The spiritual foundations
In developing the spirituality of FIAT, we take as our starting point the fundamental question that Christ put to his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?”
With the Church we confess in our profession of faith that “Jesus Christ is our Lord, that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary”.
This bond between the Holy Spirit and Mary leads us to Jesus, the beloved son of the Father.
In order that we in turn may respond today to this question and bear witness to Christ with our whole lives, we entrust ourselves through Mary to the action of the Holy Spirit.
The texts that follow are taken from the writings of Cardinal Suenens, the co-founder of the FIAT Association. These passages situate the roles of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary in the proclamation of Christ.
The Christian,
disciple of Jesus Christ
The Holy Spirit, life-breath of the Church
In Union with Mary