* Brother, bless God

who gave you life

and called you

to the Christian Life

and to Consecrated Life

in the Institute

of the Brothers of the Holy Family.

* Your vocation

is a precious gift for the Church.

Let the Father’s love be your joy.

He looked at your lowliness

and he wanted to share with you

his full Trinitarian love

through imitating the home of Nazareth.

* Brother, love your Congregation.

Remember that in the humble house of Nazareth

you will find the wisdom

that will guide you in your life.

In difficulties

not forsake the company of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

Look on them as a family,

your family,

love them and trust in them.

* Their profound humility,

their simplicity,

their trust in God’s plan,

and their charity

permeate your life.

* Do not look for renown or distinction

either in the Church or in the world.

Love each one of your Brothers

and all those whom God causes you to meet on the way

with simplicity, joy and humility.

* By your consecration

Jesus Christ has made you a witness

of the Father’s love for people.

In close dialogue

with God and with your Brothers,

you are in the world

as a leaven of unity among people,

a sign of the Church

that continues in time

the mystery of Salvation.

* Brother, the pilgrim Church

recognises herself in you

and she sees in your gift

a token

of the Spirit’s transforming presence.

* In your consecrated love by the vow of chastity,

the Church discovers

and knows that Christian charity

which is the total love of God

and of people

is still alive.

* In your poverty consecrated by vow,

the Church discovers with confident certainty

and knows that she lives by anticipation

the enjoyment of future goods.

* In your obedience consecrated by vow,

the Church discovers and knows that is lives

her union with the Father’s saving will

which continues the Christ’s mission.

Hence your life should show

the characteristics of God’s saving love

that the Church brings to all people.

* You, Brother,

sign of the Trinitarian life and of the Church,

live in community.

In this way you make present the Father’s will
which wants us to form in Jesus, his Son,

a single family animated by the spirit of communion.

* Your religious life is not simply union of people

but a communion of spirits.

Your Brothers are the Father’s gift:

Take care of them,

Love them.

They also look on you as a gift from the Father.

* In the presence of God you are responsible for your Brothers.

Let your joy be their joy.

Share their troubles, their ideals and their efforts.

Do not lead them towards evil.

Be a continuous presence of peace

among them.

Open yourself to them

and they will open themselves to you.

In the melting pot of dialogue

the values from the past, the present and the future

will take a familiar and attractive appearance.

* Brother Gabriel still remains among us:

you must be assured of his presence,

to live out and to spread his message,

to increase the number of his disciples

through

your life of faith, hope and love,

your constant dialogue with God,

your patience in trials,

your complete and disinterested self-giving,

your devotion to Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

* Strive to reach this human fullness

that allows you

to be truthful without harshness,

to give yourself without selfishness,

to accept yourself and your Brother as he is.

Then you will be gentle with the one who makes a mistake

and you will live the love that is a gift of yourself,

a discovery and respect for others,

and a search for truth and union.

* Try to achieve a religious maturity that establishes your life

in the truth of real and deep motives,

that puts God in the centre of your vision,

because God has to be unconditionally

the first to be served and loved.

* This double maturity makes you

brother to everybody.

It becomes for you tenderness and firmness,

good sense and enthusiasm.

* So that your love should not reject anyone:

we are all brothers.

Give yourself to them.

Suffer with them.

Walk with them.

Love with them.

Love your Brothers

whom the Lord put beside you

very much.

Think of them more than you think of yourself.

* Let this availability be a priority

for the smallest,

the inexperienced,

the weak, the sick, and those who suffer.

Most of all

let them feel your brotherly presence

close to them.

Do good to all people

through your human and religious richness.

* Brother, share the charism of your Founder

through your apostolic dynamism.

Try to live again the experience of Brother Gabriel

being sensitive to the needs

of your time and your Church.

* As a brother and friend,

educate and guide the young people

through your close and lasting presence.

Through the catechesis

and the liturgical celebrations,

open to them the way that leads to the mystery of God

and introduce them to the experience of God.

Strive to engender a new being in every heart,

as Mary and Joseph did

by devoting their lives to Jesus.

* Through the liturgy,

your respect for the clergy,

your dedication to your work,

you show your faith.

May your welcome to the faithful,

your unselfish service,

your deep piety,

make you like the young Gabriel,

a servant of the parish church of Belleydoux.

* Be faithful in your choice of God.

Although you will have of your experience

fears, dangers and uncertainties in your vocation,

never be cowardly.

* Be sincere.

Let there be no double talk

in your free and complete gift of yourself.

* Work for your permanent conversion

by the authentic acceptance of the cross

because without it resurrection is impossible.

* The cross is an integral part

of God’s redeeming plan for you.

Live to the end the complete death to self.

In this way you will rise to fullness

through peace, joy, and brotherhood.

* Brother,

your life is a word,

your being is a prayer.

Let your actions and your words

come together at the daily meeting

with the One who has chose you and loved you.

* In the living meeting of each day

let yourself be changed by Christ,

food and drink of your life.

Put no obstacle in the way.

* In faithful expectation,

live intensely your longing

for the meeting at the end of time.

* In this way

your life will be a credible expression of God’s love.