July 22, 2020

TO THE HONOR OF ALMIGHTY GOD

AND UNDER THE PROTECTION OF

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

AND OF OUR HOLY FATHER SAINT DOMINIC,

I, SISTER…,

MAKE TO GOD IN YOUR HANDS,

REVEREND SISTER MARY ASSUMPTA LONG,

PRIORESS GENERAL,

THE SIMPLE VOWS OF

POVERTY, CHASTITY, AND OBEDIENCE,

FOR ALL MY LIFE

ACCORDING TO THE

RULE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE

AND THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE

DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY,

MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST.

The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist wish to extend their heartfelt gratitude to His Excellency Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing. We also wish to thank all Fr. Richard, Fr. Nicholas and Fr. Pe-ter for concelebrating this Profession Mass, our fami-lies, and all whose goodness and prayers support the Sisters in their vowed consecration to Christ and in their apostolic works for the upbuilding of the Church.

Main Celebrant

Most Reverend Earl Boyea

Diocese of Lansing

Concelebrants

Fr. Richard Zang, C.S.C.

Fr. Nicholas Kiruma

Fr. Peter Kaboggoza

Receiver of Vows

Mother Mary Assumpta Long, O.P.

Masters of Ceremonies

Jeremy Priest

Cross Bearer

Sister Catherine Marie Compton, O.P.

Lectors

Sister Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz, O.P.

Sister Mary Samuel Handwerker, O.P.

Gift Bearers

Sister Maria Faustina Showalter, O.P.

Sister Maria Gemma Martek, O.P.

Candle Bearers

Sister Magdalena Durant, O.P.

Sister Cora Rose Higle, O.P.

This is the meaning of the call to the consecrated life: it is an initiative coming wholly from the Father, who asks those whom

He has chosen to respond with complete and exclusive devo-tion. The experience of this gracious love of God is so deep and so powerful that the person called senses the need to respond by unconditionally dedicating her life to God, consecrating to Him all things present and future, and placing them in His hands.

Pope Saint John Paul II

Vita Consecrata, 17

July 22, 2020

Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist

Motherhouse Chapel

Salve, Regina Hermannus Contractus

As the Salve Regina is intoned, please turn to the statue of the Blessed

Virgin Mary.

Salve Regína, Mater misericórdiae. Vita, dulcédo et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamámus éxsules fílii Hevae. Ad te suspirámus, geméntes et flentes in hac lacrymárum valle. Eia ergo, advocáta nostra, illos tuos misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte. Et Jesum benedictum fructum ventris tui nobis post hoc exsílium osténde.

O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

Recessional Hymn

Te Deum (#919)

Father Mike Keating

Prayer After Communion Please stand.

If the bishop makes any concluding remarks, please be seated.

Concluding Rite

Solemn Blessing Please stand.

When the prayer after Communion has been said, the newly professed

religious stand before the altar and the bishop, facing them, says:

Bishop: May God, the inspirer of every good resolve, foster your purposes and strengthen your hearts, that what you have promised you may keep with persever-ing faith.

Amen.

Bishop: May he grant you to hasten in the joy of Christ along the narrow way you have chosen, rejoicing to bear the burdens of your sisters.

Amen.

Bishop: May the charity of God make of you a family brought together in the Lord’s name, to show forth the im-age of the love of Christ.

Amen.

Bishop: And may almighty God bless all of you, who are gath-ered for these sacred rites, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Deacon: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

Thanks be to God.

Musical Prelude You will find the following pieces in

your Blue Hymnal

Ave Maria (#704)

Oreste Ravanello

O Gloriosa Virginum (#756)

Peter Piel

Introductory Rites

Processional Hymns

Communion Hymns

Usque ad Mortem

Sr. Peter Joseph Wardlaw, O.P.

Esto fidelis usque ad mortem, et dabo tibi coronam vitae.

Ora pro nobis, Sancte Pater Noster Dominice.

“Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of

life.”

Pray for us, Our Holy Father Dominic.

Unitas

Madre Teresa, O.P.

O Merciful Redeemer

Thaxted. Gustav Holst. Frances Ridley Havergal.

Public Domain.

prai - prai - se

Kyrie Jubilee Mass in Honor of the Sacred Heart W.J. Marsh

Gloria Jubilee Mass in Honor of the Sacred Heart

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading 1 Kings 19: 16b, 19-21

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 63: 2-6, 8-9

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Preparation of the Gifts

Anima Christi

Marco Frisna

Father, in Your loving wisdom, You have singled out

many of Your daughters to be disciples espoused to Christ and

to receive the honor of His love. Holy Church shines with their

rich variety, a bride adorned with jewels, a queen robed in

grace, a mother rejoicing in her children.

