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.
Enseñanzas de la comunidad Amor Crucificado
Cenáculos mensuales
Enseñanzas para mujeres de Amor Crucificado (MDC)
El Misterio de la Cruz: Un Amor que el Mundo Desconoce
Lourdes Pinto | 5 diciembre, 2020
En esta reflexión sobre “La Pietá” descubrimos nuestra identidad como Madres de la Cruz, para vivir el martirio oculto del corazón como María, nuestra Madre Dolorosa. Como María, nuestro corazón materno debe sacrificarse y participar como UNO en los sufrimientos ... los dolores ... las lágrimas y las penas de Nuestro Amado: Jesús – Amor Crucificado. Estamos llamados a entrar y permanecer en el Misterio de la Cruz, en el silencio y en lo oculto de nuestro corazón.
Humildad en el silencio
Lourdes Pinto | 7 marzo, 2020 – Solo en inglés
Una reflexión sobre la profundidad de la humildad de Dios en el silencio de Cristo mientras es despojado. El nos llama a ser Su cuerpo, Su sangre, un sacrificio por amor a Él y participar íntimamente en Su sufrimiento. A través del Camino, tenemos el desafío de conocer y comprender nuestro amor propio, la miseria y los corazones impuros para que podamos crecer y transformarnos a la imagen y semejanza de Cristo Crucificado. Nuestro crecimiento en silencio está conectado con nuestro crecimiento en humildad.
Sufrimiento prolongado
Lourdes Pinto | 5 de octubre, 2019
Identidad y misión de las MDC
Lourdes Pinto | 1 septiembre, 2018
Manos de Cristo atadas
Lourdes Pinto | 4 agosto, 2018
Formación para la misión
Lourdes Pinto | 3 de febrero, 2018
También presentado a los MC.
La Soledad (Solitude)
Maria Hickein | January 7, 2017
Brides of Love Crucified
Lourdes Pinto | October 10, 2015
Remain
Lourdes Pinto | February 7, 2015
Jesus' Wounds of Mercy
Anne Marie Hernando | May 7, 2016
Peter Followed at a Distance
Lourdes Pinto | February 1, 2014
Spiritual Motherhood
Maria Hickein — October 4, 2014
"My Gaze is Upon You" - Power of Your Ordinary Life
Lourdes Pinto | August 11, 2012
"Believe, my daughter believe." We need the faith of a Mustard Seed and Jesus will do the impossible through us. "Believe in the power of your ordinary hidden lives lived through Me, with Me, and in Me." The greater the tenderness of our hearts, like Jesus', the greater our sensitivity to love and suffer with Christ.
Enseñanzas para hombres de Amor Crucificado (Misioneros de la Cruz)
¿De Verdad Quiero Arrepentirme?
Padre Jordi Rivero — 4 de febrero, 2021
No se logra el arrepentimiento sin reconocer nuestro pecado y entrar en batalla dispuestos a sufrir.
Misioneros de la Cruz de A.C. – Testimonio
Padre Jordi Rivero — 5 de marzo, 2020, traducido por María Hickein
La lucha interior para recibir el don de Dios a la comunidad.
Obediencia a la voluntad de Dios
Hector Ramos — 1 agosto, 2019
Hector, como cuadrapléjico, da testimonio de los frutos de la obediencia a Dios.
La pregunta de Dios
Padre Ron Sciera — 11 de abril, 2019, Traducido por P. Jordi Rivero
Jesús: ¿Creen que mi muerte y resurrección fe inútil y que no tiene poder?
Testimonio para hombres
Hector Ramos — 2 de noviembre, 2018
Hector alienta a los hombres de Amor Crucificado a que tengan la fe de los profetas: "¡Crean, Mis hijos, crean!” Explica como enfrentar las tentaciones contra la pureza unidos a Cristo crucificado, como una gracia para el sacerdocio.
Misioneros de la Cruz, Identidad y misión
Lourdes Pinto — 30 agosto, 2018
Identidad y misión de los misioneros de la Cruz, hombres de la comunidad Amor Crucificado. Muralla de bronce.
Formación para la misión
Lourdes Pinto — 1 de febrero, 2018
También presentado a las MDC.
Hombres enyugados con Cristo
Lourdes Pinto — 11 de enero, 2018
Como permanecer fieles y fuertes, enfocados en la identidad y misión que Dios nos ha dado, siguiendo el ejemplo de San José.
Misioneros de la Cruz, Identidad
Lourdes Pinto — 5 de enero, 2017 –audio.
