CHAPTER II MEMBERS CHAPTER III PATRON SAINTS AND SPECIAL DEVOTIONS (DEVOTIONES PECULIARES) Celebrating the Patrons of the Congregation 3The commemorations of the Patrons of the entire Congregation, individual Province, Vicariate, house, or apostolate should be celebrated. In accordance with the Marian Calendar, the titular solemnity of the Congregation, as well as the feasts of our Founder and our Renovator, should be celebrated in a special way. These may be preceded by appropriate novenas or triduums. (C18-19) Remembrance of the Death of the Lord 4Every Friday, at the hour when Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world, died on the Cross for our sins, let the confreres who are not impeded call to mind the memory of the Lord’s agony by making a brief mental recollection and prayer. They are encouraged to make the Way of the Cross or recite the Divine Mercy Chaplet at this time. During the Easter Season, they may make the Way of Light—Via Lucis. (C 20) CM 244 Devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary 5With a particular love, let the confreres practice and spread devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, among other ways by venerating and proclaiming God’s love and mercy; invoking the Holy Spirit that He may make us holy and unblemished before the Face of God; spreading reverence and love for Mary Immaculately Conceived; practicing acts of entrustment (consecration) to Mary Immaculate; celebrating frequently a Mass in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; reciting the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary; praying litanies and novenas to the Blessed Virgin Directory—Part I 184
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