Chapter 3: Epilogue

 

325 We finish our Directory of Spirituality with this summary:
Not Jesus or Mary; not Mary or Jesus.
Neither Jesus without Mary; nor Mary without Jesus.
Neither only Jesus, but also Mary; not only Mary, but also Jesus.
Always Jesus and Mary; always Mary and Jesus.
To Mary by Jesus: Behold, your mother! (Jn 19:27).
To Jesus by Mary: Do whatever he tells you. (Jn 2:5).
First, Jesus, the God-man; then Mary, the Mother of God.
He, Head; She, Neck; we, Body.
Everything through Jesus and through Mary; with Jesus and with Mary;
in Jesus and in Mary; for Jesus and for Mary.
In short, simply: Jesus and Mary; Mary and Jesus.
And through Christ, to the Father, in the Holy Spirit.


Note: This English translation of the Constitutions of Institute of the Incarnate Word and the Directory of Spirituality is a draft version and is subject to further revision and improvement.