Black Madonna Blog .On Self Mastery, Mental Prayer, Meditation and Memoriam and Ordinations and more: Perpetual Vows 2025

Bloggers note:

Dear Sister Thérèse,

I pray and wish for you "HandMaid Of The Lord" Mary's very own interior disposition, as She pronounced " I am The Handmaid of the Lord" Her very own interior Life and the Grace of Holy Silence .... and a profound recollection every time you bow your head in Prayer...that Mary Herself would inspire you the words and the silence to guide you in your mission of perfect Chastity,Poverty and Obedience which Christ Our Lord and His virgin Mother chose for themselves, ... and persevere in it forever.

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Perpetual Vows 2025 - Sr. Thérèse, Handmaid of the Lord

- Sr. Thérèse, Handmaid of the Lord

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Let the one who is to make her final profession of vows come forward. Caitlyn

Lind Deck, known in religion as St. Sister TZ, handmade of the Lord.

Here I am, Lord, because you have called me. My dear daughter, what do you ask of God

and of his holy church? I, a member of the Queenship of Mary

community, by God's grace and mercy, have found in this community the joys

and sufferings involved in living my life totally consecrated to God.

I therefore humbly ask you, Archbishop Donus, to permit me to make my perpetual

profession of vows in the religious family of the Queenship of Mary community for the glory of God and the

needs of the church. Thanks be to God.

Tonight is indeed a very special night.

We marvel first of all in the great gift that God has made to all of humanity

in the gift of his son, the Messiah, the savior of the world,

Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. And we marvel in the way that God chose

to bring his son into our world

that he may be incarnate that he be one of us.

And as we see in the gospel reading tonight, in the narrative of the enunciation of

angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, he speaks

of a son who is to come, who will reign in our world and whose reign will last

forever. He will truly be a king

for all of humanity. And so we rejoice in that very gift. But

we also rejoiced in how God has chosen Mary

to work with God's plan to be truly an active partner, if you

might say, in making this gift come to

be for our world. And so Mary offers herself

and will open herself to the Holy Spirit who will conceive the child within her

womb and bring this king to this world.

Now according to the biblical traditions,

the queen was the mother of the king.

We might be more familiar with the queen being the wife of the king.

But back then the mother of the king had great powers,

intercessory powers in the sense that a lot of people who were too afraid to go

directly to the king to ask for favors would go to the mother of the king.

she would intercede on their behalf and go to the king, her son,

and ask if he could grant them the favor.

Now, you can see where I'm going with this. Hey, Mary

is called queen of heaven, queen of all creation,

queen of the apostles, and the mother of the church

because she is the mother of our king.

And she does have great intercessory powers.

We are all in some way called to be mediators of God's grace.

Actually, Pope Leo called upon all Christians

a week ago if I'm not mistaken or not too long ago that today

we may pray in a special way through fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine.

So the Pope like many others throughout history is

calling upon all baptized to become mediators of God's grace. We

pray for a favor for peace. So among

the many mediators that we are because there is

the one and only unique mediator and that is Christ. But all others imitate Christ are called

to imitate Christ in that role of a mediator. And Mary is kind of way at the

top as the queen of heaven, as the mother of

God, as the mother of the church.

She knows her son very well and she knows our

needs very well. And so as a church, we turn to her

that she may pray, that she may intercede, that she may pour down the

graces of her son, Jesus Christ, upon all of us who seek for his blessing.

And so tonight we ask Mary for her special blessing

upon Sister Tedes and all of the Queenship of Mary community that this

may be a night of rejoicing as we welcome Sister Teres and her

perpetual vows as she consecrates herself totally to Christ and calls upon

Mary to intercede for her. We unite ourselves in joy with the whole

church as we we pray for you. As we pray

in thanksgiving, we pray in thanksgiving for Sister Tedza's family.

Thank you for everything you've done in making all that possible. for her to

recognize her calling, the voice of God,

to grow in her faith, in her Catholic values and virtues,

and to embrace a consecrated life. I'm sure you had a part to play in all of

that. You know, when God calls

and he does call in in mysterious ways, it is important for us to to hear that

call and to be faithful to that call.

And as we saw in the first reading tonight from the book of Ruth,

uh it's a a very special story.

of a woman who will play a an important role in the plan of God's salvation.

Now, Ruth is a Moabitete. You might say, "What is that?"

