Virtues of the B.V.M., he accepted it. In thanksgiving for the papal approval for his Order, he sang Te Deum. A couple of months later, he made his solemn vows on this Rule and shortly after accepted the vows from the members of his Order (1701) also made on this Rule. From that time up until 1910, The Rule of the Ten Virtues comprised the constitution of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. The Rule’s guiding idea is the imitation of the Mother of God in her virtues of purity, prudence, humility, faith, devotion, obedience, poverty, patience, mercy, and sorrow or compassion with Christ in His Passion. Today, the Rule is more than just a historic documentation of specific spirituality. Essentially, the Rule’s concise contents still remain timely in the same way that it is and always will be wise to imitate Mary and her virtues. More importantly, the Rule retains its evangelical radicalism. What is more: the 2007 beatification of the Founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers and the return to the sources of the Marian spirituality that it brought about caused The Rule of the Ten Virtues to give greater inspiration to the Marians and the lay faithful. It becomes a model way of loving God and neighbor. 10
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