“St. Joseph Allamano understood that the strength of the Mission is not only in individual zeal, but above all in communion. He said clearly: ‘The Institute is a family; you should live as true brothers. You are all brothers and sisters, and you must prepare to live together and then work together for life. We should have esprit de corps to the point of giving our lives for each other’”(This I want you to be, chap. 7, 134)
“The family spirit is a gift and a task: it is born of the Holy Spirit, but it grows in the daily commitment to welcome, share and walk together. When we live together, our diversity becomes richness and mission becomes communion”.
These words introduce the tenth reflection on the journey of preparation for the Centenary of the birth into heaven of Saint Giuseppe Allamano (16 February 2026).
“When we live in this spirit, we cease to be just individuals united by an ideal and become a true missionary family, united by the Spirit and by the Consolata, Mother and model of communion”.
See below the full text of the the tenth meditation for the month of December.
Access all the reflections, in different languages, at: giuseppeallamano.consolata.org
