“Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and if you do not doubt in your heart,

but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you.” (Mk. 11:23) faith

M. Thecla could do everything through the power of God. She was not afraid of obstacles, weakness or hard work. She was carried along by the power of God.

Power of God

“Divine Master, use this wretched instrument to do a little good to these souls. I want to be docile. May you be the one who thinks, loves, speaks… you, not me.”instrument

“Always more faith, even when it is dark. Let me not pretend to see, to think, to believe on my own: Lord increase my faith.”believe

“By myself I can do nothing,

but with God I can do

all things.”al

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“The Lord loves me. He arranges everything for my good: even the things I don’t like are always for my good. The Lord thinks of me continually;

he wants to help and can help me. He has promised this and he will keep that promise.”

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“God is our Father and if we seek him alone he will send us the food and clothing we need each day…. We will be nourished by the immaculate flesh of the Savior and

his Gospel.”

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“We see that we are very weak, ignorant, incapable and inadequate in every way…. You, instead, are the Way, the Truth and the Life.”

She moved ahead in a journey of faith continually purified.m

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pact

pact

Jesus Master, accept the pact that

we present to you through the hands of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, and of our Father, St. Paul. We must correspond to your sublime will, arrive at the degree of perfection and heavenly glory to which you have destined us, and perform the apostolate of social communication in a holy manner. But we see that we are very weak, ignorant, incapable and inadequate in every way: in spirit, in knowledge, in the apostolate and in poverty.

“Every good things comes from God. Everything is his.

Let us have complete confidence in him.”

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“I am nothing; God is everything.” “To reach the point of fully understanding my nothingness”.

everything

pactYou instead are the Way and the Truth and the Life, the Resurrection, our one and supreme Good. We trust in you alone who said: “Whatever you ask the Father in my name, you will receive it.”

“May everyone’s sole concern be this: to become a holy Pauline. In everything we do, let us always keep in mind: I have to become holy. I want to become holy. I want to become a Pauline saint.”

holy

pact

For our part, we promise and commit ourselves to seeking wholeheartedly in all things, in life and in the apostolate, only and always, your glory and peace to all peoples. We trust that on your part, you will give us a good spirit, grace, knowledge, and the means for doing good.

“…We must raise ourselves from the earth, seek to do good to souls and to become good ourselves, and not worry about anything else.”

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According to your immense goodness and the needs of our special vocation, multiply the fruits of our spiritual work, of our study, of our apostolate, and of our poverty. We do not doubt you, but we fear our inconstancy and weakness.pa

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“Remember that our Congregation was founded on faith.”

faith

Good Master, through the intercession of Mary, our Mother, extend to us the mercy you used with the Apostle Paul so that, faithful in imitating our Father here on earth, we may be his companions in the glory of heaven.pa

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“At night, may every breath I take while asleep

be an act of continual communion with you, my God. With every breath I take,

I want to say: Jesus is with us and

we are with Jesus.”

communion

“Let us believe that everything is arranged by our good heavenly Father…Does my heart rest serenely in the Lord, in the heart of God, who is continually thinking about me?”

rest

Let us ask ourselves:

What do I seek?

Prima Maestra always sought the glory of God, the salvation of souls and holiness.

“Does my heart rest serenely in the Lord, in the heart of God, who is continually thinking about me?”

As a Pauline, do I truly live my personal and community life in the spirit of the Pact?

Jesus Master, accept

my pact…

Jesus Master, accept

our pact…