Availability is the strength of our mission:
“Availability is to be an attitude of the individual Jesuit and a characteristic of the
whole Society: mobile, agile, responding to the needs of a fast-changing world.“
GC34, D21,1
“To be joined with Christ as his companions in obedience to the will of the Father
allows us to become servants of his mission of evangelization. Obedience frees
us to give ourselves exclusively to the service of the Gospel. By freeing us from
our own “affections, desires and interests”, obedience lets us dedicate ourselves
totally to what God loves and to those who are the object of God’s special concern.”
GC35, D4, 12
This liberation stems from the encounter with the merciful love of God. Therefore
the availability of a Jesuit is a fruit of his desire to be like Christ and a fruit of his
wish to serve Christ under his banner. cf. GC35,D4, 2
The more a Jesuit makes himself available through obedience the more we
strengthen the unity of our apostolic mission. Obedience gives our common
mission the dynamism and flexibility required to help souls for the greater glory
of God. cf. CN 149
Grant, we pray, almighty God,
that we, who glory in the Heart of your beloved Son
and recall the wonders of his mercy,
may gain a heart like the heart of Jesus,
that we cling alone onto your holy will
and that our hearts may be free to serve you in the poor.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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