Passionist Perpetual Profession Videos

[NunMother]

I have begun uploading portions of the Mass of Perpetual Passionist Profession of Sister Mary Andrea of the Incarnate Word. The videos were recorded on October 19, 2013 at St. Joseph Monastery in Whitesville, Kentucky, the home of the Passionist Nuns.

YouTube Playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO_IB2lS987hYR0AxgrZeIw/videos?view=1                                                        

In the traditional monastic ritual during the singing of the Litany of the Saints, Sr. Mary Andrea falls prostrate before the altar, and is covered with a funeral pall, the symbol of dying to herself that she may rise a new person in Christ.  In this ancient ritual, there is rich Paschal symbolism of death and resurrection. When the pall is removed, the religious “rises up” to pronounce her religious vows, an intense participation in the covenant of baptism.

Most of the beautiful hymns sung during Sr. Mary Andrea’s Profession are included. 

There are some excellent still photographs of the Profession on the Passionist Nun blog:

http://www.passionistnuns.org/blog/living-consecrate-life-as-a-sign-of-the-paschal-mystery/