CHAPTER 6 – MINISTRY AND APOSTOLIC SERVICE “The important thing is to do charity, not to talk about charity. We must understand the work with very poor people as God’s chosen mission.” -St. Dulce of the Poor The basis of the apostolic work of the members of the Coworkers of…
Category: Common Rule
CHAPTER 5 – FORMATION AND STUDY
CHAPTER 5 – FORMATION AND STUDY “Apply thyself to sacred studies, and fix thy thoughts on the blessings that are of God. Leave temporal things behind, and make for the eternal”. -St. Anselm “Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not…
CHAPTER 4 – PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION
CHAPTER 4 – PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION “However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good…
CHAPTER 3 – THEY DEVOTED THEMSELVES
CHAPTER 3 – THEY DEVOTED THEMSELVES “Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.” -Thomas à Kempis “Your daily occupation should be threefold, namely, prayer, manual labor, and divine reading.” -St. Columba Our lives revolve around a…
CHAPTER 2 – BEHOLD THEY ARE ONE PEOPLE
CHAPTER 2 – BEHOLD THEY ARE ONE PEOPLE “First offer them the milk of simpler teaching, as the Apostle recommends, so that gradually, as they grow strong on the food of God’s Word, they are capable of receiving more elaborate instructions and of carrying out the higher commandment of God.”…
CHAPTER 1 – LOVE ONE ANOTHER
CHAPTER 1 – LOVE ONE ANOTHER “And what is a merciful heart? It is the heart’s burning for the sake of the entire creation, for men, for birds, for animals, for demons, and for every created thing; and by the recollection and sight of them the eyes of a merciful…
INTRODUCTION
THE COMMON RULE: THE RULE, COVENANTS, & GENERAL STATUTESOF THE SACRAMENTAL COMMUNITY OF THE COWORKERS OF CHRIST Adopted at the 2nd General Gathering May 4th 2006 Meeting in Ozark Missouri, updated by the General Gathering in 2007, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025 and approved in 2025 by the 20th…
OUR SCRIPTURAL MANDATE
OUR SCRIPTURAL MANDATE The Beatitudes According to the Gospel of St. Matthew 5:3-12 (NRSV) Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are those who mourn,for they will be comforted.Blessed are the meek,for they will inherit the earth.Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for…
THE LITANY OF PEACE
THE LITANY OF PEACE Lord, Heavenly Father help us to become peacemakers, that we may be called, “The Children of God.” Lord, hear our prayer, and grant us Thy peace. Lord, Heavenly Father, help us purge ourselves of those attributes which make not for peace but which set the stage…
THE PRAYER OF THE COWORKER OF CHRIST
THE PRAYER OF THE COWORKER OF CHRIST O God:Give me strength to live another day;Let me not turn coward before its difficulties or prove recreant to its duties;Let me not lose faith in other people;Keep me sweet and sound of heart, in spite of ingratitude, treachery, or meanness;Preserve me from…