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	:At the end of the retreat, Very Reverend Father Superior spoke a few words in the chapel, among which I noted the following: “We are now in the age of Mary. Yes indeed, for this is an age of indifference, unbelief, an age of crime, of false learning, of this earth. Nowadays the inhabitants of the earth are bowed towards the earth, stuck to it, breathing for it alone. That is why in these last times she has appeared with her hands stretched out towards the earth, with her hands full of rays, which stand for graces, being poured forth upon men. What gratitude should we show to Mary for having chosen us to spread her Society, this Society comprising the three branches, because Mary intends to cover the whole earth with her mantle. Let us make this lovable mother known, let us bring people to love her. Let us win hearts for her. In winning them for Mary, we win them for Jesus. We win for them most powerful protection. How could children forget their mother? Let us always hold on to her hand. What I would ask you, Messieurs, is to add this to your resolutions: to do nothing, say nothing, undertake nothing, even a brief talk, without casting a glance towards Mary.”		:At the end of the retreat, Very Reverend Father Superior spoke a few words in the chapel, among which I noted the following: “We are now in the age of Mary. Yes indeed, for this is an age of indifference, unbelief, an age of crime, of false learning, of this earth. Nowadays the inhabitants of the earth are bowed towards the earth, stuck to it, breathing for it alone. That is why in these last times she has appeared with her hands stretched out towards the earth, with her hands full of rays, which stand for graces, being poured forth upon men. What gratitude should we show to Mary for having chosen us to spread her Society, this Society comprising the three branches, because Mary intends to cover the whole earth with her mantle. Let us make this lovable mother known, let us bring people to love her. Let us win hearts for her. In winning them for Mary, we win them for Jesus. We win for them most powerful protection. How could children forget their mother? Let us always hold on to her hand. What I would ask you, Messieurs, is to add this to your resolutions: to do nothing, say nothing, undertake nothing, even a brief talk, without casting a glance towards Mary.”

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			''February 8, 1845. Colin. Conversation in the refectory. [Mayet 5, 681 = FS 92, 15]:''

			:“Messieurs, our Lord said: ‘Do you think there will be a lot of faith when the Son of Man appears?’ Faith is disappearing, yes, disappearing. It will soon be a misfortune to have been born for it is indeed a misfortune to be born when the way to heaven is so overgrown that you cannot follow it. When we see all this, we understand why our Lord said: ‘Alas for the mothers, happy the sterile!’ and also: ‘If these days had not been cut short, the elect themselves would have been led astray.’ Is not that what we see nowadays? The light of faith is becoming dim for many.”

			====Text 77====

			''September 26, 1846. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 4, 219 = FS 118]:''

			;[1]: “Messieurs, I am no prophet, but I cannot help thinking that we are at the end of time, that era of which Jesus Christ said: ‘When the Son of Man comes, do you think he will find the Faith on earth?’ Yes, I would venture to say that if the Word were to become incarnate for a second time nowadays, if I may be permitted to speak in such a way, he would be crucified again by the French, and this in less than three years. We live in evil days, the great Revolution has left deep traces upon this France of ours. We are given over to indifference, to pantheism, and to materialism. Where is the faith today? Even those whom you would from their words judge to be good, belie themselves by their actions.
			;[2]: “And why then has the Society of Mary waited until the 19th century to make its appearance? It would have been so natural to take the name Society of Mary! They told me that again on this last journey to Rome.” (Father Colin’s third to Rome. He had just returned.) “Messieurs, if not a single hair falls from our head unless it is the will of our Father in heaven, we must not think that this happened by chance. Yes, it means that the blessed Virgin is going to redouble her efforts at the end of time to gather together the elect” (his very words).


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			''August 25, 1847. Colin. Retreat conference. [Mayet 7, 219 = FS 142, 31]:''

			:“Come, dear confreres, let us love one another, let us support one another, let us embrace each other in a holy charity. God at the end of time has looked upon this depraved world, and he has gathered a little flock, and handed it over to the blessed Virgin to fight for her, and to the little flock he has given the blessed Virgin as patron. At the end of time there are more dangers, and we have greater need of Mary.”


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			''c. 1837. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 5f = OM 444 = FS 3, 2]:''

			:“The Society, I do believe, will be one of the last congregations before the Last Judgment. It must pass through most difficult times.”


