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Always say YES to God?

Gospel of today 10/12/2023

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.” John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins. John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He fed on locusts and wild honey. And this is what he proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Mc.1, 1-8

“No matter what storm you face, you need to know that God loves you.
He has not abandoned you”
(F.G.)

The Malines Documents

Anyone who travels the path of life for a Christian needs a directional signpost.

The family is the basic cell of society, as well as of the Church.

No one can be a Christian alone. If we wish our faith to grow, we need to share it with others.

"Even today, Jesus is born of Mary and the Holy Spirit"

Cardinal Suenens

Putting prayer into action

The outpouring of the Spirit is not an event in the past that is over and done with: Pentecost, as a transformative experience brought about by the Holy Spirit, is still going on in the Church.

United with Mary

During an interview, Pope Francis speaks of the missionary Church and said: "Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives ... let us strive to be a church that finds new roads, which is able to go out of herself and go to those who do not attend, who are gone or indifferent...

Together with Others

The FIAT Association wishes to help anyone who desires it to (re)discover the grace of his or her baptism, to live more fully their faith in Jesus Christ and to show forth this faith in all dimensions of their personal, family, professional and social lives.

A Rule of Life

Baptism is the beginning of the path of life for a Christian. Anyone who travels along this path needs a directional signpost. One needs a little rule of life. One needs food for the journey, which is the Word of God.

Rombaut Nana Ndana, Kinshasa (Congo)

“Supported by the FIAT spirituality, we form a strong community in Kinshasa. We dedicate ourselves to work with prison inmates, incurable sick and aids-victims.”
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Prof. Dr. Jan Van der Veken, Belgium

“The FIAT-rosary gives the oppurtunity to enter, inspired by the holy Spirit and united with Mary, into the mysteries of Jesus’ life.”

Kevin O’Connell, USA

“I received the FIAT rosary a few months before a drama in my family. How would I describe the FIAT spirituality? Without any doubt: opening oneself to the Holy Spirit.”
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Sr. Camilla, Community of Our Lady of Walsingham (UK)

“We discovered the FIAT-Rosary not long after the foundation of our Community – dedicated to Our Lady of Walsingham. It spoke deeply to us because our charism is rooted in the ‘Fiat’ of Mary at the Annunciation. We say the FIAT-Rosary daily together as a community and hope to spread this devotion throughout England.”
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Sister Marie-Colette, Ursuline, France

“I experienced the FIAT spirituality as a revival of the dynamic spirituality of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort.”
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Godfried Cardinal Danneels, Belgium

“May this small FIAT rosary find its way into the families and give them to force to become Cenacles of apostles, united aside the holy Virgin Mary, to receive the Spirit of Pentecost.”
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Fr. Frederic Testaert, Abbot of the Postel Abbey, Belgium

“Always saying YES to God, with and like Mary, in the all things. That is what is important in life. That is what I recall from the FIAT spirituality.”
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Roger and Cecile Matthys-Ryckaert, Belgium

“The daily prayer of the FIAT rosary has given oxygen to our relationship and helped to develop the realization of the gift from God that we are, one for the other.”

Marie-Geneviève, Foyer de Charité, Togo

“Since their foundation in 1999, the young people of the Jeunes de Lumière have made a habit of praying this little rosary every month. They had the pleasure of making and distributing the FIAT rosary themselves.”
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Fragment from the book on King Baudoin, Belgium

“Teach me, Lord, when I meet people, to be for them what you want me to be: a witness of your Love for all humanity.”