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:

1. Code of Canon Law. Canon 663 § 1
2. Catechism of the Catholic Church §1324
3. 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 Prayer Life