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			''c. 1837. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 5f = OM 444 = FS 3, 2]:''

			:“The Society, I do believe, will be one of the last congregations before the Last Judgment. It must pass through most difficult times.”


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			''c. 1837. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 5f = OM 444 = FS 3, 2]:''

			:“The Society, I do believe, will be one of the last congregations before the Last Judgment. It must pass through most difficult times.”


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			''c. 1837. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 5f = OM 444 = FS 3, 2]:''

			:“The Society, I do believe, will be one of the last congregations before the Last Judgment. It must pass through most difficult times.”


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			''c. 1837. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 5f = OM 444 = FS 3, 2]:''

			:“The Society, I do believe, will be one of the last congregations before the Last Judgment. It must pass through most difficult times.”


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			''c. 1837. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 5f = OM 444 = FS 3, 2]:''

			:“The Society, I do believe, will be one of the last congregations before the Last Judgment. It must pass through most difficult times.”


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			''c. 1837. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 5f = OM 444 = FS 3, 2]:''

			:“The Society, I do believe, will be one of the last congregations before the Last Judgment. It must pass through most difficult times.”

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			===At the end of time===


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	~~''June 20, 1866. Colin. Remarks at the end of the Chapter session, before taking leave of the capitulants. [Coste text N = Minutes of the chapter = OM 807, 4]: ''~~

	~~:“The more I think of it~~, ~~the more I congratulate myself that I did not undertake to finish the Rule any sooner~~. ~~The matter was not yet ripe~~. ~~I needed the time to clarify my thought. And that is what makes me hope that our little Society will live and that it will live until the end. I have always thought that the Society is called~~ to ~~fight until~~ the ~~end~~ of ~~time~~. ~~Mary was the support of the newborn Church; she will be so as well at the end~~, ~~and she will be so through you~~. ~~We must therefore fill ourselves with her spirit~~, and this spirit we must draw from her heart. The Apostles never did anything without consulting her, because she had the new law written in her heart and had been taught by the Holy Spirit even before the Incarnation.”		''January 6, 1842. Colin. Letter to the Marists of Verdelais. [Mayet ND 1, 402f = LColin 420106.Ver, 2]:''

			:It is above all before the crib of Bethlehem, our very dear confreres, that during these days of retreat and repose, I have understood more than ever the happiness and the duties of our vocation. How sweet it is for us to think that we are the chosen children of the Mother of God, that we fight under her banner, that we have the honor of bearing her heavenly name, that we are the first stones of the building that her divine Son desires to raise in these last times to her glory, for our salvation and the salvation of many others.

	~~====Text 16====~~

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	~~''September 1868. Colin. Thoughts on the S.M. and its destiny, recorded by Fr. Gautheron. [Coste text O (+) = Mayet B3, 2197-2199 = OM 811]: ''~~

	~~;[1]: “I have always had the idea that the Society was destined to work for the salvation of souls in the last times~~.”		''April 1843. Mayet. Article on Colin: His thoughts on «The Mystical City» by Mary of Agreda. [Mayet 4, 620 = OM 554, 2]:''
	~~;[2]: “The blessed Virgin sustained the Church at its cradle; she is to assist it in a special way at the end of the world~~.”
	~~;[3]~~: ~~“The Society of~~ Mary ~~as it is conceived in the rules ought to live in the Church; God wants it; were it destroyed at some time, it would revive. To be called to the Society~~ of ~~Mary is a special mark of predestination~~. ~~I do not believe that any religious who dies in the Society will not be saved; I speak of the salvation of those who die Marist, but I fear very much for those who leave the Society.”~~
	;[4~~]: “I would like each Marist to set aside in a special way one day every year to thank God for the grace He has accorded him in calling him into the Society of Mary.”~~
	;[5]: “The Society will only accomplish its mission by taking the apostles as models; to return to the conduct of the apostles is the only way to do good today; one will not change the present age by seeking to captivate it by the wealth of the churches.”
	~~;[6]: “We ought to live united to Mary~~, ~~to consult her~~, ~~to love her in a particular way. We ought to become as nothing, to let God act, God alone. We spoil everything in wishing to act ourselves and in believing that we are something.”~~
	~~;[7~~]: ~~“You will see what the Society will be like when it is as old as the Society of Jesus is today. A particular devotion towards the blessed Virgin is a necessary mark of vocation.”~~

			:“In Italy,” he told us, “there are prelates who always use it for their meditation; it is a treasure for these last times.”

