The Foundational Texts: The True Understanding of the Congregation According to Fr. Brisson

Texts of Fr. Brisson chosen by Fr. Roger Balducelli, OSFS, edited and revised by Dialogue With Us, Common Identity Subcommittee

Texts Related to Evangelical Counsels

#10 “There are two ways of approaching our neighbor: authoritatively or persuasively.”

#15 “Here is the true meaning of obedience: it is an act of true independence of the will.”

#16 “In thus obeying God, in the fullness of our freedom, we are truly a person; otherwise we are nothing at all.”

#20 “The great difficulty with obedience stems from the person who commands rather than with the order itself which is the object of the obedience.”

#26 “Firm up your principles: what is evil is evil and can never become good.”