• Our Life
    • Our Story
    • Our Day
    • Apostolates
  • Charism
  • Vocations
  • Blog
    • Subscribe
  • Giving
    • Donate
    • Growth
  • Contact
    • Message us
    • Request a Prayer
    • Vocation Inquiry
    • Newsletters
Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
  • Our Life
    • Our Story
    • Our Day
    • Apostolates
  • Charism
  • Vocations
  • Blog
    • Subscribe
  • Giving
    • Donate
    • Growth
  • Contact
    • Message us
    • Request a Prayer
    • Vocation Inquiry
    • Newsletters

Blog

To Know Christ Crucified and Risen

11/23/2016

 
You did not see Him, yet you love Him; and still without seeing Him you are already filled with a joy so glorious that it cannot be described."
~ 1 Peter 1:8

Picture
Religious life cannot be sustained without a deep life of prayer - individual, communal, and liturgical."
~ Essential Elements, 28
The Code of Canon Law states that the first and primary duty of all consecrated persons is "the contemplation of divine things and an assiduous union with God" (CIC 663). This life of prayer is considered to be one of the essential elements of genuine religious life: "The religious who embraces concretely a life of total consecration is called to know the risen Lord by a warm, personal knowledge, and to know Him as One with whom he or she is personally in communion" (EE 28). This knowledge is not the result of halfhearted efforts, but is the fruit of fostering an attitude of attention and devotion to Christ so assiduously that this attitude becomes habitual. The consecrated woman understands that her relationship with Christ is the source of any efficacy in her apostolic endeavors. It is the context out of which she makes all important decisions and receives each event and encounter in her day. This habitual union with God is not easily attained and is easily lost. In his exhortation on the renewal of the religious life, Venerable Pope Paul VI affirms, "Faithfulness to daily prayer always remains for each religious a basic necessity. Prayer must have a primary place in your constitutions and in your lives." The religious's prayer is first that intimate communion of spouse to Beloved. The communal praying of the liturgical prayer then expands this personal relationship to include the whole Church, making the spirit of prayer universal, generous, and fruitful.

​"People have to feel that through you Someone else is at work. To the extent that you live your total consecration to the Lord, you communicate something of Him and, ultimately, it is He for whom the human heart is longing."
~ Saint Pope John Paul II

Comments are closed.
    Subscribe

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Advent
    Christmas
    Easter
    Events
    Feast Days
    Image Insights
    Lent
    Liturgy
    Mary's Hands & Heart
    Monthly Devotion
    Our Lady
    Our Lord
    Photo Journal
    Prayer
    Reflections
    Religious Life
    Saintly Sayings
    St. Joseph
    True Devotion

    Archives

    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014

Picture

Navigation


  • Home
  • Our Story
  • Giving
  • Blog
  • ​Donate
  • Contact
  • ​Privacy

Stay Connected



Copyright 2018 Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
Website by Fitz Designz