Sister Maureen Ann Toner's Investiture Day (August 22, 2007)

On August 22, 2007, Sister Maureen became a Novice in the Children of Mary community. Following are the prayers for the blessing of the holy habit: Scripture Reading: Matthew 19: 23-30 Question: Sister, what does your heart desire? Answer: My heart’s desire is to give myself to God, to love and adore Him and pray that all people will come to adore Him in the Most Blessed Sacrament and be faithful members of His Holy Catholic Church. HABIT: Receive this white linen habit. May it be a daily reminder to you of the white linen with which Our Lord’s dead Body was wrapped after He died a painful death on the cross for love of you. Through your life of prayer and sacrifice, may you bring this white habit to Him on the last day adorned with many souls. CINCTURE: Receive this cincture, a sign that you are bound to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary as slaves of love, and for love of Them, a servant to all God’s people. SCAPULAR: Receive this purple scapular, a symbol of the yoke of Christ, a yoke that is easy and light when worn with great love for Him. The purple signifies the grace with which you are clothed because of the His Passion, may this be a year of much growth in grace and wisdom. It is made of wool, a reminder that you are one of His sheep, following your Shepherd wherever He leads, and obeying the shepherds He places over you – His vicar, Our Holy Father, and all of the bishops and priests in union with him. VEIL: Receive this white veil, a reminder to put aside all earthly concerns and put on the mind of Christ. May this be a year of detaching yourself from created things so that your heart can be filled with love for God alone. Go now to be clothed with these holy garments by the mother God has given you on earth – allowing yourself to be clothed by her as a sign of your docility to her as she teaches you and guides you on the holy path of religious life. Dear Sister Maureen, I wholeheartedly encourage you to prepare with earnest during this year of novitiate so that next year you will be professed and receive the purple veil and the five-knotted cincture of the Children of Mary- professing to live the three evangelical counsels, to pray for abundant and holy priests, and to give your life as an offering to God that all people on earth will come to love and adore Him in the Holy Eucharist and be faithful members of His Holy Church.

As I kneel before you, as I bow my head in prayer, Take this day, make it yours and fill me with your love. All I have I give you, every dream and wish are yours, Mother of Christ, Mother of mine, present them to my Lord. As I kneel before you, and I see your smiling face, Ev'ry though, ev'ry word is lost in your embrace. Ave Maria, Gratia plena, Dominus Tecum, Benedicta tu.

More pictures from Sister Maureen's Investiture:
	Sister Maureen and her Mom and sister.
	Sister Maureen with some of the many friends and family who attended her investiture.
	Father Maximillian, FI with Chewey the cat and Brother Paul. Father drove all night from New York to participate in Sister Maureen's investiture and offer Holy Mass.
	Sister Maureen's special cake.

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