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It explains that the essence of the religious life lies in observing the evangelical counsels expressed through the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Using the imagery of a mystical crucifixion, it links poverty to hands bound to the cross, obedience to feet nailed, and chastity to a disciplined heart. 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A person is religious not primarily because of the rule alone, but because of the vows made.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"How does the text explain poverty in relation to the cross?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"Poverty is described as having one’s hands nailed to the cross. The vow restricts the right to dispose of and give things as one chooses, turning that limitation into a loving sacrifice.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"How are chastity and obedience described as parts of the mystical crucifixion?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"Obedience is pictured as the nailing of one’s feet to the cross, renouncing freedom to move as desired. Chastity is described as piercing the heart with a lance, forming self-discipline and self-control over love and desire.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},448215,1791303883,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":44,"category_name":45,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":140,"language":141,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":142,"faqs":143,"seo_title":144,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":145,"read_time":146},16904993612988,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_a8503ba1806abce46bf441b54a3ca4cd","MARYGROVE coLLEGE LIBRARDETROIT,MICHIG出LEAS反ToANOTDEREMOVECD  \nA FRANCISCAN SPIRITUAL REVIEW  \nCONTENTS  \nOUR MONTHLY CONFERENCEI69Fr.Herman Doerr,O.F.M.  \nSAINT COLETTE OF CORBIE(II)I74Sr.M.Immaculata,P.C.  \nEXPLANATION OF RULE OF THIRD ORDER REGULAR (VII)  18rFr.Allen Wolter,O.F.M.  \nTHE FRANCISCAN BOOK SHELF(III)I87Fr.Irendeus Herscher,O.F.M.  \nEXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCEFr.Philotheus Boehner,O.F.M.  \nTHE CORD,a monthly magazine specifically devoted to FranciscanSpirituality,is published under the sponsorship of the Franciscan EducationalConference by  \nThe Franciscan InstituteSt.Bonaventure UniversitySt.Bonaventure,New York  \nManaging EditorColumban Duffy,O.F.M.Christ the King Seminary  \nEditorAssistant EditorPhilotheus Boehner,O.F.M.St.Frances,S.M.I.C.Franciscan InstitutePaterson,N.J.  \nConsulting Editor  \nDenis Gallagher,O.F.M.Conv.,Albany,N.Y.  \nAnnual subscription,$2.00  \nEntered as second class matter on November 25,I950,at St.Bonaventure,New York,under act of March 3,1879.  \nAll communications,whether of a business ot a literary nature,shouldbe addressed to THE CORD,St.Bonaventure University,St.Bonaventure,New York.  \nCum permissu superiorum.  \n# OUR MONTHLY CONFERENCE\n\nReligious Profession  \nI bear the marks of the Lord Jesus in my body(Gal.6,17).When areligious makes his profession,he promises to observe the particular Rule ofhis Order or Congregation by living in poverty,chastity,and obedience.Thiswording of the formula of profession clearly indicates that the essence of thereligious life is the observance of the evangelical counsels or the three holyvows.A person is a religious,not so much because of the Rule he follows,butrather because of the vows he makes.Hence,it is of the utmost importance toevery religious to have a high regard and a deep love for those sacred promises.Let us,therefore,take the religious vows as the subject of our conference thismonth.While the conference deals with the vows directly,still all that is saidcan be understood with equal right of the three virtues which underlie the vows,namely,the virtues of poverty,chastity,and obedience.Consequently,thosewho have not made religious profession as yet,can look upon the followingthoughts as applying to themselves as well as to the professed members ofthe Community.  \nAt times,spiritual writers compare religious profession to a mysticcrucifixion.The comparison,I think,is apt and suggestive.  \nAccording to this view of religious profession,poverty is the nailing ofour hands fast to the cross.It is with our hands that we conduct our affairsand dispose of things.We speak of giving with a free hand.When we offersomething to another,we do so by stretching forth our hand and saying:\"Hereis something for you;take it.\"We even have a commonly-used slang expression,“hand-out”,to denote a gift.Hence,when the right to dispose of things,togive things away,is taken from us by the vow of poverty,it is really likepinning down our hands on the cross so that they can no longer have,or dowith,things as they please.  \nObedience is the nailing of our feet to the cross.Our feet represent thepower of movement,the ordering of our lives,the going where we will.Thisgoing where we please is of the very essence of liberty and independence.Thatis why,when the State wishes to take away a person's freedom,it locks himup in jail so that he cannot move around as he would like to.When,therefore,we renounce the freedom to come and go as we please by the vow of obedience,we are,for all practical purposes,nailing our feet tightly to the cross.  \n169  \nChastity is the piercing of our heart with a lance.The heart is a universally-accepted symbol of love.We speak of loving with our whole heart.A dearlybeloved friend is frequently referred to as a friend of one's heart”;and alover is called a “sweetheart”.Now,when,by the vow of chastity,we restrainand regulate our heart so that it cannot love merely as it feels like doing,according to fleeting whims;when we temper both the aversions and 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