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The Spirituality of St Philip
Obedience
Obedience is the only law imposed by God for the universal ordering of all things and for their conservation (Istruzione per Esercizi, p.85). The cosmos obeys the divine order. Man, to give greater glory to God, is called to obey in total freedom.
There is no greater expression of freedom than following […]
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The Spirituality of St Philip
Chastity
“Chastity is mentioned by St Paul as being one of the fruits of the Spirit. Chastity ought to be lived as the freedom of the heart, in a total giving of oneself to the Lord; not as a rejection of a human reality that was willed by God and sanctified by […]
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The Spirituality of St Philip
Work
This is the most important means of practicing poverty in the Oratory. The members of the Congregation live by their own work, “miliant propriis stipendiis,” they live off their own incomes (General Constitutions n. 102).
Even work becomes a means of sanctification when it is understood as a way to fulfil the will […]
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