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The Community of the Lamb was born from this Word : "Through his flesh... In his person, Christ has put hatred to death" (1) This Word takes on flesh in the proposal :"Wounded, you will never stop loving", a counsel which we want to live in the humble reality of everyday life.
This is the cruciblein which the Holy Spirit purifies us, converts us and fashions us so that we may become pilgrims, "messengers", the praying poor and mendicants, messengers of the Gospel of Peace, of that love which is stronger than hatred and even death itself.
I - This experience and this contemplation of the Mystery of the Lamb finds its origin in the Eucharist which is the heart of our life, in the Liturgy of the Hours and in liturgical feasts devoutly celebrated at the heart of the Church, whose solemnity is prolonged in Eucharistic adoration.
The Little Brothers allow the Lord to recreate them by his Word. With the Blessed Virgin Mary, they keep the Word of the Lord in their hearts at all times – “at home as well as on the road”. This word animates their lives. It is their soul.
They dedicate much time to personal prayer and study. They regularly withdraw into the “desert” in order to listen, along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, to the Lord speaking in their hearts.
II -The Little Brothers are uniquely united to the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. By the grace of baptism, prayer, and the self-offering of their consecrated life, they, along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, are Missionaries of the Holy Face.
Following Jesus poor and crucified and in the footsteps of Saint Dominic and Saint Francis, incessantly praying the Name of Jesus, and seeking out after the lost sheep who have wandered furthest away, they go from door to door begging their daily bread.
Witnesses of God’s mendicant love.
Witnesses of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At home or on the road, night and day, according to the measure of grace which each has received, they share the lot of those who around the world are treated like the newborn Babe of Bethlehem and the crucified Christ of Golgotha... “a man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity, one of those from whom men hide their faces” (2), the thousand and one faces, neighbors, brothers, sisters and friends who are familiar to us along our way.
The Little Brothers announce the Gospel to the poor, so that all, the rich and the poor alike, may be evangelized. Such is the way of the kenosis, that is, the self-emptying, which Jesus has shown us for the proclamation of the Gospel to all men of good will.
Faithful to their own history, the Little Brothers show particular preference for youth and mostespecially for university students in their proclamation of the Gospel. The Little Brothers deeply desire to maintain this bridge between these two worlds which ignore one another.
Thus, the Little Brothers of the Lamb make the “Offering of Resurrection" (3) for each man and woman, indeed for their enemy as well :
Wounded, you will never stop loving.
(1) Ephesians 2, 13- 19 - (2) Isaiah 53, 3 - (3) Romanus the Melod
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