Society of Mariavite Oblates
The Society of Mariavite Oblates (S.M.O.) is a society of Clergy, Brothers and Sisters bound together by an oblation of themselves to Our Eucharistic Lord and his Holy Mother, renewed annually, and observance of a common rule.
The habit for priests and brothers consists of a grey cassock or habit with an embroidered monstrance, and for sisters a grey habit with embroidered monstrance and white veil.
All members write a personal Customary, approved by the Guardian of the Society, which includes regular Mass attendance, Eucharstic Adoration and Rosary, as well as some form of apostolic service.
The habit for priests and brothers consists of a grey cassock or habit with an embroidered monstrance, and for sisters a grey habit with embroidered monstrance and white veil.
All members write a personal Customary, approved by the Guardian of the Society, which includes regular Mass attendance, Eucharstic Adoration and Rosary, as well as some form of apostolic service.
Br José Maria+, Br +Franciscus Maria Michel & Br Michel
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Br Bishop Franciscus Maria Michael S.M.O.
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Rule of the Society
Eucharistic Adoration at St Gall's Retreat, Switzerland
Adoration
By the grace of God you have been called to a life in which everything is inspired by the sacrament of the Eucharist.
You must grow in daily knowledge of this mystery, and in a greater love for the Lord who gives Himself in it.
The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is the centre of your life. and the highest expression and the strongest support of your life
The celebration of the Eucharist would be nothing but a romantic or aesthetic sensation
should you forget that the heart of it is the self-giving of Jesus. Unite yourself with the Lord, then, in a fruitful and acceptable offering for the life of the world.
Each day you are nourished at the Lord's table and filled with His riches.
So be ready to break the bread of your life for the poor and hungry everywhere in the world.
Keep nothing for yourself but share with the others all you have received from God's tenderness.
In the bread of the Eucharist and the cup of blessing Christ's presence is revealed at its most intense.
Let your life be permeated with a tremendous reverence towards this mystery of faith.
Your adoration needs no justification more than your love and wonder for the infinite, delicate grandeur of God,
the unfathomable depths of Christ's gift.
Let His praise not depart from your lips.
To Christ the Lord who dwells ever present in His gifts you can bring your life's adoration.
Your whole life must be worship in spirit and truth,
your whole existence a celebration and adoration of the presence of God.
Your life is to be poured out in prayer and adoration before the Eucharist, and there it will be inspired afresh.
Life drawn from the Eucharist makes all kinds of demands on you
to proclaim the meaning and greatness of this mystery.
By the grace of God you have been called to a life in which everything is inspired by the sacrament of the Eucharist.
You must grow in daily knowledge of this mystery, and in a greater love for the Lord who gives Himself in it.
The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is the centre of your life. and the highest expression and the strongest support of your life
The celebration of the Eucharist would be nothing but a romantic or aesthetic sensation
should you forget that the heart of it is the self-giving of Jesus. Unite yourself with the Lord, then, in a fruitful and acceptable offering for the life of the world.
Each day you are nourished at the Lord's table and filled with His riches.
So be ready to break the bread of your life for the poor and hungry everywhere in the world.
Keep nothing for yourself but share with the others all you have received from God's tenderness.
In the bread of the Eucharist and the cup of blessing Christ's presence is revealed at its most intense.
Let your life be permeated with a tremendous reverence towards this mystery of faith.
Your adoration needs no justification more than your love and wonder for the infinite, delicate grandeur of God,
the unfathomable depths of Christ's gift.
Let His praise not depart from your lips.
To Christ the Lord who dwells ever present in His gifts you can bring your life's adoration.
Your whole life must be worship in spirit and truth,
your whole existence a celebration and adoration of the presence of God.
Your life is to be poured out in prayer and adoration before the Eucharist, and there it will be inspired afresh.
Life drawn from the Eucharist makes all kinds of demands on you
to proclaim the meaning and greatness of this mystery.
Dedication to Mary
As a Mariavite, you have been called to make known to all people
the Help of Mary.
She will have her own very special place in your life.
You cannot separate her from the Lord who chose her as
His mother and His bride.
She is the selfless space where God became man;
she is the silence in which God's Word can be heard.
She is the free woman, subject to none,
not even to the powers of evil.
She is the image of the Church.
Her self-effacing service will guide you to the Lord.
Her faith and fidelity are a model for your life.
She has trodden all the paths of our human existence;
she has gone through darkness and suffering,
through the abyss of loneliness and pain.
