The Confraternity 0f The Servants of Jesus in Mary
A call to join the Confraternity of the Benedict Community of the Blessed Disciple, from Mother Mary John.
We are the Community of the Beloved Disciple. The Community is made up of two folds, the Mother Community and the Confraternity. The Confraternity is the lay associate group affiliated to the Mother Community.
The Mother House.
We are men and women living a life of the true faith, sustained by our Hope and aflame with love of God, in order to participate fully in the life Jesus desires to share with us.
We are called by Our Lord to give Him not just prayer, adoration and devotions, but our whole life, our whole strength, our soul, that, He may give to us his own in return and we may begin with His help, our eternal life.
The Community under the patronage of St. John the Beloved Disciple, is dedicated to the adoration of the Most Precious Blood that flowed from our Saviour's Heart.
Our Apostolate is a Monastic Vocation lived in hermitage, in tender devotion to Our Mother Mary, Our Lady of Joy, in solitude and simplicity.
Our main work is to offer the Divine Majesty a noble service on the essential simplicity of the Monastic Vocation. This we do by devoting ourselves to Divine Worship in a life that is hidden and regulated by the Holy Rule of St. Benedict.
We seek to reach out and touch our world with Christ's love for us. We are joined in our work by members of the laity who seek union with Jesus in Mary. We call this communion of souls in Christ. "The Confraternity Of The Servants Of Jesus And Mary".
The Confraternity 0f The Servants of Jesus in Mary
The Confraternity of the Servants of Jesus in Mary is a school of the Lord's service, a union of souls, a Community of prayerful support along the way.
The purpose of the Confraternity is the Christian Perfection of its members. To gather to gether infraternal charity lay men and women, religious and clerics whom the Holy Spirit has infused with of Jesus in Mary, who have an appreciation of the Benedictine way. As members of a structured association they may strive together in mutual support to reach that Christian perfection which is holiness, whilst maintaining their duties and lives in the world.
Our aim is to help members of the Confraternity, who are already striving for a life of Christian Perfection, deepen their relationship and union with Christ Jesus, Our Lord.
The Way is by union with Jesus, in, through and with Mary, Our Mother, guided by the Holy Rule of St Benedict in the little way of transcendent love.
Who May Join?
Lay persons of generous loving hearts who have shown by their lives a willingness to strive to live out the word of God; who have been faithful in their efforts to participate in the life of the Church and this Community, whilst maintaining in their secular lives, the obligations and duties of the circumstances in which they find themselves in the world.
Persons who are quite certain that God is calling them to go beyond their present personal experience of Himself and reach out in faith, trusting in Him alone, to begin to work towards becoming a true Christian.
What are members to do?
Members are to do good as baptized Christians, to the best of their ability, according to their own natural talents and the Grace accorded to them. First to themselves, by living a good Christian life unto the Shadow of the Tabernacle guided by the Little Charter of the Poor. This life is to be a life of prayer, obedience and generosity towards God, serving our Priests and all other people in all walks of life, in particular the children, the suffering and the poor of our Society, lived always with Mary and through Mary for Jesus Christ. Consecrated and devoted to Mary as their own Mother, they offer themselves to God in union with Christ Jesus in His great oblations of love to the Father.
Faithful to the teaching of the Holy Catholic Church, they serve and work in partnership with the Mother Community, in chaste brotherly love for the good of the Church and Society, to the best of their ability, according to their state in life and their level of commitment to the Community.
Obligations of Members
There are no set obligations for new members. You are free to continue and maintain your current associations and commitments that are special to you in your spiritual life. We do hope though, that, as you progress in your new life, you will have the courage to let go of those things, which whilst being good in themselves may well prove a hindrance to the little way of transcendent love.
Recommended Practices.
We recommend the following practices to all members and friends of the Community. Renew your consecration to Mary and your baptismal vows every morning upon waking, placing your whole life in Her hands to offer with Her Son, Jesus the Christ, in the supreme homage of adoration to the Most Holy Trinity.
Pray the Psalms daily and if you are able, pray at least a part of the Divine Office each day. Make a perpetual novena to St. Benedict and live in the Spirit and values of the Holy Rule every day.
Commit yourself to the Mission of Holy Church and live your life according tot he teachings of Holy Church. Attend Sunday Mass and where possible daily Mass.
Spend 15 -30 minutes daily or as it is possible, in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Keep the Holy Days of Obligation and days of fasting. Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at least Monthly.
Read Holy Scripture for at least five minutes every day, treating the Bible with due reverence and the respect that is appropriate to sacred things. learn to spend time in Lectio Divina ( and where possible) Attend meetings, retreats and the formation days of the Confraternity.
How to Join
You can become a member by request to the Mother Community, address, The Community of the Beloved Disciple. The Monastery of Dewi Sant, P.O. Box1116, Kalamunda, 6926, Western Australia, 6076. Or via the Internet
"Typed by:
Sue Burton, Sacred Heart Publications UK.
@Copy right Sue Burton & Marianne Eichhorn.
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