Way of Life
Community of Love Crucified
The vocation of the Love Crucified Community is to live passionately His love revealed at the Cross. There we receive the gift of His thirst, His gaze, His tears, His radical love which holds nothing back. Now He calls us to respond.
The Lord has given our Community this standard:
“ Suffer all with Me, no longer two but ONE, in my sacrifice of love"
As brothers and sisters we enter into a covenant with Christ and with each other to live fully this love in the heart of the Church, according to our spirituality (The Simple Path to Union with God) and mission.
At first, commitments may seem to be a burden, but the Lord promised: "My yoke is easy and my burden is light." -Matthew 11:30. "Sanctity does not consist first of all in doing extraordinary things, but in letting God act" -Pope Francis. God's grace makes this way of life liberating and joyful through love. It disposes us to receive a new life in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our way of life embraces the following commitments:
1. Lives centered on the Eucharist
2. Marian Consecration
3. Docility to the Holy Spirit
4. Live The Simple Path to Union with God: Our Spiritual Formation Book
5. Victims of Love + Offering life for others; for priest
6. 5 Stones: Humility, Purity, Simplicity, Trust, Courage
7. Repentance and Conversion
8. Community Life
9. Obedience to Mother Church
10. Fidelity to our state in life
I propose to do ever what is most perfect. I propose to seek in all things Jesus and His Cross, in conformity with His holy will. I propose in my actions to pursue the interests of Christ and not my own. ...I will never be disquieted should circumstances prevent me from observing my 'Rule of life.' I will go on tranquilly. I will be flexible in the face of difficulties, humbly... then onward, ever onward! -Extract from her "Rule of life", Ven. Concepción Cabrera de Armida, Aug 21, 1894
1. Lives Centered on the Eucharist
The Eucharist is Christ, our life, the source and summit of all we are and do.
We seek to participate in Holy Mass daily, if possible.
At Holy Mass we unite with Jesus as His victim souls in His sacrifice of love to the Father. We go to die to self and receive new life in Him. We become living hosts. We offer ourselves with Jesus to the Father after the consecration of the Precious Blood with this prayer.
We commit to a minimum of once a week of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament to listen, adore, praise, intercede, give thanks, and accompany and CONSOLE Jesus and Mary in their suffering for souls.
For their work, prayers and apostolic endeavours, their ordinary married and family life, their daily labour, their mental and physical relaxation, if carried out in the Spirit, and even the hardships of life if patiently borne-all of these become spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (cf. 1 Pt 2:5). During the celebration of the Eucharist these sacrifices are most lovingly offered to the Father along with the Lord’s body. Thus as worshipers whose every deed is holy, the lay faithful consecrate the world itself to God. John Paul II
See teaching Fr Jordi Rivero>>
2. Marian Consecration
To come to the most perfect intimate union of love with Christ—victim united to Victim— we need to consecrate ourselves to Mary, Mother and Bride, with the understanding and abandonment that she will bring us to the foot of the Cross. We commit to be forever "Totus Tuus" (All yours).
See “Importance of Consecration” letter from Lourdes Pinto to community>>
33 Days to Morning Glory -Preparation to Marian Consecration. by Fr Michael E. Gaitley, MIC; Marian Press.
Renew our consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Daily Recitation of the Rosary
3. Docility to the Holy Spirit
We live in the Spirit attentive to God and submitting to Him everything we do. We ask of Him in every situation, “Lord what do you want of me?” We trust in the Holy Spirit and invoke Him constantly.
See “Importance of Consecration” letter from Lourdes Pinto to community>>
“Yet there is no greater freedom than that of allowing oneself to be guided by the Holy Spirit, renouncing the attempt to plan and control everything to the last detail, and instead, letting him enlighten, guide and direct us, leading us wherever he wills.” Pope Francis p. 13
We welcome the Holy Spirit as our teacher and guide through living the Simple Path. It is He who leads us through the passage -- from the feet of Jesus crucified to receive the gift of self-knowledge, into the Sacred Heart of Jesus and brings us into the unity of the Most Holy Trinity.
