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|  THE ORDER OF SAINT BENEDICT-CORPUS CHRISTI ECUMENICAL FELLOWSHIP
PROFESSION OF 1st VOWS
PM = Professing Member
CEL = Celebrant
CEL What is it you seek of me brother?
PM The mercy of God and of the Order. I ask that you as Abbot receive my profession of vows.
CEL Are you fully prepared and spiritually able to assume this responsibility?
PM I am with God’s help.
CEL Do you ask this of your own free will?
PM I do.
CEL Do you believe that God has called you to a life of prayer and service?
PM I believe that I have been called by God to a life of prayer and service in the Spirit of Our Lord Jesus Christ. I ask for the blessing and prayers of my sisters and brothers as I continue to explore my religious vocation and spiritual journey as a professed member of the Order of Saint Benedict-Corpus Christi Ecumenical Fellowship community.
CEL You may now pronounce your vows….
PM I, , through Jesus Christ, seek personal growth by dedicating my life to prayer and the service of others as a professed member of the Order of Saint Benedict-Corpus Christi Ecumenical Fellowship community.
I promise to live my life in the Spirit of Our Lord Jesus Christ by living prayerfully, peacefully and ecumenically.
I accept all God’s children as my brothers and sisters and promise to foster love, acceptance, joy and inclusion by my example.
I Vow Conversion of Life I promise to seek God and to turn away from anything that would make me ashamed of the Gospel. I will let things go from the past and let the future happen. I promise to keep responding to God's abiding faithfulness to me.
I Vow Stability of Life I promise a lifelong commitment to the Order of Saint Benedict-Corpus Christi Ecumenical Fellowship community and the vocation to which I have been called.
I Vow Obedience to Jesus Christ and the message of His gospel through prayer, contemplation and meditation. I will discern God’s will for me with the assistance of my brothers and sisters in community. Finally I promise to live according to the Rule of the Order to the best of my ability.
CEL From the Rite of Solemn Monk
Consecration of the Newly Professed
“ Come Holy Spirit, source of life; without you we can do nothing. Grant that our Brother may live by faith, give him a spirit of prayer, that he may be eager for the Work of God.
Grant him a heart free from worldly care and attachments, lead him into that interior wilderness, where he may develop a spirit of silence and solitude, and so purified through the trials and humiliations of our life, he may reach that perfect love which casts out fear.”
May the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, be upon you and remain with you always. Amen | |
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