“Father, receive my resolution to follow Christ in a life of perfect chastity which, with God's help, I here profess before you and God's holy people.”

With these words, the woman to be consecrated gives her firm and definite resolve to lay down her life completely for Christ and his Church.

Can a person ever be ready to make such a solemn resolution? Is such a resolution a flight from relationship? Does it require a superhuman force? In this Easter episode, Karen, Hannah, Simi and Dawn talk about placing their hands into their Bishop’s and making this resolution.

“Celibacy is … presented as a free choice that takes place in the relational space that is the body. With this choice the person responds to the God of love who calls and reveals himself in the face of Christ. This is not a flight from relationship, nor is it the fruit of superhuman force, but a gift that belongs to the dynamism of the transfiguration of relationality that distinguishes the style begun by Jesus: evangelical fraternity, the basis of reconciled humanity and the foundation of koinonía on which the life of the Church is based.” Ecclesiae Sponsae Imago, 15

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What does it feel like to resolve to “persevere to the end of your days in the holy state of virginity”? And to “accept solemn consecration as a bride of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God”?

These are two of the three questions to which a virgin gives her free consent during the Bishop’s examination leading up to the rite of her consecration.

In this Holy Week episode, Karen, Hannah, Simi and Dawn talk about their experiences of giving their free consent to their Bishops.

“The charism of virginity, accepted by the woman and confirmed by the Church through consecration, is a gift that derives from the Father, by means of the Son, in the Spirit.”

Ecclesiae Sponsae Imago, 23

The four wildflowers also discuss the graces they have received during Lent.

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What does it mean to receive the Liturgy of the Hours as a duty and an obligation? Is there a risk of it becoming a burden, lessening the personal nature of prayer?

Karen, Hannah, Dawn and Simi share about the experience of taking on the responsibility of praying the Divine Office.

They talk about how they schedule it into their days, what they do on unexpectedly chaotic days, and how they balance it with silent, contemplative prayer.

“Celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours, in particular Morning and Evening Prayer, [consecrated virgins] let the sentiments of Christ echo through them, absorbing them. They unite their voices to those of the entire Church, presenting to the Father the often unconscious cries of joy and sorrow that rise from humanity and from the whole of creation.” Ecclesiae Sponsae Imago, 34

The four wildflowers also share the most fruitful fast they have undertaken.

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