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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 associate herself with the Heart of
Christ. She 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
Our Lady's hymn
of praise “Magnify the Lord with me and let us
exalt His name together,” 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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