With a balanced Christ-centered focus in the quality of their lives and relationships, the Missionaries were to fill the world with the \u201cperfume\u201d of the transforming presence of the Kingdom of God:<\/p>\n
\nHowever, their chief concern will be, as much when out on missions as when in the house,<\/strong><\/h5>\n
to make progress in the paths<\/strong><\/h5>\n
of ecclesiastical and religious perfection\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n
in a word, they will strive to become other Christs,<\/strong><\/h5>\n
radiating everywhere the fragrance<\/strong><\/h5>\n
of his lovable virtues.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
1818 Rule, Part Two, s Chapter One. Regarding other principal observances<\/em><\/p>\n
The Missionary’s\u00a0ideal is to\u00a0transform:<\/p>\n
Our life in all its dimensions is a prayer that, in us and through us, God’s kingdom come. <\/em><\/p>\n
CC&RR, Constitution 32<\/em><\/p>\n
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“Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Francois de La Rochefoucauld<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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