She is the little creature through whom God's grandeur shines out;
she is the poor one filled with divine riches.
She is wholly grace, and grace for you.
Then take your part joyfully in the prophecy of scripture:
'Behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.’
As a Mariavite, you have been called to make known to all people
the Help of Mary.
She will have her own very special place in your life.
You cannot separate her from the Lord who chose her as
His mother and His bride.
She is the selfless space where God became man;
she is the silence in which God's Word can be heard.
She is the free woman, subject to none,
not even to the powers of evil.
She is the image of the Church.
Her self-effacing service will guide you to the Lord.
Her faith and fidelity are a model for your life.
She has trodden all the paths of our human existence;
she has gone through darkness and suffering,
through the abyss of loneliness and pain.
She is the little creature through whom God's grandeur shines out;
she is the poor one filled with divine riches.
She is wholly grace, and grace for you.
Then take your part joyfully in the prophecy of scripture:
'Behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.’
Holy Poverty
Following the example of Our Blessed Father Francis,
live like a poor man and stand by the poor wherever they live and work.
Your first love must go out to the least of men.
Don't tie yourself down to the rich or powerful of the world.
Get rid of the inclination to court the great and influential.
Otherwise you would deform the image of the Church.
Put your trust in God, wait for His mercy and for all that you need.
Above all, take Jesus as your riches,
the pearl for which you will give everything,
your treasure in heaven.
Don't be romantic about this;
take your part in the simple struggle for a living,
but without attaching your heart to what you earn by it.”
Following the example of Our Blessed Father Francis,
live like a poor man and stand by the poor wherever they live and work.
Your first love must go out to the least of men.
Don't tie yourself down to the rich or powerful of the world.
Get rid of the inclination to court the great and influential.
Otherwise you would deform the image of the Church.
Put your trust in God, wait for His mercy and for all that you need.
Above all, take Jesus as your riches,
the pearl for which you will give everything,
your treasure in heaven.
Don't be romantic about this;
take your part in the simple struggle for a living,
but without attaching your heart to what you earn by it.”
Br Jan Maria Michal Kowalski,
First Mariavite Bishop
Apostolic Service
Your first task is to co-operate in the building of a fraternal community.
This is the condition and effect of what we celebrate in the Eucharist.
In your community begins the reality of the new humanity
in which the complex fragmentation of our human existence and society of life is healed and sanctified.
Your community does not exist for itself.
If it is truly evangelical it will guide you and free you to serve the people of God.
God will urge you to go out from the community to give form to His message of reconciliation and unity among men.
Through the suffering and joy of all whom you will encounter
you will let all your daily experience reverberate through your dedication to Our Eucharistic Lord and the Help of Mary. Therefore don't reject the world
and don't cut yourself off from people,
but love them as Jesus, the Redeemer, did.
Your only ambition must be to proclaim in word and deed
Our Lord’s Great Work of Mercy.
You can live as a religious and be a witness to the Lord in every kind of work.
Discover for yourself what seems the most fruitful field for you.
Be enterprising and creative.
Your first task is to co-operate in the building of a fraternal community.
This is the condition and effect of what we celebrate in the Eucharist.
In your community begins the reality of the new humanity
in which the complex fragmentation of our human existence and society of life is healed and sanctified.
Your community does not exist for itself.
If it is truly evangelical it will guide you and free you to serve the people of God.
God will urge you to go out from the community to give form to His message of reconciliation and unity among men.
Through the suffering and joy of all whom you will encounter
you will let all your daily experience reverberate through your dedication to Our Eucharistic Lord and the Help of Mary. Therefore don't reject the world
and don't cut yourself off from people,
but love them as Jesus, the Redeemer, did.
Your only ambition must be to proclaim in word and deed
Our Lord’s Great Work of Mercy.
You can live as a religious and be a witness to the Lord in every kind of work.
Discover for yourself what seems the most fruitful field for you.
Be enterprising and creative.
(The Rule above is excerpted from “Rule for a New Brother” by the community of Blessed Sacrament Fathers (S.S.S.) in the Netherlands.)
The special ministry of the Society of Mariavite Oblates is to actively promote the Confraternity of the Life of Mary among clergy and laity of the Holy Celtic Church International with the Mar Thoma Liberal Catholic Church and those churches in communion with us.
Br Michel, Br +Franciscus Maria Michel & Br José Maria+
