1, 2, and 3 Years after Perpetual Vows
January 2012
We welcome our Sisters of One Year, Two and
Three years after Perpetual Vows as they start their Spiritual
Enrichment. The main Theme of this enrichment experience is:
LIVING OUT
THE CALL TO BE STEWARDS OF CREATION
IN OUR
WORLD TODAY.
The objectives are the following:
A) To take seriously the call to be stewards of creation and
awaken us to the presence of God’s
spirit on the earth and in nature.
B) To unite
ourselves with all Religious in the whole world towards
‘authentically
embracing and living out the call to be mystics and
prophets’.
Stewardshipis
about who we are, what we do and how we do it. A Christian steward
sees all of life
as a call to faithfulness, faithfulness to God in all things. Every
aspect of life is a trust from God that we cultivate faithfully out of
respect and love for God.
The clay pot that each Sister offered is a symbol of
God’s
work- molding us, reshaping us, and redirecting us according to his plan, as he sees fit.It is also a sign of our commitment
to work in hopeful and wholehearted ways for transforming change as
God’s stewards of
creation.
This is our Desired
Grace: My Lord Jesus, I beg for the grace of a thankful heart, a
heart filled with awe and wonder, knowing that “the Earth is the
Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it.”You have given us the stewardship of creation.Help us to take this role seriously by
respecting your gift of creation, our simple gesture of praise and
thanksgiving.
>We beg Mary, our
Mother and Model, to intercede for us.
> We pray with our
Patron, St. Paul:“May
the whole creation, O Lord, be set free from
slavery to
corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of
God.”