{"id":2474,"date":"2023-06-28T18:22:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/temporaryunderconstruction\/?page_id=2474"},"modified":"2025-09-30T02:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:46:04","slug":"our-habit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/?page_id=2474","title":{"rendered":"Our Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2474\" class=\"elementor elementor-2474\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb0497d elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"fb0497d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-325f11c\" data-id=\"325f11c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee6213 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ee6213\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nServants of the Lord <br>and the Virgin of Matar\u00e1<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c84aaf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c84aaf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Habit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6233d5b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6233d5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:497,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d7ad86\" data-id=\"4d7ad86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2589710 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2589710\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ae8e8c\" data-id=\"0ae8e8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e1842b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e1842b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;rotateInUpRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;rotateInUpRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/196797185_763297581029377_8126438606264679448_n-768x514.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2487\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/196797185_763297581029377_8126438606264679448_n-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/196797185_763297581029377_8126438606264679448_n-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/196797185_763297581029377_8126438606264679448_n-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/196797185_763297581029377_8126438606264679448_n-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/196797185_763297581029377_8126438606264679448_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88a2784 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88a2784\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Religious Habit<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-670d2b0 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"670d2b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the Constitutions of the Institute of the Servants of the Lord and of the Virgin of Matar\u00e1 reminded that \u00abthe sisters of our Institute must wear the holy habit, which is a sign of his consecration and testimony of their poverty\u00bb<\/p><p>The use of the religious habit implies, on one hand, the removal of secular clothes. Such abandonment concretely expresses our non-being of the world, our separation from everything that is not God, &#8220;is the means of constantly reminding the religious of their commitment that contrasts with the spirit of the world.&#8221;<\/p><p>But also, and more importantly, it entails the aspect of clothing. Hence the imposition of the religious habit:<\/p><ul><li>speaks of a consecration, in the religious sense of the word, that is, a donation to God.<\/li><li>means the change of life and mentality (the metanoia of the New Testament), the total surrender to God, the cordial, effective and irrevocable adherence to the Catholic religious tradition.<\/li><li>also means renouncing the world and material goods.<\/li><li>It implies that one wants to tend to the perfection of the Christian life, that the religious denies herself, that she carries her own cross, that she dies with Jesus Christ a mystical death.<\/li><\/ul><p>It is the substantial and profound symbolism of which the Abbot Pinufio says: \u00abExamine what the cross implies, cross under whose sign you must live from now on, because it is no longer you who lives, but who lives in you who was crucified for you\u00bb.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1ad7b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1ad7b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5c9d78\" data-id=\"e5c9d78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e00b139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e00b139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The habit of&nbsp; &#8220;Las Servidoras&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-36866d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36866d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d712d2\" data-id=\"1d712d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae96be2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae96be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;rotateInUpLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-06-at-08.55.37-4.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2490\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-06-at-08.55.37-4.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-06-at-08.55.37-4-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-06-at-08.55.37-4-1024x678.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-06-at-08.55.37-4-768x508.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b793412\" data-id=\"b793412\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c9ccdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c9ccdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Like most of the female religious Congregations, the &#8220;Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matar\u00e1&#8221; use different garments for their habit:<\/p><ul><li>the tunic,<\/li><li>the scapular,<\/li><li>the coif and the veil.<\/li><\/ul><p>The tunic (from the Latin tunica, of uncertain etymology), is the wide and long outer garment; It is grey.<\/p><p>The scapular (from the Latin scapularis, from scapulae, the backs) is a strip or piece of cloth with an opening through which the head is inserted and which hangs over the chest and back; it is blue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fdb6bee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fdb6bee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-165c9b2\" data-id=\"165c9b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7110f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7110f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The coif (from the cimbro toc, cap, or from the Basque tauka) is a white linen garment used to cover the head.<\/p><p>The veil (from the Latin velum) is a blessed cloak with which the nuns cover the head and the upper part of the body, usually white for the novices and blue for the professed.<\/p><p>Also the colors of the habit have a particular meaning, since blue corresponds to the cloudless sky and gray to the earth, and for this very reason the blue means the Word\u00a0 and the grey the humanity. Hence the blue scapular, which represents the Divine Word, put over the grey habit, which symbolizes the humanity, is an eloquent statement about the great mystery of the Incarnation, in which the Word was united with our nature and dressed in our flesh<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d4bd46\" data-id=\"5d4bd46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b22efa elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b22efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/100830698_545265369499267_3702061732395483136_n-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2588\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/100830698_545265369499267_3702061732395483136_n-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/100830698_545265369499267_3702061732395483136_n-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/100830698_545265369499267_3702061732395483136_n-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/100830698_545265369499267_3702061732395483136_n-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/100830698_545265369499267_3702061732395483136_n.