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Vows
Each sister takes the vows
of poverty, chastity, and obedience, to conform herself more perfectly to
Christ and in turn love Him more perfectly:
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Poverty,
that Christ may be her all: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so
that by his poverty you might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9).
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Chastity, that she may give herself completely to
Christ: “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to
present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,
which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but
be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is
the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:1-2).
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Obedience, that she may open herself up to the
Will of God, which is perfect: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6).
A Sister in Jesus the
Lord states in her vows that she is delighted to live Jesus
Christ, Love personified, and to be consumed in His Will. Our vows are
considered private until, God willing, our community is raised to the
status of a diocesan order. Father Corapi
confirms, “When do we live our faith intensely? When a Catholic lives
Christ. . . . We need to radiate Christ” (Catechism of the Catholic
Church, 2/23/03, EWTN).
(habit is burgundy, not purple as it appears in this
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I
have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ
who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Gal 2:20-21
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The Holy Trinity
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Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words: forget
your own people and your father's house. So will the king desire your
beauty: he is your lord, pay homage to him.
Psalm 45
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