In Foundations, you’ll find selection from important documents of the Society of Jesus followed by questions to spark your thoughtful reflections.  Take time to read and ponder these selections. If you feel moved, share your own comments.
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From the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus:  “How the Whole Body of the Society Is To Be Preserved and Increased in Its Well-Being”

#812:  The Society was not instituted by human means; and it is not through them that it can be preserved and increased, but through the grace of the omnipotent hand of Christ our God and Lord.  Therefore in him alone must be placed the hope that he will preserve and carry forward what he designed to begin for his service and praise and for the aid of souls.  In conformity with this hope, the first and most appropriate means will be the prayers and Masses which ought to be offered for this holy intention, and which should be ordered for this purpose every week, month, and year in all places where the Society resides.

#813:  For the preservation and growth not only of the body or exterior of the Society but also of its spirit, and for the attainment of the objective it seeks, which is to aid souls to reach their ultimate and supernatural end, the means which unite the human instrument with God and so dispose it that it may be wielded well by his divine hand are more effective than those which equip it in relation to human beings. 

>Both the strength in numbers and the ability to accomplish its mission depends on its union with God, both corporately and individually.  Do I “put God first” in my life?  Would that focus help energize my life?

>Do I think of myself as possible “wielded well by the hand of God?”  What would my life look like if it were?  Would I like that?

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