"The vocation of a Daughter of Holy Mary of the Heart of Jesus in the Church is a total Consecration to God, in union with Mary, in response to the love of the Heart of Jesus, to render the worship of Adoration, Love and Reparation to Him especially in the Eucharist, to participate in his Mission of redeeming love, and to manifest, in her own life, the sentiments of the Heart of Christ."
"Joyful, yes, because I have heard the call to the total following of the Master. You, Lord, demand my answer as such, and that I may help make souls understand it as such." (Thursday, October 21, 1993)
Our Mother Maria de Jesus:
"I believe that God has each soul destined for a special vocation and only in it will each one be able to give Him the greatest glory." (1955)
"I consider the vocation to be very great. My spirit is joyful and thankful thinking about it. I feel the caress of God in my soul, like a jubilant sign of his predilection for me. I feel the duty of perfecting the duties He entrusts to me, fulfilling them each day with greater faithfulness, with greater delicacy, with greater love. May the repetition of acts never bring about routine but yes, always, virtue." (6/16/1957)
"Jubilantly I sing to You, O Lord, because your call set me free. Free, with alert vigilance, of the flesh, the world and the devil. Free, only, thanks to your grace, because without You, Who redeemed me, I would be in chains. Now, on the contrary, I am a slave, for love of Love, of my sisters, of the good of others. This is true and, nevertheless, how much misery do I still find enclosed within me! I am happy because I love You, but happier yet, because You love me, the most beautiful reality of my life!" (Monday, April 24, 1995)
"You call me, Lord, and open my ear, as with Isaiah, as with St. Matthew. I, as they, do not want to resist and turn back. Your call has very different characteristics from one stage of life to another. But it is always a call and it always implies taking up the cross and following You. Consequences? Also the same. If I let You act: your triumph, your victory, your reign. In me and in others." (September 21, 1994)
THE VOCATION OF A DAUGHTER OF HOLY MARY OF THE HEART OF JESUS IS
A call of predilection
The Vocation is an immense Gift.
It enlightens and guides those who walk towards the Lord.
We only have to be open to his calling.
Testimony of a Mother
What can she tell us about the vocation?
In communion with the Church triumphant, awaiting their intercession, especially that of those who are most dear to me, I know that, in this Church militant in which I live, I ought and want to give testimony to the specific gift of the Holy Spirit that is my vocation in the consecrated life, respecting and valuing the vocation of each of [the Church's] members.
(Sunday, November 1, 1998)
[I wish] to make an effort to give witness, with ever greater strength, with greater transparency, that this our vocation is born of the sacrificial love that is joyful immolation. And to make it clearer, there is nothing like nourishing myself at the spring of prayer. I wish to increase my sacrifice, Lord, in order that You may grant me the grace of strengthening my faith.
(Thursday, January 26, 1978)
I know I have ideas about the vocation that are very advanced, but I have not taken them from my imagination, nor from caprice, but rather from the great reality of your Gospel and of the result of the world of today, which absurdly offers You, after 20 centuries and before a humanity of 2.4 billion people, the meager sum of scarcely a million chosen ones. You do not want this!
(1957)
In the face of temptation, work, weariness, and effort, do not let me fall. And if my frailty offends the purity of your love, continue showing me the path of my life. Filling me when You wish and when it is the right moment, with the joy of your presence, feeling called, chosen, consecrated, set apart for You.
(Thursday, February 18, 1993)
The mentality of the world generates evil actions. By Christ's Redemption, we can be set free, taking refuge in Him. Above all, if we do this through our gratitude for the predilection of his call: called to be saints, to feel we are in his presence, to contribute to the sanctification of others. Because He wants it and this is how He desires us.
