We know that the general Assembly will be a strong moment for the entire Institute, and the merging point of all our endeavors. The Assembly is a time of formation, of validation and revision, a time to be strengthened and invited back to the world. It is an important moment in our history; a moment that we must live with hope in our heart – the hope for a “new Pentecost.”
Our hope not only is expectation for new things to come, but also unceasing prayer. It is through a silent and humble prayer of petition, in trusting abandonment to Our Lady, that today we, somehow, anticipate the new journey of the Institute, which will practically begin with the convocation of the Assembly.
Our hope is steeped in Mary, as in a sure source of divine grace, and in the example of her dedication to God. It was at this source that the Founder quenched his own thirst. At this river of flowing grace, he found the strength to peacefully entrust himself into the hands of God, so much so that his abandonment, his trust and hope, fashioned his life into a beautiful and harmonious masterpiece. Grace transformed him into a “wonder”, a “genius”, as it were, of faithful love for his Spouse the Church, of dedication to all people, “until the end”, and of a revolutionary strength that made him capable to bring about the dream of holiness and of brotherhood which God placed in his heart. (Giuliana Spigone, Dec. 8, 2003)
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