75 on the reception and administration of the sacraments as many fervent and devout members, lovers of the Immaculate Virgin, and helpers of the dead as possible. Let him administer this Confraternity prudently, so that he may obtain great profit for souls. To this end, he will especially exhort and incite those who become members of this Confraternity by inspiring them to the frequent and salutary use of the Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist, as well as to works of charity and the abandonment of vices. 9. The same Superior [General] will take care to have other officials throughout the whole Congregation — Procurators, Economes, Zealots32 — who will try to fulfill their duties most diligently from a love of God, for the merit of obedience, so that they may one day receive an assured reward for their love and their labors from our Lord Jesus Christ. CHAPTER EIGHT On the Reception and Administration of the Sacraments 1. Both clerics and brother-helpers will receive Holy Communion with the utmost reverence on each Sunday and on feasts, and as frequently as the Superior wishes (the domestic family will receive once a month). It should be preceded by sacramental confession and some prayerful recollection. In the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament — which we wish to be done very seldom — the greatest care both in decoration and lighting should be observed. At least one member should be engaged in continual prayer. 2. The priests, as far as they are allowed to do so, will offer the Sacrifice of the Mass each day for the sacristy intention, not being forgetful of the dead who lack assistance. They should be 32 The task of the “Zealot” was to “proclaim” or denounce the faults of others in the Chapter of the Faults (cf. Ph. Schmitz, Chapitre des Coulpes, in Diet. Theol. Cath. II/l, col. 485). It is surprising that Fr. Stanislaus does not mention “Zealot” in the paragraph dedicated to the Chapter of the Faults (see below, p. 78).
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