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Vol. 7  2004

 

Fransalian International

 

 

 

 

 

Fr. General Exhorts ...

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

We are at a moment of history of our Congregation when we are seriously faced with the challenge of being rooted and going beyond to tap the real power and strength of personnel for the mission of the Church. 1200 professed committed members, each one radiating the Salesian vision, is a tremendous blessing for the Church. We have to refuse to believe that material things and all that we possess define us. We are to affirm that “we are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, but we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son.” (John Paul II) Our attachment to the Congregation imposes on us a personal responsibility to develop our potential stored in us by God waiting the touch of disciplined, studied and nurtured care and make it available for Mission. God’s grace is always there for us waiting to enable us. We have to go on flapping the tiny, frail wings of our wills just like the mythical bird apode referred to by St. Francis de Sales and allow the grace of God to lift us up into the sky and make us fly to new horizons of life. Let us be what we are called to be and be at its best. Through our vocation God has called us and it is His plan that we be truly missionaries with the heart of His Son Jesus like another St. Francis de Sales and Fr. Mermier.

 

(from the letter of Superior General Rev. Fr. Agnelo Fernandes dated 6th August 2004)

 

               

Fransalian International,  Vol. 7 (2004)

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