{"id":61933,"date":"2019-11-08T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/?p=61933"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:24:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T09:24:45","slug":"god-alone-is-enough-to-live-as-a-consecrated-woman-in-the-emmanuel-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/god-alone-is-enough-to-live-as-a-consecrated-woman-in-the-emmanuel-community\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;God alone is enough&#8221;: to live as a consecrated woman in the Emmanuel Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I give myself to Christ and his merciful love<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Last October 27, three of our Consecrated sisters made their First Commitment (three years) in Consecrated Life, one sister made her Final Commitment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For women, celibacy for the Kingdom is a call to spousal love and to a total self-giving to the person of Christ. They reply to this spousal love by the disinterested offering of their lives. Through the action of the Holy Spirit they attempt to become &#8220;one with the spirit&#8221; with Christ the Bridegroom (1Co 6:17), so as to better welcome the Father&#8217;s will. By this self-giving they show to all the &#8220;God alone suffices&#8221; (St Therese of Avila).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"so-premium-web-font\" data-web-font-module=\"web_safe\">[su_panel background=&#8221;#fffcf0&#8243; color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; border=&#8221;0px solid #dddddd&#8221; shadow=&#8221;0px 0px 0px #ffffff&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>First commitments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;In reply to the Lord&#8217;s call, I offer myself to Christ and to His merciful love, for the evangelization of the world and the service of the Church. Therefore, I commit myself for three years in celibacy for the Kingdom, in the Emmanuel Community and the Fraternity of Jesus.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cl\u00e9mence (Bondy, France) &#8211; child care assistant<\/li>\n<li>Katarzyna (Warsaw, Poland) &#8211; professor<\/li>\n<li>Manon (Cologne, Germany) &#8211; occupational therapist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61945 size-medium_large\" src=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9770-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"so-premium-web-font\" data-web-font-module=\"web_safe\">[\/su_panel]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Usually, persons committed in celibacy for the Kingdom have a working life. They are attentive to do their work in a competent way and to receive the training required for this, for this, for the common good and to the glory of God. They do their work inspired by the evangelical love and special life of union with Christ that their commitment in celibacy for the Kingdom implies.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"so-premium-web-font\" data-web-font-module=\"web_safe\">[su_panel background=&#8221;#fffcf0&#8243; color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; border=&#8221;0px solid #dddddd&#8221; shadow=&#8221;0px 0px 0px #ffffff&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final commitment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"so-premium-web-font\" data-web-font-module=\"web_safe\"><em>&#8220;Father Most Holy, I give you thanks for the celibacy for the Kingdom that you have made to me. One with Jesus, I offer myself to you, to do your will, and I commit myself definitively in celibacy for the Kingdom, in the Emmanuel Community and the Fraternity of Jesus.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Odile (Bois Colombe, France) &#8211; school teacher<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As a sign of this spousal love they wear a ring, given to them at the moment of their definitive commitment in celibacy for the Kingdom. As is signified by the cross received at the beginning of their journey in celibacy, union to Christ is both the source of fruitfulness of their whole lives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-61948\" src=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9816-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-61950\" src=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19-RZ5A9792-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-61949\" src=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile-360x202.png 360w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile-500x282.png 500w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Odile.png 1083w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"so-premium-web-font\" data-web-font-module=\"web_safe\">[\/su_panel]<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">Become a witness of these commitments:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Brothers and sisters, you are called to consistently support those who commit themselves to celibacy for the Kingdom. Do you want to honor them and support them in their commitment?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Foule1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61951 size-medium_large\" src=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Foule1-768x396.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Foule1-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Foule1-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Foule1-200x103.png 200w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Foule1-500x258.png 500w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Frat19Foule1.png 967w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"FRAT 2019 - Messe du 26 Octobre - Engagement dans le c\u00e9libat\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gTSo9DAAzBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Know more about us:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/consecrated-women\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61993 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Frat-arrow-1-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Frat-arrow-1-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Frat-arrow-1-200x141.png 200w, https:\/\/emmanuel.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Frat-arrow-1.png 443w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I give myself to Christ and his merciful love Last October 27, three of our Consecrated sisters made their First Commitment (three years) in Consecrated Life, one sister made her Final Commitment. 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