Solemn Profession At Littleton Carmel

[Chiquitunga]

+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Alleluia! She persevered!!! [url="http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/8335"]http://www.archden.o...dex.cfm/ID/8335[/url]
She actually posted here a few times right before her entrance ..one of her posts [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/70613-entering-the-sisters/page__st__80#entry1380397"]here[/url] And she's praying for us. May God be praised!

[she_who_is_not]

Praise Jesus Christ!!!

[i<3franciscans]

^ Now and forever more!

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='Chiquitunga' timestamp='1341770801' post='2453520']
+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Alleluia! She persevered!!! [url="http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/8335"]http://www.archden.o...dex.cfm/ID/8335[/url]
She actually posted here a few times right before her entrance ..one of her posts [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/70613-entering-the-sisters/page__st__80#entry1380397"]here[/url] And she's praying for us. May God be praised!
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Always a terrific day when someone professes perpetual/solemn vows. So beautiful! I love her name.

This is the part that caused me tears of joy and expectation. I hope I get to experience this in my own life:


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At the end of the Mass, Sister Elizabeth Marie prostrated herself on the floor while the other nuns sang the early Christian hymn of praise “Te Deum.” She laid on a funeral pall and the nuns tossed rose petals over her.

“It’s a sign of her complete giving to God, of her complete surrender,” explained Sister Mary of Jesus after the Mass. “She’s died to the world.”

While prostrated, sisters are to pray to God for a greater union with him. Pinned to the habit near their heart is a list of intentions, and the nun’s vows are written on a scroll and placed on the corporal during consecration.
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Edited July 8, 2012 by MaterMisericordiae

[emmaberry]

Chiquitunga: Thank you for posting links to her old posts. I loved her PM name: "MtCarmelorBust" lol! I am pretty new to PM, and I am so bad at finding older posts of those who have entered. I really appreciate it! Sister Elizabeth Marie is SO beautiful, and I really love the article.

I'd give the OP props but I am all out..


I LOVE the part Mater quoted where the nun has a list of intentions close to her heart while she prostrates.... I want to send this to some of my friends and family who think the Carmelite/contemplative vocation is 'useless.' There is no way God does not pay special attention to the intentions of someone prostrate, sacrificing their whole life directly for Him.

Edited July 8, 2012 by emmaberry

[Clare~Therese]

Yay! Thanks be to God!

Edited July 8, 2012 by Clare~Therese

[Strictlyinkblot]

Deo Gratias

[maximillion]

I thought the funeral pall was laid over one, not that the Professed lies on it?

Anyways........we had a tradition in my community where we pinned intentions to the pall (on the inside) on tiny scroutonss of paper. Only we could hear the rustling. My NM said it was the rustle of the angels wings taking our intentions direct to the Throne.

[Jennifer]

Thank you for sharing this lovely news........................ Sister Elizabeth Marie looks so beautiful.

[emmaberry]

[quote name='maximillion' timestamp='1341818932' post='2453823']
Anyways........we had a tradition in my community where we pinned intentions to the pall (on the inside) on tiny scroutonss of paper. Only we could hear the rustling. My NM said it was the rustle of the angels wings taking our intentions direct to the Throne.
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Out of props, but this is avvesome!

Edited July 9, 2012 by emmaberry

[Chiquitunga]

Some pictures of this place from the 1950's on eBay [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-Carmelite-Convent-And-Monastery-New-Addition-Press-Photo-/390461351293?_trksid=m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1743068883318789446&_qi=RTM1084479#ht_4125wt_955"]here[/url], [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-Carmelite-Convent-And-Monastery-Press-Clean-up-Photo-/390461351362?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5ae94f65c2#ht_3573wt_1052"]here[/url], [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-Carmelite-Convent-And-Monastery-Mother-Teresa-Press-Photo-/221116878695?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item337b97cf67#ht_4161wt_955"]here[/url] & [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-Carmelite-Convent-And-Monastery-Nun-in-Cell-Press-Photo-/221116878641?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item337b97cf31#ht_3749wt_1032"]here[/url]

[quote name='Chiquitunga' timestamp='1341770801' post='2453520']
+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Alleluia! She persevered!!! [url="http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/8335"]http://www.archden.o...dex.cfm/ID/8335[/url]
She actually posted here a few times right before her entrance ..one of her posts [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/70613-entering-the-sisters/page__st__80#entry1380397"]here[/url] And she's praying for us. May God be praised!
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I wrote this in another thread, but she looks like St. Teresa Margaret!!! Happy feast day!
[img]http://stteresamargaret.org/images/StTeresaMargaretBanner.jpg[/img]

Her canonization banner [url="http://stteresamargaret.org/"]http://stteresamargaret.org/[/url]

[vee]

[quote]Sister Elizabeth Marie, he said, like everyone else is called by their baptism to give their life to the Lord. By giving up their life to God, they will find it, he said.[/quote]

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

YAY!

[Chiquitunga]

[url="http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/9012"]Carmelite monastery to host its first St. Thérèse triduum[/url]

[Chiquitunga]

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[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]Alana Therese Shepherd accepts a blessed rose from Father John Riley during the final day of the St. Therese triduum at Carmel of the Holy Spirit Chapel on Oct. 1.[/size][/font][/color]

[url="http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/littleton/life/carmelite-chapel-honors-st-therese/article_c8fb48ec-13b9-11e2-ba21-0019bb2963f4.html"]Carmelite chapel honors St. Therese[/url]