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Our Charism
Cannot be enclosed: It is something that is dynamic. It is call, a challenge to each one of us to live our vocation to the fullest. It is the frame which orientates us. It will guide us and will guide our life choices
Our Charism
It will also impose certain limits which are not limitations but orientations. These possibilities are possibilities of excellence, how can we be true authentic Daughters of the Heart of Mary?
The holistic aspect of our persons is contained within the 4 Gospel texts The first one speaks to us of the world as it extends to the whole universe. John 17:15 The second speaks to us of our relationship with Christ and His place in our lives. John 15: 15
Another speaks to us of all the others, our relationship with others. John 2:5 Finally it speaks to us of Mary and of her importance in our lives. John 19:27
All these four texts govern the world of relations of a DHM These relations govern the whole of our lives and the principle relation is one of friendship.
John 17:15
This tells us about the prayer of Jesus, `do not take them out of the world, but protect them from evil in the world What is the meaning of this for us today? What is the challenge, what does it call us to do?
John 17: 15
What is the reality we find in the world? What is the reality of our church? We are called to be involved in the critical area of our world and church We are called to free the world of its unjust structures and systems that destabilise our society
John 17: 15
We are called to bring the mission of Jesus to the world, to liberate the world from those unjust structures. For this we need to be involved and engaged fully with our world. We need to be open to the worlds reality
The humility of the Heart of Mary her gentleness, her patience, her charity to men and love to God, that is what you must imitate, as far as you can, with the help of divine grace.
John 15: 15
`I do not call you servants anymore but friends. This text assures us of a firm and true foundation in love, the love of friendship. This calls us to love, to give ourselves in love. This quotation can be the basis of a true life project for us it calls us to love others not only as brothers and sisters but as friends.
John 15: 15
Imagine if we related with each other and with our world with the love of friendship. This was Jesus way of relating and it is His way with us. We are called to extend His way of being and acting in our world today.
John 15: 15
This love makes us a sign of Gods mercy towards our world.
At the heart of this is our friendship with Jesus
Our Charism
Do you feel we have a model of religious life worth living? Is the model opportune for today and tomorrow? The model is valid if we as women and as DHM will make it active and express it through our deep life-giving relations with others