulsion under any pretext
whatsoever without violating
our vow.
The Collection begins with association, Brother Irénée begins with
obedience. Times have changed, spiritual priorities are no longer
the same, especially if we consider that the Collection, dating from
1711, reflects an earlier period, the end of the 17 th Century, while
Brother Irénée shows more the sensitivity of a Church rather on the
defensive and which has to close ranks in order to face up to the
religious, social, cultural and political changes which have come in
since the beginning of the 18 th Century.
Another difference, this time linked to the expression of the vows
themselves: in the commentary of Brother Irénée there is no talk of
“if we come to lack everything” and of “resolve rather to beg for
alms and live on bread alone in order not to abandon the said
Society and the schools”; the Collection links this extreme choice to