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-22494f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22494f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d3b876\" data-id=\"9d3b876\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e64883a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e64883a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Wisteria<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8cd18a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8cd18a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When we see the &#8220;Servidoras &#8221; we think of wisteria. Such is the common name of Wistania sinensis, a plant of the Papilion\u00e1ceas family, an ornamental vine of great development, cultivated in parks and gardens; it blooms profusely in spring, forming beautiful bluish, purplish or white clusters. It is originally from China. The common name in Spanish is glicina that comes from the Greek glykys, meaning sweet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b2711c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b2711c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-35942e7\" data-id=\"35942e7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31fcbde elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31fcbde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-23-at-01.48.45-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2587\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-23-at-01.48.45-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-23-at-01.48.45-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-23-at-01.48.45.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-33e9cc8\" data-id=\"33e9cc8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-937d1c3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"937d1c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the &#8220;Servidoras&#8221;, as for every consecrated soul, the Revelation, the Word of God, the Holy Scripture is sweet: \u201cSo I went up to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. He said to me, \u201cTake and swallow it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.\u201d (Rev 10,9-10).<\/p><p>Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, is sweet for his wife: \u201cLike an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my lover among men. In his shadow I delight to sit, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.\u201d (Cant 2,3).<\/p><p>But the voice of the bride is also sweet for Jesus Christ, who says to her: \u201cMy dove in the clefts of the rock, in the secret recesses of the cliff, Let me see your face, let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.\u201d (Cant 2,14).<\/p><p>Sweet is, finally, the Blessed Virgin, because she is Mother and Queen of Mercy, as the Church sings to her in the Salve: Oh most clement, oh merciful, oh sweet Virgin Mary!<\/p><p>Likewise, the &#8220;Servidoras&#8221; remind us of the wisteria because of the great number with which the Lord has blessed them, because they always walk together, because despite their apparent fragility they show enormous resistance and because being fine and delicate, nevertheless, they know bloom even in the house of the poor filling them with a very delicate perfume.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-astglobalcolor1 ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">And as if that were not enough, they carry on their hearts the replica of <a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/home\/?page_id=2533\">the Cross of Matar\u00e1<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p>In each Servant there should be a love for her Habit, it should be like her skin, so that united to the Incarnate Word, who united Heaven and Earth, she may flower into all kinds of good works and be for all the good scent of Christ (2 Cor 2:15).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3175792 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3175792\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5723ae\" data-id=\"f5723ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9760e57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9760e57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Swallows, (from lat. hirundo, -inis = for walking), are a very common bird from the beginning of spring to the end of summer, which migrates in search of temperate countries&#8230;<\/p><p>It is about fifteen centimeters from the head to the tip of the tail, a black, short, and spiked beak, a reddish forehead and beard, a bluish-black body above and white below,<\/p><p>Pointed wings and a long, deeply forked tail. They are elegant, beautiful, graceful in their movements and soft. They are musical, songbirds: their most common song is a &#8220;tsuit-tsuittsuit&#8221;, which they emit both when perched and when in flight.<\/p><p>Swallow, is the common name given to several species of a family of passerine birds that are distinguished by their elongated and pointed wings, rounded head, and small legs. Like the Alpine swift (to which they are not related), they feed on insects in flight, and although swallows have short beaks, their mouths are large. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution and has 80 or 85 species (the inclusion in this group of some related species has not been determined). They are gregarious and some species even nest in colonies. \u2026 The barn swallow, distributed in both the European and American continents, is probably the most abundant species of those known as swallows, which symbolize good luck and the arrival of spring. They use mud to build open nests in or on buildings, bridges, breakwaters, and other structures. \u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-644061d\" data-id=\"644061d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e22523 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e22523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Swallows<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5322247 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5322247\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/la-travesia-de-las-golondrinas-entre-california-y-DYN5YHFCQNFUPM4UVCMEVYBWVA.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2592\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/la-travesia-de-las-golondrinas-entre-california-y-DYN5YHFCQNFUPM4UVCMEVYBWVA.webp 880w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/la-travesia-de-las-golondrinas-entre-california-y-DYN5YHFCQNFUPM4UVCMEVYBWVA-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/la-travesia-de-las-golondrinas-entre-california-y-DYN5YHFCQNFUPM4UVCMEVYBWVA-768x511.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b78a45b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b78a45b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-33471ab\" data-id=\"33471ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a06989f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a06989f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;rotateInUpLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ucrania-768x425.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2306\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ucrania-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ucrania-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ucrania-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/ssvmasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ucrania.png 1232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7830f2f\" data-id=\"7830f2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ddf0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43ddf0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I (fr. Buela)\u00a0 compare our sister Servants of the Lord and of the Virgin of Matar\u00e1, of the Ukrainian Byzantine rite, to swallows:<\/p><ol><li>Because of the color of their habit, which must be black, because it is the custom in Ukraine.<\/li><li>Because there are always many, just as there are many vocations that God has given us in Ukraine.<\/li><li>Because they travel long distances, leaving their homes and going to faraway places to mission.<\/li><li>Because they always sing. Ukrainian \u201cServants\u201d, like swallows, always sing a lot at liturgy and eutrapelia, and at all times. The confessor of the faith, Bishop Sofronio Dmyterco told me one day: \u00abThe Ukrainian people are musical\u00bb.<\/li><li>And because they are elegant, beautiful, graceful in their movements and soft in their manners.<\/li><li>There is no difficulty that scares them, they overcome all difficulties before which they are not intimidated and the song gives them courage and joy in the Lord.<\/li><li>They symbolize good luck and the arrival of the Eternal Spring, which is Jesus Christ, his Divine Spouse.<\/li><li>The name &#8220;swallow&#8221; is used many times in Ukrainian families when the husband calls her wife &#8220;swallow&#8221; instead of calling her by her name.<\/li><li>And, in their own way, they represent the Blessed Virgin Mary, &#8220;Spiritual Swallow.&#8221; As the Byzantine Liturgy beautifully says.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matar\u00e1 Our Habit The Religious Habit In the Constitutions of the Institute of the Servants of the Lord and of the Virgin of Matar\u00e1 reminded that \u00abthe sisters of our Institute must wear the holy habit, which is a sign of his consecration and testimony of their 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