By Sr. Delia
"We call ourselves Sisters of Our Lady" (Const p.15 par 1). Our Congregation is a religious institute which devotes its life to prophetic / apostolate work of the Church. We devote ourselves to the Lord or our neighbours who are created as the image of God through our service to the Church and the people. In order to devote ourselves to the Lord, every member is invited to be aware of the three stars of our congregation.
The first star is our purpose as Sisters of Our Lady. Our purpose is to build 'a new society' in which the full equality of people is central. This new society can be described in three ways as new heaven and new earth (Rev 21:1), home in which human beings will be recognized as sisters and brothers (Rev 21:3) and kingdom of God and His mercy, justice and peace Const p.17 par 2). In addition to this, Rev 21: 1-3 describe new society as Holy city, new Jerusalem and home of God. In this new society we gear our community life with full of happiness, joy, justice, charity, inner freedom, no more suffering, slavery and oppression.
The second star is vision. 'we have heard the call of Jesus. We want to orient our lives to his good news' (Const p.15 par 2), that is; in God's eyes everyone is meaningful. Hence the vision of our congregation is the realization of the good news of the Lord that everyone is precious, glorious, valuable, worthy enough and meaningful. In this, all members of the congregation are encouraged to acquire the fruits of the Holy Spirit such as; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, trustfulness, gentleness and self control (Gal 5:22-23).
The third star is mission. Our mission is to serve God in our selves and in others. Through this we find the kingdom of God; that is mercy, justice and peace and thats new society where people are recognized as brothers and sisters.
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