Recollection

Pausing to renew our intention of serving Him

As members of a community whose contemplative spirit strives to direct, fuel, and imbue our active apostolates with the fragrance of union with our Crucified Spouse, we are constantly called to nurture that union. As our life does not lend itself to leisurely hours of prayer above and beyond those periods of prayer that form the heart of our life: the Office, meditation, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, we must increase our thirst for Him by deliberately cultivating a spirit of recollection and purity of intention in the midst of our labors of love. 

By directing at their beginning all our actions to His glory, pausing though engrossed in duties whenever our mind recalls His Presence to renew this intention, and with confidence and gratitude returning to His care all our manifold duties at the end of the day, we strive to work for Him alone and to keep ourselves constantly disposed to His action in our actions. Any brief suspension of daily duty is eagerly seized as an opportunity for a few moments colloquy with Him Who Is our First Duty, trusting  that he will give us the grace to make up by fervor for the brevity of the moments we can give our attention fully to Him. It is these moments of recollection flowing from the hours of communal and liturgical prayer that makes the action to which He calls us fruitful, a source of sanctification to ourselves and to others.

 All for Jesus, all through Mary, all in imitation of good St. Joseph!

The "Chancery Crew" making a midday visit