Religious Orders and their forms of life
What is a religious order? A religious order is an organized community in which each individual seeks to consecrate his life to God through the assumption of certain rules based on the charisma of a founder. There are various charismas, depending on the different needs of the Church. For example, these are orders that focus their work on contemplative prayer, others that focus on education and others on helping the poor. In the Religious Life, vows are promises made to God. It generally refers to the vows made by members wishing to join a specific religious life. They are regulated by the law or rule of the religious community in which they are made. These vows impose certain requirements as to the …show more content…
He shares different aspects about the life and personality of the saint. However, “The Constitutions of the Society of Jesus” provides norms which explain how the Jesuits are to live. Therefore, “In many ways the Constitutions are a book for Jesuits. They contain the legislation or rules governing the Society of Jesus.” The lifestyle of a Religious Order is characterized mainly on living and making God present in the world, the life in community and living a specific …show more content…
Poverty was to take a life detached from all material goods so that they do not become an obstacle to the Christian mission of charity in the world. With this life of poverty, they would pretend to be like the poor and to imitate Jesus’ life. Religious Orders are establish in different communities, the Franciscans for example, are considered a Mendicant Order, living in absolute poverty. The vow of poverty is rooted in the lifestyle Francis decided to live as an affirmation of his denial to any material or economic goods. Severe poverty was his purpose of life in order to be like closer to God. The Benedictines, profess vows as well, but do not profess a vow of poverty. However, they are determined to live under a strict rule of no personal possessions. Above all, possessing material good was an “evil practice”. For the Benedictines, to live a Monastic life was to dedicate to prayer and to remain in the monastery at all times because the monastery is where almost all their activities take place. Similarly, the Jesuits profess a vow of poverty. Accepting poverty was the main gateway to the Society and beyond their vision to imitate Christ life. The Jesuits had to live and put to practice the characteristics of the poor in everything, food, clothing, shoes, etc. The vow of poverty in all three Religious Orders was embracing it as
What is a religious order? A religious order is an organized community in which each individual seeks to consecrate his life to God through the assumption of certain rules based on the charisma of a founder. There are various charismas, depending on the different needs of the Church. For example, these are orders that focus their work on contemplative prayer, others that focus on education and others on helping the poor. In the Religious Life, vows are promises made to God. It generally refers to the vows made by members wishing to join a specific religious life. They are regulated by the law or rule of the religious community in which they are made. These vows impose certain requirements as to the …show more content…
He shares different aspects about the life and personality of the saint. However, “The Constitutions of the Society of Jesus” provides norms which explain how the Jesuits are to live. Therefore, “In many ways the Constitutions are a book for Jesuits. They contain the legislation or rules governing the Society of Jesus.” The lifestyle of a Religious Order is characterized mainly on living and making God present in the world, the life in community and living a specific …show more content…
Poverty was to take a life detached from all material goods so that they do not become an obstacle to the Christian mission of charity in the world. With this life of poverty, they would pretend to be like the poor and to imitate Jesus’ life. Religious Orders are establish in different communities, the Franciscans for example, are considered a Mendicant Order, living in absolute poverty. The vow of poverty is rooted in the lifestyle Francis decided to live as an affirmation of his denial to any material or economic goods. Severe poverty was his purpose of life in order to be like closer to God. The Benedictines, profess vows as well, but do not profess a vow of poverty. However, they are determined to live under a strict rule of no personal possessions. Above all, possessing material good was an “evil practice”. For the Benedictines, to live a Monastic life was to dedicate to prayer and to remain in the monastery at all times because the monastery is where almost all their activities take place. Similarly, the Jesuits profess a vow of poverty. Accepting poverty was the main gateway to the Society and beyond their vision to imitate Christ life. The Jesuits had to live and put to practice the characteristics of the poor in everything, food, clothing, shoes, etc. The vow of poverty in all three Religious Orders was embracing it as