The Servants of Jesus were born legally on July 31, 2003, the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the day that the Decree of Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop Primate of Mexico, entered into full force, where he decides to accept us as a Society of Apostolic Life.
Since then we have sought the Will of God regarding our life and mission, under the spiritual guidance of Saint Ignatius of Loyola as he proposes in his Spiritual Exercises.
On March 19, 2016, on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Msgr. Víctor Sánchez Espinosa, archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), accepts the Headquarters of the Society.
On July 31, 2019, the most excellent Archbishop of Puebla, Bishop Victor Sánchez Espinosa proclaimed in solemn Mass the Decree of the Congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, which provides for the transformation of the Society of Apostolic Life Servants of Jesus in clerical religious Institute of diocesano law. Laus Deo.
We have the name "Servants of Jesus" and by the motto "Love and Serve", because, as disciples of Christ Jesus and members of his Church, remaining in him (cf. Jn 15), we seek "in everything to love and serve his Divine Majesty".
Our identity as Servants of Jesus finds its source in the friendship that the Son of God offers us: "I no longer call you servants ... I have called you friends" (Jn 15:15); This friendship allows us to follow him in his mission of service: "If I, the Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet" (Jn 13:14, Jn 12:26). In fact, Jesus Christ lived his earthly service as loving obedience to the Father, which redeems all men, and He gives it to us as a way of life.
The gift of friendship that Jesus offers us, to whom we want to reciprocate by loving him and serving him, makes us grow in reverence before God. That's why we say: You can call us friends, we recognize ourselves as servants (see Saint Augustine, Enarr. In Ps. CXLII).
To follow more closely Jesus, obedient, virgin and poor (see LG 42 and 43, PC 1), the Servants of Jesus commit ourselves to welcome, form and intensify the experience of the evangelical counsels in the fraternal life in common all the members.
The Servants of Jesus were born legally on July 31, 2003, the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the day that the Decree of Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop Primate of Mexico, entered into full force, where he decides to accept us as a Society of Apostolic Life.
Since then we have sought the Will of God regarding our life and mission, under the spiritual guidance of Saint Ignatius of Loyola as he proposes in his Spiritual Exercises.
On March 19, 2016, on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Msgr. Víctor Sánchez Espinosa, archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico), accepts the Headquarters of the Society.
On July 31, 2019, the most excellent Archbishop of Puebla, Bishop Victor Sánchez Espinosa proclaimed in solemn Mass the Decree of the Congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, which provides for the transformation of the Society of Apostolic Life Servants of Jesus in clerical religious Institute of diocesano law. Laus Deo.
We have the name "Servants of Jesus" and by the motto "Love and Serve", because, as disciples of Christ Jesus and members of his Church, remaining in him (cf. Jn 15), we seek "in everything to love and serve his Divine Majesty".
Our identity as Servants of Jesus finds its source in the friendship that the Son of God offers us: "I no longer call you servants ... I have called you friends" (Jn 15:15); This friendship allows us to follow him in his mission of service: "If I, the Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet" (Jn 13:14, Jn 12:26). In fact, Jesus Christ lived his earthly service as loving obedience to the Father, which redeems all men, and He gives it to us as a way of life.
The gift of friendship that Jesus offers us, to whom we want to reciprocate by loving him and serving him, makes us grow in reverence before God. That's why we say: You can call us friends, we recognize ourselves as servants (see Saint Augustine, Enarr. In Ps. CXLII).
To follow more closely Jesus, obedient, virgin and poor (see LG 42 and 43, PC 1), the Servants of Jesus commit ourselves to welcome, form and intensify the experience of the evangelical counsels in the fraternal life in common all the members.
