Way of Life
Community of Love Crucified
The vocation of the Love Crucified Community is to live passionately His love revealed at the Cross. There we receive the gift of His thirst, His gaze, His tears, His radical love which holds nothing back. Now He calls us to respond.
The Lord has given our Community this standard:
“ Suffer all with Me, no longer two but ONE, in my sacrifice of love"
As brothers and sisters we enter into a covenant with Christ and with each other to live fully this love in the heart of the Church, according to our spirituality (The Simple Path to Union with God) and mission.
At first, commitments may seem to be a burden, but the Lord promised: "My yoke is easy and my burden is light." -Matthew 11:30. "Sanctity does not consist first of all in doing extraordinary things, but in letting God act" -Pope Francis. God's grace makes this way of life liberating and joyful through love. It disposes us to receive a new life in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our way of life embraces the following commitments:
1. Lives centered on the Eucharist
2. Marian Consecration
3. Docility to the Holy Spirit
4. Live The Simple Path to Union with God: Our Spiritual Formation Book
5. Victims of Love + Offering life for others; for priest
6. 5 Stones: Humility, Purity, Simplicity, Trust, Courage
7. Repentance and Conversion
8. Community Life
9. Obedience to Mother Church
10. Fidelity to our state in life
I propose to do ever what is most perfect. I propose to seek in all things Jesus and His Cross, in conformity with His holy will. I propose in my actions to pursue the interests of Christ and not my own. ...I will never be disquieted should circumstances prevent me from observing my 'Rule of life.' I will go on tranquilly. I will be flexible in the face of difficulties, humbly... then onward, ever onward! -Extract from her "Rule of life", Ven. Concepción Cabrera de Armida, Aug 21, 1894
1. Lives Centered on the Eucharist
The Eucharist is Christ, our life, the source and summit of all we are and do.
We seek to participate in Holy Mass daily, if possible.
At Holy Mass we unite with Jesus as His victim souls in His sacrifice of love to the Father. We go to die to self and receive new life in Him. We become living hosts. We offer ourselves with Jesus to the Father after the consecration of the Precious Blood with this prayer.
We commit to a minimum of once a week of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament to listen, adore, praise, intercede, give thanks, and accompany and CONSOLE Jesus and Mary in their suffering for souls.
For their work, prayers and apostolic endeavours, their ordinary married and family life, their daily labour, their mental and physical relaxation, if carried out in the Spirit, and even the hardships of life if patiently borne-all of these become spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (cf. 1 Pt 2:5). During the celebration of the Eucharist these sacrifices are most lovingly offered to the Father along with the Lord’s body. Thus as worshipers whose every deed is holy, the lay faithful consecrate the world itself to God. John Paul II
See teaching Fr Jordi Rivero>>
2. Marian Consecration
To come to the most perfect intimate union of love with Christ—victim united to Victim— we need to consecrate ourselves to Mary, Mother and Bride, with the understanding and abandonment that she will bring us to the foot of the Cross. We commit to be forever "Totus Tuus" (All yours).
See “Importance of Consecration” letter from Lourdes Pinto to community>>
33 Days to Morning Glory -Preparation to Marian Consecration. by Fr Michael E. Gaitley, MIC; Marian Press.
Renew our consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Daily Recitation of the Rosary
3. Docility to the Holy Spirit
We live in the Spirit attentive to God and submitting to Him everything we do. We ask of Him in every situation, “Lord what do you want of me?” We trust in the Holy Spirit and invoke Him constantly.
See “Importance of Consecration” letter from Lourdes Pinto to community>>
“Yet there is no greater freedom than that of allowing oneself to be guided by the Holy Spirit, renouncing the attempt to plan and control everything to the last detail, and instead, letting him enlighten, guide and direct us, leading us wherever he wills.” Pope Francis p. 13
We welcome the Holy Spirit as our teacher and guide through living the Simple Path. It is He who leads us through the passage -- from the feet of Jesus crucified to receive the gift of self-knowledge, into the Sacred Heart of Jesus and brings us into the unity of the Most Holy Trinity.
“God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us” (Rom 5:5). Nevertheless, it is not enough to know the Spirit; we must welcome Him as the guide of our souls, as the “Teacher of the interior life” who introduces us to the Mystery of the Trinity, because He alone can open us up to faith and allow us to live it each day to the full.” Pope Benedict XVI, XXXIII World Youth Day, 2008
4. Live The Simple Path to Union with God: Our Spiritual Formation Book
Each Mother of the Cross (MOC) and Missionary of the Cross (MC) must be willing to allow The PATH to lead them through the painful purification and healing of their hearts into the depth of self- knowledge. Each person must persevere to:
Follow Christ daily to the Cross,
To die to self—to what we have become that we are not,
To make ourselves vulnerable and stripped of our masks and false identity
And suffer ALL with Christ, in order to be transformed into Love.
