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The Quies SBPCLC 5 steps commitment to the 11 guidelines
Serious discernment, if not severe, must be put in place for the
admission of members into the second degree. They must clearly
know what they undertake and what are their obligations (see
Gd 1.2.3.) (Gd
7)
See also: The
Quies SBPCLC 5 steps Ecumenic commitment to the 11
guidelines
The Quies SBPCLC 5 steps commitment to the 11 guidelines, is
founded in sanctifying grace, which is the Life in
us of the Most Holy Trinity
- Sacramental
confession,
regular, important (Gd 3);
Quies weekly recommended.
- Foundational sacrament to heal and root our life and
the community's life in
sanctifying grace.
- Desert
father spirituality starts with Metanoia.
- Consuetudines
7.2 - Guigo I's instructions for Sundays: "above
all silence all week until Sunday
morning confessions".
- St. Ambrose says of the two conversions
 that, in the Church, "there
are water and tears: the water of Baptism and the
tears of repentance."
- Frequent Confession and the Eucharist
- The
Eucharist and communion, regular,
important (Gd 3);
Quies daily recommended.
- Eucharist: transcends time, union to Jesus-Christ's
redemptive sacrifice on Calvary.
- Communion: real living presence of God,
Jesus-Christ, gift of eternal life.
- The carthusian
charism: hermits living in a
community.
- The spiritual journey of Saint Bruno is
characterized by the search for God in solitude,
this God he knows to be intimately present in his
heart. (Gd 1)
- It would be desirable to consecrate every day,
according to possibilities, a few moments to
silence for: prayer
of the heart, meditation or reading. (Gd
1)
- Quies SBPCLC prayer is loving God, it is not an
immersion "in the indeterminate abyss of the
divinity."
- Paths to Contemplation
Yves Raguin s.j.
- Essential
elements to help in the development of this
prayer: texts,
life
of St. Bruno, Carthusian
order history, excerpts of the Statutes
of the Order
 . (Gd 2)
- Make an annual
retreat to better be impregnated of silence
and solitude. (Gd 3)
- Contacts between members are to be encouraged,
(Gd 4)
- indirectly through the internet
forum, (Gd 4) -
Please NOTE
that
the
IFSB/SBLC contacts between
members and their formation are realized
principally through their internet forums.
Since 2017 the International
Fellowship of Saint Bruno Facebook
Group has become the main
discussion group. The Yahoo
IFSB
discussion
group
and Stat Crux SBLC discussion
group were
formerly the initial
(older)
internet
forums
for many years,
and still host
some
exchanges. Discussions
and moderation
are mostly public
within the
forums often
dynamic and
varied
exchanges, and
individual
spiritual life
is mostly non
moderated.
- The forum, which is not an end in itself, but
a means to help some people develop their spiritual
life, in the example and with the help of
Saint Bruno, must be cleansed: (Gd
9)
- Avoid unnecessary chatter and discussions
that are far from the aim of the CLC.
(Gd 9)
- The ecumenical
openness must be conducted according to the
norms of the Church and you will exclude
any tendency to religious
syncretism. (Gd 9)
- You also avoid to compromise with pressure
groups of ideas either integrist
or avant-gardist.
To the spiritual path in accordance with Saint
Bruno, is appropriate great sobriety
and modesty,
remote from any
controversy. (Gd 9)
- We progress, all together, in the respect
of the Magisterium
of the Church. (Gd 9)
- The role of the moderators is very
important; they must work and intervene
according to clearly
defined rules . (Gd 9)
- but also through small
groups when this is possible (Gd
4) - Please NOTE
that
the Quies
SBPCLC contacts
between members and their
formation are realized within
a
small (group) community, Quies
SBPCLC Our
Lady of Good
Counsel group.
Members life,
discussions and
moderation (or
mentor-ship) are mostly
private (individual one
on one) and adapted as
needed to each person in
emulation of a
Charterhouse community's
mostly solitary life,
and community
studies/exchanges are
proposed occasionally or
as needed and moderated
within very small groups.
- Leaders will organize these internet contacts
within a frequency which can vary between two
and four weeks (video
conferencing?). It is advisable to set
themes and 'helm' the exchanges. (Gd
4)
- Deciding
jointly, collectively, communially, collegially; in a spirit of prayer and Metanoia.
- An executive board consisting of about seven
members (including a priest and at least two women)
is to be to put in place, who jointly decides which
path to follow. (Gd 5)
- Establishment of a lay
association which in its organization and
practice, truly reflects the spirit of Saint Bruno, in
an adaptation to the condition of laity living in the
open world. (Gd 11)
- This executive board also prepares the creation
of a private association of the faithful. To
properly set everything up, one must take time and
hasten nothing. (Gd 6)
- Regular contact with the hierarchy of the Church
(the best is a bishop) is to be sought and
maintained. (Gd 8)
See also
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