{"id":6273,"date":"2026-06-27T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:27:21","slug":"mensaje-de-la-madre-general-habitar-la-memoria-es-hacernos-presentes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/mensaje-de-la-madre-general-habitar-la-memoria-es-hacernos-presentes\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Mother General: &quot;To inhabit memory is to make ourselves present&quot;\u00ab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>In Nazareth, to inhabit memory is to make ourselves present.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Dear sisters, Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family of Nazareth,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What immense joy fills us as we celebrate this June 28th, another anniversary of our founding! In a time often marked by a &quot;culture of forgetting,&quot; where everything moves at a frantic pace and the virtual attempts to replace the real, our shared vocation stands as a beacon of light, restoring our roots, our identity, and the tangible expression of God&#039;s love for us. Today, the entire Church gives thanks for our dedication and for the charism with which we safeguard the mystery of following and proclaiming Christ in Nazareth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking back on this significant day, the command from Deuteronomy resonates powerfully in our hearts:\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab&quot;Remember,&quot; &quot;don&#039;t forget&quot;\u00bb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Celebrating our founding is not simply an exercise in nostalgia; it is understanding that\u00a0<\/span><b>To inhabit memory is to make ourselves present<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is returning with gratitude to our origins, recognizing that every step in our history, every desert overcome, and every blessing received has not been the result of our own human strength alone, but a free gift of God&#039;s love. Let us not forget the Lord&#039;s faithfulness, which has sustained us as pilgrims of hope in grace!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>An urgent call to the Incarnation and charity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, this &quot;making ourselves present&quot; takes on a face of urgency and pain. We cannot dwell in memory with our eyes closed to reality. This week, Venezuela has been shaken by devastating earthquakes that have left a truly dramatic situation. The suffering of so many brothers and sisters, stripped of everything, once again tests our commitment and directly challenges us. Nazareth suffers again today in the Venezuelan people, and it is there that our generous, compassionate, and deeply committed response is needed more than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faced with this harsh reality, we renew these three invitations to walk in trust:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Let us live from grateful memory:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Let us not allow routine to harden our hearts or turn the gift into habit. May each day be an act of thanksgiving, recognizing that our mission in the world springs from listening to the Word and constantly nourishing ourselves with the Lord. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to then be open hands that alleviate the pain of others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Let us be transformed by the living Memorial:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Just as manna nourished the people of Israel, may the Eucharist continue to be the divine pedagogy that shapes our hearts. Let us savor, assimilate, and embody the life of Christ in Nazareth. Let us allow this food not only to sustain us, but to consume us, making us new and more human each day, educating us in communion with the Lord, in charity, and in conversion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Let&#039;s walk with our eyes on the goal:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Faced with the risks of the world&#039;s immediacy and superficiality, Jesus calls us to the concrete, to assimilate his life through the joyful and generous self-giving that generates true life. In our striving and our failings, let us always look ahead with missionary boldness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May the mystery of the Incarnation be fulfilled with renewed strength on this anniversary in each of us and in all communities: &quot;It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.&quot;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy anniversary! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May the Holy Family of Nazareth bless us, protect us, sustain our brothers and sisters in Venezuela, and keep us always united in love. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us continue to dwell in memory with joy, so that we may be present in the heart of humanity!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En Nazaret, habitar la memoria es hacernos presentes Queridas hermanas, Misioneras Hijas de la Sagrada Familia de Nazaret, \u00a1Qu\u00e9 inmenso gozo nos inunda al celebrar este 28 de junio un nuevo aniversario de nuestra fundaci\u00f3n! En un tiempo frecuentemente marcado por la \u00abcultura del olvido\u00bb, donde todo fluye con prisa y lo virtual intenta sustituir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6284,"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions\/6284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nazaret.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}