Father, we earnestly pray to You: send the fire of the Ho-

ly Spirit into the hearts of Your daughters to keep alive within

them the holy desire He has given them.

Lord, may the glory of baptism and holiness of life shine

in their hearts. Strengthened by the vows of their consecration,

may they be always one with You in loving fidelity to Christ,

their only Bridegroom. May they cherish the Church as their

Mother and love the whole world as God’s creation, teaching all

people to look forward in joy and hope to the good things of

heaven.

Lord, holy Father, guide the steps of Your servants and

guard them on their pilgrimage through life. When they come at

last to the throne of Christ the King, may they not fear Him as

their judge, but hear the voice of their Bridegroom lovingly in-

viting them to the wedding feast of heaven. We ask this through

Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Second Reading 1 John 4: 7-16

Alleluia Wolfgang Mozart

AT H E R in heaven, our

desire to serve You is itself

Your gift and our persever-

ance needs Your guiding

hand. How right it is that we

should sing Your praise.

With boundless love

You created the human family

through Your Word, in the Ho-

ly Spirit, and lifted it up into

communion with Yourself; You

make the human family Your

bride radiant with Your own

likeness, adorned with the gifts

of everlasting life.

When Your bride, de-

ceived by the evil one, broke

faith with You, You did not aban-

don her. With everlasting love You

renewed with Your servant Noah

the covenant You made with Ad-

am. Then You chose Abraham, the

man of faith to be the father of a

people more numerous than

the stars of heaven.

By the hand of Moses

You sealed a covenant with

them in the tables of the law.

Throughout the ages there

arose from this favored people

holy women renowned for de-

votion and courage, justice and

faith.

In the fullness of time,

You raised up the Holy Virgin

from the stock of Jesse. The Ho-

ly Spirit was to come upon her,

and Your power was to over-

shadow her, making her the

Immaculate Mother of the

world’s Redeemer. He became

poor, humble, and obedient, the

source and pattern of all holi-

ness. He formed the Church

into His Bride, loving it with

love so great, that He gave

Himself up for it, and sanctified

it in His blood.

Solemn Consecration of the Professed Please stand.

The newly professed kneel and the bishop, with hands extended over them,

says the following prayer of blessing:

F

Make the life of your Church ever more fruitful.

Give in ever greater abundance, the gifts of the Holy Spirit to

your servant, Pope Francis

And to all his brother bishops.

Lead all men and women to the fullness of the Christian life. Grant that all religious families may live and grow in the love of Christ

And the spirit of their founders.

Reward a hundredfold the parents of your servants.

Give these servants of yours the grace of perseverance.

Bishop:

Lord, grant the prayers of your people. Prepare the hearts of your servants for consecration to your service. By the grace of the Holy Spirit purify them from all sin and set them on fire with your love. We ask this through Christ our Lord. + Amen.

Profession of Perpetual Vows Please be seated.

Those to be professed kneel, one by one, before the Prioress General to profess perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedi-ence. Each sister signs the vows she has just professed on the altar as an expression of her total gift of self to Christ and His Church.

Gospel Acclamation Jn. 5:15

Gospel Luke 1: 26-38

Please remain standing until after the bishop has reverenced the Book of the Gospels

Religious Profession

Calling Please be seated.

After the Gospel, those to be Professed stand before the bishop.

Bishop: My dear daughters, what do you ask of God and of His

Holy Church?

Sisters: We ask for perseverance in following Christ our Bride-

groom in this religious community all the days of our lives.

The bishop and all the members of the religious community reply:

Thanks be to God.

Homily

Examination

Bishop: Dear daughters, in baptism you have already died to sin and have been set aside for God’s service. Are you now resolved to unite yourself more closely to God by the bond of perpetual profession?

Sisters: I am.

Bishop: Are you resolved, with the help of God, to undertake that life of perfect chastity, obedience, and poverty chosen for themselves by Christ our Lord and His Virgin Mother, and to persevere in it forever?

Sisters: I am.

Bishop: Are you resolved to strive steadfastly for perfection in the love of God and of your neighbor by living the Gospel with all your heart and keeping the rule of this religious community?

Sisters: I am.

Bishop: Are you resolved with the help of the Holy Spirit to spend

your whole life in the generous service of God’s people?

Sisters: I am.

Bishop: May God who has begun this good work in you bring it to

fulfillment before the day of Christ Jesus.

Amen.

Litany of the Saints Please stand.

The bishop stands, with hands joined, and facing the people says:

Bishop:

Dear friends in Christ, let us pray to the Almighty Father who gives us every-thing that is good: in His mercy may He strengthen His servants in the purpose He has inspired in them.

Please kneel.

The bishop, the ministers, and the people kneel. Those to be professed prostrate them-

selves. The cantors sing the litany for the rite of religious profession, all making

the responses.

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