Saturday:
How far can love go?
"At the name of Jesus every knee shall bend,
of those on heaven, on earth and under the earth". (Phil. 2:10).
"in creative fidelity"
love can transform everything
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9 a.m. (in the Sala Pia)
Moment of prayer
First Meditation on
The Descent into Hell (Fr. Gilles)
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4 p.m. (in the Sala Pia)
Moment of Prayer
Second Meditation (Fr. Gilles)
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8:30 p.m. (in the Church)
Prayer Vigil
Sunday:
Love expects all
"God has bestowed on him a name that is
above every name."(Phil.2:9)
"in creative fidelity"
a new birth
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7 a.m. (on the large terrace)
Morning Prayer
During the day,
we are invited
to go on pilgrimage
to the sepulchre.
11 a.m.(in the Church)
Eucharist
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"Let every tongue
proclaim
that Jesus Christis Lord"
Franciscan women,
called to live the Kenosis of Christ,
in creative fidelity and
solidarity with the suffering world
Paschal Triduum
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"Ecce Fiat"
a Love
without limits
Ecce Ancilla Domini:
"for me, everything is there"
(Mary of the Passion: 25 October 1882)
"Father, here I am…I come to do your will"
(cf. Hebrews 10: 5)
Christ's "yes" to his Father is also Christ's "yes" to humanity.
Christ, sent by the Father, has bent down
towards his creation, towards his creatures.
His limitless love has become:
Incarnation. Passion. Resurrection. Eucharist.
Mary, surrounded by this love, inserted within this mystery, also becomes a living "yes" to her God:
Annunciation. Fidelity even to the foot of the cross. Solitude. Hope without limits. Universal motherhood.
Consecrated and sent on a mission of love, with Mary we enter into the same mystery of Christ:
Offering without reserve.
Contemplation. Universal mission.
By going through Christ's Paschal journey today, by living and celebrating the Chapter's theme symbolically, we interiorise Christ's Kenosis, in Mary's way, with Francis. We do not know how far Love will lead us. Mary of the Passion, while asking God: "Where are you leading me?" allowed herself to be led and her life today proclaims that "Jesus isLord, to the glory of God the Father".
Thursday
Love to the very end
"Do nothing out of selfishness or vainglory;
rather, humbly regard others
as more important than yourselves,
each looking out not for one's own interests,
but rather those of others.
Have among yourselves the same attitude
that is also yours in Christ Jesus:
who, though he was in the form of God…
emptied himself, taking the form of a slave"(Phil. 2: 3-7).
"Franciscan women,
called to live the kenosis of Christ":
consecrated and sent for a mission of love
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4 p.m. (in the garden, near the fountain)
Liturgy of the Word
Commemoration of Baptism, Confirmation
Sharing of the Word
Personal prayer
6:30 p.m.(in the garden, near the fountain)
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Fraternal meal
Final Blessing
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9:30 p.m.
Night adoration
Jesus, Love perpetuated forever
in the Eucharist.
(Mary of the Passion)
(The whole Institute is joining us in a chain ofprayer
in solidarity and participation.)
Friday
A passion without limits
"He humbled himself,
becoming obedient to death,
even death on a cross"(Phil. 2:8)
"in solidarity with the suffering world"
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9 a.m. (Church)
Morning prayer
Reflection-meditation on "Ecce-Fiat"
(text of Jocelyne Audrain)
Sisters' testimonies on their experience of living the charism.
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4:30 p.m. (gathering in the Church)
Celebration of the Passion:
Liturgy of the Word
Way of the Cross
Liturgy of the Eucharistic (in the cemetery)
Day of silence