A Brief History
of
Mary Consolatrix of the Eucharist
Calbayog City
Part 3
… Our congregation will remain on the ground like the creepers. Look at the violet it just creeps, nobody knows it is the there until it is crushed.
The community felt the great blessings that God had indeed granted them, they were awed by God’s mysterious ways that they did not even feel the difficulties they were experiencing in their new living conditions… a building without plaster, ceiling, finished flooring and screens. Several times they were visited by snakes at night. Their oratory was small to accommodate those who attend mass with them and a contemplative community at that, they could not keep their enclosure yet.
A priest who wanted to take pictures of the sisters while gardening realized the poor living conditions of the founding community. Looking back from the garden where he was taking pictures, the priest turned to their unfinished building and said: “you mean that’s the only place you occupy? How do you manage when it rains…?” His questions were endless! The sisters had to answer that during the day they use their beds as tables and at night they clear their beds for them lay their mat on. They also told him of how they cope with their other difficulties. The priest then helped them write to an agency he knew would be of help to the founding community. Another great blessing was then granted them when their application was approved. They were able to build their Novitiate and with it their parlour as their Chapel or Oratory.
There is still much to be done by the founding community and they take one step at a time… they dream of a chapel, a concrete wall… poustinia houses for those who come to ask for retreats… it’s all to be done, they believe, by the Lord and in His time! What the community experienced and witnessed is enough for them to believe that Mary Consolatrix of the Eucharist is God’s work and not at all their own.
Mary Consolatrix is God’s violet because Mary Consolatrix belongs to Mary. Mary Consolatrix is Mary’s gift to God. A Mary Consolatrix imitates Mary her model victim-adorer and consoler. Like Mary, Mary Consolatrix wishes to remain, humble, poor, hidden…
… Our congregation will remain on the ground like the creepers. Look at the violet it just creeps, nobody knows it is the there until it is crushed.
Mary Consolatrix of the Eucharist
San Policarpo, Calbayog City
15 August 2006
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