A vocation with pulchritude

Called to be beautiful? to genuine lovliness? (This time of year the words of the great hymn, My Song is Love Unknown are much with me....)
A bit more on the Heralds of the Gospel -- they admire truth virtue and beauty as reflections of God, and they seek to give witness to them.

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Charism
Many are the charisms raised up by the Holy Spirit, according to the historical circumstances and the necessities of the times. What is the charism of the Heralds of the Gospel?
Inspired by the Holy Spirit, they admire the truth, virtue and beauty of the created universe (verum, bonum and pulchrum), as reflections of God.
“Truth carries with it the joy and the splendour of spiritual beauty. Truth is beautiful in itself”, teaches the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2500).
It is the same with virtue, “the practice of goodness is accompanied by spontaneous spiritual joy and moral beauty” (ibid.).
However, before manifesting Himself to men in words of truth, in order to ask for the practice of virtue, “God reveals Himself to him through the universal language of creation, the work of his…wisdom” (ibid.).
“The beauty of creation reflects the infinite beauty of the Creator”, for “God created the world to show forth and communicate his glory” (ibid. 341, 319).
Take note that it is not only to “show forth”, but also to “communicate”. “That his creatures should share in his truth, goodness and beauty — this is the glory for which God created them” (Catechism, 319).
To give witness to beauty, the splendour of virtue and of truth; to be a symbol of the infinite greatness and goodness of God, transmitting a note of solemnity and pulchritude, in all their manifestations, is the ideal of the Heralds of the Gospel.
In order to fully develop their charism, the Heralds of the Gospel envelop all their actions with perfect ceremonial, from the simplest — such as personal appearance, the manner of dressing, eating and praying, individual and social conduct —, to the most solemn, in community or in public, such as singing the Office, corteges, liturgical functions and ceremonies of a cultural or civic character.
They wear a habit that seeks to symbolize their vocation with pulchritude. In their emblems, symbols, standards, ceremonies, in everything, they want to show forth the beauty, sacrality and sublimity of the Order of the Universe, in order to exalt the grandeur and perfection of the Divine Creator.
With their presence, bearing, behaviour, manner of dressing, and treatment of others, even with their timbre of voice, the Heralds of the Gospel desire to represent a human type that proudly proclaims the Catholic Faith and a great love of the Holy Church.In this manner they seek to interpret that which the Catechism sets forth in the following terms: “All creatures bear a certain resemblance to God, most especially man, created in the image and likeness of God. The manifold perfections of creatures — all reflect the infinite perfection of God” (41). “We must contemplate the beauty of the Father without ceasing and adorn our own souls accordingly” (2784).
One of the joys of the heralds of the Gospel consists in awakening in mankind that admiration for the marvels of the universe, of which John Paul II speaks. For only in this way can they transmit the enthusiasm that the world needs “to meet and master the crucial challenges which stand before us. Thanks to this enthusiasm, humanity, every time it loses its way, will be able to lift itself up and set out again on the right path. In this sense it has been said with profound insight that ‘beauty will save the world’” (Letter to the artists, 04/04/1999, 16).
It is in accordance with this charism that the Heralds of the Gospel — those who lead an entirely dedicated life, as well as the Companions — seek the perfection of charity in all things: “If I have not charity I account for nothing…if I have not charity, I am nothing… the greatest [of the three theological virtues] is charity” (1 Cor 13:2-3,13). They desire to attain sanctity itself.