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Consecration to Our Lord Jesus Christ

[Warsaw, 8 XII 1861]

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(The text was written on sheets of paper bound together with two works of St Alphonsus Ligouri.
Mother Angela gave this book to M. Anna Bielska as a gift on the first anniversary of her profession, December 8, 1861.)

My Lord,  you bid us to suffer, therefore, my poor soul desires it. I want to suffer, O Jesus, but with you; to suffer, but for the love of you; to suffer, but in silence and in solitude; so that no one would know that I suffer, only your; so that only you would hear the groanings of my soul and only you would see my tears. Ah! Teach me, O Lord, to suffer in that way; teach me to suffer without seeking any consolation; to suffer without craving the sympathy of creatures; to suffer without even expecting the eternal joys of heaven. Teach me to suffer, not because suffering is the source of merit and glory, but because it unites us to you and makes our hearts like unto your Sacred Heart.

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Prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Prayers written by Father Honorat
for the Superiors of the Congregation of the Felician Sister
after their suppression in 1864

O Blessed Lady of the World! our Lady! You Who reign so mercifully over our Congregation, placed into Your Heart from its founding! You, Who delegated to me, Your unworthy handmaid, Your Jurisdiction over this home, please come to my assistance. THe more unworthy the hands into which You entrusted this Your little family, the more the need of Your most solicitous care so that, through my incompetence, not harm would be done to any of  Your children.

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The Society of Spiritual Honor Guard of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the Conversion of Sinners

On July 22, 1879 the Spiritual Honor Guard of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the Conversion of Sinners was officially founded at the Congregation of the Felician Sisters in Cracow.

Mother Mary Magdalen Borowska, then the Superior General, in her circular letter to all the Sisters of the Congregation reportin important events of the year 1878 ? 1879 writes about the event thus:

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Circular Letter to the Sisters following the Official Suppression of the Congregation

(Lowicz, c. December 25, 1864)

Rejoice always, never cease praying,
render constant thanks;
such is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

My dearest and most beloved Sisters in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary!

I write to all of you for whom my heart longs because at all major holydays with some in person, with others in spirit, and at least by letter, I was accustomed to share with you the joy of the occasion and especially that which should fill our souls on this great feast of the coming on earth of our Spouse.

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Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Time of Renewal of Vows

[Warsaw], December 8, 1862

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(The text is written on the first page of a spiritual notebook of Sister Mary Candace Gibasiewicz who received it from Mother Mary Angela on the day of her profession, December 8, 1862)

O my dear Jesus, I consecrate myself to you as much as I am able, completely and fully.  My vows have already pinned me to the cross with you and today, I once again, place them into your Most Sacred Heart in the presence of heave and earth.  Thank you, dear Lord, for inspiring me to do this. I admit that your holy yoke is neither unpleasant nor heave; that the bonds which bind me to you give me so much joy. I would want them to increase and to restrain me more and more with each passing day. My dear Lord, I desire and promise to carry the cross of religious life to my dying day. It will be my glory and delight. May I never boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through it, the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.

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