Clothing Ourselves in Jesus

Our Newest Novice!

On the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady, our Postulant, Sr. Synthia, began her Novitiate to follow Jesus in the spirit and charism of our Holy Founders. During the Ceremony, she received our Holy Habit, Veil and Constitutions ~ all of which will help support her on the path of becoming more like Jesus, under the gentle guidance of St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sister Ana Maria, our newly first-professed sister, commented that receiving the white Veil, “which is such a special and beautiful part of our Holy Habit,” meant so much to her. And she recalled that at that moment she prayed earnestly to Jesus and Mary to help her “Live Jesus” and her vocation more deeply and profoundly.  And our Holy Habit and Veil can help us to do just that! Clothing ourselves in our Veil every day can remind us to clothe ourselves with the “mind of Christ … the helmet of salvation” ~ asking Our Lady to help direct all of our thoughts to Jesus in order that they may be transformed into His thoughts. Our Habit can become the “breastplate of integrity” with which we ask Our Lord to free our hearts from all that is not of Him and to grant us His love, gentleness, and stillness of heart.  As we put on our Visitation Medal, we can kiss it and ask our Blessed Mother to help us bring Jesus to everyone with whom we will ‘visit’ with our acts of charity during the day.  Thus, under our Blessed Mother’s tender care and the assistance of our Holy Founders, all of our daily actions can become supernaturalized …… and, with our gazes continually turning towards our Beloved, can remind us of our ultimate destiny: our heavenly homeland.