So, she was from the land of Moab. In our geography of today is in Jordan.

So on the other side of of the Dead Sea, if you're standing in Jerusalem, for

example, so on the other side of the Dead Sea in Jordan, that's where Moab

is. Now, we were told in the story that a man from Bethlehem,

we've heard that name before, not too far from Jerusalem, travels with his wife and his two sons.

they they walk away from Bethlehem as as immigrants, if you want, who are

hungry. There's a famine going on in their country. And so there's all kinds of realities that bring people to

another country. And in this case, it's famine. And so they find refuge with the

Moabites. and the two sons find their wives among

these people and among them is Ruth.

Now, we're told in the story that the father dies and then the two sons die.

And so, we have three widows who say, "What will he do now?"

And Naomi, who who's the wife of of Elec,

who's from Bethlehem, she she is of the Jewish faith. He says, "Well, I'd like to go back to my home country. I've

heard that God has answered their prayers and there's food again. And so

she decides to travel back, but she tells her two daughters-in-laws, it's

like, I'm not going to force you to come with me. You can stay with your people and with your gods.

[Music] They're not of the Jewish faith.

But Ruth, we are told that she says, "Well, wherever you go, I go. Wherever

you lodge, I lodge. Whatever god you will worship, I will

worship. Beautiful. As a daughter-in-law,

she she she goes all the way in in being there for

her mother-in-law. She she sees to her needs and follows

her and decides to embrace the same faith.

And so how is she important in all this plan of God's salvation? Well, she will

marry a man named Boaz.

Now, you say, "I've never heard that name before." Unless you did hear

in the very beginning of the gospel of of Matthew the whole line of generation

all the way from from Abraham all the way to to Jesus

all his ancestry and in among those his greatgrandfather

the the greatgrandfather of King David

So we're going way back here. So the great grandfather of King David because

Jesus was born of the house of David is Boaz.

And who is his wife? Ruth. So Ruth is the great grandmother of King David.

And so she plays a role in all of God's plan of salvation. And did she know that

that was going to be part of her calling when she followed her her mother-in-law back to to Jerusalem, back to Bethlehem?

Probably not. But she was faithful to the very love that God had placed in her

heart. And sometimes it's all what we need to do. Be faithful to the very gift

of love that God has placed in our hearts. And so we pray tonight that

sister Teres may follow that very gift of love in her heart as

she gives her life to Christ and within the community of the Queenship of Mary.

We pray for you sister Ted tonight.

Dear daughter, what do you desire from the Lord in the Queenship of Mary community?

I desire a perfect path to eternal life and full joy with the Lord.

So through baptism, you have died to sin and have been called to God's service.

Are you now resolved to unite yourself more closely to God by the bond of

perpetual profession? I am for the love of God who loved me first.

Are you resolved with the help of God to embrace a life of perfect chastity,

poverty, and obedience which Christ our Lord and his Virgin Mother chose for

themselves and to persevere in it forever?

I am with the grace of God. Are you resolved to grow in holiness,

modeling yourself and the blessed virgin Mary with joy, unconditional love and

zeal in love of God and of your neighbor by living the gospel in obedience to the

constitutions of your religious community. I am with the grace of God

assisted by the Holy Spirit. Are you resolved to consecrate your whole life

to embracing every opportunity to proclaim Jesus Christ in the world in

the spirit of the evangelical biatitudes? I am with the grace of God.

May God who has begun the good work in you bring it to completion.

Amen.

All rise.

Dearly beloved, let us pray to God the Almighty Father

through his son, our Lord Jesus Christ, that by the intercession of the blessed

Virgin Mary and all the saints, he will pour out the Holy Spirit of his love on

this servant of his whom he has chosen to be consecrated to his service.

Invite you to kneel if you can as we pray the litany.

[Music] Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy.

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.

Holy Mary, pray for us. Mother of God,

pray for us. Most honored of all virgins,

pray for us. St. Michael, pray for us.

Holy angels of God, pray for us.

St. John the Baptist, pray for us.

St. Joseph, pray for us. St. Peter and St. Paul,

pray for us. St. John, pray for us.

St. Mary Magdalene, pray for us.

St. Steven and St. Lawrence, pray for us.

St. Pet [Music] us.

St. Agnes pray for us. St. Maria,

pray for us. St.

Ambrose, pray for us. St. Augustine,

pray for us. pray for us.

