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The Community of Divine Innocence – spiritual constitution
and rule.
In
his theological clarifications Father Philippe Jobert
states: ‘The Community of Divine Innocence gathers persons who strive to
personify in themselves the roles of the members of the Holy Family according
to their gender and particular vocation, and who strive every day to live this
Novitiate of the Holy Family, bearing witness to it everywhere i.e. to Divine Love.
The proper charism of the Community of Divine
Innocence is to be considered with regard to the Novitiate of the Holy Family.’
The
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is
at the centre of this way of life, living our lives in fitting praise and
adoration. We strive to make our whole lives Eucharistic centred. Jesus was the centre of the Holy Family in
We
consider Our Lady as Novice Mistress and
In a spirit of reparation in
union with Christ we express our sorrow for all sins that offend God especially
the sin of abortion. Reparation is not confined to the special walks or chosen
acts of penance, these are a small part of our
everyday lives. Rather, it is the
willing and loving acceptance of all our trials and sufferings, uniting them
with the perfect reparation of Christ’s Cross through the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass, to draw down grace on those in need.
We should embrace difficult situations that arise and turn them into
creative and loving reparation. This is an important part of the spirituality
of Divine Innocence.
The
Community’s patrons are St. Benedict, St. Francis, St. Gertrude and St. Anthony
of
The
Community’s foundation House is in Surbiton,
We
produce various publications during the year that contain spiritual and
practical instruction to help us advance in this spirituality. The messages
make up a content of rich teaching, which can be read over again and again,
contemplated upon and put into practice.
Spiritual Constitution and Rule of
Divine Innocence.
Message given to Patricia by Our Lord in 1985:
Patricia. I was thinking about the Rules
and Constitution for the Children of Divine Innocence and thought that they
should be very simple. I asked the
Infant Jesus.
Patricia. Little King, what are the Rules
of this Community?
Infant
Jesus.
The first Rule is Love, the last Rule is Love and all the Rules in
between are Love.
Patricia. What is the Constitution, Little
King?
Infant
Jesus.
Your Constitution is My Constitution.
Infant Jesus. What is the
Constitution of My Childhood? (Our Lord
spoke about the physical and spiritual constitution of His Childhood.) The Constitution of a healthy, holy, little
child, strong and joyful and full of happiness, who quickly recovers after a
fall; naturally loving and kind; full of warmth and innocence; trusting and
good; forgets wrongs quickly; affectionate and peaceable; bears the wounds inflicted
by others with love and resignation.
Infant
Jesus.
A Child of Divine Innocence:
- trusts and is trusted;
- loves its Heavenly Mother and its Mother the Church;
- is docile and obedient and shows loving fidelity to the Holy Father;
- is confident under the care of its Heavenly Mother and the guardianship
of
- would never do anything that would grieve or shame the Holy Family;
- A Child of Divine Innocence:-
- knows the faith of the One, Holy, Catholic and
- keeps the commandments;
- loves silence, because it is in that silence that one hears the voice
of God;
- loves the Song of Love and strives to sing it to perfection.
Infant
Jesus.
This is your Rule and Constitution; you follow the house rules of the
Holy Family in