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It argues that consecration to God makes one a living stone and a constant act of worship, transforming daily labors, studies, and even ordinary tasks into acts of religion. 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CONFERENCEFr.Philotheus Boehner,O.F.M.  \nARTIST OF DIVINITY38Sister Maura,O.S.F.  \nPROCESSIONAL…………  \n45  \nSr.Mary Francis,P.C.  \nTHE IMITATION OF CHRIST46Fr.Mel Brady,O.F.M.Fr.Kieran Quinn,O.F.M.(TransZ.)  \nTHE DAY AFTER…  …52Fr.Thomas Plassmann,O.F.M.  \nQUERIES AND ANSWERS61FRANCISCAN BOOKS.63  \n+  +  +  \nThe CORD,a monthly magazine specifically devoted to Franciscan Spirituality.is published under the sponsorship of the Franciscan Educational Conference by TheFranciscan Institute,St.Bonaventure University,St.Bonaventure P.O.,New York.Editor:Philotheus Boehner,O.F.M.,Assistant Editor:Sr.Frances,S.M.I.C.Editorial Board:Ignatius Brady,O.F.M.,Columban Duffy,O.F.M..Thomas Plass-mann,O.F.M.,Allan Wolter,O.F.M.Annual subscription,$2.00.Entered as secondclass matter on November 25,1950,at St.Bonaventure P.O.,New York,under,Act of March 3,1879.All communications,whether of a business or a literary nature,should be addressed to The CORD,St.Bonaventure University,St.Bonaventure P.O..New York.Cum permissu superiorum.  \nTHE MONTHLY CONFERENCETHE SPIRIT OF THE RELIGIOUS VOCATION  \nTo be true religious,we must become living stones in the spirit-ual edifice of our Order.Only as such can we become fully integra-ted into the Order and partake of its life.But living stones are notpassively set in place;they strive to place themselves,to integratethemselves into the organic structure of the Order which has beenbuilt as a holy temple of God.Therefore it cannot be said that wepartake of the life of the Order if we simply let it surround us;wemust actively live it by absorbing it into our heart and mind,foronly then can we hope to become living stones-which in fact is whatour vocation demands of us.Naturally,this presupposes that we areconscious of the spirit that animates our Order.But before we takeup this question,there is another and more basic point that wemust pause to consider-a point that is really a matter of spirituallife or death for us:What is the meaning of the religious vocation?We do not mean the spirit of our Order,but rather of the religiouslife in general.The answer to this question is clearly given in theGospel.The religious vocation is the call to follow Christ in totalsurrender to God,by separating ourselves from the world,and bycarrying our cross daily with Christ.  \n# 1.The Spirit of Consecration\n\nThe spirit of consecration to God is basic for the religious voca-tion.When we pronounce our vows we give ourselves completelyto God,not only by an act of worship,not only by a devout promise,but by the sacrificial act of vowing.In virtue of our consecration weare removed from the profane sphere and made holy to the Lord-even to the extent that an injury done to us becomes a profanationand a sacrilege.More than all other creatures of God,more thanall other Christians and in a higher sense than these-we are markedwith the divine seal as the property of the Great King.Throughthis consecration we become a constant act of worship,a livingprayer,an unceasing immolation.  \nNow,if this spirit of consecration is alive in us and if it per-meates all our activities,we should have no worry about purity of  \nA  \nintention.Yet we hear so much prattle about the split between re-ligious life and the labors that burden religious-as if those laborswere not imposed in virtue of that very life itself.Our consecrationmakes all our labors holy;whatever we do becomes an act of religion,an act of worship,a truly sacrificial act.If we are assigned to study,for instance (and study is the most common cause of tension amongreligious),will our studying be the same as that of the secular stu-dent?Not at all;for we are consecrated to the Lord,and in virtue ofthis consecration our studying is an act of worship.For the religiouswho lives his consecration,to study is to pray.If we are truly whatwe should be,how c","cbCaije4rlqq1cZz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaije4rlqq1cZz","pdf",3769566,36,"English","# THE MONTHLY CONFERENCE\n## THE SPIRIT 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