{"id":33639,"date":"2023-11-13T00:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T23:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soeurs-de-la-presentation-de-marie.org\/pom\/?p=33639"},"modified":"2023-11-13T00:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T23:36:47","slug":"feast-of-st-stanislao-kostka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soeurs-de-la-presentation-de-marie.org\/pom\/feast-of-st-stanislao-kostka\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of St. Stanislao Kostka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>The love of Christ impels us,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>let us move forward<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>in the footsteps of Saint Marie Rivier&nbsp;!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Dear novices, sisters responsible for formation,<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">and members of the fomation community,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32155 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/soeurs-de-la-presentation-de-marie.org\/pom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/HERO-IMAGE_white.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1601\" height=\"752\">It is with the theme of our General Chapter that I come to you&nbsp;as you celebrate the novena of St. Stanislaus, your patron saint.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Yes, the love of Christ impels us!!!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">It was truly the love of Christ that drove young Stanislaus to leave his family, his friends and his country to go to Rome and join the Jesuits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">I believe it was also the love of Christ that invited each one of you to knock on the door of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. <em>At the origin of every religious vocation, there is \u2026 a desire to consecrate oneself exclusively to the praise and service of the Lord which is born from faith in this love, experienced, in a certain way, as personal and gratuitous.<\/em> <strong>C114 <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Yes, the love of Christ impels us!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">And so, <strong>let us move forward!<\/strong>&nbsp; Yes, move forward with confidence on this path that is opening up before you, a path of faith and happiness where, day after day, you <em>learn in Jesus Christ to walk in the presence of God and to nourish yourself with the bread of his divine will.<\/em> <strong>C124<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Move forward then, in the spirit of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, following <strong>in the footsteps of Saint Marie Rivier!<\/strong> Saint Marie Rivier, a woman of prayer, compassion and zeal who wanted to have a thousand lives to make Jesus Christ known and loved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">It seems to me that today she would say to each one of you, to each one of us:<em> I hope that this year will be a year of holiness and happiness for all of you: I ardently desire it. I believe there is nothing on earth that I desire more ardently than your holiness.<\/em> Letter January 15, 1822<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">How can we live this out day after day? How can we move forward as she did on our own path to holiness?&nbsp; Marie Rivier herself gives us the answer: <strong><em>The road to holiness <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>is all mapped out: it is<\/em><\/strong><em> <strong>Jesus Christ;<\/strong> let us follow him constantly and we will get there<\/em>. Letter 543-4 &nbsp;And our Rule of Life also tells us: <em>To know <strong>Jesus Christ<\/strong> in the Gospel, to live <strong>Jesus Christ<\/strong> in his mysteries, to reveal and to teach <strong>Jesus Christ<\/strong> by our whole life: such is our vocation. <\/em><strong>C3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">This is my wish for each one of you, my prayer for each one of you today!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Yes, the love of Christ impels us!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Let us move forward together in the footsteps of Saint Marie Rivier!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Mother Maria dos Anjos Alves, pm<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The love of Christ impels us,&nbsp;let us move forward in the footsteps of Saint Marie Rivier&nbsp;! 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