TRANSITUS - OBLATES OF THE LAST MARTYRDOM

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #12

"ONE BODY, ONE SOUL"

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #11

"THE REIGN & TRIUMPH OF THE TWO HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY"

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SEASON AFTER PENTECOST
May 30, 2010

This season begins with the Feast of the Blessed Trinity and is the longest of the Liturgical Year. It may comprise from twenty-four to twenty-eight weeks and differs considerably from the other liturgical seasons...In the last part of the ecclesiastical year, the Church, guided by the Holy Ghost, continues the work of the Redemption, realized during the preceding part of the Liturgical Year. “The Holy Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind whatsoever I shall have said to you.” The last season of the Liturgical Year is filled with feasts of major importance: those of the Blessed Trinity, Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart, the Assumption and Nativity of our Lady, All Saints, and All Souls. “Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity. Now and forevermore. Amen.” More »
by Kevin Francis Bernadette Clay

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #12:
"ONE BODY, ONE SOUL"
May 23, 2010

Today, and for eight days following, Christians celebrate the liturgical feast of Pentecost (also called Whitsunday), which commemorates the descent of the Holy Ghost upon Mary and the Apostles and Disciples, who for nine successive days prayed in Jerusalem for the coming Paraclete promised to them by Our Lord Jesus Christ. Pentecost (which is Greek for “the fiftieth”) is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after Easter, the tenth day after the feast of the Ascension. Where the Pasch (Passover, Easter) is the redemption of man by the victory of Christ, Pentecost is the Holy Ghost taking possession of man redeemed. The Ascension is the intermediate mystery consummating the Pasch, placing the Man-God--the Conqueror of death, our High Priest and King--at the right hand of the Father; and preparing the mission of the Holy Ghost to our earth. More »
by Kevin Francis Bernadette Clay

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #11:
"THE REIGN & TRIUMPH OF THE HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY"
May 13, 2010

This year 2010 we receive a double blessing on the liturgical day of May 13th: the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. There is a providential correlation between these two feasts, which not only can increase our faith, strengthen our hope, and expand our love for God, Our Lady, and our neighbor, but also can elevate our lay monastic association and apostolate to new heights--no pun intended. More »
by Kevin Francis Bernadette Clay

RE-RELEASE!
LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #8:
"DO YOU CALL THIS A FAST?"
February 17, 2010

We are now in the liturgical season of Lent. Lent is our participation in the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ as a preparation for His resurrection at Easter. What the Christian should be doing at all times throughout the Liturgical Year is done with greater care and devotion during Lent, and in a certain sense, Lent is a microcosm of the monastic life. Lent is characterized by an austere and penitential style of life rooted in prayer and sacrifice––not simply by abstinence from certain foods and activities, but by a thorough examination of conscience, renunciation of sin, and a renewed commitment to ongoing conversion.

There are countless truths and lessons to expound upon and learn from the liturgical season of Lent. There is one in particular that has stood out to me this year. God spoke through the prophet Isaiah to the People of God saying, “Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance? Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?” Was God criticizing their manner of fasting and penance? No. God rebukes them for their hypocrisy and vain religiosity––namely, because “your fast ends in quarreling and fighting.” More »
by Kevin Francis Bernadette Clay

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #10:
"THE FRANCISCAN IDEAL & THE NEW MONASTICISM"
November 1, 2009

Profoundly saddened by the misfortunes that the Church was then passing through in his time (13th Century), St. Francis of Assisi conceived the incredible design of renewing everything conformably to the principles of Christian law––the Gospel. After having founded a double religious family, one of Brothers, the other of Sisters, who pledged themselves by solemn vows (poverty, celibacy, and obedience) to imitate the humility of the Cross, Francis, in the impossibility of opening the cloister (monastery, hermitage) to all whom the desire of being formed in his school drew to him, resolved to provide, even for souls living in the whirlpool of the world, the means to tend to Christian perfection. More »
by Kevin Francis Bernadette Clay

THE TRANSITUS OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
& OBLATES OF THE LAST MARTYRDOM
October 3, 2009

Today is an exciting day for Transitus Oblates of the Last Martyrdom, as this evening we celebrate the Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi - the passing of his soul from this life to eternity - on the eve of the feastday of our patron (October 4). It is also the occasion on which certain members are admitted into Transitus as well as an opportunity for all members to recommit themselves to the life of monks according the Transitus Rule and "School of Perfection" either as a Postulant, Novice, Guest, or fully admitted Oblate. More »
by Kevin Francis Bernadette Clay

TRANSITUS –
OBLATES OF THE LAST MARTYRDOM is an integrated association of lay monastics, securing for souls a school of Christian perfection. Transitus exists for Christians seeking to embrace the life of monks in a manner suitable for the laity, thus adapting the Gospel ideal commonly associated with monasticism to their life in the world.

THE RULE of the Transitus Oblates of the Last Martyrdom is to observe the holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ by following the example of the Saints, who made Christ the inspiration and model of their life with God and people. Jesus, the gift of the Father's love, is the way to Him, the truth into which the Holy Ghost leads us, and the life which He has come to give us abundantly.

OBLATES, each according to their ability, circumstance, and measure of grace, pursue union with God through the perfection of charity, in the spirit of the evangelical counsels (poverty, chastity, and obedience), under the guidance of a monastic Rule and spiritual directorship, in solidarity with their fellow oblates, and in service to others––going from Gospel to life, and life to the Gospel.

THE GOSPEL is our primary rule, JESUS is our primary example, and
CHARITY is our primary vocation and law.

“We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.” – St. Francis of Assisi