Our Charism“I so ardently thirst to be loved by men in the Most Blessed Sacrament that this thirst devours Me….”
~Jesus’ words to St. Margaret Mary
The charism of Children of Mary is to satiate the thirst of Jesus to be loved in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
How we strive to satiate Jesus’ thirst to be loved in the Holy Eucharist is three-fold:
Because Our Lord’s Presence with us in the Holy Eucharist cannot be separated from the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church He established, we pray for Christian unity, that all will be faithful members of His Church.
Living Our Vows Through the Immaculate Heart of Mary
In addition to the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience, we profess two additional vows: a fourth vow to pray for priests whose holiness of life will bring countless souls to love Our Eucharistic Lord, and a fifth vow to pray and work to quench the thirst of Jesus to be loved in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
It is through our consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary that we pray to faithfully persevere in our vows until death. Before professing her vows, a Sister expresses her heart’s desire to give herself completely to God and to share His life of poverty, chastity, and obedience. She states that she desires to live her vows “through total consecration to Jesus through Mary, that through her Immaculate Heart I may partake of her perfect Motherhood, embracing all of God’s children as my own. Giving my life as an offering to God, I want to love God, His priests, and His people with Our Lady’s love….”
Every November, through prayer and reading, we prepare ourselves for the re-consecration of our lives to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, December 8th. We lovingly place our prayers, sacrifices and offerings in the Heart of our Mother, who purifies them and uses them to do great good for the salvation of souls.
To love and adore Jesus daily in the Most Blessed Sacrament
“Behold the Heart which has so loved men that It has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify Its love; and in return, I receive from the greater part only ingratitude by their irreverence and sacrilege and by the coldness and contempt they have for Me in this Sacrament of Love.
I feel this more than all that I suffered during My Passion. If only they would make Me some return for My Love.”
~Jesus’ words to St. Margaret Mary
“We look to our Mother Mary to teach us the ways of holiness. We thank God for the great privilege of being consecration to her Immaculate Heart, of being her children. It is she who will teach us and lead us on the path we have chosen. She will show us how to be humble servants of one another and ardent lovers of Our Lord and God.”
~Children of Mary, Rule of Life
To pray for the grace for all peoples on earth to love and adore Him
“The priesthood is the love of the Heart of Jesus. When you see the priest, think of Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
~St. John Vianney
Evangelization