	~~====Text 17====~~

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	~~''September 1868. Colin. Words recorded by Fr. Jeantin. [Coste text P = Note of Fr. Jeantin during his retreat in 1868 = OM 812, 4]: ''~~

	~~:“The blessed Virgin said~~, ~~referring to the Society:~~ ~~‘I was the support of the Church in the first times~~. ~~I shall be so again at the end~~ of ~~time~~.’”		''December 16, 1843. Colin. Conversation about freedom of education. [Mayet 1, 873f = OM 572 = FS 71]:''

			:He said, “Our Lord, speaking of the end of the world said, ‘Do you think there will be much faith left on the earth then?’ ... Well, where is the faith in France? ... Nowadays it is pure pantheism. What they say is really, ‘Everything is God, except God himself.’” Then, giving vent to his ardor, he said, “Ah, I wish people would stir themselves, that they would wake up... Really, nowadays, good Lord, the clergy are dead, they are asleep. I am sure that if I were young I would fight... When I was a young priest, an important question was being debated... I set about writing something, and the article was published, but I did not give my name. Yes, I would like each town to have a newspaper to stand up for what is good. Give a sermon: nobody comes. You convert more people with a good newspaper. If we had the time, if we had more men, I would not shrink from... One day we may well battle with a pen, but now we have so many strings to our bow! A while ago I was urging and pushing them strongly at Lyons for the establishing of a good gazette... We must pray. Without prayer we will achieve nothing.”

	~~====Text 18====~~

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	~~''February 6, 1872. Colin. Words of encouragement at the Chapter. [Coste text Q (+) = Minutes of the chapter = OM 846, 32]: ''~~

	~~:“See how the protection of the blessed Virgin on our behalf has been evident in these unhappy times~~. ~~How many other societies have been put to the test and ours spared~~. ~~This is~~ a proof that we have nothing to fear for the future. It is true that the future does not belong to us. But, as the blessed Virgin supported the newborn Church, so she will be the support of the Church at the ~~end of time. Let us cling to her spirit, and she will be with us always~~; ~~let us hold her by the hand~~. ~~To think as Mary~~, judge as Mary, act as Mary. By imitating the blessed Virgin, we imitate her Son, of whom she is the most perfect image. We are her beloved children. We want to be present to the Son through the Mother. The more wretched we are, the more we ought to have confidence.”		''1843. Colin. Commenting on a mission in a difficult place where a man who mocked the missionaries was struck dead; many conversions followed. [Mayet 5, 195m]: ''

			:Fr. Colin, speaking of what happened at the mission at St. Aignan, in the diocese of Autun, in 1843, said: “It seems that in these last times the good God wishes to use extraordinary means to draw souls to himself; but we must take care not be presumptuous, not to expect everything from him. We must work, we must pray and not get discouraged.”

	~~===The support of the Church at all times===~~

	~~====Text 19====~~

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	''February 8, 1846. Eymard. Extract from a letter to M. Frédéric Salvioni, professor at the major seminary of Milan. [Archivio Istituto Missioni Estere, t. 28, Corrispondenza, Religiosi, pp. 747-750, § 15f; for another extract from this letter, see OM 908]: ''

