Spirituality and Spirit

The Domus common spirituality is that of expiation with Jesus Christ Eucharist through Maria Rosa Mystica. Expiation means "to atone," "to offer in ransom for," or "to suffer in place of." Jesus Christ is the one who innocently expiated for all the sins of humanity in his sacrifice on the cross and, through his death and resurrection, attained the salvation for all. That act of expiation happens again, in a bloodless way, at each celebration of the Eucharist, where Jesus Christ is again the Victim of Expiation to the Father for all humanity.

Mary was the one who, above everyone else, suffered in a spiritual way the passion of her Son and united with Him all of her immaculate self. She was given to all men at the foot of the cross in the person of John the Beloved Disciple as the Mother of Sinners. She, “the most beautiful flower that ever was seen in the spiritual world” (John Henry Newman), the Rosa Mystica, throughout the ages, constantly asks her beloved children for prayer and penance in expiation for heart hardened sinners.

With Jesus Christ Eucharist, Victim of Expiation, and Maria Rosa Mystica, the Domus missionaries—Mendicants and Oblates—daily live in the spirit of expiation uniting to Christ' sacrifice on the cross all their sufferings, sacrifices, and good deeds for the expiation, conversion, and deliverance of every hardened heart sinner, but especially for priests, religious, and young people.

This spirituality naturally emerges from the Domus' charism and end. Its spirit is contained in the Twelve Pillars of Communion with the Expiatory Christ (Twelve Pillars). The Twelve Pillars of Communion with the Expiatory Christ are:

Jesus Christ Eucharist Maria Rosa Mystica poverty chastity obedience expiation

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