We are consecrated to Jesus through Mary so that Theotokos, the mother of God, God-Bearer will nourish us and make us God-Bearers in the sense that the light of the living God within us will shine brightly from our hearts and we will be a witness to all we come in contact with to the Greatness and Glory of God by our imitation of our beloved Mother.
We burn with the fire of God’s love that comes to us from the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This ardent love consumes us from within, burning out our sinfulness. Jesus’ heart is the source of our light, and from His enflamed Heart, He makes our hearts shine, shine with Love and Light. We surrender our will to the Lord’s Love and place ourselves in His Heart. Here we abandon our own will and are filled with the will of the Father.
I commit myself to be a member of Sacrifice Of Love. I want to strive to live a life of submission to the will of God and acceptance of all that He chooses to give me. Just as Christ loved me so greatly that he made the ultimate sacrifice of His own life, so I too want to sacrifice my needs and desires for Christ and others. I will attempt, with the grace of God, to love all people unconditionally.
We, Rosa Mystica Household, seek to fully receive the crucified love of Christ, to lovingly embrace suffering in reparation for our sins and to joyfully share the triumphant love of our resurrected Savior. At the foot of the cross, we seek intimate union with the Blessed Mother, our teacher of humble obedience to the will of God and with Mary Magdalene, our model of penitential vulnerability in receiving the merciful love of Christ. As we strive to live in the continuation of the Paschal Mystery with these two beloved women of faith, we seek to cultivate the gardens of our souls with the seeds of redemptive suffering, unfeigned hope, contemplative prayer, liberating self- knowledge, authentic femininity and jubilant thanksgiving for the triumph of the Resurrection. By passionately pursuing the Sacred and Immaculate hearts of Jesus and Mary, we seek, by the renewal of our minds, what is good and pleasing and perfect so as to discern the will of God for our lives.
Redemptoris Mater is a group of women who strive to make Our Lady of Perpetual Help known. Reflecting on the significance of the Lord’s passion, they realize that their suffering brings them closer to Christ. They run to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in times of trial, and she shows them that “With God, all things are possible” (Matt 19:26). Redemptoris Mater has chosen Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Michael, and St.Gabriel to intercede for the intentions of the household.
In seeking to live according to these words and in accord with God’s particular plan for each of our lives, we will eventually, with His grace, embody the four qualities so much needed in the world today: peace, humility, joy, and prayerfulness.
Within the Love of the Lamb family, we will do our best to be sisters in Christ, through humility, genuineness and unconditional love. By trusting and being committed to each other, we will bear one another up, bringing joy and laughter into each other’s lives. While striving towards individual holiness, we will encourage and strengthen each other on the path to sainthood. Each member is expected to show respect for her sisters by fulfilling all commitments and striving to live according to our covenant.
Madonna of the Streets is a response to Pope John Paul II’s call to young people: “Do not be afraid to go out onto the streets and into public places, like the first apostles who preached Christ and the Good News of salvation in the squares of cities, towns, and villages” (World Youth Day, Denver, 1993). We desire to be an active part of the NewEvangelization through our prayer and service to bring about a Culture of Life and Civilization of Love.
We the members of the Little Flowers Household, strive to be radical women who proclaim Jesus as our Lord by serving God, one another and our campus.Let us not grow weary in doing good; if we do not relax our efforts, in due time we shall reap our harvest. While we have the opportunity, let us do good to all men but especially those in the household of faith.”Galatians 6:9-10