	;[15]: ~~The blessed Virgin has been at all times~~ the ~~support and the protectress~~ of the ~~Church~~, ~~but one might be tempted to say that perhaps never have her maternal feelings been more~~ in ~~favor of men than~~ in the ~~19th century~~. ~~What works of zeal and of salvation have appeared everywhere under her auspices! Not to mention many others~~, is ~~it not a new proof~~ of ~~her tenderness~~, ~~I dare say~~, ~~toward the men~~ of ~~our unfortunate times that there appears in our days a society of Marist priests~~, ~~that is, a society under the name~~ of ~~Mary~~, ~~and~~ of ~~a third order~~ of the ~~same society that counts already more than 800 lay brothers who take vows approved by~~ the ~~bishops~~, ~~have their own government~~, ~~live~~ in ~~community and devote themselves~~, ~~like~~ the ~~Brothers of Christian Schools~~, to the ~~education of~~ children, ~~especially in rural parishes.~~		''September 23, 1844. Colin. Exhortation in chapel. [Mayet 5, 668 = FS 78, 2]: ''
	~~;[16]~~: ~~And there is also~~ a ~~Marist third order for people who live in the world~~, ~~and this third order itself has been enriched with indulgences by the Sovereign Pontiff~~.
			:At the end of the retreat, Very Reverend Father Superior spoke a few words in the chapel, among which I noted the following: “We are now in the age of Mary. Yes indeed, for this is an age of indifference, unbelief, an age of crime, of false learning, of this earth. Nowadays the inhabitants of the earth are bowed towards the earth, stuck to it, breathing for it alone. That is why in these last times she has appeared with her hands stretched out towards the earth, with her hands full of rays, which stand for graces, being poured forth upon men. What gratitude should we show to Mary for having chosen us to spread her Society, this Society comprising the three branches, because Mary intends to cover the whole earth with her mantle. Let us make this lovable mother known, let us bring people to love her. Let us win hearts for her. In winning them for Mary, we win them for Jesus. We win for them most powerful protection. How could children forget their mother? Let us always hold on to her hand. What I would ask you, Messieurs, is to add this to your resolutions: to do nothing, say nothing, undertake nothing, even a brief talk, without casting a glance towards Mary.”


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	== ~~Mary, the Support~~ of ~~the Church~~ ==		== The End of Time ==

	=== Introduction===		=== Introduction===
	~~Jean-Claude~~ Colin ~~often spoke~~ of ~~Mary as~~ the ~~support~~ of the ~~Church at~~ the ~~beginning and at~~ the ~~end. This seems to be his way~~ of ~~referring to~~ the ~~inspiration Courveille experienced at Le Puy. Presented here is~~ the dossier ~~of texts gathered by J. Coste, S.M.,~~ in ~~''Acta Societatis Mariae''~~, ~~vol. 5, pp. 264-271~~. ~~In several cases a wider context is offered than was needed for Coste’s purposes. These~~ are ~~marked with a (+) in~~ the ~~apparatus. At~~ the end of the ~~dossier is added a text~~ of ~~Fr. Peter Julian Eymard~~ that ~~also speaks~~ of ~~Mary as~~ the ~~support~~ of ~~the Church~~.		In this dossier are collected all the texts in which Colin or other early Marists speak of the end of time, with the exception of the texts already contained in the above dossier on “Mary, the support of the Church,” and in the dossier “At the End as in the Beginning,” further below. The texts here are divided between those that speak of the Society or its works lasting until the end of time, those that de¬scribe conditions or the work of the Society precisely in the last days, and two texts that give an evaluation of Colin’s thought on the end of time.


			=== Until the end of time ===

	~~=== The support of the newborn Church and at the end of time ===~~

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	==~~==Text 4====~~		''c. 1837. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 5f = OM 444 = FS 3, 2]:''

	~~''September 25~~, ~~1844. Mayet and Colin. Conversation~~, ~~noted in margin next to~~ the ~~1837 text~~. ~~[Coste text C = Mayet 1, 11m = OM 582 = FS 4, 2]: ''~~		:“The Society, I do believe, will be one of the last congregations before the Last Judgment. It must pass through most difficult times.”

	:On September 25, 1844, I said to him: “It seems that the great number of wonders worked by the blessed Virgin forebode the end of the world, for devotion to Mary is usually the last resort of Divine Providence when It wants to lead back a sinner.” “Yes,” he replied, '' “I was the support of the newborn Church; I shall be so as well at the end of time... '' These words have presided over the first beginnings of the Society.”


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			''c. 1838. Colin. No context indicated. [Mayet 1, 11f = OM 450, 1 and addition b]:''

	~~''October 26, 1844.~~ ~~Colin~~. ~~Inserted by Mayet after the 1837 text~~. [~~Coste text D = Mayet 1, 11 = OM 422, c = FS 4, 3~~]: ''		;[1]: One day he said: “I don’t think that the Society ought to last a long time: it has too many branches and is too composite a body. If it were to last a rather long time, I think that this body would be simpler.”
			;[Addition b]: Let us compare these words with those where he says that the Blessed Virgin will open her bosom at the end of time, in reference to the Society.