“God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us” (Rom 5:5). Nevertheless, it is not enough to know the Spirit; we must welcome Him as the guide of our souls, as the “Teacher of the interior life” who introduces us to the Mystery of the Trinity, because He alone can open us up to faith and allow us to live it each day to the full.” Pope Benedict XVI, XXXIII World Youth Day, 2008
4. Live The Simple Path to Union with God: Our Spiritual Formation Book
Each Mother of the Cross (MOC) and Missionary of the Cross (MC) must be willing to allow The PATH to lead them through the painful purification and healing of their hearts into the depth of self- knowledge. Each person must persevere to:
Follow Christ daily to the Cross,
To die to self—to what we have become that we are not,
To make ourselves vulnerable and stripped of our masks and false identity
And suffer ALL with Christ, in order to be transformed into Love.
5. Victims of Love
Our life is an offering of love. Our crosses, including the injustices we suffer, as well as the daily duties, are powerful when done with great love and united with Christ. God waits for the FIAT that signals our total surrender. We don’t just offer something; we offer ourselves without reserve, our entire being, our will, our heart, our body and soul, one with Him. This is to be with Christ victims of love.
It is a victim soul's 'yes' that 'stirs into flame' the power of the Holy Spirit so that the Holy Spirit can lead a docile and willing soul to die with Me. It is this voluntary death that brings the soul to new life…I continue to thirst for love, but it is only the love of My victim souls that satisfies My thirst… Therefore, bring Me many victim souls. 2/1/11 Simple Path #124 p.331
See “Victim of Love” by Fr Jordi Rivero>>
6. 5 Stones: Humility, Purity, Simplicity, Trust and Courage
The MOC and MC must be committed to growing in these five virtues as we persevere in living the Simple Path and taking to heart the teachings of this community.
Virtues Needed as Warriors of Love
My little one, the time draws near. You hold the sword of the Spirit in the mission given to you. My family of LC are My warriors of love that will defeat the dragon in the decisive battle that draws near. Be ready to approach this evil in the same way that David approached Goliath. You will conquer the dragon in your littleness and purity because it is.
God who is with you. You must not fear and believe with the innocence and zeal of David… You each must also approach the battle with five stones.
1. First, the stone of humility, possessing the perfect knowledge of your nothingness and of My power and majesty.
2. Second, the stone of purity, purity of mind, heart, intention, word, desire…
3. Third, simplicity, detached from all, most especially from your ego.
4. Fourth, trust perfectly abandoned to My will.
5. Fifth, courage, courage rooted in love of Me to be perfectly obedient to My commands.
These stones are your weapons for battle, for the dragon will not be defeated according to the standards of the world but in the Light of Love… 1/18/12 Simple Path #148 p. 436
7. Repentance and Conversion
As Love Crucified, we are committed to go daily to the Cross to kiss the feet of Jesus crucified and beg the Spirit for the gift of self-knowledge, so that we can come in truth to know our sins, wounds and disordered tendencies. It is then, through this self-awareness, that we receive the gift of repentance.
Repentance is the gift of God that serves to pry open the hardened human heart so that My seeds of conversion can grow. Repentance is the Sword of the Spirit that opens the darkness within the human heart to be filled with God’s Light of truth, and the truth sets you free.
To live in repentance is to live clothed in the knowledge of who you are, which is misery, and the knowledge of who I Am, which is Love and Mercy.
To live in repentance is to live in the freedom of living in the embrace of Abba, Our Father.
Tell My souls to seek true repentance at the foot of My Cross and the power of My Love Crucified will set them free to live in My peace and the joy of My promise. 2/18/18
The soul that lives wrapped in the gift of knowledge grows in true humility and is then able to advance in My path on the wings of the Holy Spirit… It is here, at My feet, that you must persevere… 12/12/11 Simple Path #10 p.40. see full message >>
Confession: We are encouraged to go regularly to confession. There is no better way to make progress on our spiritual journey than by returning in humble repentance and love to God’s infinite mercy.