St. Benedict, pray for us. St. Francis and St. Dominic,

pray for us. St. John of the Cross,

pray for us. St. Marina, pray for us.

Pray for us. St. Clare and St. Catherine of Sienna,

pray for us. St. Teresa of Jesus,

pray for us. St. Rose of Lima, pray for us.

St. Louis, pray for us.

St. Margaret Mar, pray for us.

St. [Music] pray for us.

Pray for us. All holy men and women

pray for us. Lord be merciful.

Lord deliver us we pray from all evil.

Lord deliver us we pray from every s

Lord deliver us we pray from everlasting death

Lord deliver us we pray by your incarnation

Lord deliver us we pray by your death and resurrection

Lord deliver us We pray by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Lord deliver us we pray be merciful to us sinners.

Lord we ask you hear our pray. By the self offering of your servant and

her apostolic work make the life of your church ever more fruitful.

Lord we ask you here our pray by the life and labor of all religious

promote the welfare of all people. Lord we ask you here our pray

give to all who profess the gospel a foolish share in the work of redemption.

Lord we ask you here our pray. Make this servant of yours more and more

like Christ the firstborn of many. Lord we ask you hear our pray.

Bless this sister of ours. Make her holy and consecrate her to your

service. Lord we ask you hear our prayers. Jesus,

son of the living God. Lord, we ask you, hear our prayer.

Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

[Music]

Oh God, who prepares the heart of your servant for consecration to your

service. Grant we pray that this your handmade may be purified from all sin

and set on fire with your love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity

of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen.

Please be seated.

In this year of the Lord 20125 on August 22nd,

I Caitlyn Leanne Deck known in religion as Sister TZ Handmaid of the Lord led by

the Holy Spirit declare my intention to follow Jesus Christ more closely

and to give a fuller expression of my baptismal consecration.

Therefore, calling upon the blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, St. Teresa of

Avala, St. Michael the Archangel, and all the saints, and in your hands,

Mother Mary Bernardet, superior of the community. I totally surrender myself to God and

unite myself to his will through vows of chastity, poverty, and

obedience for life within the queenship of Mary community.

I wish to continue my quest for God and community life and mutual sharing of

goods. For the love of God and in the presence of my sisters, I promise obedience to my

superior. I pray that God will enable me to live faithfully within community in the Holy

Catholic Church, always unified in love and being of one mind and heart, with my

eyes always fixed on Jesus.

I accept your lifetime profession of vows and receive you as a member of the Queenship of Mary King.

Father in heaven,

source of all holiness, creator of humanity, ity. Your love for

us was so great that you gave us a share in your own divine life.

Neither the sin of Adam nor even the sins of the whole world could alter your loving purpose.

In the dawn of history, you gave us Abel as an example of holiness.

And later from your beloved Hebrew people, you raised up men and women

graced with every virtue. Foremost among them all stands Mary, the

virgin ver, the ever virgin daughter of Zion. From her pure womb was born Jesus

Christ, your eternal word, the savior of the world.

You sent him, Father, as our pattern of holiness. He became poor to make us rich, a slave

to set us free. With love no words can tell, he redeemed

the world by his pascal mystery and won from you the gifts of the Holy Spirit to

sanctify his church. The voice of the spirit has drawn countless numbers of your children to

follow in the footsteps of your son. They leave all things to be one with you

in that bonds of love and give themselves holy to your service and the

service of all your people. Look with favor then on this your

handmade who has heard your call. Send her the spirit of holiness.

Help her to fulfill in faith what you have enabled her to promise in joy.

Keep always before her eyes Christ the divine teacher.

Give her perfect chastity, ungrudging poverty, and wholehearted obedience.

May she glorify you by her humility, serve you with dility, and be one with

you in fervent love. May she build up the church by the holiness of her life, advance the

salvation of the world, and stand as a sign of the blessings that are to come.

So Lord, protect and guide the servant of yours. At the judgment seat of your

son, be yourself her great reward. Give her the joy of vows fulfilled.

Made perfect in your love. May she rejoice with our blessed mother Mary in

the communion of all your saints and praise you forever in their company.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, bless this ring and strengthen the faith of the sister

who will wear it and make her a living sign of God's love in imitation of our

blessed mother. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

[Music]

Take up your cross and follow Christ, living no longer for yourself, but for

him who loved you first.

It's official. Let us show our joy and our gratitude.

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