FEATURES OF LAY MARIST LIFE

Extended Bureau of the Laity Features of lay Marist life
Living in the Spirit
We share this spiritual richness
with the entire Church,
but we are “guardians” of
two sacred places: the life of
children and young people and
the spaces of fraternity. There
are three attitudes that our
heart feels invited to cultivate,
because they sum up the spiritual
experience of Marcellin:
confidence in the presence of
God (Incarnation), simplicity
(transparency) and the relationship
of children confident in
the tenderness of Mary.
Each time that “we are there”
with all our being, transparent,
with God, with our brothers of
the same family: consecrated
and lay, with children, young
people and with Mary, we Marists
celebrate the sacrament
of fraternity which expresses
and nourishes our way of being
believers today. It is there where
the wind of the Spirit pushes
me. (Uruguay)
It is my belief that spirituality incorporates all
aspects of our life. Rather than simply referring
to one aspect of our life that might be considered
‘religious’, it is a search for God in every dimension
of my life. Thus when I pause to consider the
way in which my life has been shaped by a Marist
spirituality I am conscious that my spirituality
doesn’t exist in a vacuum; that like that of Marcellin,
his understanding of God and his response
was shaped by his place in history. (Australia)
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SPIRITUALITY
Following Jesus, The Centre
of Life for the Lay Marist
M y way of living Marist spirituality changed
when a brother said: “Marcellin wanted the
first places at the Crib, at the foot of the Cross
and at the table of communion for us”. May God
be praised in all his works! I dream of these three
places and I ask God to make me deserving and