5. Victims of Love
Our life is an offering of love. Our crosses, including the injustices we suffer, as well as the daily duties, are powerful when done with great love and united with Christ. God waits for the FIAT that signals our total surrender. We don’t just offer something; we offer ourselves without reserve, our entire being, our will, our heart, our body and soul, one with Him. This is to be with Christ victims of love.
It is a victim soul's 'yes' that 'stirs into flame' the power of the Holy Spirit so that the Holy Spirit can lead a docile and willing soul to die with Me. It is this voluntary death that brings the soul to new life…I continue to thirst for love, but it is only the love of My victim souls that satisfies My thirst… Therefore, bring Me many victim souls. 2/1/11 Simple Path #124 p.331
See “Victim of Love” by Fr Jordi Rivero>>
6. 5 Stones: Humility, Purity, Simplicity, Trust and Courage
The MOC and MC must be committed to growing in these five virtues as we persevere in living the Simple Path and taking to heart the teachings of this community.
Virtues Needed as Warriors of Love
My little one, the time draws near. You hold the sword of the Spirit in the mission given to you. My family of LC are My warriors of love that will defeat the dragon in the decisive battle that draws near. Be ready to approach this evil in the same way that David approached Goliath. You will conquer the dragon in your littleness and purity because it is.
God who is with you. You must not fear and believe with the innocence and zeal of David… You each must also approach the battle with five stones.
1. First, the stone of humility, possessing the perfect knowledge of your nothingness and of My power and majesty.
2. Second, the stone of purity, purity of mind, heart, intention, word, desire…
3. Third, simplicity, detached from all, most especially from your ego.
4. Fourth, trust perfectly abandoned to My will.
5. Fifth, courage, courage rooted in love of Me to be perfectly obedient to My commands.
These stones are your weapons for battle, for the dragon will not be defeated according to the standards of the world but in the Light of Love… 1/18/12 Simple Path #148 p. 436
7. Repentance and Conversion
As Love Crucified, we are committed to go daily to the Cross to kiss the feet of Jesus crucified and beg the Spirit for the gift of self-knowledge, so that we can come in truth to know our sins, wounds and disordered tendencies. It is then, through this self-awareness, that we receive the gift of repentance.
Repentance is the gift of God that serves to pry open the hardened human heart so that My seeds of conversion can grow. Repentance is the Sword of the Spirit that opens the darkness within the human heart to be filled with God’s Light of truth, and the truth sets you free.
To live in repentance is to live clothed in the knowledge of who you are, which is misery, and the knowledge of who I Am, which is Love and Mercy.
To live in repentance is to live in the freedom of living in the embrace of Abba, Our Father.
Tell My souls to seek true repentance at the foot of My Cross and the power of My Love Crucified will set them free to live in My peace and the joy of My promise. 2/18/18
The soul that lives wrapped in the gift of knowledge grows in true humility and is then able to advance in My path on the wings of the Holy Spirit… It is here, at My feet, that you must persevere… 12/12/11 Simple Path #10 p.40. see full message >>
Confession: We are encouraged to go regularly to confession. There is no better way to make progress on our spiritual journey than by returning in humble repentance and love to God’s infinite mercy.

Viviendo en la Trinidad en la Tierra
Lourdes Pinto – 16 December, 2021
15/12/21
Viviendo en la Trinidad en la tierra
Jesús:
El Padre siempre es; Él es el Gran “Yo Soy”. Mi pequeña, Su grandeza y poder han sido mal entendidos y temidos por todas las generaciones, sin embargo, Él es amor puro. Él me engendra a Mí, Su Hijo, con toda ternura y deseo. Él me engendra de sí mismo. Por eso conocerme es conocer a mi Padre. De nuestra unión y comunión, el Espíritu Santo es concebido inmaculadamente. Piensa en el Padre como un océano viviente, y Él fluye hacia el Hijo, y esta corriente de poder es Amor puro que fluye en el Espíritu Santo, que fluye de regreso al Padre. Este intercambio de amor es tan poderoso, una Vida continua desde y hacia el Padre, que este triángulo de la Vida es Una Vida. Somos tres Personas distintas que compartimos la misma Vida. Por eso conocerme es conocer al Padre, porque somos Uno. Me hice carne, el Dios-Hombre, para que pudieras llegar a conocer y ver al Padre. Este llegar a conocer personalmente al Gran “Yo Soy” a través de Mí es el mayor regalo de la redención.
El Padre también deseaba que su humanidad llegara a conocer y ver a la tercera Persona de la Trinidad, y creó a la Madre de Dios desde su concepción llena de gracia. Ella está llena del Espíritu Santo, consumida totalmente por Él, de modo que es el Espíritu Santo que ves y conoces en María y a través de ella. Aunque ella es criatura y no divina, para los humanos ella es la imagen más perfecta del Espíritu Santo, que también revela a la humanidad la belleza y la bondad del Padre y del Hijo. Conocer y amar a María es conocer y amar al Espíritu Santo, lo cual es conocer y amar al Padre. María es el ser creado que es la puerta de entrada a Dios a través de Mí, su Hijo amado.
