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The Daughters of Mary, Mother of Healing Love center their life around Jesus Christ in His Eucharistic Presence: the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Eucharistic Adoration.
We begin our day with Adoration of Jesus in the most Blessed Sacrament
We begin and end our adoration time chanting the Sanctus and reciting the Fatima Prayer, "O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ, Present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the sacrileges, outrages and indifference which He is offended. And by the infinite merits of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners..."
After about 10 minutes of Community Prayers (which includes a morning offering and a consecration to the Holy Spirit), we pray the office of morning prayer followed by a half hour of silent meditation on the Sacred Scriptures.
>The holy sacrifice of the mass: our source & summit
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is considered to be the most important work of our day. It prepares us to remain in a spirit of prayer, spiritually present to Jesus in the Tabernacle. We go about our day keeping the Word of God within our hearts. It teaches us to converse with Jesus, seeking His guidance and Presence during work and our interactions with others.
in the evening the sisters gather again for prayer and eucharistic adoration
After a full day of working in the Lord's vineyard, we gather again for time with our Bridegroom. As a Community, we pray the Holy Rosary, the Office of Evening Prayer & Night Prayer, and have a silent Holy Hour of Adoration.
The Sisters find time during the day to pray the Office of Readings and the examination of conscience. Day prayer is optional. Each Sister also commits to at least 15 minutes of spiritual reading per day.
Eucharistic Focus of Our Apostolates
Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration
Every morning we conclude our Morning Offering with the following words: “May the Holy Family and the choirs of Angels intercede for us that we may grow in contemplation and the ministry of healing to which we are called.”
As these words imply, contemplation is our first ministry of healing. All of our individual ministries of healing flow out of Eucharistic contemplation. We are gifted to begin and end our days with Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Knowing that “the first and principal duty of religious is assiduous union with God in prayer,”[1] and that “the Eucharist is the Source and Summit of the Christian life,”[2] the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Healing Love consider the Mass and Eucharistic Adoration to be the Heart from which all spiritual growth and apostolic works proceed. For this reason, as sisters enter the Daughters of Mary, we desire to assign particular sisters to the apostolate of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The focus of the sister(s)’ Adoration, will be offering love and reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, while prayerfully supporting the other ministries of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Healing Love and praying for our Bishop, pastors, parishes and the priests of our diocese.
The sisters who are called and assigned to the ministry of Eucharistic Adoration will spend time before the Blessed Sacrament, that is, in addition to their daily duties, community prayers and times of community Adoration.[3]
These additional Hours will be determined under the guidance of the Mother General of the Association with the hope of one day establishing a House of Perpetual Adoration.
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Footnotes:
- Code of Canon Law. Canon 663 § 1
- Catechism of the Catholic Church §1324
- On an average day our Sisters in full-time ministry have about 2-3 hours of Eucharistic Adoration. For more details on our daily prayer schedule visit our daily schedule page.
Eucharistic Aspects of our Active Apostolates
Promoting knowledge and love for our Lord in the Eucharist is an essential part of the renewal of the Church and many of our apostolates include such teaching, catechesis and evangelization. The Sisters give talks about our Lord's True Presence through retreats and guest speaking. We also share the Healing Love of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament by leading Eucharistic Holy Hours of music and meditation.
Visit our YouTube Channel to view some of the Sister's past talks or watch the playlist below: