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Pier Giorgio Frassati,
1901-1925
“Man of the Beatitudes”
A Spirituality
of Honor for Men in the World
Men of the Beatitudes
is a life-form for men in
the world, in which men of faith seek to live a spirituality of honor
that combines elements from medieval chivalry and contemporary Christian
personalism.
Men of the Beatitudes
commit themselves to do three things: (1) entrust themselves completely
(body, mind, and spirit) to the Holy Trinity as Merciful Love, abiding
in the Heart of Jesus and following a five-part code of life; (2) they
assume responsibility for personal growth and formation; and (3) they
join with other men in the Living Rosary and other means of earthly
communion.
Inspired by the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) that Jesus proclaimed,
Men of the
Beatitudes
seeks to fulfill the Commandments of the Old Covenant and the beauty of
the New Covenant as summarized in the eight Beatitudes, which reveal the
Face of Christ.
This
life-form can bestow nobility on a man’s everyday life and acts, and can
support the formation of a mature Christian personality (cf. Hans Urs
von Balthasar, Glory of the Lord, vol.1 and Pope John Paul II on
the new ecclesial movements).
“. . . a life form is . . . able to bestow nobility upon a person’s
everyday life”
- Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Glory of the Lord, vol. 1
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