Pequeña Mía, estos misterios de la Santísima Trinidad solo pueden ser recibidos por las almas que, por humilde amor a Mí, siguen a Mi Madre hasta el pie de Mi Cruz para entrar en Mi Corazón crucificado. Nadie en la tierra puede recorrer el camino estrecho de Mi pasión sin la ayuda y la guía de Mi Madre, porque es el Espíritu Santo, como uno con ella, el camino de regreso al Padre a través del Hijo. Por tanto, el Misterio de la Cruz revela a la humanidad el Misterio de la Trinidad.
(Le pregunté a Jesús acerca de mí, porque no siento que esté viviendo la vida en la Trinidad).
Mi pequeña, debes tener cuidado porque estás confiando en los sentimientos humanos para determinar tu vida en la Trinidad. Yo, en la Cruz, me sentí abandonado por el Padre, pero sabía que no estaba abandonado. Tu nivel de unión con la Trinidad en la tierra está determinado por el abandono de tu voluntad a la Voluntad de Dios, no por sentimientos. Somos uno, Mi amada esposa, sin embargo, la mayor parte del tiempo, no te permito sentir mi presencia. Esto lo hago para perfeccionar el abandono de tu voluntad humana en la Mía. La paz perfecta en medio del sufrimiento es señal de que un alma que vive en la vida de la Trinidad a través de su unión con Mi sacrificio de amor por la gracia del Espíritu Santo.
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8/diciembre/21
Fiesta de la Inmaculada Concepción
Mensaje de la Inmaculada a AC
Habéis recibido el don de entrar en el misterio de lo que Dios ha hecho conmigo, una humilde esclava del Señor, para que cada uno de vosotros pueda recibir el don de un mayor conocimiento del deseo de Dios por todas sus criaturas desde el principio de los tiempos: consumación en la vida de la Santísima Trinidad para participar del éxtasis del Amor Divino.
“In all he does, God always wills to make use of instruments…. God, who gave us free will, wants us to serve him freely in the role of instruments, by bringing our wills into harmony with his, even as his Most Holy Mother did when she said: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to thy word.” (Immaculate Conception & The Holy Spirit, p.48, quote from St Maximilian Kolbe)
A handmaid is one who abandons her own right to decide for herself; she allows herself to be commanded by a superior authority; she does this willingly, of course; still, her submission hands over to the superior authority the right to control her activity. (Immaculate Conception & The Holy Spirit, p. 48)
Debido a que me habéis dado vuestros fiats para caminar conmigo el camino estrecho de la Cruz a vuestros corazones, para morir a vosotros mismos y resucitar por medio de Cristo crucificado, vuestros corazones están listos para recibir el don de mi Inmaculada Concepción.
Dios, en su inmensa bondad, os está preparando ahora para vivir consumidos en mi Inmaculado Corazón por el fuego del Espíritu Santo que es uno en Cristo crucificado en el abrazo del Padre, para conocer y gustar, en diferentes grados según cada alma, el éxtasis de Vida Divina vivida en la tierra.
Esta gracia ha de cultivarse por medio de la oración y el silencio continuos y ha de protegerse de la elección de caer en las tentaciones de Satanás. Por eso la oración continua y el silencio son fundamentales para vivir en el Reino de Dios en la tierra.
Esta gracia de conocer y vivir la vida de la Trinidad será la fuente de vuestra perseverancia durante la gran persecución que ha de venir
Papa Francisco — Catequesis sobre San José, hombre de silencio 🔗:
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a mí me conmueve un versículo del Libro de la Sabiduría que fue leído pensando en la Navidad y dice: “Cuando la noche estaba en el silencio más profundo, ahí tu palabra bajó a la tierra”. En el momento de más silencio Dios se manifestó.
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Con su silencio, José confirma lo que escribe san Agustín: «Cuando el Verbo de Dios crece, las palabras del hombre disminuyen».
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«Una palabra habló el Padre, que fue su Hijo ― comenta san Juan de la Cruz― y ésta habla siempre en eterno silencio, y en silencio ha de ser oída del alma».
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Qué bonito sería si cada uno de nosotros, siguiendo el ejemplo de san José, lograra recuperar esta dimensión contemplativa de la vida abierta de par en par precisamente por el silencio. Pero todos sabemos por experiencia que no es fácil: el silencio nos asusta un poco, porque nos pide entrar dentro de nosotros mismos y encontrar la parte más verdadera de nosotros. Y mucha gente tiene miedo del silencio, debe hablar, hablar, hablar o escuchar, radio, televisión…, pero el silencio no puede aceptarlo porque tiene miedo. El filósofo Pascal observaba que «toda la desgracia de los hombres viene de una sola cosa: el no saber quedarse tranquilos en una habitación».
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Queridos hermanos y hermanas, aprendamos de san José a cultivar espacios de silencio, en los que pueda emerger otra Palabra, es decir, Jesús, la Palabra: la del Espíritu Santo que habita en nosotros y que lleva a Jesús.