Experience of Internationality: Beziers

“Living our Adventure (Advent) with the One who is always New”

We want to share with all of you our experience in the Motherhouse.  In the first place, we want to say that before going to Béziers we were fearful about meeting our sisters from other cultures, other languages.  Nevertheless, when we met it was an experience of welcome.  We were all of one heart, and we realized that there are no boundaries between us.

Then, we, Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, coming from Zambezi, Mexico and Mozambique, lived a most enriching experience in Béziers, and we would like to share it with all of our international Institute.

We are consecrated women, disciples of Jesus Christ, driven by the Holy Spirit, sent to announce the Good News, and we want to be capable of generating new relationships based on love wherever we find ourselves.

In this world of so much suffering, which has a thirst for community, for prayer, for compassion, for solidarity, for justice and hope, we are called to live this burning fire of our founders for mission: we have decided to keep ourselves updated on news that comes about our world through the JPIC network, our UN-NGO, and through sharing our reality with others.  We have also decided to maintain communication with one another to help us to understand the reality of each county and to support one another with our prayer.

We believe that only by the quality of our lives will we be able to attract others to collaborate in the work of God confided to our Institute: That All May Have Life and Have it to the Full. 

And just as it was very important for us to have contact with our Sources, we hope that future generations will also be able to live this same experience.

 

Fiquei muito impressionada quando entrei na Cripta e vi o coração do Padre Gailhac.  Tinha ouvido falar disso, mas quando foi a minha vez de o ver realmente, senti vontade de chorar e rir, porque não acreditava, mas na verdade foi possível concretizar esse desejo.
Juileta Jofesse (Moç)
Senti que o meu coração quase parou ao contemplar a Entrada da Casa Mãe que as Irmãs pisaram, decididas a dar o seu SIM para sempre.
Dorcas Maurício (Moç)
Fiquei arrepiada ao entrar na Cripta e ver os túmulos, o coração do Fundador que ainda está conservado, mesmo os seus cabelos na imagem da máscara após a sua morte. Tudo isto me impulsiona a viver este fogo ardente do Fundador, ao contemplar a vida das Irmãs mais velhas que ainda vibram com tanta energia e alegria.
Cláudia Lino Acácio (Moç)
“Jesus Christ wants you to light the fire of love in every heart” Fr. Gailhac
This international experience has opened my heart to our reality of internationality and I thank God for the gift of our founding sisters.
Beatrice Magaya (ZB)
Mujer toma tu cantaro y va a la fuente     que da la vida, para que tu sed no se acabe.
Fidelia Espin (WAP)
Que Jesús, centro de nuestra vida me enseñe a creser en la verdad, me enseñe la pasión y el celo en la construcción del reino.
Julia Trejo (WAP)

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