Reparation “born from the Heart of God: is the
source and inspiration of our consecration in God’s
plan of salvation, fulfilled in the obedience of the
Son, whose radiant sign is the pierced Heart of Jesus
on the Cross.
The
Sister of Reparation must be a “reflection and
a reproduction of that sacrifice which Jesus made of
Himself to the Father” (Letters of our Spiritual
Founder, the Servant of God, Msgr. Anthony Celona).
She associates herself with the Heart of Christ, shares
in the intentions that moved Him to become Man and to
offer Himself to the Father; and participates in the
obedience of Him Who offers Himself for the life of
the world.
Like
the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sisters are called to be
the Handmaids of the Lord. They must approach and almost
become one with Jesus, unceasingly making atonement
and becoming part of His most holy virtues. The Sister
of Reparation must always respond with Mary: “Ecce,
here I am, Lord, I come to do Your Will.” We place
our consecration and our apostolic mission in the Roman
Catholic Church under her protection and her maternal
love.
The
spirit of Reparation permeates our whole life: prayer,
the deep understanding of our vows, fraternal life,
and the ministry to bring forth God’s plan of
salvation in imitation of Jesus. Like Jesus, the Sister
of Reparation is both priest and victim – Priest,
in the unceasing offering of Jesus sacrificed on the
altar and mystically present in the tabernacle; victim
because she unites her sufferings with those of Jesus
for the Church and for all people.
We
follow this way of Reparation in the Church and in the
world with the profession of the religious vows of chastity,
poverty and obedience in an attitude of
- love as service to God and to our brothers and Sisters
- oblation of Reparation
- adoration.
The
intense life of faith and of the apostolate to spread
the kingdom of Jesus Christ finds nourishment in the
contemplation of the Mystery of the Eucharist, “source
and summit of all devotion of the Church and the Christian
life”. For this reason the typical image of the
Congregation is a Eucharistic life lived to the most
fervent and elevated degree possible.
The
first and foremost task in our life of reparation is
fidelity to the spirit of the Gospel, following the
Magisterium of the Church, which will be our guide to
worthily fulfill our mission in today’s world.
We
realize the purpose of our vocation of reparation
a) in Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
b) in devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the
Divine Mercy which is a broadened devotion to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus
c) in contemplation of the Passion, Death and Resurrection
of Christ
d) in Marian devotion
e) in an intense apostolate: in parishes, schools, associations
of Reparation and in fields of social assistance
The
hymn of praise “Magnify the Lord with me and let
us exalt His name together,” inspired by the Spirit
in the heart of our Spiritual Founder, the Servant of
God, Msgr. Anthony Celona, is a call to unite ourselves
with all people in Jesus Christ, to make His virtues
ours, and in union with Him to glorify our Heavenly
Father. This motto is our mission and the canticle of
our entire life.
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