	~~:On October 26, 1844, he repeated those words and said: “It is now about thirty years ago that that was said to a priest.”~~

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	~~====Text 6====~~

			''1839. Mayet. Narrative based on information provided by Colin. [Mayet 1, 33 = OM 461]:''

	~~''1844~~. ~~Mayet~~. ~~Personal remark on Colin’s manner of speaking about~~ the ~~origins~~ of the ~~S.M~~. ~~[Coste text E = Mayet 5, 391-392 = OM 591, 2]: ''~~		:Having gone to Rome, he only asked for some letters of encouragement. When he learned that Fr. Trinchant was making some moves towards approbation, he promised God that, if it were obtained, the day when it would be obtained would be a solemn feast in the whole Society, until the end of time, so long as the Society should last.

	:Whenever he (Fr. Colin) talked intimately about our origins, he would do so in broken and mysterious words which I have often recorded, for instance: “The first picture of the Society was given under the emblem of a three-branch tree...;” or again: “The blessed Virgin has said: ‘I was the support of the newborn Church; I shall be so at the end of time, etc., etc.’”

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			''February 8, 1845. Mayet/Colin. Thoughts of Colin on the goodness of God. No context indicated. [Mayet 3, 418]:''

	~~''December 1845~~. ~~Colin~~. ~~Conference~~ to ~~scholastics preparing for profession~~; ~~items recorded by one~~ of ~~them.~~ [~~Coste text F (+) = Mayet 5, 6942-695~~]: ''		;[1]: He loved to remark on the goodness of God toward France.
			;[2]: “He has not treated England so; for he has inflicted the most terrible of all punishments on her. He let her fall into schism,” he said. “But he has had pity on France. He has chastised her in a striking way, and has weighed her down with evil times; but she has recovered. Eh! what! One sees France adoring a creature, and in a way revolting to all the senses! And, nevertheless, some years later, Catholic worship is restored; who would not admire the providence of God?”
			;[3]: Then, speaking of the way France abuses so many graces, and of some impious endeavors and outrages of irreligion, he said, “I can’t help believing that God is going to rise up, and that it is soon upon us.”

	~~;[1]: “Just as Jesus spent three years forming his apostles, so Mary takes three years to form us during the time of our theological studies.”~~
	;[2]: “Jesus left his mother with his newborn Church to form it in its cradle. She reappears at the end of time to call in those who have not yet entered its bosom and to lead back to it those who have left.”
	;[3]: “We should not be astonished if Mary takes a lot of time to make her Society numerous. Jesus Christ, who was God, had only five hundred disciples when he left the earth, after having traversed Judea, after having given sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and done so many miracles.”

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	:On September 25, 1844, I said to him: “It seems that the great number of wonders worked by the blessed Virgin forebode the end of the world, for devotion to Mary is usually the last resort of Divine Providence when It wants to lead back a sinner.” “Yes,” he replied, '' “I was the support of the newborn Church; I shall be so as well at the end of time... '' These words have presided over the first beginnings of the Society.”		:On September 25, 1844, I said to him: “It seems that the great number of wonders worked by the blessed Virgin forebode the end of the world, for devotion to Mary is usually the last resort of Divine Providence when It wants to lead back a sinner.” “Yes,” he replied, '' “I was the support of the newborn Church; I shall be so as well at the end of time... '' These words have presided over the first beginnings of the Society.”



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== Mary, the Support of the Church ==

=== Introduction===
Jean-Claude Colin often spoke of Mary as the support of the Church at the beginning and at the end. This seems to be his way of referring to the inspiration Courveille experienced at Le Puy. Presented here is the dossier of texts gathered by J. Coste, S.M., in ''Acta Societatis Mariae'', vol. 5, pp. 264-271. In several cases a wider context is offered than was needed for Coste’s purposes. These are marked with a (+) in the apparatus. At the end of the dossier is added a text of Fr. Peter Julian Eymard that also speaks of Mary as the support of the Church.

=== The support of the newborn Church and at the end of time ===

'''Text 4'''

''September 25, 1844. Mayet and Colin. Conversation, noted in margin next to the 1837 text. [Coste text C = Mayet 1, 11m = OM 582 = FS 4, 2]: ''

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:On September 25, 1844, I said to him: “It seems that the great number of wonders worked by the blessed Virgin forebode the end of the world, for devotion to Mary is usually the last resort of Divine Providence when It wants to lead back a sinner.” “Yes,” he replied, '' “I was the support of the newborn Church; I shall be so as well at the end of time... '' These words have presided over the first beginnings of the Society.”