Prayers for the Deceased 85 In their prayers, all should commend to the Divine Mercy both their deceased confreres and all the faithful departed. Moreover, confreres should show solicitude to gain indulgences granted by the Church and, as much as possible, offer them for the souls detained in Purgatory. (D 45-53) CM 416, 418 Prayer of the Superior 86 The Superior is obliged to pray frequently for the confreres who are entrusted to him and to offer one or more Masses for them. (D 54-56) CHAPTER VII PENANCE AND MORTIFICATIONS Necessity of Penance 87 The confreres should wholeheartedly embrace penance as a turning away from the allurements of sin and a turning toward God, lest the old man prevail in them over the new man, “created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” (Eph 4:24). They should be persuaded that the Kingdom of Christ can only be entered by way of metanoia, that is, by that intimate change of the whole man, through which he begins to think, judge, and arrange his life in the light of the sanctity and charity of God, which, in these last days, are manifested in the Son and are fully communicated to us. Heb 1:2; Pæn. I Purpose of Mortification 88Through the constant practice of mortification, they should strive to remove, purify, and subdue whatever is inordinate in human nature in order that nothing immoderate and undisciplined may remain in them so that, having become masters of themselves, they may direct and make use of all their God-given powers for pursuing some suitable good. CM 166 Consecrated Life 111
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