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210TH GENERAL CHAPTER
OF THE ORDER OF SERVANTS OF MARY
SERVANTS
OF THE MAGNIFICAT
The Canticle of the Blessed Virgin and
Consecrated Life
ROME
GENERAL CURIA OSM
1996
Contents
INTRODUCTION
(1-3)
Part One
THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY AND CONSECRATED LI FE
AT
THE DAWN OF THE THIRD MILLENIUM (4-58)
The Metaphor of Dawn (4-5)
Section One
The
reasons for a profound harmony (6-27)
The
Blessed Virgin Mary, A Maternal Presence
(6-23)
Mary, woman consecrated
by the Spirit (7-8)
Mary, woman faithful
to her vocation (9-12)
Mary, first and perfect
disciple (13-18)
Mary, woman consecrated
for the mission (19-23)
Conclusion
(24-27)
Section
two
The
typology of a relationship
(28-58)
Mother
(29-31)
Patron (32-34)
Queen and Lady (35-39)
Teacher (40-43)
Guide (44-46)
Model (47-49)
Sister (50-52)
Conclusion (53-58)
Part two
CONSECRATED LIFE
IN THE LIGHT OF THE MAGNIFICAT
(59-114)
Section One:
The gift of the
Magnificat (60-67)
A Gift
Joined to Other Gifts (61)
A Gift to Receive,
Live and Pass On (62)
A Gift That Leads into
Mary's Story (63)
A Gift for Our Prayer
(64-67)
Section two
The charism of service
in the light of the Magnificat
(68-114)
A
Difficult Service To Speak of God to the Men and Women of Today (69-72)
The Service of Praise
(73-76)
At the Service of the
"New Evangelization" (77-83)
Sharing
without delay (79-80)
The
new in continuity with the old (81-82)
Icon
of evangelization (83)
At the Service of the
Cause of Women (84-95)
The
Visitation (85)
Jesus
and women (86-88)
Suggestions
(89-95)
At the the Service
of Human Liberation (96-100)
At the Service of
Life and God's Works (101-110)
Threats
to life
(103-107)
The
Blessed Virgin and the Cosmos (108)
In
the storehouse of our tradition (109-110)
At the Service
of Ecumenism (111-l14)
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