Brief Introduction
On
this grace filled morning with immense joy we the members of the CFMSS family
have gathered in the presence of God tossing the praises of the Almighty and to
share in the joy of our sisters as two of our novices make their first commitment
to the Lord and seven of our junior sisters offer themselves unreservedly for
life to the Lord and His people. On this joyful occasion with great joy and
gratitude on behalf of St Francis province of the Clarist Franciscan
Missionaries of the Most Blessed Sacrament, I welcome each one of you to this
Solemn Eucharistic celebration. On this day of blessing we are fortunate and
blessed with the benevolent presence of our beloved Arch Bishop Anil J. T.
Couto who willingly and gladly accepted our invitation to grace this occasion
and preside over the celebrations. Your Grace, I extend you our heartiest
welcome. We are delighted to have you, Rev. Fathers, brothers, sisters, and the
beloved parents and family members of our sisters on this auspicious occasion.
Your presence has enhanced our joy manifold. We are glad to welcome the
parishioners of All Saints Church whose presence is always encouraging. We
warmly welcome each one of you who are present here to this thanksgiving Eucharistic
celebration.
Now let us all stand and welcome our dear second
year novices and the Tertian sisters escorted
by their respective mistresses, parents, members of the Provincial team, the
concelebrants and the chief celebrant, as they proceed to the altar of love with the accompaniment of melodious music and
the rhythmic steps of our little ones.
PROCESSION TO THE
ALTAR/ ENTRANCE DANCE &HYMN
Introduction
“How
good and kind you are O Jesus! How sweet and gentle your appeal! How powerful
your charm! Make me all yours.” It was the ardent desire and constant prayer of
our beloved foundress Venerable Mother Seraphina. With the same heartfelt
longing our dear sisters ........................... and our second year
novices ............................. are
here today to dedicate their life to the Eucharistic Jesus. They desire to
belong to no one but Him alone, to love Him as their first cause, even more
than themselves.
This is a day of
exuberant joy and gladness, to all of us as especially for us CFMSS our dear
sisters have accepted the
invitation of the Lord to follow Him wholeheartedly by
surrendering themselves, pouring out their whole self, without counting the
cost, to the one who gave Himself totally for their sake, to be with Him and do
His will always. It is a propitious moment,
moment filled with sentiments of gratitude to and love for God as our sisters
are determined to walk the path of Christ, a path less trodden.
Yes, Dear sisters, you
are precious gifts for the CFMSS family, for the church and the world. You are indeed
privileged to make this offering of yourself to God in this Year of Consecrated
life. On this heavenly day, we are enveloped by gratitude and filled with
pleasure as you begin anew your journey with God your beloved with renewed
fervor and fresh enthusiasm and joy unlimited. As our beloved Foundress
desired, “may Jesus be honey in your mouth, music to your ears, and delight to
your heart” and the Virgin Mother be your teacher, and guardian angel your
invisible companion in this journey.
As
our sisters have taken this courageous step and are about to pronounce the vows
to God in the presence of the whole Church, let us storm the heavens with our
prayers so that the Lord may sustain these young brides of Christ in their
commitment and grant them the grace of fidelity and perseverance in their
vocation.
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