Mothers of the Cross (MOC):
Women of the Love Crucified Community
Identity and Vocation
IDENTITY: One with Our Mother of Sorrows
Mothers of the Cross are Catholic lay women of all ages and walks of life, who have a passionate love for Christ crucified and give their fiat to be His victims of love. Through Mary, our Mother of the Cross, we are one body, one blood, one sacrifice, one suffering in Jesus Christ, for love of Him and the salvation of souls.
The Mothers of the Cross unite their fiat to My Mother of the Cross as victim intercessors… Their ordinary lives lived in simplicity, humility, interior silence and prayer are a sweet fragrance that reaches the heart of My Father. The prayers, sacrifices, sufferings and tears of mothers, united to the Cross through Mary, is a hidden force that will sanctify, purify and aid in the salvation of many souls!
—Simple Path p.372.
We are called to imitate our Mother of Sorrows through her:
Gaze of love – her tenderness
I need each of you to bring My tenderness in mercy to the world. It is love manifested through the tenderness of God that has the power to touch the hardened hearts of many souls. My little ones, learn from Mary, the Mother of God and your Mother. Her tenderness is manifested in Her silence as the love and mercy of God radiates from her gaze. 🔗See full text
Solitude – silence
Silence allows you to embrace fully the sorrows of your heart…through the arms of silence, live embracing your sorrows. In this way, you are embracing My crucified Body and soothing My wounds. This is the life of love. This is the life of a Mother of the Cross, for it is the life of My Mother. —Simple Path #102 p.285. 🔗See full text
Martyrdom of the heart (interior crucifixion) – suffered in peace and perfect joy
Embrace all the sorrows I place in your heart with perfect peace, trust, patience and love. Exteriorly reveal your gentle smile and... the PERFECT JOY in knowing you have been chosen by God to aid in the salvation of many and you have responded… the PERFECT JOY of possessing the gift of the Cross, the PERFECT JOY of knowing more intimately LOVE and becoming ONE with LOVE… the PERFECT JOY of knowing Mary and living with her as ONE HEART in My LOVE CRUCIFIED. —6/28/11, Simple Path #121 p.322. 🔗See full text
VOCATION: Living Out the Mission
Be Victims of Love
The MOC are called to participate intimately with Jesus in His suffering for souls as one with the Mother of Sorrows. In Mary, we are women “in love,” desiring to wipe His precious face with the tears of our suffering and the cloth of our very lives. We are women embracing Jesus as the Pieta, removing every thorn in His precious head and allowing each thorn to penetrate our hearts, thus bringing our Beloved consolation.
Our lives will be blessed, broken and given through the Holy Spirit (as the priest does with the host at consecration), thus becoming “living Hosts” for the consolation of our Lord, the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls.
See the Heart (Immaculate Heart of Mary) that has loved Me and her tears shed for love of Me and you (humanity). This Heart (Mary's) being revealed to you is the Heart of a victim soul. Receive each thorn I present to you as a gift more precious than jewels, as My Mother has done. Cry tears of love (tears of blood) for Zion… My Bride (Church) is being cleansed through the justice of God, My Precious Blood and the Tears of My Mother as ONE with the tears of all My victims of love. —10/20/11, Simple Path #76 p.223. 🔗See full text
I desire for you to be My companion in this time of great suffering; to remain with Me as My spouse of My most precious Blood; to collect My tears shed for all of humanity. You have been chosen to be ONE with Me, My consolation, during these end times. This is your identity as a Mother of the Cross. —2/18/13, Simple Path p.236. 🔗See full text
Spousal Union
The MOC live the spousal union of love by allowing the sorrows of our feminine maternal hearts to draw us, like Mary, into the sorrows of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and become His companions of love obtaining graces for countless souls. The prayers, sacrifices, suffering, and tears of mothers in their everyday ordinary life, united to the Cross through Mary, becomes the Hidden Force that will sanctify, purify and aid in the salvation of many souls.
