Our Early Brothers

Our first brothers, young, eager men, had the advantage of  the living presence of St. Marcellin to inspire them and set the tone for the development of thier spiritual lives.  We read in Water From the Rock, one of of our hallmark publications, "Even more deeply the discovered the presence of God in their midst, and learned to rely upon Providence.  Togehter they developed a thirst for Jesus and for following him in Mary's way.  They developed a love of Mary as a sure way of centering their hearts on Jesus.  They competed with each other to help someone in need." These few sentence provoide a desription of what our own spirituality might become: one based on the Presence of  God (in our own hearts and in the hearts of others), total surrender of self to God, a thirst for Jesus along with a love of Mary whose role is to lead us to him, and finally, a passion to serve those in need.  Saturdays, especially First Saturdays, are dedicated to Mary, so this would be a good day to reflect on how we are measuring up to these simple standards, to make an effort to live them more fully in the future, and to ask the interession of Mary, St. Marcellin and the early brothers, now with them in heaven, to help us do so.
Bro. Rene