CHAPTER IV DEALINGS WITH HUMAN SOCIETY Natural and Spiritual Love 112The confreres should treat everyone with the same charity by which they are mutually united. They should be mindful that they were called to the Congregation to serve all people more efficiently by prayer and work. They should endeavor to convert the natural love for their relatives, fellow-countrymen, and fatherland into a spiritual love. CM 192; Instr. I, 24-25; J 25 October 1910 Contacts with Family 113They should consider their parents and relatives, whom they have left behind for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven, as entrusted to themselves in the Lord in a special way. They should always remember with gratitude the benefits received from them, visit them according to the customs existing in the Province or the Vicariate, and, in case of necessity, with the permission of the Superiors, they should help them and commend their health and needs to God in prayer. CM 192 Friends, Co-workers, and the Poor 114Let them take care to preserve friendships and to establish a familiar acquaintance with those who, by good works, can be of help to the Church and the Congregation. They should indeed take care to show gratitude to their benefactors as well as their co-workers. To the workers that have been hired, they should not neglect to pay an honest and just wage, treating them in a friendly manner as well as caring for their spiritual good. Moreover, let them strive to preserve peace and goodwill with all and to consider, always and everywhere, the poor and unfortunate as their special concern in the Lord. GS 67; AG 17; CM 192, 565 Common Life 119
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