As we go forth under the banner of the Holy Family, we must have but one heart and one soul, and we must work together to extend the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
Pierre Bienvenu Noailles
On 8 February 1861 - 2012
As we go forth under the banner of the Holy Family, we must have but one heart and one soul, and we must work together to extend the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
But since we are dispersed in different countries, how can we be united? We are occupied in different activities, so how can we work together?
We will be united by praying for one another! No matter how far apart we are, we can meet in the Heart of Jesus. We shall work together and share in each of the projects of the Society by praying for their success and their extension. Through prayer the most isolated Associate, who seems to have no part in the work of the Holy Family, shares in all the good that the others do, and contributes to it more efficaciously perhaps than she would do by her works. When a priest of the Holy Family preaches, when a Lady of Charity visits the poor or the imprisoned, when the spouse of Jesus Christ teaches young people and consoles the afflicted, do not the prayers of the other members draw down on them the graces required to make their zeal bear fruit?
Conference, September 1839
Spiritual Guide - No: 70
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There is nothing now that can check your course. Go forward, increase in numbers and virtues, and may your hands scatter on all sides the divine seed of good works and good example. (…) These are my most ardent desires. At the end of my career, when the weight of years and the infirmities (…) that I shall soon be leaving you, what else could I desire on this earth (…) therefore you should become more fervent every day, that you should feel more and more keenly how sweet it is to love and serve our Divine Master, that you should make this known to a vast number of souls, and that throughout your life and at the hour of your death, you should enjoy all the consolations and all the merits which I earnestly beseech Our Lord to deign to attach to this last paternal blessing: My beloved Daughters, dear Associates of the Holy Family, may Jesus, Mary and Joseph be always with you!
Preface form the 1851