Allow me to present our spiritual family and the house where it gathers, and where some of us live. But if you will, I will allow the house its elf to do the presenting.

 

Pope John Paul II, in his apostolic exhortation, Vita consecrata, calls this state of life {that we lead} Confessio Trinitatis, which is to say: manifestation of the Holy Trinity. The papal document underlines that this type of life is an "icon of Christ transfigured", and that the "Blessed Virgin is the model of consecration for us to follow."

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