Decor: Globe, statue of the Virgin Mary, statue or image of Marie Louise
Processional with the following symbols:
Entrance Song: Woman of yesterday and today
Introduction
World Women’s Day is the perfect occasion to celebrate the struggles and achievements of women and to honor them for their irreplaceable participation in the family, in society and in the country. It is necessary to respect their dignity especially as bearers of life.
The role of women is essential, as they are the first educators and leave their mark on the development of the individual.
In Madagascar, the principle of equal rights between men and women is enshrined in the Malagasy Constitution, in particular in Article 8: “Nationals are equal in rights and enjoy the same fundamental freedoms protected by the law without discrimination based on sex, level of education, wealth, origin, race, belief or opinion.
Quiet reflection
The Word of God: Mt 28, 8
“Jesus has risen from the dead and is waiting for you in Galilee. You will see him there”… The women quickly leave the tomb. They are afraid, but they are very happy. They run to announce the news to Jesus’ disciples.
Meditation
Women quickly leave the grave…
Why do the women run along the road of Galilee?
The lives of our Founders
Montfort said: “It is done, I am travel through the world, I have taken a wandering mood, to save my poor neighbor. (Cant 22, 1)
Marie Louise: During 43 years, Marie Louise of Jesus led and developed the foundations with a few women. Through her life and her works, she revealed a message of burning relevance: the integral promotion of the human person and the service of the poorest for the love of Jesus Christ Wisdom.
Quiet reflection
And us, where are we going? Travelling on the roads of the world to carry and give life…
“Do not forget that the Church is a mother, the Church is a woman,” said Pope John Paul II. “And while mothers give life and women keep the world safe, let us all promote mothers and protect women.
I would like to express a particular gratitude to the women involved in the most diverse sectors of educational activity, well beyond the family: education, social services, parishes, associations and movements. Wherever there is a need for formative work, one can see the immense availability of women who devote themselves to human relations, especially in favor of the weakest and the defenseless. In this action, they carry out a form of affective, cultural and spiritual motherhood, of truly inestimable value for the effects it has on the development of the person and on the future of society. (Message of Pope John Paul II for Women in 1995)
Meditation
As a life-giving woman, what is my contribution to the present reality of life?
Commitment (each person is invited to write down her commitment and place it before the altar)
Hymn: Mary, witness of hope
Prayer of intercession
Through the intercession of our Founders and in union with millions of women around the world, let us open our hands, incline our hearts in deep respect for our mothers, daughters and sisters and pray:
Ref: Thank you, thank you Lord, you give me the taste of love
Lord God, we believe that you are the strength and hope of all women. Thank you for your presence and support. Lead us in your Love to walk together on the path of your justice and to embrace your truth.
Women, it is you who hold in your hands the salvation of the world. ! Marie Louise herself will encourage Fr de Montfort to leave Poitiers… and thus, reveal that “her choice to lead an apostolic life contrasts with the model of religious life, still prevalent in the 18th century, of the cloistered contemplative”. A progressive creation, the Daughters of Wisdom is a Co-foundation: if the initial intuition is masculine, its implementation is the responsibility of a woman struggling with the misery of the little people of Western France and her own aspirations: devotion, dolorousness, refusal of intellectualism.
Final song: Pilgrims in your footsteps, Mary