20. In declaring, dearly Beloved Sons and Venerable Brothers, that the existence of Diocesan Associations can only be permitted by Us, We must frankly avow that by this statement We have wished to abstain from commanding you in a formal manner to create and to establish them. However, We desire their existence, and We pray you in Jesus Christ, inspired by that feeling of filial love which you have for Us and by the ardent desire which consumes you to protect the discipline, unity, and peace of the Church, to give a trial to these Diocesan Associations. In doing this, you will demonstrate that you are filled with the selfsame spirit of generosity and of filial deference for us that you had for Our Predecessor of saintly memory, Pius X.
Quod autem, Dilecti Filii Nostri, Venerabiles Fratres, Consociationes Dioecesanas permitti tantummodo posse declaravimus, idcirco, ut candide fateamur, abstinendum censemus ne condi eas atque institui prorsus iubeamus; at cupimus fidenterque rogamus in visceribus Christi, ne gravemini, qua estis erga Nos pietate et quo ardetis disciplinae et unitatis concordiaeque studio, earundem Consociationum experimentum agere eandemque praestare Nobis magnanimitatem atque observantiam quam s. m. decessori Nostro Pius X praestitistis: propitius enim erit vobis Deus omnibus simul id facientibus et petentibus ab eo misericordiam [6] fidelis quippe est Deus, qui non patietur vos tentari supra id quod potestis, sed faciet etiam cum tentatione proventum ut possitis sustinere [7].vatican.va vatican.va