Bethlehem - General Chapter
At the Caramel of the Sacred Heart in Pau, 24th May, 1868 - the heart of Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified was wounded by love for Christ (the mystical phenomenon named Transverberation). 143 years later in Bethlehem, the Betharramite participants of the General Chapter celebrated this event with the Sisters of the Caramel of the Infant Jesus.
The Mass of Blessed Mariam gathered both communities in a celebration of joy, introduced by Father Jean-Luc Morin in his homily: the joy of sharing the Word and the Eucharistic Bread with the Sisters; joy in remembering the graces received by the "little sister", which pour over Betharram here and in India; joy of a General Chapter, studious and friendly, which flows gently toward its end. All this culminates in the thanksgiving of Christ in the Gospel: "Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I praise you: what you have hidden from the wise and learned, you revealed it to children. Yes, Father, so you wanted it in your goodness." (Mt 11:25-26)
At the end of the Mass Sister Anne-Francoise and community offered this prayer for the chapter.
Holy Spirit, inspire the Chapter;
Love of God, consume the Chapter;
To the true path, lead the Chapter;
Mary my Mother, look at the Chapter;
With Jesus, bless the Chapter;
From all evil, all illusion, all danger,
preserve the Chapter.
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