I thirst for you to quench My thirst with your kiss of love, your kiss of gratitude, your kiss of purity, your kiss of sorrow, your kiss of desire to be ONE with Me, suffering in love with Me. 3/11/12.
Be My spouse. A bride follows her spouse wherever He goes. Will you follow Me to My Cross where our love will be consummated in the power of God? Suffer all with Me, your Spouse, through the embrace of the silence of the Holy Spirit. This is most pleasing to Me. Trust, for there isn't a suffering I permit that will not bring you into the union of love I desire. 7/9/12. See full text 🔗
Spiritual Mothers
Through the hidden ordinary life, the Mothers of the Cross live the martyrdom of the heart as spiritual mothers for priests to aid in the renewal of the priesthood and to bring life to the Missionaries of the Cross of the Love Crucified Community.
It is the hidden force of the Mothers of the Cross that will help to bring to life the dead bones of My sons (priests). 8/10/11 Simple Path p.388
Mary: We will use your hidden lives, lived in Jesus crucified, to aid in the renewal of the Church, the sanctification of priests, and the salvation of many souls. You will be the hidden force that raises up my army of holy priests. These are the priests who will usher in the reign of my Immaculate Heart, a new Pentecost for the Church… —6/13/09, Simple Path #142 p386. 🔗See full text 🔗See more messages
🔗See document on spiritual motherhood from Congregation for the Clergy 2007
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Holy Warriors
The MOC are women of great zeal and courage as God’s warriors of love fighting Satan as one with Mary and freeing many souls from his deception:
My daughters, you are My warriors of love fighting the Beast and you will slay him…You possess the power of God to free many from Satan's deception and bring them to life in Me. Rescue many souls in the net of Satan's deception through your participation in My crucified love. The Cross IS the power of God to defeat Satan and bring all to new life. Unite as ONE to My Cross and believe in the power of your hidden sorrows of heart to free the world from Satan's grasp. Be My warrior, fight with the zeal and the power of My Spirit. Go in peace and know that I am with you. —7/2/12. 🔗See more messages
Eucharistic Adoration
The MOC live centered in the Eucharist adoring Christ through Mary, with Mary and in Mary!
You will imitate to great perfection my (Mary) virtues of humility, simplicity, gentleness, silence and charity. You will be women of an intense prayer life centered in the Eucharist. Your lives will be a continuous prayer offering as you offer up your daily sacrifices and duties on the altar of your homes. As you love in suffering, imitating Jesus and I, you will be our joy and consolation. —6/13/09, Simple Path p. 279. 🔗See more messages
🔗See The Eucharist and The Mothers of the Cross, Fr Jordi Rivero
The Simple Path to Union with God
A MOC greatest desire is to become one with Love! Therefore, she is willing and docile to enter the painful and long process of the purification by fire. She must be willing to decrease so that Christ can increase in her. She must enter the Simple Path by allowing God to enter the depth of her heart and pierce all the darkness hidden from herself. The Simple Path becomes flesh of her flesh. It is not a book she reads but The PATH she becomes.
I have formed you, trained you, dressed you to be My prophets of light to warn and awaken My people before the horrible day of judgment comes down upon you… Love and continue to suffer ALL, as one with Me in My sacrifice of love, to enter prepared with God's armor the fiercest battle that is at hand. Do not be ashamed of My words and share the treasure of heaven that has been entrusted to you (The Simple Path to Union with God) with many. Complete My Path and, as My Heralds of Hope, teach it from the housetops. This is your mission. Respond with great zeal and courage of heart, as My warriors of love, for these decisive times. —10/20/12 Simple Path #151 p.439. 🔗See full text